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This is a list of newsreaders and journalists formerly employed by
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has employed many journalists and newsreaders to present its news programmes as well as to provide news reports and interviews. The following list names individuals who are no longer employed by the BBC in its news division
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Christa Ackroyd Christa Marion Ackroyd is an English journalist and broadcaster, best known as a former presenter for the regional TV news programmes ''Calendar'' (for ITV Yorkshire) and ''BBC Look North''. Early life Ackroyd, whose father was a policeman, at ...
– main presenter on Look North from 2001 until 2013. She had previously been a presenter on
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during the 1990s. *
Kate Adie Kathryn Adie (born 19 September 1945) is an English journalist. She was Chief News Correspondent for BBC News between 1989 and 2003, during which time she reported from war zones around the world. She retired from the BBC in early 2003 and w ...
– chief news correspondent for
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during which time she became well known for reporting from war zones around the world – her first major assignment was reporting on the Iranian Embassy siege in London in 1980. She currently presents 'From Our Own Correspondent' on BBC Radio 4. * Robin Aitken – BBC journalist since 1978. Left in 2005, ending his career on BBC Radio 4's ''
The Today Programme ''Today'', colloquially known as ''the Today programme'', is a long-running British morning news and current-affairs radio programme on BBC Radio 4. Broadcast on Monday to Saturday from 6:00 am to 9:00 am, it is produced by BBC News and is the ...
''. Aitken published ''Can We Trust the BBC?'' (Continuum Press) in February 2007, which asserted the BBC was guilty of an "unconscious, institutionalised Leftism" * Juliet Alexander – presenter Ebony 1982-1990 the BBC’s first Black news and current affairs magazine TV programme. Reporter John Craven’s Newsround. Presenter Black Londoners on BBC radio London. Presenter Songs of Praise. Reporter BBC Newsround SE. Presenter ''
Woman’s Hour ''Woman's Hour'' is a radio magazine programme broadcast in the United Kingdom on the BBC Light Programme, BBC Radio 2, and later BBC Radio 4. It has been on the air since 1946. History Created by Norman Collins and originally presented by A ...
'' BBC radio 4. Presenter After Sugar What? A radio 4 series about diversification in the Caribbean. Presenter Careering Ahead. *
Kay Alexander Kay Alexander (born 4 June 1950) is a retired British regional BBC television newsreader, best known for presenting ''Midlands Today''. Early life Alexander was born and brought up in Aldershot in Hampshire. Her mother was a doctor and her ...
– main presenter on
Midlands Today ''Midlands Today'' is the BBC's regional television news service for the West Midlands. It was launched in 1964 and is presented by Mary Rhodes, Nick Owen, Elizabeth Glinka, Rebecca Wood and Shefali Oza. Overview ''Midlands Today'' is produc ...
. She retired in 2012 after nearly 40 years of continuous service. * Linda Alexander – reporter and presenter on
Newsnight ''Newsnight'' (or ''BBC Newsnight'') is BBC Two's news and current affairs programme, providing in-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines. The programme is broadcast on weekdays at 22:30. and is also availa ...
from 1980 until 1983. She died in 2015. She was married to the BBC's former political editor David Holmes. *
Kenneth Allsop Kenneth Allsop (29 January 1920 – 23 May 1973) was a British broadcaster, author and naturalist. Early life Allsop was born on 29 January 1920 in Holbeck, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire. He was married in St Peter's Church, Ealing, i ...
– reporter for ''
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'' in the 1960s. He died in 1973. *
Marjorie Anderson Marjorie Anderson (7 November 1913 – 14 December 1999) was a British actress and leading BBC radio broadcaster for over thirty years, including on the programme ''Woman's Hour'' from 1958 to 1972. Early life Marjorie Enid Anderson wa ...
– leading
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broadcaster on the
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BBC Forces Programme The BBC Forces Programme was a national radio station which operated from 7 January 1940 until 26 February 1944. History Development Upon the outbreak of World War II on 1 September 1939, the BBC closed both existing National and Regional ra ...
, and from 1945 on the
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. She died in 1999. *
Durdana Ansari Durdana Ansari OBE (born 1 March 1960) is a British entrepreneur, public speaker and activist for female empowerment. She is a former charity director, journalist, presenter and producer at the BBC World Service. She has interviewed politicia ...
, OBE – spent 22 years producing, directing, and interviewing personalities for the following BBC World Service programmes: The World Today, Asian Network (Urdu), Outlook, Meridian, English Teaching Programme, and BBC Urdu Service. Currently an entrepreneur, public speaker and activist for
female empowerment Women's empowerment (or female empowerment) may be defined in several ways, including accepting women's viewpoints, making an effort to seek them and raising the status of women through education, awareness, literacy, and training.Kabeer, Naila ...
. * Natalia Antelava, former BBC correspondent, co-founder of journalism start-up Coda Story where she is editor-in-chief. *
Alice Arnold Alice Arnold may refer to * Alice Arnold (broadcaster) Alice Arnold (born 1962) is a British broadcaster and journalist. She was a newsreader and continuity announcer on BBC Radio 4 for more than twenty years until the end of December 2012. ...
– newsreader, mainly on BBC Radio 4 from 2004 to 2012. She is married to sports presenter
Clare Balding Clare Victoria Balding (born 29 January 1971) is an English broadcaster, journalist, and author. She currently presents for BBC Sport, Channel 4, BT Sport, is the current president of the Rugby Football League (RFL) and formerly presented the ...
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Michael Aspel Michael Terence Aspel (born 12 January 1933) is an English retired television newsreader and host of programmes such as '' Crackerjack'', ''Aspel & Company'', ''Give Us a Clue'', '' This is Your Life'', '' Strange but True?'' and ''Antiques Ro ...
– one of the early BBC Television newsreaders, together with
Robert Dougall Robert Dougall, MBE (27 November 1913 – 18 December 1999) was an English broadcaster and ornithologist, mainly known as a newsreader and announcer. Early life and radio broadcasting Dougall was born and educated in Croydon, Surrey. He a ...
, Richard Baker and
Kenneth Kendall Kenneth Kendall (7 August 1924 – 14 December 2012) was a British broadcaster. He worked for many years as a newsreader for the BBC, where he was a contemporary of fellow newsreaders Richard Baker and Robert Dougall. He is also remembered as ...
. He has since hosted '' This is Your Life'' and ''
Antiques Roadshow ''Antiques Roadshow'' is a British television programme broadcast by the BBC in which antiques appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom (and occasionally in other countries) to appraise antiques brought in by local people (g ...
'' and he hosted the children's programmes '' Crackerjack'' and ''
Ask Aspel ''Ask Aspel'' was a British television series produced by the BBC and hosted by Michael Aspel. The format of the show, which first ran from 1970 until 1973, featured a well-known guest who answered questions sent in by viewers, posed by Aspel o ...
'' during the 1970s, as well as quizzes such as ''
Give Us a Clue ''Give Us a Clue'' is a British televised game show version of charades which was broadcast on ITV from 1979 to 1992. The original host was Michael Aspel from 1979 to 1984, followed by Michael Parkinson from 1984 to 1992. The show featured two ...
'' and '' Child's Play'' during the 1980s. * Mark Austin – former BBC journalist and Sports Correspondent for
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, from 1982 to 1986. He joined ITN in 1986 as Sports Correspondent. Now a US correspondent for
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. * Khalid Aziz – main presenter and reporter on Look North in Leeds during the 1970s and early 1980s. He left to join
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on its inception in 1982.


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– reporter and presenter on
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'' during the late-1980s. He later worked as a sports presenter and reporter on ''
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'' and
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. * Brian Baines – main presenter and announcer on
BBC Look North ''BBC Look North'' is a name used by the BBC for its regional news programmes in three regions in the North of England: *'' BBC Look North'' for the BBC North East and Cumbria region *'' BBC Look North'' for the BBC Yorkshire region *'' BBC Look ...
during the 1970s and 1980s, eventually retiring from the programme in 1988. He died in 2006. * Richard Baker – first to read the ''BBC Television News'' in 1954 (in voiceover). He continued to work as a newsreader until his retirement in 1982. He also presented the BBC's coverage of the Proms, as well as
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and 'Baker's Dozen' on Radio 4, in addition to narrating the children's series Teddy Edward and Mary, Mungo and Midge for the
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. He died in 2018. *
Joan Bakewell Joan Dawson Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell, ('' née'' Rowlands; born 16 April 1933), is an English journalist, television presenter and Labour Party peer. Baroness Bakewell is president of Birkbeck, University of London; she is also an auth ...
– worked on
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and ''
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'' on
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. She also presented ''
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'' during the 1960s and '' Heart of the Matter'' during the 1980s. She was created Baroness Bakewell in 2011. *
Matt Barbet Matthew Barbet (born 8 June 1976) is a British television presenter and journalist, best known for his work with Channel 5 and ITV. In 2003, Barbet joined BBC News, where he worked on various news programmes. In September 2007, he left BBC Ne ...
– presenter on
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and previously
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's Newsbeat until he moved to
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in October 2007. * Michael Barratt – main anchor on '' Nationwide'' from 1969 until 1977, having previously worked as a reporter on
Midlands Today ''Midlands Today'' is the BBC's regional television news service for the West Midlands. It was launched in 1964 and is presented by Mary Rhodes, Nick Owen, Elizabeth Glinka, Rebecca Wood and Shefali Oza. Overview ''Midlands Today'' is produc ...
. He also presented a number of other television and radio programmes, including
Songs of Praise ''Songs of Praise'' is a BBC Television religious programme that presents Christian hymns sung in churches of varying denominations from around the UK. The series was first broadcast in October 1961. On that occasion, the venue was the Ta ...
and
Gardeners' Question Time ''Gardeners' Question Time'' is a long-running BBC Radio 4 programme in which amateur gardeners can put questions to a panel of experts. History The first programme was broadcast in the North and Northern Ireland Home Service of the BBC at 2 ...
. He was married to fellow-former '' Nationwide'' presenter Dilys Morgan. He died in 2022. * Brian Barron – long-serving
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foreign correspondent, reporting from many war-zones and trouble-spots around the world during the 1980s and 1990s. He died in 2009. *
Paul Barry Paul James Barry (born 24 February 1952) is an English-born, Australian-based journalist, newsreader and television presenter, who has won many awards for his investigative reporting. He previously worked for the BBC on numerous programs, bef ...
– reporter and presenter on ''
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'', ''
Newsnight ''Newsnight'' (or ''BBC Newsnight'') is BBC Two's news and current affairs programme, providing in-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines. The programme is broadcast on weekdays at 22:30. and is also availa ...
'' and ''Panorama'' from 1978 until 1986. He then moved to Australia, where he has since continued his journalistic career. *
Raymond Baxter Raymond Frederic Baxter OBE (25 January 1922 – 15 September 2006) was an English television presenter, commentator and writer. He is best known for being the first presenter of the BBC Television science programme ''Tomorrow's World'', con ...
– long-serving presenter and commentator on many significant
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outside broadcasts, usually alongside
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, most notably the Coronation of
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in 1953 and the funerals of
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and
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in 1952 and 1965 respectively. He was best known as the main presenter on ''
Tomorrow's World ''Tomorrow's World'' is a former British television series about contemporary developments in science and technology. First transmitted on 7 July 1965 on BBC1, it ran for 38 years until it was cancelled at the beginning of 2003. The ''Tomorro ...
'' from 1965 until 1977. He died in 2006. *
Sue Beardsmore Susan Rita Beardsmore (born 19 February 1955) is a former BBC television presenter who fronted the regional news programme ''Midlands Today'' for twenty years. Early life Born in Bedford, Beardsmore attended the independent Dame Alice Harpur Sch ...
– long-serving presenter of the regional news programme for the Midlands: ''
Midlands Today ''Midlands Today'' is the BBC's regional television news service for the West Midlands. It was launched in 1964 and is presented by Mary Rhodes, Nick Owen, Elizabeth Glinka, Rebecca Wood and Shefali Oza. Overview ''Midlands Today'' is produc ...
'', from 1983 until 2003. *
Bruce Belfrage Bruce Belfrage (30 October 1900 – August 1974) was an English actor and BBC radio newsreader.Obituary in ''The Times'', ''Mr Bruce Belfrage'', 17 August 1974, p.14 He was casting director at the BBC between 1936 and 1939, and founded th ...
– announcer and newsreader on
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during the
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. He became famous for having read the nine o'clock news on 15 October 1940 when
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was hit by a German bomb: Belfrage carried on as if nothing had happened. He died in 1974. *
Martin Bell Martin Bell, (born 31 August 1938) is a British UNICEF (UNICEF UK) Ambassador, a former broadcast war reporter and former independent politician who became the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton from 1997 to 2001. He is sometimes known as " ...
– prolific world affairs correspondent covering many conflicts in 30 years as a reporter until leaving the BBC in 1997 to become a politician * Chris Bickerton – presenter of the
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programme
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for 30 years in the 1970s and 1980s. He died in 2002. *
Ashley Blake Ashley Blake (born 1969 in Lozells, Birmingham, England) is a British former television presenter and newsreader. A well-known personality in the English Midlands, he worked mostly for the BBC, where his credits include reporting and presenting ...
– presenter and reporter on
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and 'Watchdog' during the early-2000s: he also briefly presented ''
BBC Breakfast ''BBC Breakfast'' is the BBC television Breakfast television, breakfast news programme. Produced by BBC News, the programme is broadcast on BBC One and the BBC News (TV channel), BBC News channel. The simulcast is presented live, originally from ...
''. He then presented
Midlands Today ''Midlands Today'' is the BBC's regional television news service for the West Midlands. It was launched in 1964 and is presented by Mary Rhodes, Nick Owen, Elizabeth Glinka, Rebecca Wood and Shefali Oza. Overview ''Midlands Today'' is produc ...
in his native Birmingham, until he was sacked in 2009 following a criminal court case. *
Rachael Bland Rachael Rebecca Bland (née Hodges; 21 January 1978 – 5 September 2018) was a British journalist and presenter from Cardiff, Wales. She worked for BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC World News and '' BBC North West Tonight''. She was known for her podcast ...
– originally worked as a presenter on
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, before moving to
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and to the BBC News Channel, where she worked as a relief and weekend presenter. In 2011, she became a main presenter on
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, while continuing to work on Radio 5 Live. She died in August 2018, following a well-publicised battle with breast cancer. *
Jasmine Bligh Jasmine Lydia Bligh (20 May 1913 – 21 July 1991) was one of the first three BBC Television Service presenters in the 1930s. Along with Leslie Mitchell and Elizabeth Cowell, she provided continuity announcements introducing programmes in-vi ...
– one of the first three BBC Television Service presenters in the 1930s. She died in 1991. * Claire Bolderson – presented ''
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'' on
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and ''
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'' on
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. Left on 20 March 2012 *
Jennie Bond Jennifer Bond (born 19 August 1950) is an English journalist and television presenter. Bond worked for fourteen years as the BBC's royal correspondent. She has most recently hosted ''Cash in the Attic'' and narrated the programme ''Great Britis ...
– main co-presenter of the Six O'Clock News and royal correspondent for BBC News for 13 years until 2003. *
Anna Botting Anna Elizabeth Botting (born 4 November 1967) is an English news presenter with Sky News, a broadcasting network based in the United Kingdom. She currently presents Sky News from 21:00 until midnight from Monday to Thursday. Prior to the channel ...
– originally worked for
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, before becoming a reporter for
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in 1991, and then a main presenter on Look North. She left in 1995 to become a presenter on
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, where she continues to work to this day. She is the daughter of
Louise Botting Elizabeth Louise Botting CBE (born 19 September 1939) is a British company director and former broadcaster. She was presenter of BBC Radio 4's ''Money Box'' programme between 1977 and 1992. After her broadcasting career, she became one of the ...
. *
Louise Botting Elizabeth Louise Botting CBE (born 19 September 1939) is a British company director and former broadcaster. She was presenter of BBC Radio 4's ''Money Box'' programme between 1977 and 1992. After her broadcasting career, she became one of the ...
CBE – presenter of BBC Radio 4 ''
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'' from 1977 to 1992. She is the mother of
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Frank Bough Francis Joseph Bough (; 15 January 1933 – 21 October 2020) was an English television presenter. He was best known as the former host of BBC sports and current affairs shows including ''Grandstand'', '' Nationwide'' and '' Breakfast Time'', whi ...
– long-serving presenter on '' Nationwide'' and the first main anchor on '' Breakfast Time''. He was also the main anchor on ''
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'' during the 1970s and early-1980s and he later hosted the
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'' programme. He died in 2020. *
Bernard Braden Bernard Chastey Braden (16 May 1916 – 2 February 1993) was a Canadian-born British actor and comedian, who is best known for his appearances in UK television and radio shows. Life Braden was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and educated ...
– eponymous presenter of 'Braden's Week', a consumer affairs programme, which ran from 1967 until 1972. He had previously presented 'On The Braden Beat', a very similar show, which ran on ITV from 1962 until 1967, and he was well known as an actor and comedian. He died in 1993. He was married to fellow-television presenter
Barbara Kelly Barbara Kelly (5 October 1923 – 15 January 2007) was a Canadian-British actress, best known for her television roles in the United Kingdom opposite her husband Bernard Braden in the 1950s and 1960s, and for many appearances as a panelist ...
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Melvyn Bragg Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg, (born 6 October 1939), is an English broadcaster, author and parliamentarian. He is best known for his work with ITV as editor and presenter of ''The South Bank Show'' (1978–2010), and for the BBC Radio 4 documenta ...
– began as a BBC general trainee in 1961 and then worked in the
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, the
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and the
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. He was later a presenter on
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from 1988 until 1998, but he is best known as the presenter and editor of
LWT London Weekend Television (LWT) (now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5.15 pm (7:00 pm from 1968 un ...
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The South Bank Show ''The South Bank Show'' is a British television arts magazine series originally produced by London Weekend Television and broadcast on ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new version of the series began 27 May 2012 on Sky Arts. Conceived, written, ...
'' from 1978 until 2010. He was created Baron Bragg in 1998. *
Chris Brasher Christopher William Brasher CBE (21 August 1928 – 28 February 2003) was a British track and field athlete, sports journalist and co-founder of the London Marathon. Early life and education Born in Georgetown, British Guiana, Brasher went to ...
– athlete, and reporter for ''
Tonight Tonight may refer to: Television * ''Tonight'' (1957 TV programme), a 1957–1965 British current events television programme hosted by Cliff Michelmore that was broadcast on BBC * ''Tonight'' (1975 TV programme), a 1975–1979 British current ...
'' in the 1960s. He died in 2003. * Julian Bray – freelance news and currant affairs, lifestyle broadcaster from 1970 to 1984, on various programmes including BBC Late Light Extra on the
BBC Light Programme The BBC Light Programme was a national radio station which broadcast chiefly mainstream light entertainment and light music from 1945 until 1967, when it was replaced by BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 1. It opened on 29 July 1945, taking over the ...
