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Westward Television (Defunct)

Shaw, Roger

30th July 2024 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Roger Ollerearnshaw was born in Penzance. He did his National Service in the RAF as a physical training instructor and for two years was the RAF’s high-jump champion.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: ITV - TSW, Announcers: ITV - Westward, Presenters: ITV - TSW, Presenters: ITV - Westward TV, Presenters: ITV Regional News

Kennedy, Sheila

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Sheila Kennedy, who later made a name for herself as an announcer on ABC Television and then Thames, landed her first television job with Westward. Hotfooting it straight from a career as a theatre actress, Sheila was the first female presenter on the new Westward Television, and proved a real hit with viewers. She became very closely associated with Gus Honeybun, and also contributed articles to Westward’s own local television listings magazine, Look Westward.

Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: ITV - ABC TV, Announcers: ITV - Thames TV, Announcers: ITV - Westward

Rippon, Angela

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Angela was born in Plymouth. On leaving school at 17, she began her journalistic career in newspapers in Devon.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: BBC Network News (UK), Presenters: BBC Regional News, Presenters: BBC South West, Presenters: BBC West, Presenters: ITV - Westward TV, Presenters: TV-am

Benson, John

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team 1 Comment

John was born in 1928 (date unknown). He was one of ITV’s legendary, long-serving announcers.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: ITV - ABC TV, Announcers: ITV - Anglia TV, Announcers: ITV - Associated Rediffusion, Announcers: ITV - Southern TV, Announcers: ITV - Thames TV, Announcers: ITV - TVS, Announcers: ITV - Westward

Leeming, Jan

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team 1 Comment

Jan was born Janet Atkins in Woolwich, south east London. In 1959 she joined the BBC, initially working in the Programme Correspondence Section, and then as a junior secretary in the Science Unit at Broadcasting House.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC South West, Announcers: ITV - Granada TV, Announcers: ITV - Westward, Children's Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: BBC Network News (UK), Presenters: BBC Scotland, Presenters: ITV - West, Presenters: ITV Regional News


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