Graham was a staff ITV network announcer (October 2002 – TBC). He is a former Radio 210 disc jockey who fronted TVS’ overnight service, Late Night Late. He joined Meridian from TVS to present the overnight service Nightime. He went on to become one of Meridian’s four duty announcers, also providing continuity for Anglia and HTV West. Graham has also announced for Channel 4.
Additionally, Graham continues to freelance as a presenter and voiceover on programmes for Sky, Channel 5 and ITV 2. He also produced and presented the Exercise Helping Hand documentaries in Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Davies, Peter
Peter is a former ATV (Midlands) announcer.
Trevarthen, Noel
Noel is a former ATV (London) announcer.
Bell, Graham
Graham Bell was born in London. He was an actor who appeared in rep in Oxford, Old Vic, Newcastle and Stratford East.
…Scott-Warren, Tony
Tony was a popular in-vision announcer on Channel Television (1980s). He went on to head up Channel’s promotions department but with an increase in centralisation of promotions/continuity within ITV he decided to change his career. He moved into teaching and now specialises in Jerrais (Jersey Norman French), the island’s original, native language.
Cowan, Danny
Danny’s career began with BBC Northern Ireland where he worked as a research/production assistant on BBC Radio Ulster. He became one of the presenters on the newly launched BBC Radio 5 in 1991. After a short period working as a presenter for Radio Napa in Cyprus he moved to London to work for BBC TV News.
In 1994, Danny started work with BBC Radio 1 as a trainee research/production assistant. Danny’s involvement with BBC Radio 1 continued until 2006; during his time there, he performed various roles, including broadcast assistant, producer and voiceover artist.
During his career, Danny has also presented various programmes for Liberty Radio, Thames Radio, FLR and The Sun Live.
In September 2005, Danny joined Channel 4 as an announcer. He can be heard on Channel 4, E4 and More4.
Norton, Dick
Dick is a former Associated Rediffusion and ATV (Midlands) announcer.
Spankie, Jimmy
Jimmy is a former Grampian smd Scottish TV announcer and presenter. Since his departure from the announcing/presenting role, he remained a favourite in the north east of Scotland and was often to be seen supporting charitable events. He has also done media consultancy work.
Timlin, David
David was an RTÉ newsreader and announcer, from the early 1960s until the mid-1970s.
Godfray, Jacqui
Jacqui was a television continuity announcer/director with BBC Northern Ireland (1989 – c. 1999). She then moved to BBC Radio Ulster, as a newsreader. Jacqui read her final news bulletin there just before midnight on Friday 22nd November 2019.
…Carse, Duncan
Duncan was a BBC Radio Overseas/Home Service announcer in 1941 and a BBC TV in-vision announcer in the 1950s.
…Ross-Barnard, John
John was born in October 1939. He received his education at Wellington College, Crowthorne (1953- 1958).
…Harris, Paul
Paul was a BBC South TV announcer in the late-1970s and early 1980s. He was also a BBC TV network announcer (1981).
Moon, Kate
Kate was a BBC Radio 4 announcer (1980 – 1986). She then took on an announcing role at Channel 4 (1986 – 1988).
Kate later ran Speakeasy, an agency for voiceovers and presenters.
Wogan, Terry
Terry joined Radio Éireann as an announcer in 1961. He was a presenter and newsreader on RTÉ Television until joining the BBC in 1969.
Fitzgerald, Kieran
Kieran was a continuity announcer on RTÉ One during 1987 and 1988.
He is a former producer, reporter, and researcher with RTÉ, having worked on popular television and radio programmes, including The Late Late Show, Prime Time, and Liveline.
He was named News and Current Affairs Journalist of the Year in 1999, and is a former chair of the Dublin Broadcasting Branch of the National Union of Journalists.
He had served as head of communications and research for the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission from 2007. In December 2011, he was appointed to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission.
He has a doctorate in governance from the School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast, and is a member of the executive committee of the British and Irish Ombudsman Association.
Porter, Gillian
Gillian spent a brief spell on the BBC Northern Ireland TV announcing staff in 1992. She then moved to UTV, to take up a similar role there.
…Coyne, Tom
Tom was born in South Shields. In his 20s, he was a presenter of BBC Radio’s Children’s Hour. He made his first TV appearance in 1958, interviewing a miner on Tyne Tees TV. He was a member of the original announcing team in 1959.
…Damon, Dan
Dan began his broadcasting career with Cardiff’s short-lived CBC Radio. He joined the BBC in 1974 as a sound engineer for radio news in Broadcasting House. He was a BBC TV network announcer in the mid to late-1970s and early 1980s.
…McNab, Bernard
Bernard was a relief BBC TV network announcer (1952).
Berrington, Ceri
Ceri was a BBC Wales radio and TV announcer (1985 – 2001). She was later in charge of the BBC Radio Wales announcing team. She retired in early 2001.
Price, Gary
Gary was a continuity director/announcer with BBC Wales TV (late-1980s). He’s a former CBC and Red Dragon Radio presenter. He went on to become a specialist music producer for BBC Radio Wales.
Smith, Kelly-Anne
Kelly-Anne has been a continuity announcer with Channel 5, Virgin 1 and UKTV Food (dates TBC).
She has also voiced promotional trails for BBC TV, ITV and BBC America and provided station imaging for many major radio networks around the world.
Lavers, Paul
Paul was born in Bristol. He is an actor and has appeared in many stage plays, including Les Blancs at London’s National Theatre (2016); he toured with Alan Ayckbourn’s Bedroom Farce (2016).
…Kennealy, Michael
Michael was a regular on the RTÉ One announcing rota from the early 1990s until 1995. He was also heard on RTÉ Network 2 occasionally during this period. Michael gave up his announcing role to take up a presentation director/editor position.
