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As the oldest commercial television network in the UK,
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 ...
has employed many journalists and newsreaders to present its news programmes as well as to provide news reports and interviews during its history. Since the ITV network began,
Independent Television News Independent Television News (ITN) is a UK-based television production company. It is made up of two divisions: Broadcast News and ITN Productions. ITN is based in London, with bureaux and offices in Beijing, Brussels, Jerusalem, Johannesburg, N ...
Limited (ITN) has held the contract to produce national and international news for it. Meanwhile, the regional ITV stations have provided local news programmes tailored for regional audiences.


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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 ...
– presenter on ''
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'' during the 1990s; she left to join the BBC's '' Look North''. *
Kaye Adams Kaye Adams (born 28 December 1962) is a United Kingdom, Scottish television presenter and journalist. She was an anchor on ITV (TV network), ITV topical discussion show ''Loose Women'' from 1999 to 2006 and again from 2013 and was a regular pa ...
– journalist on Central Television; later presenter on Scottish TV. *
Jonathan Aitken Jonathan William Patrick Aitken (born 30 August 1942) is a British author, Church of England priest, former prisoner and former Conservative Party politician. Beginning his career in journalism, he was elected to Parliament in 1974 (serving un ...
– presenter on
Yorkshire Television ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV (TV network), ITV network. Until 19 ...
's
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from 1968 until 1970: he was the first person to be seen on screen when the station launched. He later participated in the relaunch of
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in 1983, but he is best known as a Conservative politician, originally for Thanet from 1974 and later for South Thanet. * Antoine Allen – presenter for Good Morning Britain London bulletin, TV reporter on ITV London *
Sameena Ali-Khan Sameena Ali-Khan (born 30 December 1967) is a British media personality who is known as a television presenter, journalist and newsreader. She is also a published author. Since commencing her media career in 1997 for the BBC, Ali-Khan has worke ...
– presenter on ITV Central; presented the '' ITV Weekend News'' on occasions in 2006 *
Eamonn Andrews Eamonn Andrews, (19 December 1922 – 5 November 1987) was an Irish radio and television presenter, employed primarily in the United Kingdom from the 1950s to the 1980s. From 1960 to 1964 he chaired the Radio Éireann Authority (now the RTÉ ...
– main presenter of
Thames Television Thames Television, commonly simplified to just Thames, was a franchise holder for a region of the British ITV television network serving London and surrounding areas from 30 July 1968 until the night of 31 December 1992. Thames Television broa ...
's 'Today' programme during the 1960s and 1970s. He was also a sports presenter and commentator, and was the first-ever presenter of ITV's 'World of Sport', but he was best known as the host of This Is Your Life, Crackerjack and
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He died in 1987. * Jo Andrews – former political correspondent and Deputy Political Editor at ITN *
Fiona Armstrong Fiona Armstrong, Lady MacGregor (born 28 November 1956), is a British television journalist and is Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries. She is also the author of several books and has written for newspapers and made television programmes on Scottish to ...
– presenter for Border Television's regional news programme ''Lookaround''; later a newscaster on ITN's '' News at Ten'' *
Pamela Armstrong Pamela Armstrong (born 25 August 1951 in Kalimantan, Borneo) is a British journalist and news presenter. Background Armstrong's career in journalism started with Capital Radio where she presented the daily news and current affairs programme '' ...
– ITN newscaster, 1983–1986. *
Toni Arthur Toni Arthur-Hay (born Antoinette Alice Priscilla Wilson; 27 December 1940) is an English theatre director, former folk singer and television presenter. Early life and education Arthur was born in Oxford, England. She describes her childhood ...
– occasional presenter on
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during the 1980s. She is best known as a presenter on the BBC children's series Playschool and
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during the 1970s. * Mark Austin – former main presenter of ''ITV Evening News'' and ''ITV News at Ten''; since joining ITN (on ITV) in 1986, having previously worked on
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news programmes; has specialised in a variety of roles including sports reporter, foreign correspondent, and then newscaster for
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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Lisa Aziz Lisa Soraya Aziz (born 19 June 1962) is a British news presenter. She is best known as the presenter of the Morning News on LBC. Before this she worked for ITV Westcountry as a co-presenter for the evening news programme: The West Country Toni ...