,
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and
BBC Radio London BBC Radio London is the Local BBC Radio, BBC's local radio station serving Greater London and its surrounding areas. The station broadcasts across the area and beyond, on the 94.9 FM broadcasting, FM frequency, Digital Audio Broadcasting, DAB, ...
. Julian still broadcasts live for the BBC as an accredited
Aviation Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' includes fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air craft such as hot air ...
and
Aviation Security Airport security includes the techniques and methods used in an attempt to protect passengers, staff, aircraft, and airport property from malicious harm, crime, terrorism, and other threats. Aviation security is a combination of measures and hum ...
expert from his home ISDN broadcast studio in
Peterborough Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...
,
Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and North ...
. *
Noreen Bray Noreen, or BID 590, was an off-line one-time tape cipher machine of British origin. Usage As well as being used by the United Kingdom, Noreen was used by Canada. It was widely used in diplomatic stations. According to the display note on a s ...
– main presenter on
Wales Today ''BBC Wales Today'' is the BBC's national television news programme for Wales, broadcast on BBC One Wales from the headquarters of BBC Cymru Wales in Central Square, Cardiff. According to the BBC, it is the world's longest-running television new ...
during the 1980s. She also occasionally presented
Songs of Praise ''Songs of Praise'' is a BBC Television religious programme that presents Christian hymns sung in churches of varying denominations from around the UK. The series was first broadcast in October 1961. On that occasion, the venue was the Ta ...
. *
Fern Britton Fern Britton (born 17 July 1957) is an English author and television presenter. She co-presented '' Breakfast Time'' in the 1980s, coming to mainstream national attention when hosting cookery game show ''Ready Steady Cook'' between 1994 and 200 ...
– originally worked for
Westward Television Westward Television was the first ITV franchise-holder for the South West of England. It held the franchise from 29 April 1961 until 31 December 1981. After a difficult start, Westward Television provided a popular, distinctive and highly regar ...
, before joining the BBC in the early 1980s as a newsreader on ''News After Noon'' and '' Breakfast Time''. She later went on to host ''
Ready Steady Cook ''Ready Steady Cook'' is a BBC daytime TV cooking game show. It debuted on 24 October 1994 and the last original edition was broadcast on 2 February 2010. The programme was hosted by Fern Britton from 1994 until 2000 when celebrity chef Ainsley ...
'', '' This Morning'' and ''That's What I Call Television'' *
Michael Buerk Michael Duncan Buerk (born 18 February 1946) is a British journalist and newsreader. He presented BBC News from 1973 to 2002 and has been the host of BBC Radio 4's ''The Moral Maze'' since 1990. He was also the presenter of BBC One's docudrama ...
– originally a reporter, most notably on the Ethiopian famine in 1984, and later a newsreader; presenter of the Ten O'Clock bulletin from 2000 to 2003. *
Roland Buerk Roland Buerk (born 1973) is a former journalist who worked for the BBC. He was the Tokyo Correspondent for BBC News and covered of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. He left the BBC in mid-2012, to work for Nissan in the United Arab Emirate ...
– former BBC Tokyo Correspondent, and son of Michael Buerk. *
Paul Burden Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...
– business reporter on 'Look North Manchester', which later became 'Look North West' and then
North West Tonight ''BBC North West Tonight'' is the BBC's regional television news programme covering North West England and the Isle of Man. Produced by BBC North West, the programme airs at 1.30pm (as ''North West Today''), 6.30pm and 10.30pm, with shorter bu ...
, during the 1970s. He became a BBC national newsreader and financial journalist in 1983, including presenting ''
Business Breakfast ''Breakfast News'' was a breakfast news programme which first aired on BBC1 on 2 October 1989. The programme was previously known as '' Breakfast Time''. It was planned to launch on 18 September 1989 but was held back by two weeks due to tech ...
'', remaining in these roles until 1999. He also presented the ''
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'' programme and '' PM'' on
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. *
Sir Alastair Burnet Sir James William Alexander Burnet (12 July 192820 July 2012), known as Alastair Burnet, was a British journalist and broadcaster, best known for his work in news and current affairs programmes, including a long career with ITN as chief presente ...
– presenter and reporter on ''Panorama'' and General Election coverage during the early 1970s: he also presented coverage of
Princess Anne Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950), is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the only sister of K ...
and
Captain Mark Phillips Captain Mark Anthony Peter Phillips (born 22 September 1948) is an English Olympic gold medal-winning horseman for Great Britain and the first husband of Anne, Princess Royal, with whom he has two children. He remains a leading figure in Britis ...
' wedding in 1973. He rejoined ITN in 1976 as a main anchor on '' News at Ten'', remaining there until his retirement in 1991. He died in 2012. *
Gordon Burns Gordon Henry Burns (born 10 June 1942) is a Northern Irish journalist and broadcaster. He was the host of ''The Krypton Factor'' for its original 18-year run (1977–1995) and was the chief anchorman for the BBC regional news programme ''BBC N ...
– main anchor on
North West Tonight ''BBC North West Tonight'' is the BBC's regional television news programme covering North West England and the Isle of Man. Produced by BBC North West, the programme airs at 1.30pm (as ''North West Today''), 6.30pm and 10.30pm, with shorter bu ...
from 1997 until his retirement in 2011. He had previously worked for
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in his native Belfast and he also worked on
Granada Reports ITV News ''Granada Reports'' is a British television news service broadcast and produced by ITV Granada. Overview ''Granada Reports'' is produced and broadcast from studios in the Orange Tower at MediaCityUK in Salford Quays. Before this, the ...
and
World in Action ''World in Action'' was a British investigative current affairs programme made by Granada Television for ITV from 7 January 1963 until 7 December 1998. Its campaigning journalism frequently had a major impact on events of the day. Its producti ...
(during his career, he interviewed no fewer than eight British Prime Ministers). He is also well-known as the long-serving original host of the
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quiz
The Krypton Factor ''The Krypton Factor'' is a British game show produced by Granada Television for broadcast on ITV. The show originally ran from 7 September 1977 to 20 November 1995, and was hosted by Gordon Burns and usually broadcast on the ITV network on ...
from 1977 to 1995. Other quizzes he has hosted include 'Password', 'A Word in Your Ear' and 'Relatively Speaking'.


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Sue Cameron Sue Cameron is a British journalist and columnist. Cameron wrote primarily for ''The Daily Telegraph'', particularly about the UK Government's relationship with the Civil Service, and is a former presenter of ''Newsnight ''Newsnight'' (or ''B ...
– presenter of ''
Newsnight ''Newsnight'' (or ''BBC Newsnight'') is BBC Two's news and current affairs programme, providing in-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines. The programme is broadcast on weekdays at 22:30. and is also availa ...
'' during the 1990s. She has also presented ''
Channel 4 News ''Channel 4 News'' is the main news programme on British television broadcaster Channel 4. It is produced by ITN, and has been in operation since Channel 4's launch in November 1982. Current productions ''Channel 4 News'' ''Channel 4 News'' ...
''. *
Sue Carpenter Sue Carpenter (born 17 May 1956 in London, England) is a United Kingdom former newsreader and television presenter. She graduated in English Literature and Icelandic at King's College London in 1977. After presenting regional BBC news programme ...
– relief co–presenter on 'News After Noon' and on '' Breakfast Time'' during the 1980s and was also a main presenter on '' Points West''. She later joined ITN. * Tom Carver – held various posts as foreign correspondent, before becoming Washington D.C. correspondent for eight years. Now works for
Control Risks Group Control Risks is a global risk and strategic consulting firm specializing in political, security and integrity risk. History Control Risks was formed in 1975, as a professional adviser to the insurance industry. A subsidiary of insurance broke ...
. *
Judith Chalmers Judith Rosemary Locke Chalmers (born 10 October 1935) is a British television presenter who is best known for presenting the travel programme '' Wish You Were Here...?'' from 1974 to 2003. Early life Chalmers was born in Gatley, Cheshire. Her ...
– BBC announcer during the 1950s and 1960s: she had previously worked as a performer on 'Children's Hour' from the age of 13. She also presented ''
Woman's Hour ''Woman's Hour'' is a radio magazine programme broadcast in the United Kingdom on the BBC Light Programme, BBC Radio 2, and later BBC Radio 4. It has been on the air since 1946. History Created by Norman Collins and originally presented by A ...
'' and ''
Family Favourites ''Family Favourites'' (remembered by its later name ''Two-Way Family Favourites'') was the successor to the wartime radio show ''Forces Favourites'', broadcast at Sunday lunchtimes on the BBC Light Programme, later BBC Radio 2 from 1945 unti ...
'' during the 1960s, but she is best known as the long-serving main co-presenter on ITV's '' Wish You Were Here...?'' from 1974 until 2003. She is married to the sports commentator Neil Durden-Smith and their son is the TV presenter
Mark Durden-Smith Mark Durden-Smith (born 1 October 1968 in Soho, London) is an English television presenter best known for presenting ITV shows such as '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW!'' and '' This Morning Summer'', Sky 1 shows such as ''The Matc ...
. * Jonathan Charles – presented BBC World News, BBC News, and ''World News Today''. He has also presented for BBC World News from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, as well as ''HARDtalk'', and BBC World Service programmes. Charles was a world affairs correspondent for the BBC, reporting from many conflict zones, including Iraq, Afghanistan, and Chechnya, as well as natural disasters, and the Beslan school siege. During his career as a journalist, Charles was based in several countries including Belgium, France, Germany and the USA. Now works as Director of Communications at the
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*
Michael Charlton Michael Charlton (born 1 May 1927) is an Australian-born Gold Logie winning former journalist and broadcaster, who worked for the BBC in the United Kingdom for many years. Biography Charlton was born in Sydney to broadcaster Conrad and Hazel ...
– reporter and interviewer on ''
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'' 1962 – 1976. He also appeared on ''
Newsnight ''Newsnight'' (or ''BBC Newsnight'') is BBC Two's news and current affairs programme, providing in-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines. The programme is broadcast on weekdays at 22:30. and is also availa ...
'' and other BBC programmes. *
Christopher Chataway Sir Christopher John Chataway (31 January 1931 – 19 January 2014) was a British middle- and long-distance runner, television news broadcaster, and Conservative politician. Education He was born in Chelsea, London, the son of James Denys ...
– athlete, and reporter on ''
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'' from 1956: he was also an ITN newscaster during its early days. He died in 2014. *
Adrian Chiles Adrian Chiles (born 21 March 1967) is a British writer and television and radio presenter. He has co-presented both ''The One Show'' (2007–2010) and '' Daybreak'' (2010–2011) with Christine Lampard. He was also the chief presenter for foo ...
– presenter on
Working Lunch ''Working Lunch'' is a television programme which was broadcast on BBC Two covering business, personal finance and consumer news; it was broadcast between 1994 and 2010. The programme was first aired on 19 September 1994. It had a quirky, relaxed ...
from 1994 to 2007 and an occasional relief presenter on
BBC Breakfast ''BBC Breakfast'' is the BBC television Breakfast television, breakfast news programme. Produced by BBC News, the programme is broadcast on BBC One and the BBC News (TV channel), BBC News channel. The simulcast is presented live, originally from ...
. He is perhaps best known as the former main co-host of ''
The One Show ''The One Show'' is a British television magazine and chat show programme. Broadcast live on BBC One weeknights at 7:00 pm, it features topical stories and studio guests. It is currently co-hosted by Alex Jones, Jermaine Jenas, and Ronan K ...
'', which he left to present
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's '' Daybreak''. *
Nick Clarke Nicholas Campbell Clarke (9 June 1948 – 23 November 2006), was an English radio and television presenter and journalist, primarily known for his work on BBC Radio 4. Biography Clarke was born in 1948 in Godalming, Surrey, and educated at Westb ...
– presenter of ''
The World at One ''The World at One'', or ''WATO'' ("what-oh") for short, is BBC Radio 4's long-running lunchtime news and current affairs programme, produced by BBC News, which is currently broadcast from 13:00 to 13:45 from Monday to Friday. The programme de ...
'' on
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from 1994 until he died of cancer in 2006. He also worked front of camera on ''
The Money Programme ''The Money Programme'' is a finance and business affairs television programme on BBC Two which ran between April 1966 and November 2010. It was first broadcast on 5 April 1966 and presented by "commentators" (financial journalists) William Davis ...
'', ''
Newsnight ''Newsnight'' (or ''BBC Newsnight'') is BBC Two's news and current affairs programme, providing in-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines. The programme is broadcast on weekdays at 22:30. and is also availa ...
'' (both BBC2) and ''
The World This Weekend ''The World at One'', or ''WATO'' ("what-oh") for short, is BBC Radio 4's long-running lunchtime news and current affairs programme, produced by BBC News, which is currently broadcast from 13:00 to 13:45 from Monday to Friday. The programme de ...
'' (Radio 4). * Gordon Clough – former BBC journalist and presenter of BBC Radio 4's ''
The World This Weekend ''The World at One'', or ''WATO'' ("what-oh") for short, is BBC Radio 4's long-running lunchtime news and current affairs programme, produced by BBC News, which is currently broadcast from 13:00 to 13:45 from Monday to Friday. The programme de ...
'', '' PM'', ''
The World at One ''The World at One'', or ''WATO'' ("what-oh") for short, is BBC Radio 4's long-running lunchtime news and current affairs programme, produced by BBC News, which is currently broadcast from 13:00 to 13:45 from Monday to Friday. The programme de ...
'' and ''
Round Britain Quiz ''Round Britain Quiz'' (or ''RBQ'' for short) is a panel game that has been broadcast on BBC Radio since 1947, making it the oldest quiz still broadcast on British radio. It was based on a format called ''Transatlantic Quiz'', a contest betwee ...
'', the latter of which he was also the question-setter. Formerly worked for the BBC Russian Service, and spoke fluent Russian. He died in 1996. *
Pattie Coldwell Patricia Ann Coldwell (14 May 1952 – 17 October 2002), known as Pattie Coldwell, was a British TV presenter and journalist. Early life Patricia Ann Coldwell was born on 14 May 1952 in Clitheroe, Lancashire, the daughter of Eunice (née ...
– presenter and reporter on '' Nationwide'': she also presented ''
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'', ''
Loose Women ''Loose Women'' (previously known as ''Live Talk'' from 2000 to 2001) is a British talk show that broadcasts on ITV1 weekdays from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm. The show focuses on a panel of four female presenters who interview celebrities, talk about ...
'' and Radio 4's ''
You and Yours ''You and Yours'' is a British radio consumer affairs programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and produced by BBC News. History ''You and Yours'' began broadcasting in October 1970, when its first presenter was Joan York. In the 1980s it briefly ra ...
''. She died in 2002. * John Cole – BBC's political editor between 1981 and 1992. Died 2013. *
Michael Cole (public relations) Michael Cole (born 1943) is a former BBC television journalist and royal correspondent. After leaving the BBC, he worked as director of public affairs for Harrods, and thus also as a spokesman for its owner Mohamed Al Fayed. Journalism Cole be ...
– joined the BBC in 1969 as a presenter and reporter on Look East. He then moved on to the national news, working in various reporting roles, and later as the BBC's Royal Correspondent during the 1980s. He left the BBC in 1988 in order to become the director of public affairs at
Harrods Harrods Limited is a department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, England. It is currently owned by the state of Qatar via its sovereign wealth fund, the Qatar Investment Authority. The Harrods brand also applies to other ...
. * Stephen Cole – presenter on
BBC World BBC World News is an international English-language pay television network, operated under the ''BBC Global News Limited'' division of the BBC, which is a public corporation of the UK government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and S ...
and of technology programme ''
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''. Now with
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. *
David Coleman David Robert Coleman OBE (26 April 1926 – 21 December 2013) was a British sports commentator and television presenter who worked for the BBC for 46 years. He covered eleven Summer Olympic Games from 1960 to 2000 and six FIFA World Cups from ...
– veteran BBC sports commentator and presenter over more than four decades. He began as a newspaper reporter in his native Cheshire, then joined the BBC in Manchester, before moving to BBC Birmingham, where he worked as a news assistant and sports editor. He also worked on ''Sportsview'', and then replaced
Peter Dimmock Peter Harold Dimmock, Royal Victorian Order, CVO, Order of the British Empire, CBE (6 December 1920 – 20 November 2015) was a British sports broadcaster and senior television executive during the formative years of the medium in the 1950s. He w ...
as the presenter of
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from 1958 until 1968. He also worked as a commentator, particularly on football and athletics, and he presented and/or commentated on all the
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from 1960 until 2000 inclusive, eight
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and seven
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. He also regularly presented ''
Sportsnight ''Sportsnight'' was a midweek BBC television sports programme that ran from 1968 until 1997. Sportsview ''Sportsnight'' was a successor to ''Sportsview'' which started on 8 April 1954. ''Sportsview'' was devised by Paul Fox, later Controller ...
'' from 1968 until 1972 and the quiz ''
A Question of Sport ''Question of Sport'' (previously ''A Question of Sport'') is a British television sports quiz show produced and broadcast by the BBC. It is the "world's longest running TV sports quiz". Following a pilot episode in December 1968, broadcast onl ...
'' from 1979 until 1997. In addition, he covered certain major news events, such as
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' return to Britain from the US and the 1959 General Election. He retired from the BBC after covering the
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in 2000, and was awarded the
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later that year. He died in 2013. *
Roger Cook (journalist) Roger Lou Belvedere Cook (born 6 April 1943) is a New Zealand-born British investigative journalist and television broadcaster. In 1997, he won a British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) special award "for 25 years of outstanding qual ...
– joined BBC Radio 4's ''
The World At One ''The World at One'', or ''WATO'' ("what-oh") for short, is BBC Radio 4's long-running lunchtime news and current affairs programme, produced by BBC News, which is currently broadcast from 13:00 to 13:45 from Monday to Friday. The programme de ...
'' in 1968 as a presenter and reporter and later worked on '' PM'',
Newsnight ''Newsnight'' (or ''BBC Newsnight'') is BBC Two's news and current affairs programme, providing in-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines. The programme is broadcast on weekdays at 22:30. and is also availa ...
and '' Nationwide''. He is best known for his long-running investigative ITV series ''
The Cook Report ''The Cook Report'' was a British ITV current affairs television programme presented by Roger Cook which was broadcast from 22 July 1987 to 24 August 1999. The series featured the journalist investigating corruption, criminals, government soc ...
'', which ran from 1987 until 1998. *
Sue Cook Sue Cook (born Susan Lorraine Thomas, 30 March 1949) is a British television presenter and author. She is best known for co-presenting (with Nick Ross) the BBC One factual crime show ''Crimewatch'' from 1984 until 1995. Early life Sue Cook ...