Imray, June
June was born in Aberdeen. She graduated with an MA arts degree from the University of Aberdeen and taught for two years in Aberdeen and Somerset.
…Kozak, Halyna
Halyna was a BBC TV network announcer (1992 – TBC).
Trevor, John
John was a BBC TV network announcer for 22 years (1960 – 1982) – senior announcer from 1966. After retiring he appeared on Showcable, the BBC’s London cable service for Visionhire Ltd.
…Glass, Katie
Katie was born in Lusaka, Zambia. Her father was in the army.
…Youngs, Amanda
Amanda was a regular announcer on Carlton Television in the Midlands (formerly Central TV) until October 2002. She has also served with several other ITV regional stations (details TBC).
Brown, Scott
Scott was a Grampian TV in-vision announcer (late-1980s – early 1990s). He also presented a Grampian-produced antiques show with Fiona Armstrong.
Banks, Philip
Philip was a voice-only continuity announcer for HTV West (1994 – 2000), after which continuity was moved to Southampton. Beyond that, Philip freelanced for HTV Wales and continued with other voiceover work. He also landed a job with the global news network, CNN.
Philip has written for television. He has also worked on the Meridian production of Under Offer, a panel game show shown on the national ITV 1 network throughout summer 2002.
Hutton, Alasdair
Alasdair was born in London, during the bombing which destroyed his home. His mother gathered up what was left, including him, and returned to Scotland.
…(Lucas) Maskell, Trevor
Trevor Maskell worked as a freelance BBC TV voice-only announcer from 1962 to 1963.
…Brock, Douglas
Douglas is a former BBC Scotland TV announcer.
Factor, Ilisa
Ilisa presented for Swansea Sound and Red Dragon FM (late-1980s/early 1990s) before joining AA Roadwatch, then BBC Radio Sheffield (October 1991 – October 1994). She later moved to BBC TV News in Norwich and Cambridge (October 1994 – September 1999), working across local TV production for the region – vision mixing, directing live news programmes, floor managing, live studio sound mixing.
Ilisa joined BBC Wales TV presentation as a continuity director/announcer (September 1999 – May 2003). Since then, she’s held various roles within post-production/graphic design – more recently (May 2014 – present), post-production lead.
Beechley, Jill
Jill is a former ABC TV and LWT announcer.
Crawford, Tracey
In 1989, Tracey began her career voicing and creating commercials/promotions and producing shows for Northsound Radio in Aberdeen.
…Cooper, Mike
Mike spent the first four years of his career at BBC Radios WM and Shropshire. He was also a freelance continuity announcer for Central (1993 – 1996). In January 1994, he moved south to work for SSVC (now BFBS) as a self-op announcer and transmission controller.
Mike says: “Having moved south I contacted Carlton and freelanced as an announcer for them from March 1994 until March 1997, then jumped across to the other side of the glass to become a transmission controller for ITV 1 working for LNN. I’d actually started as a transmission controller on a freelance basis in December 1996, then became a staff member in May 1997. To round things up, I stayed with LNN until October 2002. In that time I tried unsuccessfully to move into the newsroom as a director, and my frustration eventually led to finding an opening as a freelance director at ITN alongside my full-time job! I eventually left LNN a week before the rebrand to ITV 1 took place and Carlton/LWT disappeared forever.”
Later, Mike worked at the BBC as a news director. He then went on to spend almost three years doing the same at Sky News. In 2008, he moved back behind the microphone to work full-time as a voiceover artist. In addition to voicing TV programmes, he has returned to continuity: for a time at Film24, and on an ongoing basis for History.
Speed, Diana
Diana is a former Grampian Television in-vision continuity announcer. She went on to become an announcer at BBC Radio 4.
Attar, Stella
Stella is a continuity announcer for UKTV. As well as working as a TV voiceover artist, she also writes songs for her own projects (her band, Freaks) and other artists.
Buckley, Karina
Karina joined the RTÉ TV announcing team in the late-1990s, working mainly on RTÉ One. She also presents weather forecasts on both RTÉ TV channels.
Connolly, James
James joined the RTÉ Network 2 announcing team in 1998. He also popped up on RTÉ One on a regular basis. James left the announcing role in early 2003.
Woods, Laura
Laura joined RTÉ in March 2000, working as an announcer on both RTÉ TV channels, although primarily on RTÉ Network 2. In autumn 2002, she started into a new presenting role on the newly launched youth strand ID Two on RTÉ Network 2. She later moved into a mainstream presenting role, fronting RTÉ One’s popular lottery game show, Winning Streak.
Stanbridge, Clair
Clair joined RTÉ in 1979. She was a continuity announcer on RTÉ One in the early 1980s.
Macmillan, Rosanne
Rosanne was a BBC TV announcer from 1987 until 1992, and again since 1996. She’s married to former BBC TV weatherman Rob McElwee.
Monteath, Alec
Alec was born in Doune, Perthshire. He was an actor, who later worked as an announcer for Scottish TV (1964 – 1969) and also for BBC Scotland TV.
…Stephen, Mark
Mark was a BBC Scotland TV announcer (early 1980s – early 1990s). He had a particularly warm, distinctive voice and made the occasional off-the-cuff remark which meant he stood out from the crowd a little – at least amongst people who appreciate these things.
…Roberts, Deloni
Deloni joined BBC Wales in 1980, and was an announcer on radio and TV. She retired in March 1999.
Kanarek, Maurice
Maurice is a former ATV (London) announcer.
Harkins, John
John is a former CFM Radio newsreader. He was also a Border TV continuity announcer. He went on to become a producer/presenter for Border and fronted weekday local news bulletins.
Stuart, Jane
Jane was an In-vision continuity announcer for Channel Television (dates TBC). She was also a regular in the newsreader’s chair (1980s – TBC).