– former co-presenter for ''ITV Westcountry'' and news presenter on ''TV-am''


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Zeinab Badawi Zeinab Badawi ( ar, زينب بدوي; born October 1959) is a Sudanese-British television and radio journalist. She was the first presenter of the ''ITV Morning News'' (later known as '' ITV News at 5:30''), and co-presented ''Channel 4 News'' ...
– first presenter of the ''ITV News at 5:30'' and co-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'' ...
'' for several years, before joining
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Llewella Bailey ''ITV News Central'' is a British television news service for The Midlands, broadcast and produced by ITV Central. History Launched on Friday 1 January 1982, replacing ''ATV Today'', ''Central News'' was initially a pan-regional service based ...
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Faye Barker Faye Barker is an English journalist and presenter employed by ITN. Career She began her career at the London-based European Business News, an affiliate of CNBC, in October 1996. After becoming a production journalist for ITN in 1999, she la ...
– main newscaster for ''ITV News London'' at 5:30, January 2009 – December 2012; continues to work with ITN across ''ITV London'' and ''ITV News'' output *
Carol Barnes Carol Lesley Barnes (13 September 1944 – 8 March 2008) was a British television newsreader and broadcaster. She worked for ITN from 1975 to 2004. Early life Barnes was born in Norwich, and attended St Martin-in-the-Fields High School for ...
– worked for ITN, 1975–2004, as both reporter and newscaster; died in March 2008 * Gaynor Barnes – presenter and journalist employed by ITV Yorkshire since 1991 *
Felicity Barr Felicity Barr (born 6 September 1970) is an English broadcast journalist, and former Al Jazeera English news presenter. Radio career Barr trained as a journalist at 2-Ten FM, before she specialised in sports reporting, covering events in sport ...
– first female sports correspondent for ''ITV News'' in 2001 *
Martin Bashir Martin Henry Bashir (born 19 January 1963) is a British journalist. He was a presenter on British and American television and for the BBC's ''Panorama'' programme, for which he interviewed Diana, Princess of Wales in 1995. Although the intervie ...
– left
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in 1999 to join ITV, working on special documentary programmes and features for ''
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''. He rejoined the BBC in 2016 as their Religious Affairs Correspondent. *
Seán Batty Seán Batty (born 6 May 1982) is a meteorologist, currently working for STV. Before this he was a Broadcast Assistant at the BBC Weather Centre and occasionally presented forecasts in BBC regions. Early life Born in Paisley, he attended Ca ...
– meteorologist, currently working for STV * Andrea Benfield – journalist and presenter, ''ITV News: Wales at Six'' *
Alex Beresford Alexander Isaac Beresford (born 17 October 1980) is an English weather presenter employed by ITV.
- weather presenter and journalist on ITV Breakfast programme Daybreak and later on Good Morning Britain *
Sangeeta Bhabra Sangeeta Bhabra (born 19 February 1974) is a co-presenter of the regional news programme ''ITV News Meridian''. Life Bhabra was born in 1974, and describes herself as a "child of the 80s" and a lifelong avid fan of George Michael. Bhabra t ...
– journalist and presenter,
ITV Meridian ITV Meridian (previously Meridian Broadcasting) is the holder of the ITV franchise for the South and South East of England. The station was launched at 12:00 am on 1 January 1993, replacing previous broadcaster Television South, and is owned ...
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Sally Biddulph Sally Anne Biddulph (née Mules; born 16 October 1975 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire) is an English journalist and presenter employed by ITN. Career After a short stint working in business after university, Sally started her new career in journa ...