– regular presenter on various current affairs programmes, including '' Nationwide'' and '' Breakfast Time'', during the 1980s and 1990s. She has also presented a number of other programmes, including '' Children in Need'', ''
Pebble Mill at One ''Pebble Mill at One'' is a British television magazine programme that was broadcast live on weekdays at one o'clock on BBC1, from 2 October 1972 to 23 May 1986, and again from 14 October 1991 to 29 March 1996. It was transmitted from the Pebb ...
'' and ''
Crimewatch ''Crimewatch'' (formerly ''Crimewatch UK'') is a British television programme produced by the BBC, that reconstructs major unsolved crimes in order to gain information from the public which may assist in solving the case. The programme was or ...
''. *
Alistair Cooke Alistair Cooke (born Alfred Cooke; 20 November 1908 – 30 March 2004) was a British-American writer whose work as a journalist, television personality and radio broadcaster was done primarily in the United States.Letter from America ''Letter from America'' was a weekly fifteen-minute speech radio series broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and its predecessor, the Home Service, and around the world through the BBC World Service. From its first edition to its last, it was presented by A ...
'' until October 2004, he died later in the same month. *
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– main co-presenter on
News After Noon ''News After Noon'' is a news bulletin that aired on BBC1 at lunchtimes from 7 September 1981 to 24 October 1986. History ''News After Noon'' launched on 7 September 1981 and replaced a shorter fifteen-minute lunchtime news bulletin called ''The ...
during the early 1980s – she also regularly presented the Nine O'clock News. *
Elizabeth Cowell Elizabeth Cowell (1912–1998) was a British broadcaster and television announcer. She was one of the first three BBC Television Service presenters, along with Jasmine Bligh and Leslie Mitchell. She began announcing when the Television Se ...
– one of the first three presenters, from when the BBC Television Service started in 1936, and returned after the war in 1946. She died in 1998. *
Tom Coyne Tom Coyne may refer to: * Tom Coyne (writer), American writer and professor * Tom Coyne (broadcaster) (1930–2015), British television presenter * Tom Coyne (music engineer) (1954–2017), American mastering engineer * Thomas Coyne (cricketer) ( ...
– main anchor on ''
Midlands Today ''Midlands Today'' is the BBC's regional television news service for the West Midlands. It was launched in 1964 and is presented by Mary Rhodes, Nick Owen, Elizabeth Glinka, Rebecca Wood and Shefali Oza. Overview ''Midlands Today'' is produc ...
'' during the 1970s. He also worked for
Tyne Tees Television ITV Tyne Tees, previously known as Tyne Tees, Channel 3 North East and Tyne Tees Television, is the ITV (TV network), ITV television franchise for North East England and parts of North Yorkshire. Tyne Tees launched on 15 January 1959 from stud ...
in his native Newcastle upon Tyne and as a reporter on '' Nationwide''. He died in 2015. *
John Craven John Raymond Craven, (born 16 August 1940) is an English journalist and television presenter, best known for presenting the BBC programmes '' Newsround'', ''Countryfile'' and '' Beat the Brain''. Early life Craven was born in Leeds, West Rid ...
– long-serving eponymous presenter of the pioneering children's news programme '' John Craven's Newsround'' from 1972 to 1989 – the programme was later renamed ''
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''. He was also a regular co-presenter on ''
Multicoloured Swap Shop ''Multi-Coloured Swap Shop'', more commonly known simply as ''Swap Shop'', is a British children's television series that aired on BBC1 from 2 October 1976 to 27 March 1982. It was ground-breaking in many ways: by broadcasting on Saturday mornin ...
'' and ''
Saturday Superstore ''Saturday Superstore'' is a British children's television series that aired on BBC1 from 2 October 1982 to 18 April 1987. It was shown on Saturday mornings with presenters including Mike Read, Sarah Greene, Keith Chegwin, and John Craven. The s ...
'' during this period. He left in 1989 to become the main anchor on ''
Countryfile ''Countryfile'' is a British television programme which airs weekly on BBC One and reports on rural, agricultural, and environmental issues in the United Kingdom. The programme is currently presented by John Craven, Adam Henson, Matt Baker, T ...
'', which he still presents to this day. Prior to ''Newsround'', he had worked for the
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on '' Look North'' in Newcastle upon Tyne and '' Points West'' in Bristol. *
Vivien Creegor Vivien Creegor (born c. 1959) is an English television newscaster. From 1989 until 2006, she was one of the principal news readers on Sky News. Broadcasting career Creegor started her career as a secretary with the BBC and eventually became a pro ...
– main presenter on Points West during the 1980s. She also presented a number of other news bulletins on BBC Television and also on Radio 4. She left in 1988 to join the then-fledgling
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– main co-presenter and sports presenter on
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, during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. He also hosted the popular BBC daytime quiz show '' Turnabout'' from 1990 until 1996. He is now a sports presenter on
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from 2007 to 2011. * Nasteh Dahir – foreign correspondent for the BBC in Somalia, murdered in 2008. *
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– regular announcer for BBC television and radio from 1943, including such programmes as 'Round And About' and 'London Calling Europe'. He was best known as one of the voices of the
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– Australian sports presenter on
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between 1994 and 1997, including Newsday with
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. Would later join
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– political broadcaster and commentator, presenter of ''
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'' (1979–89). He was originally one of the first ITN newscasters on ITV's inception in 1955: he remained there until 1959, then joined the BBC, presenting many news and political programmes, including ''
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'' and election night coverage from 1960 until 1987. He died in 2000. * Wilfred De'Ath – BBC Radio producer and interviewer during the 1960s: he also reported on the
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for Radio 4 during the 1970s. He died in 2020. *
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– BBC correspondent in Dublin during the early 1970s, mainly reporting on the Troubles. He later hosted various literary programmes on both television and radio and was himself a much-published author. He died in 2017. *
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– announcer on the BBC's Home Service during the 1950s. He then became the main anchor on ''Today'' from 1958 until 1971. He died in 1988. *
Anne Diamond Anne Margaret Diamond (born 8 September 1954) is a British journalist and broadcaster. She presently hosts the weekend breakfast show on GB News with Stephen Dixon as her co-presenter. She hosted '' Good Morning Britain'' for TV-am and ''Good ...
– originally worked as a reporter for
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during the 1970s, before becoming a presenter and reporter on
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, which later became Central News. She then returned to the BBC as a co-presenter on
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and a reporter on Nationwide, but later joined
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as its main co-anchor, alongside
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. The pair went on to host their own BBC chat show, 'Good Morning With Anne and Nick', from 1992 until 1996. *
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– veteran BBC presenter and journalist over 6 decades. He began as a reporter for
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during the 1960s, later becoming a presenter on
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in 1971 and then a long-serving main anchor on ''
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''. He also briefly presented Nationwide during the early 1980s, the BBC's election coverage for 10 years from 1979 and 'This Week Next Week' from 1984 until 1988, and he commentated on many significant outside broadcasts, including the funerals of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 2002 and former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 2013, following in the footsteps of his late father,
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. In addition, he was the chairman of
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from 1994 until 2018. He is the brother of fellow-journalist
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– BBC's first war correspondent, and then its leading TV news commentator in the 1950s and 1960s, as the presenter of ''
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''. He was the main commentator, usually alongside
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, on many significant outside broadcasts, most notably
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and
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– veteran BBC sports journalist and senior television executive. He joined the BBC in 1946 as the Head of Outside Broadcasts and was responsible for organising the televised coverage of major events such as the 1948 London Olympics, The Queen's Coronation in 1953 and the first televised Grand National in 1960, until his retirement from that role in 1972. He also presented the sports programme 'Sportsview' from its inception in 1954 until 1964, and he was the first-ever presenter of both the first
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award in 1954 and ''
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'' in 1958. He continued to work for the BBC in other roles until 1977. He died in 2015. He was married to the BBC announcer and reporter
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Peter Donaldson Peter Ian Donaldson (23 August 1945 – 2 November 2015) was an English newsreader on BBC Radio 4. Early life Donaldson was born in Cairo, Egypt, and moved to Cyprus in 1952 at the time of the overthrow of King Farouk. He was a frequen ...
– long-serving newsreader and announcer on ''
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''. He died in 2015. * Mike Donkin – joined the BBC in 1975, originally working on Radio 4's ''Today'', then on BBC Television News as their World Affairs Correspondent throughout subsequent decades. He died in 2007, following a short illness. *
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– one of the first BBC Television newsreaders along with Richard Baker and
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. Later a presenter of programmes for people in retirement. He died in 1999. * Alan Douglas – main presenter and correspondent on
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from 1978 to 1996. He left to join
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– presenter on BBC World News and BBC News Channel until he suddenly died on 18 January 2014. He was the first presenter of ''
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'' which he presented until the day before his death. Following his death the BBC named the Komla Dumor Award for exceptional talent in telling African stories after him. *
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– announcer on BBC domestic radio during the 1960s, and later on Radio 1. He also worked as an announcer and newsreader on Radio 4 during the mid-1970s, but was best known for his long-running drive time Radio programme, which began in 1976. He died in 2004.


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– presenter of Look North from 1990 to 1997, presented on the
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from 1997 to 2015, including many reports from
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in the early part of this period and occasional appearances on
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from 2013 to 2015. * John Edmunds – TV newsreader from September 1968 until September 1973, and then again in October 1974 and between September 1979 and June 1981. He also presented the BBC's regional London TV magazine, ''
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'' in 1968/1969 * Gwenan Edwards – presented on the BBC News Channel from 2000 to 2007. Before that she co–anchored BBC Newsroom South East from 1993 to 2000. She presented for BBC World News from 1994 to 1996. She also presented BBC UK Today until it was discontinued. *
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– main presenter on
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during the 1990s and early-2000s, leaving the programme in 2007. She had previously worked for
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, Radio 4 and
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– presenter of the
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regional opt-outs on ''Today'' during the 1970s. He was also a disc jockey on
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and BBC Radio Two, but he is probably best known as an announcer on
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during the 1980s. *
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– reporter on the BBC news programme ''
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– joined the BBC in 1983, working for
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as reporter in 1995, and remained there for two years until he became the main presenter of ''
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'', the BBC's regional news programme for London and the South East of England. He then became the main overnight presenter from 2001 on
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until retiring in 2021. *
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– reporter on ''
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'' throughout the 1980s. He was previously a newspaper journalist and he worked in my troublespots throughout the world, including Vietnam during the
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Gavin Esler Gavin William James Esler (born 27 February 1953) is a Scottish journalist, television presenter and author. He was a main presenter on BBC Two's flagship political analysis programme, ''Newsnight'', from January 2003 until January 2014, and pr ...
– joined the BBC in 1977 and worked as a regional reporter in
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, presenter on
Newsroom South East ''Newsroom South East'' was the BBC's regional news programme aired on BBC One in the South East. It was launched on Tuesday 28 March 1989 as the successor to ''London Plus'', the South East's previous news programme. In 1992, ''South Today'' ...
in the mid-1980s, and the BBC's Washington correspondent in 1989. He was one of the launch presenters on the
BBC News Channel BBC News (also known as the BBC News Channel) is a British free-to-air public broadcast television news channel for BBC News. It was launched as BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997 at 5:30 pm as part of the BBC's foray into digital domestic telev ...
, then known as
BBC News 24 BBC News (also known as the BBC News Channel) is a British free-to-air public broadcast television news channel for BBC News. It was launched as BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997 at 5:30 pm as part of the BBC's foray into digital domestic telev ...
, in 1997, co-presenting the very first show with
Sarah Montague Sarah Anne Louise Montague, Lady Brooke (born 8 February 1966),''Who's who'' is a British journalist and presenter of the BBC Radio 4 current affairs programme ''The World at One''. For 18 years, prior to April 2018, she was a regular presenter ...
. He was also a main presenter on
Newsnight ''Newsnight'' (or ''BBC Newsnight'') is BBC Two's news and current affairs programme, providing in-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines. The programme is broadcast on weekdays at 22:30. and is also availa ...
2003–2014, a presenter on BBC News at Five,
The Film Review ''The Film Review'' (formerly ''Film 24'') is a 10-minute film-related programme that was usually shown on BBC News each Friday evening at 5:45pm. It reviewed three new films each week and was repeated several times during weekends. Jane Hill s ...
and
Dateline London ''Dateline London'' is a weekly BBC News discussion programme. A panel of four leading journalists, lecturers, and foreign correspondents discussed top news stories from an international perspective. The last episode made was on the 15th October ...
, 2008–2017. *
Julie Etchingham Julie Anne Etchingham (born 21 August 1969) is an English journalist who works as a television newsreader with ITV News. A graduate of Newnham College, Cambridge, Etchingham joined the BBC as a trainee after completing her studies, and went on ...
– presenter on
Newsround ''Newsround'' (stylised as ''newsround'', and originally called ''John Craven's Newsround'' before his departure in 1989) is a BBC children's news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972. It was one of the world's first televi ...
during the mid-1990s. She later joined
Sky News Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel and organisation. Sky News is distributed via an English-language radio news service, and through online channels. It is owned by Sky Group, a division of Comcast. John Ryley is the hea ...
and
Five News ''5 News at 5'', also known as ''Channel 5 News'', is the news programme of British broadcaster Channel 5, produced by ITN from its main newsroom on Gray's Inn Road, London. History ''5 News'' was one of the new station's flagship programme ...
, but has been a main presenter on
ITV News ITV News is the branding of news programmes on the British television network ITV. ITV has a long tradition of television news. Independent Television News (ITN) was founded to provide news bulletins for the network in 1955, and has since conti ...
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Bernard Falk Bernard Michael Falk (16 February 1943 – 4 August 1990) was a British television reporter and interviewer perhaps best known for his contributions to the BBC current affairs and magazine programme '' Nationwide'' in the 1970s and the BBC Rad ...
– regular reporter and presenter on '' 24 Hours'' during the 1960s and '' Nationwide'' during the 1970s. He also presented ''
Start The Week ''Start the Week'' is a discussion programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 which began in April 1970. The current presenter is the former BBC political editor and the BBC's former political Sunday morning presenter Andrew Marr. The previous regular p ...
'' on Radio 4 and the
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's early-1980s challenge quiz ''Now Get Out of That''. He died in 1990. *
Lynn Faulds Wood Lynn Faulds Wood (25 March 1948 – 24 April 2020) was a Scottish television presenter and journalist. She co-presented the British television programme ''Watchdog'' with her husband John Stapleton. Early life and career Faulds Wood was b ...
– presenter on Breakfast Time from 1984 to 1986, but she was best known as the main co-presenter (with her husband, John Stapleton), of ''
Watchdog Watchdog or watch dog may refer to: Animals *Guard dog, a dog that barks to alert its owners of an intruder's presence * Portuguese Watch Dog, Cão de Castro Laboreiro, a dog breed * Moscow Watchdog, a breed of dog that was bred in the Soviet U ...
'', from 1985 until 1993. She died in 2020. *
Adrian Finighan Adrian Richard Finighan (born 20 December 1964) is a Welsh journalist, working as a presenter and reporter for the television channel Al Jazeera English (AJE). He is now based at AJE's World headquarters in Doha but has also presented programme ...
– presenter on
BBC News 24 BBC News (also known as the BBC News Channel) is a British free-to-air public broadcast television news channel for BBC News. It was launched as BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997 at 5:30 pm as part of the BBC's foray into digital domestic telev ...
and
BBC World BBC World News is an international English-language pay television network, operated under the ''BBC Global News Limited'' division of the BBC, which is a public corporation of the UK government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and S ...
until early 2006 when he left for
CNN International CNN International (CNNI, simply branded on-air as CNN) is an international television channel that is owned by CNN Global. CNN International carries news-related programming worldwide; it cooperates with sister network CNN's national and inter ...
. Subsequently, he left for
Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera English (AJE; ar, الجزيرة‎, translit=al-jazīrah, , literally "The Peninsula", referring to the Qatar Peninsula) is an international 24-hour English-language news channel owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network, which is own ...
in 2010. * Roger Finn – presenter and reporter on
Newsround ''Newsround'' (stylised as ''newsround'', and originally called ''John Craven's Newsround'' before his departure in 1989) is a BBC children's news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972. It was one of the world's first televi ...
during the late-1980s and early-1990s. He later joined
BBC South Today ''BBC South Today'' is the BBC's regional television news service for the south of England, covering Hampshire, Isle of Wight, West Sussex, much of Dorset and parts of Berkshire, Surrey and Wiltshire. Since 2000, an opt-out of the main program ...
, which he still occasionally presents to this day. *
Stephanie Flanders Stephanie Hope Flanders (born 5 August 1968) is a British economist and journalist, currently the head of Bloomberg News Economics. She was previously chief market strategist for Britain and Europe for J.P. Morgan Asset Management,Newsnight ''Newsnight'' (or ''BBC Newsnight'') is BBC Two's news and current affairs programme, providing in-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines. The programme is broadcast on weekdays at 22:30. and is also availa ...
'' and ''Panorama'', and also as an occasional relief newsreader on other main news bulletins. She became the Corporation's Economics Editor in 2008, remaining in this role until 2013. She is the daughter of the singer and performer
Michael Flanders Michael Henry Flanders (1 March 1922 – 14 April 1975) was an English actor, broadcaster, and writer and performer of comic songs. He is best known for his stage partnership with Donald Swann. As a young man Flanders seemed to be heading fo ...
, of
Flanders and Swann Flanders and Swann were a British comedy duo. Lyricist, actor and singer Michael Flanders (1922–1975) and composer and pianist Donald Swann (1923–1994) collaborated in writing and performing comic songs. They first worked together in a scho ...
fame. * Tom Fleming – long-serving BBC radio and television commentator on major state occasions, such as royal weddings and funerals and the annual Remembrance Sunday ceremony. He was also an actor and director. He died in 2010. *
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– presenter of Sport News from 2005 to 2011. Left to join
Sky Sports News Sky Sports News (SSN) is a British pay television, paid television sports news channel run by Sky Limited, Sky, a division of Comcast. History Since 1992, Sky Sports had broadcast sports news, initially a brief ''Football Update'' and lat ...
*
Anna Ford Anna Ford (born 2 October 1943) is an English former journalist, television presenter and newsreader. She first worked as a researcher, news reporter and later newsreader for Granada Television, ITN, and the BBC. Ford helped launch the British ...
– presenter of the ''
BBC Six O'Clock News The ''BBC News at Six'' is the evening news programme bulletin from the BBC. Produced by BBC News, the programme is broadcast on the BBC News channel and on British television channel BBC One on weekdays at 6:00pm. For a long period, the ''BBC ...
