Gerry is a former RTÉ 2FM DJ. In 1994, he also took on an announcing role for RTÉ One and RTÉ Network 2. He also voiced promotional trails for the TV channels. Gerry gave up the TV announcing post in 1997. In June 2001, Gerry left RTÉ to go full-time with his voiceover business. Over the years, clients have included: Intel, Microsoft, The Times Newspaper UK, Polygram, EMI, Universal Music, Virgin Music, BBC, LiveIreland.Com, The National Lottery, City Jet, The Mirror, Falcon Holidays, Wrangler, Heinz, Aer Lingus, Esat, The Economist, British Midland, Skoda, CMS, Gaiety Theatre and Blockbuster.
Lowe, Mary
Mary joined the RTÉ Network 2 announcing team in the early 1990s. She was also soon covering junctions on RTÉ One. She left her announcing role c. 2003. Mary is the younger sister of Teresa Lowe, who was also an RTÉ TV announcer.
Carey, Nuala
Nuala joined RTÉ in 1999 as a full-time RTÉ weather presenter. She also regularly presents the National Lottery’s Telly Bingo and Lotto draws. Nuala also acts as a relief continuity announcer on RTÉ One and RTÉ 2.
Buckle, Paul
The former Cool FM DJ joined BBC Northern Ireland as a continuity announcer/director c. 1998.
Love, Walter
Walter joined the BBC in London as a studio manager in 1958. After a year with the BBC in Edinburgh, he moved to Broadcasting House in Belfast, where, after a year, he became a staff announcer. Throughout the 1960s, Walter was the main television news presenter with BBC Northern Ireland. He also looked after the radio continuity operation and presented various radio programmes.
During the 1960s and 1970s, Walter also carried out television continuity duties with BBC Northern Ireland.
In 1978 he went freelance, presenting the magazine programme Day by Day. In the late-1980s, he took up the afternoon slot on BBC Radio Ulster, presenting Love in the Afternoon. He then became the presenter and producer on Love Forty.
In 1998, he was awarded an MBE for his services to broadcasting.
Cavilla, Pauline
Pauline has a post-graduate diploma in Radio Journalism. She worked as a broadcast journalist at various BBC local radio stations (1994 – 1998). She was a BBC TV network announcer, covering BBC One and BBC Two (1998 – 2000). She currently works as a voiceover artist and audio describer.
Hobbies: helping to run a Rainbow unit.
Loosemore, Chris
Chris was a BBC TV network announcer (1991 – TBC).
Campbell, Kirsty
Kirsty currently works as a continuity announcer/director on BBC One Scotland. The role previously also covered BBC Two Scotland but that channel was replaced by the network version of BBC Two, just prior to the launch of the BBC Scotland channel. Although the dedicated Scottish content channel has its own team of announcers, some BBC One Scotland voices can also be heard on the BBC Scotland channel.
Kirsty previously worked on radio, at Q96.
Campbell, Sharon
Sharon was an In-vision continuity announcer for Channel Television. She went on to work in sales and marketing for the station’s sister company, Creative Channel, which produces corporate and commercial video.
…Leeming, Jan
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.
…Johnson, David
Northern Irish announcer, voiceover artist and presenter. David is currently an announcer on BBC One/Two. He has previously worked as an announcer on the main national ITV channel.
…Borg, O. J.
O. J. (Oliver James) Borg is a radio and TV presenter.
…Mundy, John
John was born in Manchester on 27th September, year unknown. He worked as a stage-hand at the Opera House in Manchester and then trained as an actor.
…Cole, Edward
Former TV announcer.
…Curry, Ian
Former TV announcer.
…Flanders, Keeley-Jade
Actress and TV announcer.
…Gordon, Noele
TV announcer/presenter and actress.
…Allen, Steve
Steve joined BBC Wales TV Presentation in 1998 having previously worked in news.
Simmons, Julian
Julian was a continuity announcer with Ulster Television/UTV from the early 1980s until April 2020.
…Anders, Ruth
Ruth was an LWT announcer/newsreader (1982 – 1994).
…Anderson, Graham
Graham currently works as a continuity announcer/director on BBC One Scotland. The role previously also covered BBC Two Scotland but that channel was replaced by the network version of BBC Two, just prior to the launch of the BBC Scotland channel. Although the dedicated Scottish content channel has its own team of announcers, some BBC One Scotland voices can also be heard on the BBC Scotland channel.
Graham previously worked at Radio Tay.
Adoo, Edward
Edward joined Channel 4 in autumn 2005 for the launch of More4. He also had brief stints on Channel 4 and E4. Whilst at Channel 4, Edward was a freelance announcer for ITV 2, ITV 4 and Men and Motors.
