Jim is a former actor. He joined Tyne Tees Television as an announcer (1959) and later took up the same role at ATV (Midlands) (1961). He left to join BBC Birmingham’s Midlands Today as a presenter. In 1964, a meeting with the Spinners gave him his long-term interest in folk music which led him to join BBC Radio 2 in 1969 as a presenter.
Maconochie, Kenneth
Kenneth was a BBC TV network announcer (1950s).
Todd, Alan
Alan is a former Scottish and Grampian TV announcer and Radio Clyde DJ. He went on to become a presenter on Grampian and Scottish TV.
Bayer, Jane
Jane was a Channel TV continuity announcer (dates TBC).
Macintyre, Colin
Colin is a freelance announcer, and former continuity director/announcer with BBC Scotland. He works full-time for national air traffic control at Glasgow Airport.
Galloway, Robin
Robin was one of Grampian TV’s best-known in-vision continuity announcers (1980s and 1990s). He later became one of the main presenters on the Scottish version of Real Radio.
Cairney, Alison
Alison is currently working as an announcer with BBC TV Scotland. She was a BBC network announcer in 1989.
Radford, Sue
Sue was a continuity announcer at Border (1988 – 1995). She then became a journalist at Border and left the company in 1997 to go freelance.
Last, John
John started in continuity announcing as a freelancer for ITV 2 (January 2005 – 2007). He also worked as part of the Channel 5 continuity team (mid-2006 – early 2008).
As of late-2008, John was announcing for Virgin 1. His acting career was also taking off, with appearances in various short films behind him, such as Hammered, written by Noel Clarke (Doctor Who and Kidulthood). He also stars in the feature film, Do Elephants Pray?.
John has a BA (Hons) in media performance from the University of Salford.
Larcombe, Heather
Heather was an announcer (including in-vision links) with Border from 1994 until the end of regular regional continuity in October 2002. She has also voiced many programmes for Border, including Border Stories, Bordering on 40 and The Way We Were. Heather was also a regular newsreader, presenter and producer at the station.
Hamilton, David
David started his television career as a continuity scriptwriter for ATV, but soon moved to the glamorous side of the camera as an announcer and programme presenter.
…Preedy, Bob
Until October 2002, Bob was one of the main announcers at Yorkshire Television at Granada Media Group’s northern transmission centre in Leeds. His voice was therefore also heard on Border, Granada and Tyne Tees Television.
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