'' from 1989 until 1999 and the '' One O'Clock News'' from 1999 until 2006. She had also worked across other BBC News programmes, having been the first female newsreader at ITN. She left the BBC in 2006. *
Frederick Forsyth Frederick McCarthy Forsyth (born 25 August 1938) is an English novelist and journalist. He is best known for thrillers such as ''The Day of the Jackal'', ''The Odessa File'', '' The Fourth Protocol'', '' The Dogs of War'', ''The Devil's Alter ...
– joined the BBC in 1965 as Assistant Diplomatic Correspondent, initially covering French affairs, then the
Nigerian Civil War The Nigerian Civil War (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970), also known as the Nigerian–Biafran War or the Biafran War, was a civil war fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra, a secessionist state which had declared its independence f ...
in 1967. He is best known as a prolific thriller novelist: his works include
The Day of The Jackal ''The Day of the Jackal'' (1971) is a political thriller novel by English author Frederick Forsyth about a professional assassin who is contracted by the OAS, a French dissident paramilitary organisation, to kill Charles de Gaulle, the Presid ...
and
The Odessa File ''The Odessa File'' is a thriller by English writer Frederick Forsyth, first published in 1972, about the adventures of a young German reporter attempting to discover the location of a former SS concentration-camp commander. The name ODESSA is ...
. * Marian Foster – long-serving presenter on
Pebble Mill At One ''Pebble Mill at One'' is a British television magazine programme that was broadcast live on weekdays at one o'clock on BBC1, from 2 October 1972 to 23 May 1986, and again from 14 October 1991 to 29 March 1996. It was transmitted from the Pebb ...
from 1972 until 1986. She later presented gardening reports for Look North. *
Max Foster Max Foster (born 30 October 1972) is an anchor and correspondent for CNN, based in London. He hosts the 1pm GMT edition of CNN Newsroom. Education Foster spent most of his childhood in Wiltshire, England where he attended The Ridgeway School ...
– business reporter and presenter on
BBC Breakfast ''BBC Breakfast'' is the BBC television Breakfast television, breakfast news programme. Produced by BBC News, the programme is broadcast on BBC One and the BBC News (TV channel), BBC News channel. The simulcast is presented live, originally from ...
until he left for
CNN International CNN International (CNNI, simply branded on-air as CNN) is an international television channel that is owned by CNN Global. CNN International carries news-related programming worldwide; it cooperates with sister network CNN's national and inter ...
in 2005 *
Jonathan Freedland Jonathan Saul Freedland (born 25 February 1967) is a British journalist who writes a weekly column for ''The Guardian''. He presents BBC Radio 4's contemporary history series ''The Long View''. Freedland also writes thrillers, mainly under the ...
– news reporter on BBC radio and television, particularly on
The World At One ''The World at One'', or ''WATO'' ("what-oh") for short, is BBC Radio 4's long-running lunchtime news and current affairs programme, produced by BBC News, which is currently broadcast from 13:00 to 13:45 from Monday to Friday. The programme de ...
and ''Today'', during the early 1990s. *
John Freeman (British politician) Major John Horace Freeman , PC (19 February 1915 – 20 December 2014) was a British politician, diplomat, broadcaster and British Army officer. He was the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Watford from 1945 to 1955. Early life Freeman wa ...
– presenter on ''
Panorama A panorama (formed from Greek πᾶν "all" + ὅραμα "view") is any wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography, film, seismic images, or 3D modeling. The word was originally coined in ...
'' during the 1950s. He also served as the Labour MP for Watford from 1945 until 1955, but he was probably best known for his controversial series '' Face to Face'' (1959–1962), in which he conducted very probing interviews with famous people of the time, including
Tony Hancock Anthony John Hancock (12 May 1924 – 25 June 1968) was an English comedian and actor. High-profile during the 1950s and early 1960s, he had a major success with his BBC series ''Hancock's Half Hour'', first broadcast on radio from 1954, ...
,
Gilbert Harding Gilbert Charles Harding (5 June 1907 – 16 November 1960) was a British journalist and radio and television personality. His many careers included schoolmaster, journalist, policeman, disc jockey, actor, interviewer and television presenter. He ...
and
Adam Faith Terence Nelhams Wright (23 June 1940 – 8 March 2003), known as Adam Faith, was an English singer, actor, and financial journalist. A teen idol, he scored consecutive No. 1 hits on the UK Singles Chart with "What Do You Want?" (1959) and "Poo ...
. Freeman later became the chairman of
LWT London Weekend Television (LWT) (now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5.15 pm (7:00 pm from 1968 un ...
, in 1971. He died in 2014. *
Matt Frei Matthias "Matt" Frei (born 26 November 1963) is a British-German television news journalist and writer, formerly the Washington, D.C. correspondent for ''Channel 4 News''. He is now the channel's Europe editor and presenter of the evening news. ...
– former BBC Southern Europe Correspondent, Asia Correspondent and Washington DC Correspondent, and the main presenter of ''
BBC World News America ''BBC World News America'' is a British/American current affairs news program created by Garth Ancier and produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation's BBC News division, which premiered on October 1, 2007. Produced out of the BBC's Washi ...
''. Is now the Washington Correspondent and occasional co-presenter of ''
Channel 4 News ''Channel 4 News'' is the main news programme on British television broadcaster Channel 4. It is produced by ITN, and has been in operation since Channel 4's launch in November 1982. Current productions ''Channel 4 News'' ''Channel 4 News'' ...
'' *
Bob Friend Robert Bartmess Friend (November 24, 1930 – February 3, 2019) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher between and , most notably as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates. A fou ...
– joined the
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in 1969 and regularly reported from various locations around the world over the next two decades, including Northern Ireland, Vietnam, Tokyo and New York. He later became a main presenter on
Sky News Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel and organisation. Sky News is distributed via an English-language radio news service, and through online channels. It is owned by Sky Group, a division of Comcast. John Ryley is the hea ...
. He died in 2008. *
Sir David Frost Sir David Paradine Frost (7 April 1939 – 31 August 2013) was a British television host, journalist, comedian and writer. He rose to prominence during the satire boom in the United Kingdom when he was chosen to host the satirical programme ' ...
– presented ''
Breakfast with Frost ''Breakfast with Frost'' is a Sunday morning BBC current affairs programme hosted by Sir David Frost. It covered the main political news of the day, with Frost interviewing key figures in the world of politics, and celebrity guests reviewing the ...
'' from 1993 to 2005. Later joined
Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera English (AJE; ar, الجزيرة‎, translit=al-jazīrah, , literally "The Peninsula", referring to the Qatar Peninsula) is an international 24-hour English-language news channel owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network, which is own ...
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BBC Breakfast ''BBC Breakfast'' is the BBC television Breakfast television, breakfast news programme. Produced by BBC News, the programme is broadcast on BBC One and the BBC News (TV channel), BBC News channel. The simulcast is presented live, originally from ...
'' until she moved to
Five News ''5 News at 5'', also known as ''Channel 5 News'', is the news programme of British broadcaster Channel 5, produced by ITN from its main newsroom on Gray's Inn Road, London. History ''5 News'' was one of the new station's flagship programme ...
in 2005. *
Charles Gibson Charles deWolf Gibson (born March 9, 1943) is an American broadcast television anchor, journalist and podcaster. Gibson was a host of ''Good Morning America'' from 1987 to 1998 and again from 1999 to 2006, and the anchor of ''World News with Char ...
(From ABC News) – presented "ABC World News with Charles Gibson" from 2007 to 2009. *
Frank Gillard Francis George Gillard (1 December 1908 – 20 October 1998) was a BBC executive, reporter and radio innovator. Early years Gillard was born in Tiverton in Devon and attended Wellington School, Somerset. He gained a bachelor's degree f ...
– worked as a BBC war correspondent from 1941 until 1945. He later became the director of the BBC's western region, and then the Director of Radio, a role he held from 1964 until 1969. He died in 1998. *
Andrew Gilligan Andrew Paul Gilligan (born 22 November 1968) is a British policy adviser and former transport adviser to Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister between 2019-22. Until July 2019, he was senior correspondent of ''The Sunday Times'' and had also served ...
– journalist implicated in the Hutton Report of 2003 following his report on BBC Radio 4's ''
The Today Programme ''Today'', colloquially known as ''the Today programme'', is a long-running British morning news and current-affairs radio programme on BBC Radio 4. Broadcast on Monday to Saturday from 6:00 am to 9:00 am, it is produced by BBC News and is the ...
'' regarding the content of a British government briefing paper. Resigned following publication of the report's findings in the same year. Now with
Press TV Press TV (stylised as PRESSTV) is an Iranian state-owned news network that broadcasts in the English and French languages owned by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the only organization legally able to transmit radio and TV broadc ...
* Margaret Gilmore – former BBC Security Correspondent *
Fran Godfrey Frances Helen Godfrey (born 29 June 1953) is a former BBC Radio 2 newsreader, most famous for her appearances on ''Wake Up to Wogan'', a long-running breakfast show in the United Kingdom.''Mustn't Grumble'', by Sir Terry Wogan (2006) () Godfrey be ...
– newsreader on BBC Radio Two, who became especially famous for reading the news bulletins on
Wake Up to Wogan ''Wake Up to Wogan'' (''WUTW'') was the incarnation of '' The Radio 2 Breakfast Show'' that aired each weekday morning from 4 January 1993 to 18 December 2009. It was the most-listened-to radio show in the United Kingdom, and the flagship breakf ...
from 1993 until 2008. She continued to present news bulletins for Radio 2 until she left the station in 2014. She joined
Bauer Radio Bauer Media Audio UK is a UK-based radio division of the Bauer Media Group. History In early 2008, German magazine publisher Bauer bought the radio division of British company Emap, which had been established as East Midland Allied Press in ...
digital station Mellow Magic in 2016 and remains there to the present day. *
Diana Goodman Diana Barbara Goodman (born 1952) is a New Zealand-born journalist who became the BBC's first female foreign correspondent. Biography Goodman was born in Christchurch in 1952, and was educated at Lytton High School in Gisborne, and Samuel Marsd ...
– appointed in 1986 as the BBC's first female foreign correspondent. Served as BBC correspondent in Bonn, Eastern Europe (based in East Berlin) and Moscow. *
Felicity Goodey Felicity Margaret Sue Goodey (born 1949) is a former BBC journalist and presenter. She was a leading figure in the redevelopment of Salford Quays, including The Lowry and MediaCityUK. Early life Goodey attended St Austell Grammar School then re ...
– long-serving presenter and reporter for
BBC North West BBC North West is the BBC English Region serving Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, North Yorkshire (western Craven), West Yorkshire (western Calderdale), Derbyshire (western High Peak), Cumbria (Barrow-in-Furness and So ...
. She left journalism in 1998 to become a founder director of the
Northwest Regional Development Agency The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) was the regional development agency for the North West England region and was a non-departmental public body.NWDA Who We Are/ref> It was abolished on 31 March 2012. The Agency was responsible for t ...
. *
Harry Gration Harry John Gration (22 October 1950 – 24 June 2022) was an English journalist and broadcaster. He was one of the main anchors for the BBC Yorkshire regional magazine programme '' Look North''. He was often referred to as ''Mr. Yorkshire'' b ...
– one of the main anchors for the BBC Yorkshire regional magazine programme Look North, until his retirement in October 2020. He had also previously been a main presenter on
South Today ''BBC South Today'' is the BBC's regional television news service for the south of England, covering Hampshire, Isle of Wight, West Sussex, much of Dorset and parts of Berkshire, Surrey and Wiltshire. Since 2000, an opt-out of the main program ...
and an occasional stand-in presenter on ''
Grandstand A grandstand is a normally permanent structure for seating spectators. This includes both auto racing and horse racing. The grandstand is in essence like a single section of a stadium, but differs from a stadium in that it does not wrap a ...
''. He died in 2022. *
Debbie Greenwood Debbie Greenwood (born 16 September 1959 in Liverpool) is a British television presenter and a former beauty queen who won the title of ''Miss Great Britain'' in 1984. Career Greenwood began her broadcasting career in 1984, presenting regional p ...
– presenter on BBC Breakfast Time during the 1980s. She is married to fellow-television presenter
Paul Coia Paul Coia (born 19 June 1955 in Glasgow) is a Scottish television presenter and continuity announcer who was the first voice to be heard on Channel 4 on its launch in 1982. His career originally began in the late 1970s as a DJ and in the early 19 ...
. *
Freddie Grisewood Frederick Henry Grisewood OBE (11 April 1888 – 15 November 1972) was a British broadcaster, who had a long and varied career with the BBC. He was perhaps best known for being the host of ''Any Questions?'' from its inception in 1948 until ...
– BBC radio announcer from 1929 up to the 1960s. He died in 1972. *
Krishnan Guru-Murthy Krishnan Guru-Murthy (born 5 April 1970) is a British journalist. He is the lead presenter of ''Channel 4 News''. He also presents '' Unreported World'', a foreign-affairs documentary series. Early life Guru-Murthy's father, an Indian consul ...
– main presenter and reporter on
Newsround ''Newsround'' (stylised as ''newsround'', and originally called ''John Craven's Newsround'' before his departure in 1989) is a BBC children's news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972. It was one of the world's first televi ...
from 1991 to 1994. He left to become a producer and reporter on
Newsnight ''Newsnight'' (or ''BBC Newsnight'') is BBC Two's news and current affairs programme, providing in-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines. The programme is broadcast on weekdays at 22:30. and is also availa ...
and a presenter on
BBC News 24 BBC News (also known as the BBC News Channel) is a British free-to-air public broadcast television news channel for BBC News. It was launched as BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997 at 5:30 pm as part of the BBC's foray into digital domestic telev ...
. He then joined
Channel 4 News ''Channel 4 News'' is the main news programme on British television broadcaster Channel 4. It is produced by ITN, and has been in operation since Channel 4's launch in November 1982. Current productions ''Channel 4 News'' ''Channel 4 News'' ...
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Peter Haigh Peter Varley Haigh (28 July 1925 – 18 January 2001) was an English in-vision announcer for BBC Television in the years after the Second World War. Born in North London, the son of an engineer, he was educated at Aldenham School, Aldenham, ...
– English in–vision announcer for BBC Television in the early 1950s, before moving to ''
Come Dancing ''Come Dancing'' is a British ballroom dancing competition show that ran on and off on the BBC from 1949 to 1998. Unlike its follow-up show, ''Strictly Come Dancing'', contestants were not celebrities. The show was created by Eric Morley, the ...
''. He died in 2001. * Stuart Hall – presented regional news programmes for the
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in the 1960s and 1970s, while becoming known nationally for presenting ''
It's a Knockout ''It's a Knockout!'' is a British game show first broadcast in 1966. It was adapted from the French show ''Intervilles'', and was part of the international ''Jeux sans frontières'' franchise. History The series was broadcast on BBC1 from 7 Au ...
''. Jailed on sex abuse charges in 2014. *
Vincent Hanna :''This is also the name of a character played by Al Pacino in the 1995 film, Heat.'' Vincent Leo Martin Hanna (9 August 1939 – 22 July 1997) was a Northern Irish television journalist famed for his coverage of United Kingdom by-elections. Ea ...
– reporter and famously incisive interviewer, originally on ''
Panorama A panorama (formed from Greek πᾶν "all" + ὅραμα "view") is any wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography, film, seismic images, or 3D modeling. The word was originally coined in ...
'' during the 1970s, then on ''
Newsnight ''Newsnight'' (or ''BBC Newsnight'') is BBC Two's news and current affairs programme, providing in-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines. The programme is broadcast on weekdays at 22:30. and is also availa ...
'' from 1980 until 1987, in which he covered political news and in particular the General Election coverage, before being succeeded in the latter role by
Peter Snow Peter John Snow (born 20 April 1938) is a British radio and television presenter and historian. Between 1969 and 2005, he was an analyst of general election results, first on ITV and later for the BBC. He presented ''Newsnight'' from its laun ...
. He left to set up his own broadcasting company and to work for
Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...
. He died in 1997. *
Patrick Hannan (presenter) Patrick Hannan MBE (26 September 1941 – 11 October 2009) was a Welsh political journalist, author and television and radio presenter. The son of an Irish doctor who migrated to Wales in the 1930s, he was born and raised in Aberaman, near A ...
– main presenter on
Wales Today ''BBC Wales Today'' is the BBC's national television news programme for Wales, broadcast on BBC One Wales from the headquarters of BBC Cymru Wales in Central Square, Cardiff. According to the BBC, it is the world's longest-running television new ...
during the 1970s. He also worked as the BBC's political correspondent in Wales for 13 years, and he presented the
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...
political and discussion programmes 'Out Of Order' and 'Tea Junction'. He died in 2009. *
Brian Hanrahan Brian Hanrahan (22 March 1949 – 20 December 2010) was a British television journalist, who was the Diplomatic News Editor for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Early life, education and early career Hanrahan was born in the cou ...
– long-serving
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correspondent, reporting regularly both from home and abroad during the 1980s and 1990s, his final role being the
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's diplomatic editor: he also occasionally presented ''
The World At One ''The World at One'', or ''WATO'' ("what-oh") for short, is BBC Radio 4's long-running lunchtime news and current affairs programme, produced by BBC News, which is currently broadcast from 13:00 to 13:45 from Monday to Friday. The programme de ...
'' on ''
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...
''. He died in 2010. *
Will Hanrahan William Hanrahan is a British television/radio producer and presenter best known for working on BBC programmes such as ''Watchdog'' and ''Good Morning''. Since 1994 he has headed an independent TV company which currently produces studio prog ...
– presenter on ''
Spotlight Spotlight or spot light may refer to: Lighting * Spot lights, automotive auxiliary lamps * Spotlight (theatre lighting) * Spotlight, a searchlight * Stage lighting instrument, stage lighting instruments, of several types Art, entertainment, an ...
'' during the 1980s. He also worked as a national reporter for BBC News, mainly focussing on humanitarian crises, including the
Rwandan Civil War The Rwandan Civil War was a large-scale civil war in Rwanda which was fought between the Rwandan Armed Forces, representing the country's government, and the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) from 1October 1990 to 18 July 1994. The war arose ...
. He also worked as an investigative journalist on ''
Watchdog Watchdog or watch dog may refer to: Animals *Guard dog, a dog that barks to alert its owners of an intruder's presence * Portuguese Watch Dog, Cão de Castro Laboreiro, a dog breed * Moscow Watchdog, a breed of dog that was bred in the Soviet U ...
''. * Sally Hardcastle – former presenter on
The World Tonight ''The World Tonight'' is a British current affairs radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4, every weekday evening, which started out as an extension of the 10 pm news. It is produced by BBC News and features news, analysis and comment on dome ...
and
Woman's Hour ''Woman's Hour'' is a radio magazine programme broadcast in the United Kingdom on the BBC Light Programme, BBC Radio 2, and later BBC Radio 4. It has been on the air since 1946. History Created by Norman Collins and originally presented by A ...
for
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...