– reporter and newsreader at ITV News Central and political correspondent for ''Thames Valley Tonight'' in Westminster; joined ITN in 2009 as news correspondent, political correspondent and presenter on ''ITV News at 5:30'', ''ITV News at 1:30'' and ''ITV News Saturday'' prime-time bulletins; newsreader for ''ITV News London'' since 2014. * David Bobin – sports presenter and reporter for
Westward Television Westward Television was the first ITV (TV network), ITV franchise-holder for the South West England, South West of England. It held the franchise from 29 April 1961 until 31 December 1981. After a difficult start, Westward Television provided a ...
, TVS and
Meridian Television ITV Meridian (previously Meridian Broadcasting) is the holder of the ITV franchise for the South and South East of England. The station was launched at 12:00 am on 1 January 1993, replacing previous broadcaster Television South, and is owned ...
. He was also a main anchor on TVS's Coast To Coast. He died in 2017. *
Reginald Bosanquet Reginald Tindal Kennedy Bosanquet (9 August 1932 – 27 May 1984) was a British journalist and broadcaster who was an anchor of '' News at Ten'' for ITN from 1967 to 1979.Eddie Dyj"Bosanquet, Reginald (1932–1984)" BFI screenonline Early ...
– best known for presenting ITN bulletins in the 1970s; joined ITN at its start in 1955 as a sub-editor; later reported from many parts of the world and was the diplomatic correspondent for four years; held the 'head anchor' title at ITN between 1974 and 1976, in the absence of
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 ...
; died in 1984; son of the cricketer Bernard Bosanquet, who famously invented the 'googly'. *
Adam Boulton Thomas Adam Babington Boulton (born 15 February 1959) is a British journalist and broadcaster who is regular panelist on TalkTV. He was formerly editor-at-large of Sky News, and presenter of '' All Out Politics'' and ''Week In Review''. He is ...
– political editor for
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during the 1980s. He later joined Sky News *
Tom Bradby Thomas Matthew Bradby (born 13 January 1967) is a British journalist and novelist who currently presents the ''ITV News at Ten''. He was previously political editor for ITV News from 2005 to 2015, and presented '' The Agenda with Tom Bradby'', ...
– ''ITV News'' political editor, July 2005 – October 2015; joined ITN as an editorial trainee in 1990 and subsequently became producer for
Michael Brunson Michael John Brunson OBE (born 12 August 1940, in Norwich) is a British broadcasting political journalist of over thirty years' standing. He is a former Political Editor, Diplomatic Editor and Washington Correspondent of Independent Television N ...
, ITN's political editor, in 1992; Ireland correspondent 1993–1996; Asia correspondent 1999–2001; then Royal correspondent for ITV News; subsequently became UK editor before taking up the post of political editor; gave up his position as political editor in October 2015 to become sole anchor of ''
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'' * Colin Brazier – reporter on ITV *
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 ...
– television presenter, former co-anchor of the Southampton edition of TVS local news programme '' Coast To Coast,'' best known as co-presenter for ITV magazine programme ''This Morning'', 1999–2009 * Antony Brown (born 1922) – newsreader in the 1950s and 1960s. Announced the assassination of
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. Co-author of historical fiction with Norman MacKenzie under the joint pseudonym 'Anthony Forrest'. He died in 2001. He was the father of the BBC News presenter Ben Brown. *
Michael Brunson Michael John Brunson OBE (born 12 August 1940, in Norwich) is a British broadcasting political journalist of over thirty years' standing. He is a former Political Editor, Diplomatic Editor and Washington Correspondent of Independent Television N ...
– Washington correspondent and diplomatic editor of ITN; best known for serving as the political editor between 1986 and 2000 and as an occasional ITN newscaster.. * Lynda Bryans – weekend newscaster on ''
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'', 2001–2005 *
Kay Burley Kay Burley (born Kay McGurrin; 17 December 1960) is a British broadcaster and writer. She is a presenter on Sky News and hosts '' Kay Burley'', the breakfast slot on the channel. She also worked for BBC Local Radio, Tyne Tees Television, and ...
