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Judd, Lesley

1st February 2026 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Born in London, Lesley Judd trained at the Arts Educational School of Ballet and Drama.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: ITV - Southern TV, Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: ITV Network

Serle, Chris

10th November 2024 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Chris was born in Bristol. He was a former actor with the Bristol Old Vic (joining in 1966).

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Presenters: BBC Network (UK)

Jones, Gareth

31st August 2024 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Gareth was born in St Asaph, Wales and is a Welsh speaker. His nickname – ‘Gaz Top’ – was earned whilst working as a roadie for The Alarm (1979 – 1985).

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Children's Presenters: ITV Network, Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: ITV Network

Craven, John

8th August 2024 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

John was born in Leeds. He’s had a long career in journalism and TV presenting. He started in print journalism as a junior reporter at the Harrogate Advertiser.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Children's Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: BBC Network (UK)

Haycocks, Paddy

9th April 2022 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Paddy was born in Portsmouth. He worked at BFBS radio (British Forces Broadcasting Service) in Cyprus (1966 – 1968). He performed various roles including tape editing, reporting, presenting and studio management (1966 – 1968).

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: BBC Regional News, Presenters: BBC South, Presenters: Channel 4, Presenters: ITV Network

Stevens, Julie

27th May 2019 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Julie is an actress and former ABC contract artist. She was a great children’s favourite on both Play School (1964 – 1978) and Play Away (1971 – 1979) and is remembered for her zany appearances.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: ITV - ABC TV, Children's Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: BBC Network (UK)

Constantinis, Jayne

13th May 2019 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Jayne was born in Yorkshire. She has an acting diploma from the Royal Academy of Music and a modern languages degree from Cambridge. She studied journalism at the LCP and has written for publications including Condé Nast Traveller and Good Housekeeping.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC Network, Presenters: BBC Network (UK)

Kyle, Redvers

8th October 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Redvers is regarded as one of ITV’s announcing greats.  He was born in Germiston, South Africa and named after General Sir Redvers Buller, British military commander in the Anglo-Boer War.  He began his broadcasting career as a student at Johannesburg University, where he presented for SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation).

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: ITV - Associated Rediffusion, Announcers: ITV - Yorkshire TV, Presenters: ITV - ATV (London), Presenters: ITV Network

Chell, Carol

29th September 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Carol was born in 1941. An actress, she studied drama at The Royal Academy of Music and was a qualified teacher who presented many schools series for Granada TV and Central TV including: The Messengers and Enough to Eat.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Children's Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: ITV - Central TV, Presenters: ITV - Granada TV

Griffiths, Derek

22nd September 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Derek is fondly remembered by a certain generation as a children’s TV presenter during the 1970s on Play School and Play Away.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Children's Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: BBC Network (UK), Presenters: ITV Network

Burn, Christine

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Christine was born in Birmingham. She attended the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama (1961 – 1963) and the Lucie Clayton Modelling School (spring 1964).

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC Network, Announcers: BBC North West, Announcers: ITV - Grampian TV, Presenters: BBC North West, Presenters: BBC Regional News, Presenters: ITV - Grampian TV, Presenters: ITV Regional News

Macann, Peter

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team 1 Comment

Peter was born in Tehran, Iran. His father, as a Colonel in the Indian Army, was Consul in Ahwaz at the time. Peter spent the first four years of his life in India, before arriving in the UK in 1948.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: BBC South, Presenters: BBC Network (UK)

Taylor, Alec

1st January 2018 by The Showreel Team Leave a Comment

Alec was born in Dublin. He went to university in Dublin and worked as a publicity assistant for Oxam, then as a market researcher and teacher.

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Filed Under: Talent Profiles Tagged With: Announcers: ITV - LWT, Presenters: ITV - Southern TV, Presenters: ITV - Tynes Tees TV, Presenters: ITV - Yorkshire TV

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