. She died in 2014. She was the daughter of William Hardcastle. * William Hardcastle – founder presenter of ''
The World at One ''The World at One'', or ''WATO'' ("what-oh") for short, is BBC Radio 4's long-running lunchtime news and current affairs programme, produced by BBC News, which is currently broadcast from 13:00 to 13:45 from Monday to Friday. The programme de ...
'' in 1965: he also presented '' PM''. He died in 1975. He was the father of Sally Hardcastle. *
Derek Hart Derek Osborne Hart (18 March 1925 – 23 November 1986) was a British actor, journalist and radio presenter best known for his appearances on the BBC's current affairs programme of the 1950s and 1960s, ''Tonight''. Hart was born in Hertfordshire ...
– presenter and interviewer on the BBC news programme ''
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'' in the 1960s. He died in 1986. * Rosemary Harthill – BBC religious affairs correspondent, 1982–1988. * Andrew Harvey – presenter of main news programmes including the ''
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'' as main and co–presenter (1984–1996) as well as regional news programmes later including ''
BBC Points West ''BBC Points West'' (known as ''News West'' from June 1991 until May 2000) is the BBC's regional TV news programme for the West of England, covering Bristol, the majority of Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, northern, eastern and parts of western ...
'' and ''
South Today ''BBC South Today'' is the BBC's regional television news service for the south of England, covering Hampshire, Isle of Wight, West Sussex, much of Dorset and parts of Berkshire, Surrey and Wiltshire. Since 2000, an opt-out of the main program ...
''. Left to join ITN. *
Max Hastings Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings (; born 28 December 1945) is a British journalist and military historian, who has worked as a foreign correspondent for the BBC, editor-in-chief of ''The Daily Telegraph'', and editor of the ''Evening Standard' ...
– former foreign correspondent on the BBC's '' Twenty-Four Hours'', for which he reported from more than sixty countries and eleven wars. He is also a long-serving print journalist and a much-published author. He was knighted in 2002. *
Philip Hayton Philip Hayton (born 2 November 1947) is an English television news presenter, reporter and former international correspondent for BBC News. He worked for the BBC from 1968 until 2005. Early life Hayton was born on 2 November 1947, in the town of ...
– originally with the BBC's '' Look North'' programme in Leeds, later a reporter for the BBC's national news programmes, main and co–presenter of the ''
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'' (1987–1993), also presented the ''One O'Clock News'', as well as the mid-1990s daytime quiz The Great British Quiz. Presented on BBC World and ''
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'', resigning from the corporation in 2005 citing "incompatibility" with his new co–presenter
Kate Silverton Kate Silverton (born 4 August 1970) is an English journalist. She formerly worked as a broadcaster and newsreader for the BBC. Silverton was a regular presenter of ''BBC News at One'' and ''BBC Weekend News'', as well as making occasional appea ...
. He had been with the BBC for 37 years. *
Paul Heiney Paul Heiney (born Paul Wisniewski; 20 April 1949) is a British radio broadcaster and television reporter most notable as a former presenter of ''That's Life!''. Early life He was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, the son of Norbert Wisniewski and Ev ...
– reporter for Radio 1's
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from 1974 until 1976, then a reporter for Radio 4's ''
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'' from 1976 to 1978. He is best known as a presenter on '' That's Life'' from 1978 until 1982, and also for ''
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'', which he presented alongside fellow-That's Life presenter
Chris Serle Christopher Richard Serle (born 13 July 1943 in Bristol, England) is a former BBC TV presenter, reporter and actor. Biography Serle was educated at Clifton College and Trinity College, Dublin, where he studied modern languages. He appeared as ...
. Heiney is married to fellow-journalist
Libby Purves Elizabeth Mary Purves, (born 2 February 1950) is a British radio presenter, journalist and author. Early life and career Born in London, a diplomat's daughter, Purves was raised in her mother's Catholic faith and educated at convent school ...
. *
Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, ( Heyhoe; 11 June 1939 – 18 January 2017) was an English cricketer, businesswoman and philanthropist. She was best known for being captain of England from 1966 to 1978, and was unbeaten in six T ...
– former presenter on '' PM''. She was best known as a former cricketer and she worked as a sports journalist following her retirement from the sport, becoming Baroness Heyhoe-Flint in 2011. She died in 2017. * Stuart Hibberd – radio newsreader from 1924 and chief announcer up to 1951 – he was one of the main newsreaders during the
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. He died in 1983. *
Celina Hinchcliffe Celina Alexandra Hinchcliffe (born 21 March 1976 in Windsor, Berkshire) is an English television sports broadcaster. She has worked for BBC, Sky News and ITV. Early life Hinchcliffe is the daughter of television producer Philip Hinchcliffe an ...
– presenter of Sport News from 2002 to 2012. Left due to relocation of Sport to
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. * Gerald Hine-Haycock – known by his then-broadcasting name, Gerald Haycock, was a main presenter and reporter on ''
BBC Points West ''BBC Points West'' (known as ''News West'' from June 1991 until May 2000) is the BBC's regional TV news programme for the West of England, covering Bristol, the majority of Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, northern, eastern and parts of western ...
'' during the 1980s and 1990s, having previously worked for ITN and '' HTV News'' at
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. *
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– presenter of
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from 2003 to 2020 and
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, from 2011 to 2020 at
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. He is currently with
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. * Peter Hobday – long-serving main presenter on Radio 4's ''
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''. He also presented ''
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'' and ''
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''. He died in 2020. *
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– one of the first BBC Television continuity announcers, appearing from 1946 to 1956. He died in 1987. * Triona Holden – worked as a journalist from age 17 at the ''
Sheffield Star ''The Star'', often known as the ''Sheffield Star'', is a daily newspaper published in Sheffield, England, from Monday to Saturday each week. Originally a broadsheet, the newspaper became a tabloid in 1993. ''The Star'', the weekly ''Sheffield ...
'' newspaper, eventually becoming their crime reporter. Her first big story was
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, The Yorkshire Ripper. Joined the BBC in 1982, starting on radio before moving to TV. A news presenter and reporter, she covered the
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of 1984–85, later writing ''Queen Coal: Women of the Miners'', published in 2005, derived from her experiences. She was the youngest female national news reporter and the youngest person to present the ''
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'' Programme on Radio 4; presented the ''Six O'Clock News'' on BBC 1; ''PM'' on Radio 4; ''Newsbeat'' on Radio 1 and World TV News. In 1987 she was the only reporter to broadcast live from the disaster scene after getting onto the wreckage of the
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when it became semi–submerged off Zeebrugge. She travelled extensively to war zones, famines, conflicts, and other disasters. before retiring on medical grounds aged 39 after suffering from
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. She later reinvented herself as an artist. * David Holmes – BBC's political editor from 1975 until 1980. He joined the BBC in 1956 and originally worked as a home news reporter, before becoming their Assistant Political Correspondent during the 1960s and the Deputy Political Editor in 1970. He died in 2014. He was married to fellow-journalist Linda Alexander, who had been a presenter on ''
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'' during the early 1980s. *
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– regular reporter for
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programmes such as ''
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'' and 'Week in Week Out', often alongside his brother,
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. During the 1990s, he specialised in sports commentary and reporting, particularly rugby. He died in 2008. *
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– veteran BBC presenter, reporter and political interviewer. He began his career in the late 1950s as a trainee newspaper reporter in his native Cardiff, then he joined TWW, and was the first reporter on the scene of the infamous
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in 1966. He then joined the BBC, initially in the northwest region, then as a foreign correspondent, working mainly in the US and South Africa, throughout the 1970s, covering major events such as
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's resignation in 1974 and Rhodesia's change in name to Zimbabwe. He became the BBC's Diplomatic Correspondent in 1980, then, from 1981 until 1987, the main presenter on the Nine O'clock News: he also frequently presented the One O'clock News, the Six O'clock News and ''
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''. He joined Radio 4's ''
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'' in 1987 as the main co-presenter alongside the late
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, and soon established himself as a tenacious political interviewer. He continued in this role until his retirement in September 2019. In addition, he regularly presented 'Week In, Week Out' and the discussion programme 'Family Matters' during the 1990s. He also presented the BBC's prestigious quiz ''
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'' from its revival in 2003 until 2021, when he was replaced by fellow-journalist
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. He is the brother of the late
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– former professional footballer, who became a regular reporter on
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during the late-1970s. He then worked as a regular sports presenter on national news programmes during the 1980s, including ''
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'' and '' Breakfast Time''. He later became a principal speaker for the
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during the war, a BBC staff announcer in the early 1950s, and later the presenter of ''
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''. He died in 2013. * Peter Jay –
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's Economics Editor during the 1990s. He had previously been the main anchor on
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in the 1970s and was the founding chairman of
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in 1983. *
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– joined the BBC in 1967 as a trainee reporter for BBC Birmingham. He then worked as a reporter for
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from 1968 until 1972, before moving on to work on '' 24 Hours'' and its successor programmes throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He also presented'' Heart of the Matter'' alongside
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during the 1980s. *
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– presenter and interviewer on the BBC news programme ''
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'' in the 1960s. He died in 2010. * Anna Jones – presented the 91pm shift with
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on
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from 2003. She had been with the channel since its 1997 launch, originally as a business presenter. She left in 2005, after 12 years, to become a presenter on
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– became
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's first female sports presenter in 1986 and continued in this role until the early 1990s. She also presented coverage of the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. She was also a Real Tennis champion, winning the world championship in 1993 and the British and US Open Championships. *
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– originally sports correspondent on BBC News 24, he moved within the department to present ''
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'' and was later deputy presenter of the '' BBC One O'Clock News'' and weekend bulletins. He left in October 2006 to become a presenter on the
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service, based in
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. *
Gillian Joseph Gillian Angela Joseph (born 20 July 1969) is a British newscaster currently working for Sky News. Joseph is the anchor of weekend editions of ''Sky News at Ten''. Early life She was born in 1969 in Coventry, England. Her parents originated fro ...
– read the headlines on
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as well as occasionally presenting the main programme. She also worked for
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. She left for
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Vincent Kane Vincent Kane, OBE (born 1935) is a Welsh broadcaster and writer, known primarily for his career with the BBC. He was chairman of the Wales Quality Centre, the International Festival of Musical Theatre and the Cardiff Initiative. Biography Kane w ...
– long-serving presenter and reporter for
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– he presented ''
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'' from 1986 to 1993. *
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– presenter on ''
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'' from 2002, when she joined from
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, until 2005, and then of the ''
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'' from 2005 until 2007. While with the BBC she also appeared the One and the
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bulletins, as well as presenting on '' Children in Need''. She left to become the face of
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in October 2007. *
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– long-serving presenter and reporter on ''Panorama''. He was also one of the first presenters on ''
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''. He died in 2013. *
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– BBC's Moscow Correspondent from 1989 until 1994, when she became their Washington Correspondent. She then worked as the BBC's Diplomatic Correspondent from 1998. In 2016, she became the first female Master of Peterhouse College, Cambridge, but she continues to broadcast for the BBC as an external contributor. *
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– first to read the news in front of a camera on BBC Television in 1955. He retired from the BBC in 1981 and subsequently presented '' Treasure Hunt'' on Channel 4. He died in 2012. *
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– television journalist and documentary maker. He presented the BBC's flagship current affairs programme ''
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'', and he also chaired the television review series Did You See...? from 1980 until 1988. He had also previously worked as an ITN newscaster and reporter. He was knighted for his services to journalism in 1994. He died in 2009. He was married to the actress and dancer
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. *
Sarah Kennedy Sarah Mary Kennedy MBE (born 8 July 1950) is a British retired TV and radio broadcaster. She presented her daily early morning radio show, ''The Dawn Patrol'', on BBC Radio 2 from 1993 to 2010. In the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours, Kennedy ...
– presenter on ''Sixty Minutes'' (TV series) from 1983 until 1984. She has presented many other programmes, including the quizzes ''
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– presenter and reporter on various current affairs programmes, including ''
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– reporter for the BBC's Tonight programme from 1960, specialising in coverage of Africa and was based in Nairobi. He died in 2007.


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in his native Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1972, he became one of the first presenters on ''
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'', which he continued to host into the 1980s. * Sue Lawley – presented '' Nationwide'' during the 1970s, then the '' Nine O'Clock News'' (1983–84) and the '' Six O'Clock News'' at its launch in 1984 alongside
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. She went on to present ''
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and '' HTV News''. *
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– first presenter of the '' One O'Clock News'' in 1986, having previously worked for ITN. He also presented the ''
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quiz 'Today's The Day' during the 1990s. He left
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in 1999. *
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– BBC radio announcer and newsreader during the Second World War and thereafter. He retired in 1969 and died in 1981. * Richard Lindley – regular presenter and reporter on ''
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'' during the 1970s and 1980s. He later became a presenter on ITV's '' This Week'' and he had originally worked as an ITN reporter during the 1960s. He died in 2019. *
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– main presenter on '' Look East'' during the 1970s and 1980s. *
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– joined BBC News as a newsreader in 1988, working mainly on daytime and evening bulletins, and on BBC2's Newsview: she joined the BBC's world television service on its launch in 1991. She had previously worked as a presenter on
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and as a continuity announcer for
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during the 1980s. She was murdered in her native Trinidad in 2001. * Sue Lloyd-Roberts – worked as a special correspondent for the BBC, travelling to, and reporting on, major news stories across the world, including important issues not covered widely elsewhere. Died of leukaemia on 13 October 2015. *
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- joined the BBC as a reporter on '' Nationwide'' and was later a long-serving reporter on ''
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'' during subsequent decades. He died in 2014. *
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– joined the BBC as a graduate journalism trainee in 1972. At one time a presenter of '' PM'' (Radio 4), he was also a main co-presenter on
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, the '' Six O'Clock News'' and
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: he then worked on
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from 2000 until his retirement on 4 January 2009. *
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, and he eventually became their International Development Correspondent, a role he held until 2015. During his tenure, he reported from various conflict and disaster zones, especially in Africa and the Middle East, and he covered major stories in other areas, such as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the war in Romania and the conflicts in Kosovo. *
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– main presenter of ''Today'' on
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from 1974 to 1976 and presenter of the 'Sportswide' section of '' Nationwide'' from 1977 to 1983. He is best known as the long-standing main anchor on ''
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'' from 1979 to 1999 and on various other sports programmes until he moved to
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'' ''
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'' and Sports ''
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'' during the 1980s: he also presented the '' Money Programme''. Later moved to
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. He died in 2009. *
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– main presenter on
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during the late 1980s. * Sue MacGregor – long-serving main presenter on Radio 4's ''Today'' programme from 1984 until 2002. She had previously worked as a reporter on
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and she was also a presenter on
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during the 1970s and 1980s. *
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– former Newsnight correspondent who presented the earliest reports about the widespread abuse perpetrated by former TV star
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*
Donny MacLeod Donald B. MacLeod (1 July 1932 – 6 September 1984), popularly known as Donny MacLeod and Donny Bee, was a Scottish TV presenter . MacLeod is best known for appearing on the BBC 1 afternoon show ''Pebble Mill at One''. Early life and career M ...
– presenter on '' Nationwide'' from 1970 until 1972, before becoming one of the first presenters on ''
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'', which he hosted until his death in 1984. He also presented ''
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'' in 1982 and 1983. *
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– presenter on
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, moved onto
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to present an afternoon show on 25 March 2021. * Diana Madill – presenter on
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and a relief newsreader on the BBC's ''Six O'Clock News'' during the 1990s. *
Magnus Magnusson Magnus Magnusson, (born Magnús Sigursteinsson; 12 October 1929 – 7 January 2007) was an Icelandic-born British-based journalist, translator, writer and television presenter. Born in Reykjavík, he lived in Scotland for almost all his life, a ...
– presenter and reporter on ''
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'' during the 1960s. He was best-known as the original host of the BBC's prestigious quiz
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. *
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– main presenter on '' Breakfast Time'' and ''
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'' during the 1980s and 1990s. She has also presented ''
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– originally worked on
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as a presenter on
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, and on
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, presenting 'Good Morning Scotland' and 'Eddie Mair Live', in the late 1980s. He later became a main presenter on Radio 4's PM, and also on
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and
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. He left to join
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in August 2018. *
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– regular reporter on '' Twenty–Four Hours'' and ''Panorama'' during the 1970s. He was also a reporter on ''
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'' during later decades. * Laurie Margolis – long-serving BBC News reporter and news editor. He is best known for having broken the news of the Argentinian invasion of the Falkland Islands on Radio 4's PM in 1982. * Mary Marquis – main presenter on ''
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'' from its inception until 1988 * Bryan Martin – BBC Radio 4 announcer who announced the death of Elvis Presley in 1977, news of the Iranian Embassy Siege in 1980, and became the network's senior newsreader. * Ian Masters – long-serving main anchor on '' Look East'' during the 1970s and 1980s. *
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'', from 1976 to 1980, and the BBC's first-ever female British Asian to front a major national television programme. She later trained as an ophthalmologist and has worked in this role in India since 1996: she launched the non-profit organisation Second Sight in 2000. *
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– former political editor of both
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and ITN *
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– joined the BBC in her native Belfast, working on both television and radio, then worked for
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and ITN, later joining
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on its launch in 1988. She returned to the BBC as a newsreader for
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in 1996 and was the duty newsreader at the time of the death of
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in 1997. She then joined
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''. She left the BBC in April 2017. * Laurie Mayer – regular co–presenter on various news programmes in the 1980s, including ''News After Noon'' and the ''Six O'Clock News'', as well as BBC ''Breakfast News''. He has also presented ''South East Today''. *
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– main presenter and reporter on '' Look North'' until he joined
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in 2000. *
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– presenter on
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from 2004 until 2006. He then became a presenter on
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and later presented
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. He left the BBC in 2021 in order to move onto
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. * Paul McDowell – presenter and reporter on John Craven's Newsround from 1979 until 1985. He succeeded
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as the programme's dedicated reporter in 1980. *
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– regular business presenter and frequent main presenter on ''
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'' from 2010 to 2019. She previously worked as the main producer of financial news on Radio 4's ''Today'' programme, before becoming the lead producer of business news on the BBC's One, Six and Ten O'Clock News, working alongside
Robert Peston Robert James Kenneth Peston (born 25 April 1960) is an English journalist, presenter, and author. He is the political editor of ITV News and host of the weekly political discussion show ''Peston'' (previously ''Peston on Sunday''). From 2006 u ...