– newsreader, reporter and occasional main presenter on
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from 1985 until 1988. She left to join the then-fledgling Sky News. * Sir Alastair Burnet – main presenter of ''News at Ten'' and ITN election programmes from the early 1960s until his retirement in 1991; held the 'head anchor' title at ITN from 1967 (the year ''News at Ten'' was launched) until 1991, except between 1972 and 1976 when he presented for the BBC and became editor of the '' Daily Express''; knighted as a
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in early 1984; died in July 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 ...
– joined
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in his native Belfast in 1967 as a sports presenter, later presenting the station's flagship programme UTV Reports. He then moved to Granada Television, where he presented
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and also worked on
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in the 1970s, but he is best known as the long-serving host of Granada's prestigious quiz
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from 1977 until 1995. He joined BBC North West in 1997, becoming the 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 ...
until his retirement in 2011. * Andrea Byrne


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Andrea Catherwood Andrea Catherine Catherwood (born 27 November 1967) is a Northern Irish television presenter and journalist. Early life Andrea Catherwood was born and raised in Belfast where her mother, Adrienne McGuill, was an announcer and newsreader at Ul ...
– former main presenter for ITV's weekend news bulletins; joined ITN in April 1998, starting as a newscaster and senior reporter; in these early years, she also presented the ''ITN Morning News'' and filed special reports for ''News at Ten''; became medical correspondent; left ITN in September 2006 to front the short-lived political programme ''
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'' *
David Chater David Chater (born 1953) is a British broadcast journalist. Chater has more than 35 years' experience in international television news, having worked for Independent Television News, Sky News and Al Jazeera English. He joined ITN in 1976, Sk ...
– award-winning former ITN international correspondent; joined Sky News in 1993 * Christopher Chataway *
Ros Childs Ros Childs (born 1967) is an English-born TV journalist based in Australia, with a focus on business matters. After working primarily in her native UK for the ITV Network, Childs moved to Australia and joined the Australian Broadcasting Corporat ...
* Paul Clark – UTV Live 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 ...
– first-ever continuity announcer on
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in 1982. He had previously been a continuity announcer for
Scottish Television Scottish Television (now, legally, known as STV Central Limited) is the ITV network franchisee for Central Scotland. The channel — the largest of the three ITV franchises in Scotland — has been in operation since 31 August 1957 and is th ...
, and has since presented a number of TV and radio programmes, including the BBC's
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and ''Catchword''. He is married to fellow-broadcaster
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 ...
. * Stephen Cole – reporter for Central Television, Anglia Television's About Anglia and ITN * Brian Connell – ITN newscaster during the late 1950s and early 1960s. He died in 1999. * Dominic Cotton *
Bob Crampton Bob Crampton is a British former journalist and TV presenter. Early life and career Crampton was born in South Africa. His father was the country's first radio DJ to introduce piano music. At the age of 11, Crampton wanted to become a rugby pla ...
– long-serving presenter and weather forecaster on
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, formerly HTV West, from 1983 until his retirement in 2018 * Sarah Cullen – former ITN Home Affairs correspondent


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Robin Day Sir Robin Day (24 October 1923 – 6 August 2000) was an English political journalist and television and radio broadcaster. Day's obituary in ''The Guardian'' by Dick Taverne stated that he was "the most outstanding television journalist of ...
– worked for ITN from 1955, the first British journalist to interview Egypt's President Nasser after the Suez Crisis. Later moved to the BBC. He died in 2000. *
Jamie Delargy Jamie Delargy (born 6 August 1953 in Cushendall), is a Northern Irish people, Northern Irish journalist. He was Business Editor at UTV (TV channel), UTVKatie Derham Catherine Beatrice Margaret Derham (born 18 June 1970) is a British newscaster and a presenter on television and radio. Early life and education Derham was born on 18 June 1970 in Canterbury, Kent to Margaret, a teacher, and John Derham, a chem ...