Edward is now freelancing. Recent work: the voice of the Fresh 40 Chart, syndicated across ten commercial radio stations; promo voice for MTV Networks (MTV Base and TMF).
Anthony, Patrick
Patrick was born in Dublin. With five years of theatre behind him, he began his broadcasting career at HTV Wales, as a newsreader and announcer, and became the first Irishman to read the Welsh news in English!
…Alexander, Aaron
Aaron joined the BBC Northern Ireland television announcing team in the late-1990s.
Archer, Andy
Former Tyne Tees announcer.
Alexander, Michael
Former Southern Television announcer.
Alford, Sally
Sally was born in Weston-super-Mare, in November 1940. She is a former actress, who went on to become an in-vision continuity announcer for TWW in the 1960s and its successor, HTV West (spring 1968 – c. 1985).
…Aitken, Helen
Helen was an announcer at Granada Media Group’s northern transmission centre in Leeds. She voiced announcements on Yorkshire, Tyne Tees, Granada and Border until October 2002.
…Adams, B. W.
BBC TV network out-of-vision announcer (1964).
Green, Dominic
Dominic is a former ITV network announcer.
Dupres, Al
Al is an announcer on BBC One Wales and BBC Two Wales.
Adair, Arthur
ATV London announcer.
Andrews, Pamela
Pamela was a continuity announcer/director with BBC Northern Ireland (October 2001 – October 2010). She then moved to a creative marketing producer role, creating (and occasionally voicing) programme and campaign trails for BBC One/Two Northern Ireland.
Andrews, June
Former Scottish TV announcer.
Lewis, Peter
Docherty, Nicky
Nicky was a Scottish Television in-vision continuity announcer (1980s) who moved on to front news bulletins for the station. He was later part of Radio Clyde’s award-winning news team.
Osborn, Hilary
Born in Barnet, Hertfordshire, Osborn graduated with a BA Honours degree in French from Queen Mary College, London University.
…Douglas, John
John was one of STV’s in-vision continuity announcers in the late-1980s and early 1990s.
Kerr, Sue
Previously known as Sue Peacock. Sue was born in Welling, Kent. She was a drama tutor for the Women’s Institute and an announcer at LWT (1981 – 1987).
…Ford, Brian
Brian started his career as a disc jockey with Radio Clyde and Radio Forth before moving to the role of continuity announcer at STV. He later presented on radio station Clyde 2.
Simmons, Andrea
Andrew was a freelance announcer with LWT (dates unknown).
Forsyth, Alison
Alison is a former STV announcer.
Taylor, Alec
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.
…Gregory, Kenny
Kenny was an announcer at STV (November 1994 – December 1997). He was also an in-vision presenter on STV’s Wheel Nuts (series 1, 1997)
…Tilling, Roger
Guthrie, Denise
Denise was a Scottish TV continuity announcer in the late-1980s. Before going into television announcing, Denise freelanced for the AA Roadwatch travel news service.
Williams, Nigel
Nigel worked as a voiceover artist with LWT from 1990. Nigel tells us: “I was auditioned by producer Steve Allen in 1990 to provide the voice for a young and trendy overnight sequence that never saw the light of day. When the promotions department was looking for a ‘younger’ image to promote the Saturday night Baywatch, Blind Date, Gladiators sequence, I was recalled and became the guy who did the ‘big sell’. After presenting the head of promotions with a demo of more mature, subtle delivery, I was allowed greater freedom in my style and eventually became the lead brand image voice with Trish Bertram.”
Nigel continued to work for network ITV and was also the presenter of Late Night Love Songs on Heart 106.2 in London.
Hamilton, Steve
Steve was an in-vision announcer for STV (1970s – mid-1980s). He was later the voice of Scottish TV’s Wheel of Fortune gameshow. He was also the voiceover man on ITV’s Family Fortunes. He also did a stint at Talk Radio as a stand-in presenter for James Whale on the late-night phone-in.
…Bradford, David
David is a former ITV Meridian announcer.
Hood, Morag
Morag was a presenter on STV children’s programme Roundup. She also spent a while as an announcer with STV before embarking on an acting career, which included the role of Natasha in the BBC’s lavish production of War and Peace. She had many TV and stage roles during her acting career.
Morag died in 2002.
Butler, Keith
Keith was a TVS continuity announcer in the 1980s and 1990s. He was also occasionally heard on Meridian. Keith later presented an overnight radio show on Captial Gold. He also presented a show dedicated to nothing but number 1s on Sunday nights between 6 and 10pm.
Kristiansen, Liz
Liz was an STV continuity announcer (1980s – 1994). She then moved into teaching, taking up a post at Spring Burn College, Glasgow.