. She also presented ''
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'' and '' Shop Well For Less'' from 2016. She moved to Channel 4 in 2019 to host 'The Steph Show', later renamed 'Steph's Packed Lunch'. * Cathy McGowan – entertainment correspondent for
Newsroom South East ''Newsroom South East'' was the BBC's regional news programme aired on BBC One in the South East. It was launched on Tuesday 28 March 1989 as the successor to ''London Plus'', the South East's previous news programme. In 1992, ''South Today'' ...
during the late 1980s. She was also a main presenter on the ITV pop magazine ''
Ready Steady Go! ''Ready Steady Go!'' (or ''RSG!'') was a British rock/pop music television programme broadcast every Friday evening from 9 August 1963 until 23 December 1966. It was conceived by Elkan Allan, head of Rediffusion TV. Allan wanted a light enter ...
'' from 1963 to 1966. *
Lee McKenzie Lee McKenzie (born 1 December 1977) is a journalist and presenter who is a reporter and deputy presenter for Channel 4's F1 coverage and also the main presenter of the W Series and Channel 4 Rugby. McKenzie also works on a variety of sports ...
– Presented ''Inside F1'' and was the F1 news correspondent until BBC pulled out of covering the sport on TV in 2015. Now with Channel 4 / BBC Sport. * Robert McKenzie – interviewer and presenter, especially of General Election results. He died in 1981. *
Norris McWhirter Norris Dewar McWhirter (12 August 192519 April 2004) was a British writer, political activist, co-founder of The Freedom Association, and a television presenter. He and his twin brother Ross were known internationally for the founding of ''Gui ...
– sports journalist and commentator for the BBC: he first came to public attention when he was the timekeeper for
Roger Bannister Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister (23 March 1929 – 3 March 2018) was an English neurologist and middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-4-minute mile. At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Bannister set a British record in the 1500 metres and ...
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in 1954, and he was part of the BBC's commentary team for their
Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
coverage from 1960 until 1976. He was best known as the co-founder (with his twin brother,
Ross McWhirter Alan Ross McWhirter (12 August 1925 – 27 November 1975) was, with his twin brother, Norris, the cofounder of the 1955 ''Guinness Book of Records'' (known since 2000 as ''Guinness World Records'') and a contributor to the television programm ...
), of the
Guinness Book of Records ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...
, and for his regular appearances alongside Ross and main host
Roy Castle Roy Castle (31 August 1932 – 2 September 1994) was an English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician. In addition to being an accomplished jazz trumpet player, he could play many other instruments. Following a vers ...
on the BBC's
Record Breakers ''Record Breakers'' was a British children's TV show, themed around world records and produced by the BBC. It was broadcast on BBC1 from 15 December 1972 to 21 December 2001. It was originally presented by Roy Castle with Guinness World Record ...
. He continued to feature on the latter programme after Ross's murder in 1975, by the IRA, and became increasingly noted for his ability to spontaneously recall records set in virtually all fields when requested to do so by the studio audience. He died in 2004. *
Cliff Michelmore Arthur Clifford Michelmore (11 December 1919 – 16 March 2016) was an English television presenter and producer. He is best known for the BBC television programme ''Tonight'', which he presented from 1957 to 1965. He also hosted the BBC's tel ...
– 1950s TV producer who went on to present ''
Tonight Tonight may refer to: Television * ''Tonight'' (1957 TV programme), a 1957–1965 British current events television programme hosted by Cliff Michelmore that was broadcast on BBC * ''Tonight'' (1975 TV programme), a 1975–1979 British current ...
'', '' Twenty–Four Hours'' and other news and current affairs programmes in the 1960s. Later presented the ''
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'' programme on
BBC 1 BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...
. He died in March 2016. *
Guy Michelmore Guy Michelmore is an English film and television composer and former television news presenter. Early life Michelmore is the son of BBC presenters Cliff Michelmore and Jean Metcalfe. His mother Jean was the presenter of ''Family Favourites'' an ...
– main anchor on
Newsroom South East ''Newsroom South East'' was the BBC's regional news programme aired on BBC One in the South East. It was launched on Tuesday 28 March 1989 as the successor to ''London Plus'', the South East's previous news programme. In 1992, ''South Today'' ...
during the 1990s. He is the son of
Cliff Michelmore Arthur Clifford Michelmore (11 December 1919 – 16 March 2016) was an English television presenter and producer. He is best known for the BBC television programme ''Tonight'', which he presented from 1957 to 1965. He also hosted the BBC's tel ...
. * Graham Miller (sports presenter) – reporter for BBC Radio Birmingham in 1973. He then moved to BBC Radio London, before later joining
Anglia Television ITV Anglia, previously known as Anglia Television, is the ITV franchise holder for the East of England. The station is based at Anglia House in Norwich, with regional news bureaux in Cambridge and Northampton. ITV Anglia is owned and operated b ...
: he continued to work in various roles for ITV, but mainly as a sports presenter and reporter. He now runs the independent media and communications business, MediaVu. *
Rosie Millard Rosemary Harriet Millard (born 17 April 1965) is a British journalist. writer and broadcaster. Millard is Chair of BBC Children in Need and Chair of Firstsite gallery in Colchester. She is vice Chair of Opera North. Previous roles include CEO ...
– BBC's arts correspondent between 1995 and 2004. She left following a clampdown on freelance writing. *
Stephen Milligan Stephen David Wyatt Milligan (12 May 1948 – 7 February 1994) was a British Conservative politician and journalist. He held a number of senior journalistic posts until his election to serve as Member of Parliament (MP) for Eastleigh in 1992. M ...
– presenter on
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...
's
The World Tonight ''The World Tonight'' is a British current affairs radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4, every weekday evening, which started out as an extension of the 10 pm news. It is produced by BBC News and features news, analysis and comment on dome ...
from 1980 until 1983. He left to join ''
The Sunday Times ''The Sunday Times'' is a British newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as ''The New Observer''. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News UK, whi ...
'', but returned to the BBC in 1988, serving as their Europe Correspondent. He also served as the Conservative MP for Eastleigh from 1992 until his sudden death in 1994. *
John Milne John Milne (30 December 1850 – 31 July 1913) was a British geologist and mining engineer who worked on a horizontal seismograph. Biography Milne was born in Liverpool, England, the only child of John Milne of Milnrow, and at first raised in ...
– long-serving main presenter on
Reporting Scotland ''BBC Reporting Scotland'' is the BBC's national television news programme for Scotland, broadcast on BBC One Scotland from the headquarters of BBC Scotland at Pacific Quay in Glasgow. History Although BBC Television was established in Scotl ...
from 1972 until 2007. He died in 2014. *
Louise Minchin Louise Mary Minchin (born September 1968) is a British television presenter, journalist and former news presenter who currently works freelance within the BBC. Beginning in 2012, Minchin was a regular anchor on the BBC One programme ''Breakfas ...
- long-serving presenter on
BBC Breakfast ''BBC Breakfast'' is the BBC television Breakfast television, breakfast news programme. Produced by BBC News, the programme is broadcast on BBC One and the BBC News (TV channel), BBC News channel. The simulcast is presented live, originally from ...
. She was initially a stand-in presenter, before becoming a main anchor from 2009 until her departure from the programme in September 2021. During this time, she was also a presenter on the One O'Clock News and
You and Yours ''You and Yours'' is a British radio consumer affairs programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and produced by BBC News. History ''You and Yours'' began broadcasting in October 1970, when its first presenter was Joan York. In the 1980s it briefly ra ...
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Rajesh Mirchandani Rajesh Mirchandani is a communications executive and former British television journalist. He spent more than two decades reporting from around the world as a BBC correspondent and news anchor, covering international events from Typhoon Haiyan i ...
– former news presenter on
BBC News BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadca ...
Channel and relief presenter of ''
BBC World News America ''BBC World News America'' is a British/American current affairs news program created by Garth Ancier and produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation's BBC News division, which premiered on October 1, 2007. Produced out of the BBC's Washi ...
'' on
BBC World News BBC World News is an international English-language pay television network, operated under the ''BBC Global News Limited'' division of the BBC, which is a public corporation of the UK government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and S ...
channel. Also former Washington, DC Correspondent for
BBC News BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadca ...
. * Ed Mitchell – presenter and reporter on ''
BBC Breakfast ''BBC Breakfast'' is the BBC television Breakfast television, breakfast news programme. Produced by BBC News, the programme is broadcast on BBC One and the BBC News (TV channel), BBC News channel. The simulcast is presented live, originally from ...
'' during the 1990s. He has also worked for ITN. * Leslie Mitchell – first voice heard on BBC Television at its inception on 2 November 1936. After the war he moved to ITV. He died in 1985. *
Monty Modlyn Montague Modlyn (23 May 1921 – 6 May 1994),Anthony Haywar ''The Independent'', 14 May 1994 known as Monty Modlyn, was a British journalist, best known as a radio and TV presenter. Modlyn worked extensively on radio and TV, often as a roving rep ...
– reporter and outside broadcaster for Radio 4's ''Today'' programme alongside
Jack de Manio Giovanni Batista "Jack" de Manio MC and Bar (26 January 1914 – 28 October 1988) was a British journalist, best known as a radio presenter. Life and work He was the son of Jean and Florence de Manio. His father was an Italian aviator, who died ...
during the 1950s and 60s. He died in 1994. *
Jason Mohammad Jason Mohammad (born 17 September 1973) is a Welsh radio and television presenter currently working for the BBC. He is the current host of ''Final Score'' on BBC One on Saturday afternoons. Personal life Mohammad was born and brought up in Car ...
– joined BBC Wales in 1997 as a reporter for
Wales Today ''BBC Wales Today'' is the BBC's national television news programme for Wales, broadcast on BBC One Wales from the headquarters of BBC Cymru Wales in Central Square, Cardiff. According to the BBC, it is the world's longest-running television new ...
, later becoming the anchor for 'Wales on Saturday'. He became the presenter of BBC One's
Final Score ''Final Score'' is a BBC Television football news and results programme produced by BBC Sport. The programme is broadcast on late Saturday afternoons in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, usually on BBC One. BBC Northern Ireland opts away dur ...
in 2013 and continues to present the programme to this day, as well as other sports-related shows. * Chris Morgan – worked as a presenter and reporter for
BBC Wales BBC Cymru Wales is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Wales. It is one of the four BBC national regions, alongside the BBC English Regions, BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Scotland. Established in 1964, BBC Cymru Wales is ...
during the 1980s, most notably as a presenter on ''
Wales Today ''BBC Wales Today'' is the BBC's national television news programme for Wales, broadcast on BBC One Wales from the headquarters of BBC Cymru Wales in Central Square, Cardiff. According to the BBC, it is the world's longest-running television new ...
''. He left in 1990 to work for ''
Thames News ''Thames News'' was the flagship regional news programme of Thames Television, serving the Thames ITV region and broadcast on weekdays from 12 September 1977 to 31 December 1992. The news service was produced and broadcast from Thames TV's headq ...
'' and ''
TV-am TV-am was a TV company that broadcast the ITV franchise for breakfast television in the United Kingdom from 1 February 1983 until 31 December 1992. The station was the UK's first national operator of a commercial breakfast television franchise ...
''. He died in 2008. * Christopher Morris – was a newsreader on all national BBC television bulletins. He was main presenter on the day
Lord Mountbatten Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family. Mountbatten, who was of German ...
was murdered by the IRA in 1979, recording the biggest–ever audience, 26 million, for a news bulletin as ITN were on strike. He joined the BBC in 1967 as news correspondent in Spain, reported from many countries and many wars as special correspondent until 1989 when he joined Sky News as senior presenter and foreign correspondent for 11 years. He rejoined BBC as News 24 presenter until becoming managing director of his own TV production company, OmniVision, at Pinewood Studios in 2000. * Juliet Morris – originally worked for BBC South West before becoming a main presenter on ''
Newsround ''Newsround'' (stylised as ''newsround'', and originally called ''John Craven's Newsround'' before his departure in 1989) is a BBC children's news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972. It was one of the world's first televi ...
'' from 1990 to 1995. She left to join ''
BBC Breakfast ''BBC Breakfast'' is the BBC television Breakfast television, breakfast news programme. Produced by BBC News, the programme is broadcast on BBC One and the BBC News (TV channel), BBC News channel. The simulcast is presented live, originally from ...
'' and has also been a presenter on ''
Countryfile ''Countryfile'' is a British television programme which airs weekly on BBC One and reports on rural, agricultural, and environmental issues in the United Kingdom. The programme is currently presented by John Craven, Adam Henson, Matt Baker, T ...
''. *
Kylie Morris Kylie Morris is an Australian journalist who was the Washington, D.C. correspondent for the UK's ''Channel 4 News'' until August 2019. She moved to the United Kingdom in 1998 after working with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She began w ...
– BBC's South East Asia correspondent until she moved to
Channel 4 News ''Channel 4 News'' is the main news programme on British television broadcaster Channel 4. It is produced by ITN, and has been in operation since Channel 4's launch in November 1982. Current productions ''Channel 4 News'' ''Channel 4 News'' ...
in 2006. She now presents ''
More4 News ''More4 News'' was a daily news programme on the More4 digital television channel in the United Kingdom, airing Monday to Friday from 8.00pm to 8.30pm from 2005 to 2009. History More4 News launched at the inception of the More4 channel on 10 Oc ...
''. *
Tony Morris Tony may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer * Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby leagu ...
– former reporter and presenter on
BBC North West Tonight ''BBC North West Tonight'' is the BBC's regional television news programme covering North West England and the Isle of Man. Produced by BBC North West, the programme airs at 1.30pm (as ''North West Today''), 6.30pm and 10.30pm, with shorter bu ...
. He was later a main presenter on
Granada Reports ITV News ''Granada Reports'' is a British television news service broadcast and produced by ITV Granada. Overview ''Granada Reports'' is produced and broadcast from studios in the Orange Tower at MediaCityUK in Salford Quays. Before this, the ...
, from 2003 onwards. He died in 2020. *
Malcolm Muggeridge Thomas Malcolm Muggeridge (24 March 1903 – 14 November 1990) was an English journalist and satirist. His father, H. T. Muggeridge, was a socialist politician and one of the early Labour Party (UK), Labour Party Members of Parliament (for Romfo ...
– veteran print journalist and writer, who frequently worked on ''Panorama'' during the 1950s and 1960s and was noted for being a very incisive interviewer. He died in 1990. * John Mundy – presenter and reporter on
BBC North West BBC North West is the BBC English Region serving Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, North Yorkshire (western Craven), West Yorkshire (western Calderdale), Derbyshire (western High Peak), Cumbria (Barrow-in-Furness and So ...
from 1974 until 1990. *
Dermot Murnaghan Dermot John Murnaghan (; born 26 December 1957) is a British broadcaster. A presenter for Sky News, he was a news presenter at CNBC Europe, Independent Television News and BBC News. He has presented news programmes in a variety of time slots ...
– main ''
BBC Breakfast ''BBC Breakfast'' is the BBC television Breakfast television, breakfast news programme. Produced by BBC News, the programme is broadcast on BBC One and the BBC News (TV channel), BBC News channel. The simulcast is presented live, originally from ...
'' presenter from 2002 until 2007, appearing alongside
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and
Sian Williams Sian Mary Williams (; born 28 November 1964) is a Welsh journalist, current affairs presenter best known for her work with the BBC, and psychologist. From 2001 until 2012, Williams regularly presented weekday editions of ''BBC Breakfast'' as ...
. He joined from
ITV ITV or iTV may refer to: ITV *Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of: ** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
and also appeared on the ''
BBC Six O'Clock News The ''BBC News at Six'' is the evening news programme bulletin from the BBC. Produced by BBC News, the programme is broadcast on the BBC News channel and on British television channel BBC One on weekdays at 6:00pm. For a long period, the ''BBC ...
'' and the ''
BBC Ten O'Clock News ''BBC News at Ten'' formerly known as the ''BBC Ten O'Clock News'' or the ''Ten O'Clock News'' is the flagship evening news programme for the BBC News channel and British television channel BBC One on weekdays and Sundays at 10:00pm. Huw Edwa ...
'' between 2004 and 2007 before leaving for
Sky News Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel and organisation. Sky News is distributed via an English-language radio news service, and through online channels. It is owned by Sky Group, a division of Comcast. John Ryley is the hea ...
. * Denis Murray (journalist) – joined the BBC in 1982; he worked as their Dublin Correspondent until 1984, when he became Northern Ireland Political Correspondent, working in Belfast. He was appointed the BBC's Ireland Correspondent in 1988 and continued in this role until his retirement in 2008. *
Jenni Murray Dame Jennifer Susan Murray, (''née'' Bailey; born 12 May 1950) is an English journalist and broadcaster, best known for presenting BBC Radio 4's ''Woman's Hour'' from 1987 to 2020. Early life Murray was born in Barnsley, West Riding of Yorks ...
– presenter on
BBC Radio Bristol BBC Radio Bristol is the BBC's local radio station serving Bristol, Bath and North & North East Somerset. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at Broadcasting House in Bristol. According to RAJAR, the stati ...
and
South Today ''BBC South Today'' is the BBC's regional television news service for the south of England, covering Hampshire, Isle of Wight, West Sussex, much of Dorset and parts of Berkshire, Surrey and Wiltshire. Since 2000, an opt-out of the main program ...
during the 1970s – she became a presenter on
Newsnight ''Newsnight'' (or ''BBC Newsnight'') is BBC Two's news and current affairs programme, providing in-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines. The programme is broadcast on weekdays at 22:30. and is also availa ...
in 1983, before moving on to the ''Today'' programme. She is best known as a main anchor on
Woman's Hour ''Woman's Hour'' is a radio magazine programme broadcast in the United Kingdom on the BBC Light Programme, BBC Radio 2, and later BBC Radio 4. It has been on the air since 1946. History Created by Norman Collins and originally presented by A ...
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– veteran journalist and broadcaster for 30 years on the BBC. He presented various political shows, including
Despatch Box A despatch box (alternatively dispatch box) is one of several types of boxes used in government business. Despatch boxes primarily include both those sometimes known as red boxes or ministerial boxes, which are used by the Sovereign and his min ...
during the 1990s, and later
Daily Politics ''Daily Politics'' was a BBC Television programme which aired between 6 January, 2003 and 24 July, 2018, presented by Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn. ''Daily Politics'' took an in-depth review of the daily events in both Westminster and other areas a ...
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Politics Live ''Politics Live'' is a BBC News political programme which launched on 3 September 2018. It is presented by Jo Coburn and features at least four guests debating the political stories of the day, as well as reports and other content. It is broadca ...
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Sunday Politics ''Daily Politics'' was a BBC Television programme which aired between 6 January, 2003 and 24 July, 2018, presented by Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn. ''Daily Politics'' took an in-depth review of the daily events in both Westminster and other areas a ...
and 'Straight Talk with Andrew Neil'. He was also an occasional guest presenter on
Newsnight ''Newsnight'' (or ''BBC Newsnight'') is BBC Two's news and current affairs programme, providing in-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines. The programme is broadcast on weekdays at 22:30. and is also availa ...
from 2014, following
Jeremy Paxman Jeremy Dickson Paxman (born 11 May 1950) is an English broadcaster, journalist, author, and television presenter. Born in Leeds, Paxman was educated at Malvern College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he edited the undergraduate ne ...