– former media/arts editor and newscaster for ITV News; presented the ''
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'' and ''
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'', both produced by ITN; relief presenter for the ''
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'' and ''
ITV News at Ten ''ITV News at Ten'' (or more commonly ''News at Ten'') is the flagship evening news programme on British television network ITV, produced by ITN and founded by news editor Geoffrey Cox in July 1967. The bulletin was the first permanent 30-mi ...
''; left ITN in June 2010 *
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 ...
– hosted '' Good Morning Britain'' for ''
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'', which lost its license in 1992; began her television career starting with ''ATV Today'' and '' Central News'' *
Fred Dinenage Frederick Edgar Dinenage MBE (born 8 June 1942) is an English author and retired broadcaster and television presenter. His television career spanned nearly 60 years, including the long-running children's programme '' How'' and ITV's regional p ...
– television host and newsreader, based in the south of England; has appeared as presenter of many British television programmes, including '' World of Sport'', and quiz shows, such as '' Tell The Truth'', ''
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'' and '' Pass The Buck'', and the children's series ''
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''. Most of these were produced by
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and its successors TVS and Meridian Broadcasting; however, Dinenage has also worked for the
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on occasions. He was a presenter on
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between 1983 and 2021. * Steve Dixon *
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Murray Dron Murray Arnold Dron (born 23 January 1975) is a British journalist and television presenter working for ITN on London Tonight and ITV News. Background Dron was born in Perth, Scotland, but grew up in Jersey from a young age. He was educated at ...


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Sara Edwards Sara Elinor Edwards (born 1963 or 1964) is a Welsh broadcaster. She has been a co-presenter of BBC Wales' early-evening news programme, '' Wales Today.'' She is the Lord Lieutenant of Dyfed. Biography Edwards was born in Wales and brought up an ...
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Tom Edwards (broadcaster) Tom Edwards (born 20 March 1945, Norwich, England) is a British radio presenter and television announcer. Early Radio Career Tom began work as a journalist, then became the announcer on the Border Television programme ''Beat the Border''. He ...
– presenter and announcer on
Thames Television Thames Television, commonly simplified to just Thames, was a franchise holder for a region of the British ITV television network serving London and surrounding areas from 30 July 1968 until the night of 31 December 1992. Thames Television broa ...
during the 1980s. He was also an announcer on
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 ATV during this period. *
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 ...
– co-presenter of ''ITV News at Ten'' from January 2008 *
Sherrie Eugene Sherrie Eugene-Hart is a sign language interpreter and TV presenter based in the West of England and has held the position of Governor at University of the West of England and The City Academy Bristol. Early life and education Eugene was born in ...
– regular presenter and sign language interpreter on '' HTV News West'', and later ''
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Peter Fairley Peter Fairley (2 November 1930 – 5 August 1998) was a British science journalist who was the Science Editor for Independent Television News and ''TV Times'' magazine the late sixties and early seventies. His name became synonymous with ITN' ...
– science editor for Independent Television News and ''TV Times'' magazine in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He died in 1998. *
Mimi Fawaz Mimi Fawaz is a Nigerian-Lebanese sports journalist, show host and presenter who currently works as a sports presenter on Focus on Africa, a BBC news programme broadcast on BBC World News alongside BBC Africa and BBC Sports. She has worked for ...
– former presenter and producer at ''ITV News'' *
Judy Finnigan Judith Adele Finnigan (born 16 May 1948) is an English television presenter and writer. She co-presented ITV's '' This Morning'' (1988–2001, 2019–) and the Channel 4 chat show, ''Richard & Judy'' (2001–2008) alongside her husband Richar ...
– originally a researcher at Granada Television from 1971, she joined
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 ...
in 1974 as its first female reporter. She returned to Granada in 1980 as a reporter and presenter on
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. She is best known for presenting '' This Morning'' from its inception in 1988 until 2001, then ''
Richard and Judy Richard and Judy is the name informally given to Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan, a British married couple who are both television presenters and columnists. They presented the daytime television programme '' This Morning'' from 1988 until 2 ...