's departure, and he presented coverage for both the UK and the US elections, his last being the 2020 US election. He left the BBC that year in order to become chairman of
GB News GB News is a British free-to-air television and radio news channel. The channel is available on Freeview, Freesat, Sky, YouView, Virgin Media and via the internet. Since 4 January 2022, an audio simulcast of the station is available on DAB+ ra ...
. *
Ron Neil Ron is a shortening of the name Ronald. Ron or RON may also refer to: Arts and media * Big Ron (''EastEnders''), a TV character * Ron (''King of Fighters''), a video game character *Ron Douglas, the protagonist in ''Lucky Stiff'' played by Joe A ...
– joined BBC Scotland in 1967 as a radio reporter, before moving onto
Reporting Scotland ''BBC Reporting Scotland'' is the BBC's national television news programme for Scotland, broadcast on BBC One Scotland from the headquarters of BBC Scotland at Pacific Quay in Glasgow. History Although BBC Television was established in Scotl ...
, where he worked as a reporter until 1969. He then moved to the BBC in London, where he became a producer, and later output editor, on Nationwide, remaining there until 1976. He was the co-creator, and later editor, of
Newsnight ''Newsnight'' (or ''BBC Newsnight'') is BBC Two's news and current affairs programme, providing in-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines. The programme is broadcast on weekdays at 22:30. and is also availa ...
, the first editor on BBC Breakfast Time in 1983, and the founder-editor of the Six O'Clock News in 1984. He later became the BBC's Director of News and Current Affairs, and eventually the first Chief Executive of Production, before his retirement in 1998. * Mike Neville – long-serving main anchor on Look North in Newcastle upon Tyne, from 1964 to 1996. He was originally a reporter for Tyne Tees and he returned to them in 1996, remaining there until his retirement in 2005. He was also a regular reporter on '' Nationwide''. He died in 2017. *
Barry Norman Barry Leslie Norman (21 August 1933 – 30 June 2017) was a British film critic, television presenter and journalist. He presented the BBC's cinema review programme, '' Film...'', from 1972 to 1998. Early life Born at St Thomas’s Hospital ...
– former print journalist, who became a presenter on Radio 4's ''
Today Today (archaically to-day) may refer to: * Day of the present, the time that is perceived directly, often called ''now'' * Current era, present * The current calendar date Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Today'' (1930 film), a 1930 A ...
'' in 1974 and '' Omnibus'' in 1982. He was best known as the long-serving presenter of '' Film...'' from 1974 until 1998. He died in 2017. He was married to the author
Diana Norman Mary Diana Norman (née Narracott; 25 August 1933 – 27 January 2011) was a British author and journalist. She is best known for her historical crime fiction. Life and work Norman was born in London. She was moved to Devon by her family to es ...
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Charles Nove Charles Alexis Nove (born 29 June 1960 in London, England) is a British radio broadcaster who currently presents the weekday breakfast show for classical music station Scala Radio. Biography Early career The son of Soviet historian Alexander No ...
– joined BBC Radio in 1981 as a continuity announcer and newsreader, and he was also a regular announcer on BBC1. He was a regular newsreader on
Wake Up to Wogan ''Wake Up to Wogan'' (''WUTW'') was the incarnation of '' The Radio 2 Breakfast Show'' that aired each weekday morning from 4 January 1993 to 18 December 2009. It was the most-listened-to radio show in the United Kingdom, and the flagship breakf ...
from 2007 until 2009, and continued to read the news on Radio 2 until 2012. He was later a continuity announcer on Radio 4, from 2018 until 2019, when he left to join
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Robin Oakley Robin Francis Leigh Oakley, OBE (born 20 August 1941) is a British journalist from Kidderminster in Worcestershire. From 2000 to 2008 he was European Political Editor at CNN International. From 1992 to 2000 he was Political Editor at the BBC ...
– BBC's political editor between 1992 and 2000. He is now the political editor for
CNN International CNN International (CNNI, simply branded on-air as CNN) is an international television channel that is owned by CNN Global. CNN International carries news-related programming worldwide; it cooperates with sister network CNN's national and inter ...
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Olivia O'Leary Olivia O'Leary (born 1949) is an Irish journalist, writer and current affairs presenter. Education Educated at St Leo's College, Carlow and at University College Dublin (UCD), she worked with the ''Nationalist'' and ''Leinster Times'' in Carl ...
– first senior female presenter on
Newsnight ''Newsnight'' (or ''BBC Newsnight'') is BBC Two's news and current affairs programme, providing in-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines. The programme is broadcast on weekdays at 22:30. and is also availa ...
, a role she held from 1985–1986. She had previously worked as a print journalist and radio and television presenter in her native Ireland. *
Rageh Omaar Rageh Omaar (; so, Raage Oomaar; ar, راجح أومار; born 19 July 1967) is a Somali-born British journalist and writer. He was a BBC world affairs correspondent, where he made his name reporting from Iraq. In September 2006, he moved to ...
– joined the BBC in 1992 as a foreign correspondent. He then worked as Africa Correspondent, and later covered the Iraq invasion. He left in 2006 to join
Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera English (AJE; ar, الجزيرة‎, translit=al-jazīrah, , literally "The Peninsula", referring to the Qatar Peninsula) is an international 24-hour English-language news channel owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network, which is own ...
. * Robert Orchard – long-serving BBC correspondent. He joined
BBC Wales BBC Cymru Wales is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Wales. It is one of the four BBC national regions, alongside the BBC English Regions, BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Scotland. Established in 1964, BBC Cymru Wales is ...
in 1979, later becoming their Political Correspondent, then working in the same role for the national news. He became a BBC Parliamentary Correspondent in 1992 and frequently presented 'Yesterday in Parliament'. He left the BBC in 2013. *
Susan Osman Susan Osman is a British journalist known for her work with BBC, ITV (TV network), ITV and China Radio International. Osman was a theatre director in Brighton, and also worked in that capacity in Washington, DC. She began her television career i ...
– main anchor on Points West from 1991 until 2005, later becoming a presenter on
China Radio International China Radio International (CRI) is the state-owned international radio broadcaster of China. It is currently headquartered in the Babaoshan area of Beijing's Shijingshan District. It was founded on December 3, 1941, as Radio Peking. It late ...
. She had initially worked for
HTV West ITV Wales and West, previously known as Harlech Television (HTV), was an ITV franchise area in the United Kingdom until 31 December 2013, licensed to a broadcaster by the regulator Ofcom. There is no channel, past or present, named "ITV Wales ...
and
Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...
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Jamie Owen Jamie Owen (born 1967) is a Welsh journalist, broadcaster, writer and former BBC Wales Today presenter. He joined the BBC in 1989, first working at BBC Radio and then presenting BBC Wales Today between 1994 and 2018. He has presented other TV an ...
– long-serving main anchor on
Wales Today ''BBC Wales Today'' is the BBC's national television news programme for Wales, broadcast on BBC One Wales from the headquarters of BBC Cymru Wales in Central Square, Cardiff. According to the BBC, it is the world's longest-running television new ...
from 1994 until 2018. He had previously worked as a presenter on BBC Radio 4 and as a continuity announcer on Radio 2 and Radio 3. He also presented
BBC Breakfast News ''Breakfast News'' was a breakfast news programme which first aired on BBC1 on 2 October 1989. The programme was previously known as '' Breakfast Time''. It was planned to launch on 18 September 1989 but was held back by two weeks due to tech ...
and
Songs of Praise ''Songs of Praise'' is a BBC Television religious programme that presents Christian hymns sung in churches of varying denominations from around the UK. The series was first broadcast in October 1961. On that occasion, the venue was the Ta ...
. He left the BBC in 2018 to join the international broadcaster
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– current main anchor on ''
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Dianne Oxberry Diane Clare Hindley (nee Oxberry) (13 August 1967 – 10 January 2019) was an English broadcaster and meteorologist, best known as a long-serving TV and radio presenter for BBC North West. She presented weather forecasts for the regional ...
– weather presenter and relief newsreader on
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from 1994 until her sudden death in 2019. She had previously worked on
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and been a main presenter on the children's series
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Woman's Hour ''Woman's Hour'' is a radio magazine programme broadcast in the United Kingdom on the BBC Light Programme, BBC Radio 2, and later BBC Radio 4. It has been on the air since 1946. History Created by Norman Collins and originally presented by A ...
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Bruce Parker Bruce Rodney Wingate Parker, (born 20 July 1941) is a British journalist and television presenter whose career spanned the mid-1960s to 2003, when he retired. Career Strongly committed to regional broadcasting, he was responsible in the mid-1 ...
– long-serving main anchor on
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, which he joined in 1967, later becoming the programme's political editor. He also worked as a reporter on national
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David Parry-Jones David Parry-Jones (25 September 1933 – 10 April 2017) was a Welsh sports commentator, TV current affairs presenter and writer. He presented ''BBC Wales Today'' for many years and was a rugby analyst for BBC Radio 5. He was the author of bo ...
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and a regular sports commentator for
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Jeremy Paxman Jeremy Dickson Paxman (born 11 May 1950) is an English broadcaster, journalist, author, and television presenter. Born in Leeds, Paxman was educated at Malvern College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he edited the undergraduate ne ...
– regular presenter on ''
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Brian Perkins Brian Perkins (born 11 September 1943 in Wanganui, New Zealand) is a former senior newsreader on BBC Radio 4. Career He first started working in 1962 in Christchurch on radio stations of the New Zealand Broadcasting Service (NZBS), and its suc ...
– long-serving newsreader on Radio 4 from 1965 to 1969 and again from 1978 until his retirement in 2003. *
Robert Peston Robert James Kenneth Peston (born 25 April 1960) is an English journalist, presenter, and author. He is the political editor of ITV News and host of the weekly political discussion show ''Peston'' (previously ''Peston on Sunday''). From 2006 u ...
– BBC's Business Editor for all main TV and radio news programmes from 2005 until 2014. He also worked as the Corporation's Economics Editor from 2013 until 2015, after which he left to become ITV's Political Editor. * Sylvia Peters – continuity announcer for BBC Television from 1947 to 1958. She died in 2016. *
Julian Pettifer Julian Pettifer OBE (born 21 July 1935) is an English television journalist. He was president of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and is vice president of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts and the RSPB. He was voted BAFTA 'Repor ...
– reporter for ''
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series 'Nature Watch' in the 1990s. * Barnaby Phillips – BBC's Southern Africa Correspondent from 2001 to 2006, and had worked for the BBC for 15 years, reporting from locations in several continents. He now works as Europe Correspondent for the
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bureau (2006–2010), and now based in London. * Frank Phillips – BBC Radio newsreader and announcer during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. He was the first newsreader to append his name to the wartime bulletin in July 1940. He also announced the Labour election victory in 1945 on the midnight news. *
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– occasional newsreader on the
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. He was also an actor and had presented his own BBC show Ask Pickles during the 1950s, as well as being the host of the radio series Have A Go from 1946 until 1967. He died in 1978. *
John Pienaar John Adrian Pienaar (born 2 October 1956) is a British journalist who currently works for Times Radio, previously rising to prominence as deputy political editor for BBC News. Early life Pienaar was born in Middlesex. His parents, Eric and Joh ...
– deputy political editor for BBC News from 2015 until 2020. He originally joined the BBC in 1992 and worked on various news and current affairs programmes as both a presenter and reporter: these included 'Question Time Extra' and ''
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– reporter and documentary-maker on 'Midweek', 1972–73. * John Pitman – long-serving BBC journalist: he originally worked on 'Braden's Week' during the late-1960s, but later became best known as a regular reporter on '' Man Alive''. He died in 2018. * Martin Popplewell – regular presenter on
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between 2002 and 2003. He now works for
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Betsan Powys Betsan Powys (born 1965), is a Welsh journalist and former Editor of Programmes for BBC Radio Cymru. Biography Powys was born in Cardiff. A native Welsh speaker after being educated at Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari, Powys joined BBC Wales as a News Tra ...
– joined BBC Wales in 1989 as a reporter and presenter for
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. She took over editorial charge of all BBC Wales' daily political output in 2006, remaining in this role until 2013, when she became Editor of Programmes for BBC Radio Cymru: she left this latter post in 2018. She has also presented the Welsh-language version of ''
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Gerald Priestland Gerald Francis Priestland (26 February 1927 – 20 June 1991) was a foreign correspondent, presenter and, later, a religious commentator for the BBC. Early life and work Gerald Priestland was the son of (Joseph) Francis ('Frank') Edwin Priestl ...
– foreign correspondent and, later, a religious commentator for the BBC. He died in 1991. *
Libby Purves Elizabeth Mary Purves, (born 2 February 1950) is a British radio presenter, journalist and author. Early life and career Born in London, a diplomat's daughter, Purves was raised in her mother's Catholic faith and educated at convent school ...
– presenter on Radio 4's ''
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for 30 years. She is married to fellow-journalist
Paul Heiney Paul Heiney (born Paul Wisniewski; 20 April 1949) is a British radio broadcaster and television reporter most notable as a former presenter of ''That's Life!''. Early life He was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, the son of Norbert Wisniewski and Ev ...
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– main presenter on '' PM'' from 1970 until 1972. He was best known as a composer and presenter of music programmes, mainly on radio, and in particular as the long-serving host and pianist on the Radio 4 quiz My Music. He died in 2009. *
Esther Rantzen Dame Esther Louise Rantzen (born 22 June 1940) is an English journalist and television presenter, who presented the BBC television series ''That's Life!'' for 21 years, from 1973 until 1994. She works with various charitable causes, and foun ...
– presenter and reporter on 'Braden's Week' and Man Alive during the 1960s and 70s, and she later had a consumer spot on '' BBC Breakfast Time'' in the 1980s, but she is best known both as the main presenter on ''
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'' from 1973 until 1994, and for having set up Childline in 1986. She was appointed Dame Esther Rantzen in 2015. She was married to fellow-journalist
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Adam Raphael Adam Eliot Geoffrey Raphael (born 22 April 1938) is an English journalist and author. In the British Press Awards of 1973, he was named Journalist of the Year for his work on labour conditions in South Africa, and he has also been a presenter of ...
– presenter on ''
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'' from 1987 until 1988. He is best known as a newspaper journalist, working on various newspapers both before and after this period. *
Brian Redhead Brian Leonard Redhead (28 December 1929 – 23 January 1994) was a British author, journalist and broadcaster. He was a co-presenter of the Today (BBC Radio 4), ''Today'' programme on BBC Radio 4 from 1975 until 1993, shortly before his death. ...
– co–presenter of ''Today'' on BBC Radio 4 from 1975 until 1993, shortly before his death (in January 1994). *Susanna Reid – main co-presenter on ''
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'' from 2003 until 2014. She left to become a co-anchor on ''Good Morning Britain (2014 TV programme), Good Morning Britain''. *Lee Ridley (comedian), Lee Ridley – worked with BBC News Online before becoming the first standup comedian in Britain to use a communication aid in his routines, performing them under the stage name of ''Lost Voice Guy''. He rose to prominence in June 2018 upon winning the 12th series of ''Britain's Got Talent'' and a comedy on
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*Caroline Righton – presenter on
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from 1985 to 1987. She left to become a presenter on ''TV AM'', but later returned to the BBC to present daytime and '' Breakfast Time'' news bulletins. * Angela Rippon – the first female newsreader of the ''BBC Nine O'Clock News'' when she was appointed in 1975. Later joined ''TV AM'' and presented many other shows, including ''Masterteam'', ''What's My Line?'' and Crufts. She now co-presents the BBC's ''Rip Off Britain'' alongside Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville. * Daniela Ritorto – presented overnight bulletins on BBC World News, BBC News Channel and BBC One. As well as Impact, GMT, Outside Source and World News Today. Now with SBS News. * Debbie Rix – regular presenter and newsreader on '' BBC Breakfast Time'' during the 1980s. * Fyfe Robertson – reporter for ''
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'' in the 1960s. He died in 1987. * Max Robertson – first regular presenter on ''
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'' from its second edition in 1953. He was also a commentator at the funeral of King George VI in 1952 and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II the following year. In addition, he was a regular sports commentator, particularly on tennis, and he hosted the antiques quiz ''Going for a Song'' from 1965 until 1977. He died in 2009. * Robert Robinson (broadcaster), Robert Robinson – main presenter on ''Today'' on
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alongside John Timpson during the early 1970s, and a regular presenter of Stop The Week. He is perhaps best known for having presented 3 quizzes for BBC Television and Radio for more than 15 years each, namely ''Ask The Family,'' ''Call My Bluff'' and ''Brain of Britain''. He died in 2011. * Michael Rodd – presenter on
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during the late 1960s – he also presented the BBC's coverage of early Space Shuttle launches. He is best known as the original presenter on the children's film quiz ''Screen Test'' (1970–79) and as a presenter on ''
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'' (1972–82) and 'The Risk Business' (1980–81). * Abdul Samad Rohani – head of the BBC World Service's Pashto language, Pashto service in Helmand Province, Afghanistan; murdered in 2008. * Helen Rollason – presented ''
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'' during the late 1980s. She left in 1990 to become the first-ever female presenter on ''
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news programmes during the rest of the 1990s. She died in 1999 following a long and well-publicised battle with cancer. * Nick Ross – long-serving presenter and reporter on various BBC radio and television programmes, including ''Today'',
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, '' Man Alive'' and '' ''Sixty Minutes'' (TV series)''. He was also one of the first presenters of '' BBC Breakfast Time'' in 1983, but he is probably best known for having presented
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for 23 years, from 1984 until 2007. * Jacky Rowland – BBC foreign correspondent in the Balkans and Middle East in the late 1990s. From 2003 she has been working for
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TV. * Angus Roxburgh – BBC's Moscow Correspondent from 1992 until 1998, when he became a Europe Correspondent, based in Brussels. He was previously a newspaper journalist and has written books and television and radio documentaries on Russia. * Joshua Rozenberg – presenter and reporter for the BBC from 1975 until 2000, specialising in legal affairs.


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'' throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He died in 2015. *Tim Sebastian – joined
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in 1979 as their Warsaw Correspondent, later becoming Europe Correspondent, Moscow Correspondent, and eventually Washington Correspondent from 1985 to 1989. He also presented the
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's HARDtalk from 1997 until 2005. *John Sergeant (journalist), John Sergeant – joined the BBC in 1970 and worked as a reporter in various roles, most notably as the BBC's Chief Political Correspondent from 1992 to 2000: he also presented ''Today programme, Today'' and ''
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'' on ''Radio Four''. He left the BBC to become ITN's Political Editor, but has since returned to the BBC as a reporter and stand-in-presenter on ''
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''. He is the father of the journalist Mike Sergeant. *Adam Shaw (journalist), Adam Shaw – main presenter on ''
Working Lunch ''Working Lunch'' is a television programme which was broadcast on BBC Two covering business, personal finance and consumer news; it was broadcast between 1994 and 2010. The programme was first aired on 19 September 1994. It had a quirky, relaxed ...
'' from 1994 until 2008, when he was replaced by
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. He also presented business news bulletins on ''Today programme, Today''. *
Kate Silverton Kate Silverton (born 4 August 1970) is an English journalist. She formerly worked as a broadcaster and newsreader for the BBC. Silverton was a regular presenter of ''BBC News at One'' and ''BBC Weekend News'', as well as making occasional appea ...
– 2005–2021: BBC News Channel, BBC News at One, BBC Weekend News *John Simpson (journalist), John Simpson – veteran BBC correspondent with a career spanning more than five decades. He originally joined BBC Radio News in 1966 as a trainee sub-editor, then became a BBC reporter in 1970, reporting from many danger-zones throughout the world. He became the BBC's Political Editor in 1980, presented the Nine O'clock News from 1981 until 1982 and became the Diplomatic Editor in the latter year. He was made the Corporation's World Affairs Editor in 1988, and he has since continued to report on many major world-events, including the Beijing Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, the fall of Ceausescu in Bucharest later that year, the Gulf War in 1991 and the Kosovo War in Belgrade in 1999. He has also occasionally presented ''
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'' and other news bulletins over the years. *Valerie Singleton – presenter on the late evening TV programme ''Tonight'' from 1975. She was also a regular anchor on '' Nationwide'', '' PM'' and ''
The Money Programme ''The Money Programme'' is a finance and business affairs television programme on BBC Two which ran between April 1966 and November 2010. It was first broadcast on 5 April 1966 and presented by "commentators" (financial journalists) William Davis ...
'', and had previously spent ten years as a presenter on ''Blue Peter''. *Peter Sissons – presenter of the BBC's Six O'Clock News from 1989 until 1993, and of the Nine O'Clock News and the Ten O'Clock News between 1993 and 2003: he also presented ''
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'' from 1989 until 1994. He had previously worked for ITN: he joined in 1964, working initially as a foreign correspondent, until he was shot and seriously injured while covering the Biafran War in Nigeria in 1968. He then worked as ITN's Industrial Correspondent during the 1970s, and he became one of the main newscasters on ITV Lunchtime News, News At One in 1976. He was the first main anchor on
Channel 4 News ''Channel 4 News'' is the main news programme on British television broadcaster Channel 4. It is produced by ITN, and has been in operation since Channel 4's launch in November 1982. Current productions ''Channel 4 News'' ''Channel 4 News'' ...
from 1982 until 1989, when he was succeeded by Jon Snow (journalist), Jon Snow. Sissons died in 2019. *Martin Sixsmith – long-serving foreign correspondent, most notably as the BBC's Moscow Correspondent during the 1980s and 1990s. He left the BBC in 1997. *Mike Smartt – presented ''Breakfast News'' as it was then, the One, the Six, the Nine and summaries in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as being a correspondent at home and abroad, covering many of the major stories at the time. He was asked to lead the team putting BBC News Online in 1997, and served as Editor–in–Chief of BBC News Interactive until 2004 when he left the Corporation. Smartt now lectures and writes on journalism and new media. *Mike Smith (broadcaster) – regular presenter on '' BBC Breakfast Time'' during the 1980s. He was best known as a radio and television disc jockey, and for co-hosting ''The Late, Late Breakfast Show'' alongside Noel Edmonds, as well as hosting several other quiz shows. He was also a qualified helicopter pilot and a regular participant in motorsports. He died in 2014. He was married to the actress and fellow-television presenter Sarah Greene. *Rodney Smith (presenter), Rodney Smith – presented ''The Financial World Tonight'' and other programmes on Radio Four from 1978 to 1985. After spells with ABC News and later, CNN International, he returned to the BBC where he presented programmes and contributed to political and economic output at the BBC World Service. *John Snagge – radio newsreader and commentator from the 1920s to the 1960s. He died in 1996. *Raymond Snoddy – original presenter of ''NewsWatch (TV series), NewsWatch'' from its inception in 2004 until 2012, being succeeded by Samira Ahmed. Snoddy, also a thrice published author, now works freelance for the print news media. *
Peter Snow Peter John Snow (born 20 April 1938) is a British radio and television presenter and historian. Between 1969 and 2005, he was an analyst of general election results, first on ITV and later for the BBC. He presented ''Newsnight'' from its laun ...
– originally an ITN newscaster, he joined the BBC in 1979 as the first-ever presenter of ''
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'', from 1980 until 1997, and he was an election analyst and co–presenter in the live United Kingdom general elections, General Election results programmes at the BBC from 1983 to 2005, becoming especially famous for his use of the Swingometer. He also co-hosted ''
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'' during the late 1990s. He is the father of the historian Dan Snow, with whom he has co-presented several history programmes, including ''Battlefield Britain'', and the cousin of fellow-journalist Jon Snow (journalist), Jon Snow. *Julia Somerville – former BBC journalist, Labour Affairs Correspondent and newsreader, who frequently presented the BBC Nine O'Clock News during the 1980s. She later moved to ITN, and subsequently returned to the BBC to co-host ''Rip Off Britain (TV series), Rip Off Britain''. *Howard Stableford – stand-in presenter and reporter on ''
Newsround ''Newsround'' (stylised as ''newsround'', and originally called ''John Craven's Newsround'' before his departure in 1989) is a BBC children's news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972. It was one of the world's first televi ...
'' in 1984. He also presented children's programmes, such as Beat The Teacher and 'Puzzle Trail', but he is best known as a long-serving presenter on ''
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'', which he joined in 1985. He now lives and works in the USA. *Judith Stamper – main presenter on '' Look North'' from 1980 until 1995. * John Stapleton – reporter on ''
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'' and ''
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'' during the early 1980s. He later became famous as the main co-presenter (with his wife,
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), of ''
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'' from 1985 until 1993. During this time, Stapleton also worked as a presenter on '' Breakfast Time''. *Michael Stewart – reporter for BBC radio news 1980–1984, and stand-in presenter for ''Today (BBC Radio 4), Today Programme'' 1982–1984 alongside John Timpson and
Brian Redhead Brian Leonard Redhead (28 December 1929 – 23 January 1994) was a British author, journalist and broadcaster. He was a co-presenter of the Today (BBC Radio 4), ''Today'' programme on BBC Radio 4 from 1975 until 1993, shortly before his death. ...
and also the '' PM'' programme with Valerie Singleton. He moved to BBC television news in 1984, initially reporting for the revamped ''Breakfast Time (British TV programme), BBC Breakfast Time''. He was a general news reporter until 1990, including covering the fall of Romanian President Nicolae Ceaușescu in December 1989. *Francine Stock – main presenter on ''
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'' and ''
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'' during the 1990s. *Moira Stuart – presented many of the main bulletins, including ''
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'', the '' Six O'Clock News'' and the '' Nine O'Clock News'', during a long career. She was dropped from her weekend slot by the BBC in 2007, leading to accusations of ageism. She joined BBC Radio 2 in 2010, on which she had been a newsreader before her move into television. She had also been one of the original presenters on ''The Adventure Game'' in the early 1980s, shortly before her move into journalism.


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* Bolesław Taborski – BBC Polish Section Arts editor and presenter for 34 years from 1959. He was a prolific poet, writer and literary translator and theatre theorist. A personal friend of John Paul II, he translated his dramas into English. He died in 2010. * Asha Tanna – news correspondent. She left to become a weekend presenter for
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in 2007. * Philippa Thomas – presenter on BBC World News and BBC News Channel, and coverage of UK and US politics, best known for coverage of Monica Lewinsky Lewinsky scandal, Scandal that rocked Bill Clinton's presidency. As well as the 9/11 attacks and the fall out over the next decades up to the Fall of Kabul in 2021, when she was the on duty presenter. while a Nieman Journalism Fellow (2010–2011) at Harvard University, studying digital media and citizen journalism, a blog post by Thomas reporting a comment by Philip J. Crowley, P.J. Crowley received wide coverage,"See How A Blog Post Brought Down A State Department Spokesman"
Noah Davis, 15 March 2011, ''businessinsider.com'' and resulted in Crowley's resignation. * Beverley Thompson – originally worked as a presenter and reporter on
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, before becoming a main presenter on Points West. She then worked on Look North and
South Today ''BBC South Today'' is the BBC's regional television news service for the south of England, covering Hampshire, Isle of Wight, West Sussex, much of Dorset and parts of Berkshire, Surrey and Wiltshire. Since 2000, an opt-out of the main program ...
, eventually becoming a main presenter on South East Today from 2001 until 2009. * Jeremy Thompson – reporter on
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in Leeds during the early 1970s, before moving on to become the BBC's first North of England Correspondent in 1977. He joined ITN in 1982, initially as a sports correspondent. He joined
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in 1993, originally as head of their Africa bureau, based in Johannesburg. He presented the station's flagship news programme, ''Live at Five (Sky News programme), Live at Five'', from 1999 until his retirement in 2016. * Debbie Thrower – relief newsreader on the ''One O'Clock'' and ''Nine O'Clock News'' and weekend bulletins during the late 1980s. She has also presented '' Breakfast Time'', ''
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'', ''
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'' and ITV's ''Meridian Tonight''. * John Tidmarsh – presenter on the BBC World Service programme Outlook (radio programme), Outlook from 1968 until 1998. He was also a BBC foreign correspondent, working from many countries, including France, Algeria, India, Pakistan and Lebanon. In addition, he frequently worked as a radio and television newsreader, and he occasionally stood in for
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on the ''Today programme''. He died in 2019. * Andrew Timothy – announcer on the
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from 1947 until 1959, becoming the BBC's Chief Announcer in 1964. In addition, he was one of the first BBC Television newsreaders, from July to September 1954, and also the announcer on The Goon Show from 1951 until 1953. He died in 1990. He was the father of the actor Christopher Timothy, who featured in the BBC's ''All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV series), All Creatures Great and Small'' and ''Doctors (2000 TV series), Doctors''. * John Timpson – presenter on ''Newsroom (BBC programme), Newsroom'', the main
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news programme, from its 1964 launch until 1970, when he joined
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's ''
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'' programme. He died in 2005. * Alan Towers – main anchor on ''BBC Midlands Today'' during the 1980s, having originally joined the programme in 1972 as a presenter and reporter: he eventually retired from the BBC in 1997. He had previously worked as a newsreader on
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and ITN, and later as a reporter on '' Nationwide'', in which he covered the 'skateboarding duck' story. He died from cancer in 2008, aged 73. * Polly Toynbee – BBC's Social Affairs Editor from 1988 to 1995. * Christopher Trace – presenter on Look East during the 1970s: he also worked on '' Nationwide'' during this period. He was previously an actor, but was best known as the first-ever male presenter on Blue Peter from 1958 until 1967. He died in 1992. * Sheila Tracy – one of the first presenters on ''
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'' (originally called 'South West at Six') in the early 1960s. She later became the first-ever female newsreader on Radio 4 in 1974. She died in 2014. * Deepak Tripathi – South Asia correspondent reporting from Afghanistan, India and elsewhere. *
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– India correspondent until 1994. * Denis Tuohy – presenter on the late evening TV programme ''Tonight'' from 1975, and a reporter on ''
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''. He had also presented ''
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'' during the 1960s, and he was one of the first people to be seen on
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on its launch in 1964. * Bill Turnbull – main presenter on ''
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'' from 2001 until 2016. He had also presented the Six O'Clock News, Ten O'Clock News and News 24, as well as
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. He later became a presenter on Classic FM (UK), Classic FM. He died in 2022, following a long battle with cancer. * Reg Turnill – BBC's Air and Space Correspondent from 1958 until 1975, covering all manned spaceflights as well as the introduction of passenger jets, including Concorde. After retiring from this role, he continued as
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's Space Editor until the mid-1980s. He died in 2013. * John Tusa – main presenter of BBC 2's ''
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'' programme from 1980 to 1986. He also presented the ''One O'Clock News'' during the 1990s.


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* Chris Vacher – main anchor on the BBC's Points West from 1983 until his retirement in 2011. He previously held the record as the longest–serving presenter on any British local news programme: however, this record has since been beaten by the former main anchor on '' Look East'', Stewart White (journalist), Stewart White, who presented the latter programme from 1984 until 2021. * Wynford Vaughan-Thomas – war correspondent at Battle of Anzio, Anzio, and later a commentator at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Coronation and similar events. He died in 1987. * Michael Vestey – BBC foreign affairs and defence correspondent, and occasional presenter of the The World Tonight, World Tonight, on Radio 4. He died in 2006, aged 61. *Jeremy Vine – presenter of ''Jeremy Vine'' on Radio 2 and ''
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'', known for exclusive reporting from war-torn areas throughout Africa in 1990's. Also worked on ''Today programme, Today'', ''The Politics Show'' and ''
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''. Joined Channel 5 (UK), Channel 5's weekday morning current affairs show, formerly called ''The Wright Stuff''. He is the brother of the comedian and actor Tim Vine. * Suzanne Virdee – main presenter on
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from 2001 to 2012 and an occasional relief presenter on ''
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''. She had previously worked for Central News.


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* David Walter (journalist), David Walter – former BBC radio and television journalist, programme producer and Paris Correspondent for
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– he had also worked for ITN. He died in 2012. * Neville Wanless – newsreader and announcer for the
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from 1961 until 1975, covering the regional opt-outs for the North East and Cumbria. He joined
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in 1971 as a continuity announcer and newsreader, remaining in this role until 1991. He died in 2020. * Susan Watts – science editor on ''
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'' from 1995 until 2013. * Bob Wellings – main presenter and reporter on '' Nationwide'' from 1971 to 1979. He had previously been a presenter on '' Look East'' and ''About Anglia'', and he had also been one of
Esther Rantzen Dame Esther Louise Rantzen (born 22 June 1940) is an English journalist and television presenter, who presented the BBC television series ''That's Life!'' for 21 years, from 1973 until 1994. She works with various charitable causes, and foun ...
's original co-presenters on ''
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'' He later became a presenter on the
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's daytime phone-in programme
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during the late-1980s. He died in 2022. * Paul Welsh – originally worked as a reporter and presenter on
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during the early 1990s, then later became a reporter on
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and a presenter on
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and The World Today (BBC World Service), The World Today. He later worked in various roles for BBC News, including World Affairs Correspondent, West Africa Correspondent and Defence and Security Correspondent, reporting on wars and disasters around the world. He left BBC News in 2006 in order to start his own production company. * Charles Wheeler (journalist), Charles Wheeler – veteran foreign correspondent and a presenter on ''
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'' and ''Panorama''. He joined the BBC in 1947 and became the Corporation's longest-serving foreign correspondent, continuing in the role until his death in 2008 * Huw Wheldon – BBC broadcaster and executive in the 1950s and 1960s. He produced and presented programmes, notably the arts magazine ''Monitor (UK TV series), Monitor''. He died in 1986 * Alan Whicker – Army war reporter in Italy. After joining the BBC in 1957, he became an international reporter for ''
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''. From 1958 on, he presented ''Whicker's World''. He died in 2013. * Stewart White (journalist), Stewart White – main anchor on Look East from 1984 until his retirement in 2021. He currently holds the record as the longest-serving newsreader on any British local news programme. He was previously a continuity announcer and presenter on ATV and its successor, Central Independent Television, during the late 1970s and early 1980s. * Richard Whitmore – co–presenter of the BBC Nine O'Clock News with Peter Woods (journalist), Peter Woods between 1973 and 1981, he was also the main presenter on News After Noon (1981–1986) and remained with
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until 1998. * Brian Widlake – worked for the BBC in the 1970s and 1980s. Best known for co-presenting the Money Programme with Valerie Singleton. He died in January 2017. *
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– main presenter and co-editor of '' Man Alive'' during the 1960s: he was also a presenter on ''Sixty Minutes'' (TV series) in the 1980s. He died in 2000. He was married to
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and the father of television presenter
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. *
Sian Williams Sian Mary Williams (; born 28 November 1964) is a Welsh journalist, current affairs presenter best known for her work with the BBC, and psychologist. From 2001 until 2012, Williams regularly presented weekday editions of ''BBC Breakfast'' as ...
– main presenter on ''
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'' from 2001 until 2012. She also presented many other main news programmes, including the One O'Clock News and Six O'Clock News. She now presents ''5 News, 5 News at 5''. * Nan Winton –
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announcer and reporter on ''
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'' and 'Town and Around' during the late-1950s, before becoming the BBC's first female newsreader in 1960. She was dropped from the role less than a year later, but continued to work on both television and radio as a reporter and interviewer throughout the 1960s. She died in 2019. * Corbett Woodall – main BBC newsreader during the 1960s. After leaving the role in 1967, he presented Look East, worked regularly on the Today Programme and occasionally chaired editions of Any Questions? and Any Answers?. He was also an actor and appeared, invariably as a newsreader or announcer, in many television shows, particularly sitcoms, and films. He died in 1982. * Peter Woods (journalist), Peter Woods – co–presenter of the BBC Nine O'Clock News with Richard Whitmore between 1973 and 1981. He also presented the main
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programme Newsroom (BBC programme), Newsroom from 1964 until 1973. He died from cancer in 1995. He was the father of Justin Webb. * Glyn Worsnip – presenter and reporter on '' Nationwide'' during the 1970s, but he was probably best known as one of
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's co-presenters during the early years of ''
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''. He died in 1996.


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* Alistair Yates – main presenter on
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and
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during the 1990s and he later became a presenter on the
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. He had previously worked as a newsreader on
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during the late 1970s, he presented several ITV regional programmes during the 1980s and he became the first-ever male newsreader on
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in 1989. He died in July 2018. * Jimmy Young (disc jockey), Jimmy Young – veteran BBC disc jockey and broadcaster. He originally presented Housewives' Choice on the Light Programme and then became one of Radio 1's first disc jockeys, lasting from 1967 until 1973. He then joined Radio 2, where he hosted his own lunchtime news and current affairs show from 1973 until 2002. He interviewed every British Prime Minister from 1964 until 2010 and was knighted for his services to broadcasting in 2002. He died in 2016. * Martin Young (journalist), Martin Young – presenter and reporter on Look North during the early 1970s. He then joined '' Nationwide'' in 1973, remaining with the programme until 1979, and he also worked on ''
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'' during this period, and later on
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. * Hanna Yusuf – reporter and producer with
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. She died in September 2019.


See also

*List of BBC newsreaders and reporters


References

{{BBC World Service BBC newsreaders and journalists, * Lists of journalists, BBC BBC-related lists, Former newsreaders and journalists