'' on
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 ...
from 2001 until 2008, both of these alongside her husband,
Richard Madeley Richard Holt Madeley ( born 13 May 1956) is an English television presenter and writer. Alongside his wife Judy Finnigan, he presented '' This Morning'' and the chat show '' Richard & Judy''. Madeley's solo projects include the ITV series '' F ...
. *
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 ...
– initially worked as a researcher, news reporter and later newsreader at Granada Television; became a newsreader with ITN, and later helped launch ITV's first breakfast television service, ''
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 franchis ...
'' * Fiona Foster *
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. ...
– Europe editor for Channel 4 News, and former 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 ...
* David Frost – one of the original presenters of
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 franchis ...
on its launch in 1983. He then presented 'Frost on Sunday' until 1992, before moving to the BBC to present
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 ...
, which ran from 1993 until 2005. He died in 2013.


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Steve Gaisford Steve Gaisford is a British news presenter working primarily for ITV News and on occasions Al Jazeera English. In September 2009 Gaisford launched new company Chloros which focuses on using well known faces as online web presenters. Broadcasting ...
*
Sandy Gall Henderson Alexander Gall, (born 1 October 1927) is a Scottish journalist, author, and former ITN news presenter whose career as a journalist has spanned more than 50 years. Life and career Gall was born in Penang, Straits Settlements (prese ...
– former ITN foreign correspondent and news presenter * Andrew Gardner – presented the first ''News at Ten'' with Alastair Burnet in 1967; following his retirement from ITN, he worked on
Thames Television Thames Television, commonly simplified to just Thames, was a franchise holder for a region of the British ITV television network serving London and surrounding areas from 30 July 1968 until the night of 31 December 1992. Thames Television broa ...
during the 1980s; died in 1999 *
Kate Garraway Kathryn Mary Draper Garraway (born 4 May 1967) is an English broadcaster and journalist. In the 1990s, Garraway was a journalist for ITV News Central and later a co-presenter of ITV News Meridian. From 2000 to 2010, she co-presented GMTV. Cu ...
– currently presents '' Good Morning Britain''; previously '' Daybreak'' and ''
GMTV GMTV (an acronym for Good Morning Television), now legally known as ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited, was the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 ...
'' * Neil Garrett *
Martin Geissler Martin Geissler (born 1971) is a Scottish news reader, broadcast journalist and correspondent for BBC Scotland News. Career Geissler joined the Scottish bureau of the then-recently launched Sky News in 1991. Later he joined Grampian Televisi ...
– Africa correspondent for ITV News since May 2006; joined ITV News in April 2002 from
STV Central Scottish Television (now, legally, known as STV Central Limited) is the ITV network franchisee for Central Scotland. The channel — the largest of the three ITV franchises in Scotland — has been in operation since 31 August 1957 and is the ...
's regional news programme ''
Scotland Today ''Scotland Today'' is a Scottish regional news programme covering Central Scotland, produced by STV Central (formerly Scottish Television). Despite its name suggesting a national remit, the programme was actually limited to stories around STV's C ...
'', where he was a news reporter and presenter. *
Shiulie Ghosh Shiulie Ghosh ( bn, , /ʃjuli ghɔːʃ/, born 28 September 1968) is a freelance television journalist, conference moderator, author and director of a media services company. Shiulie formerly worked for the BBC, ITN and Aljazeera. She moderates d ...
– senior correspondent, Home Affairs Editor and presenter for ''ITV News'', 1998–2006. *
Elinor Goodman Elinor Mary Goodman (born 11 October 1946) is a UK journalist, best known as political editor of Channel 4 News from 1988 to 2005. She was educated at the Manor House School, an independent school in Surrey, England. Goodman joined Channel 4 Ne ...
– long-serving reporter for
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'' ...
. She joined the programme as a political correspondent on its inception in 1982, later becoming the programme's Political Editor, a role she held from 1988 until 2005. She also occasionally reported for ITN. * Bob Greaves – long-serving presenter, reporter and producer for Granada Television. He originally joined the company in 1964 as a reporter on 'Scene', then as the main anchor for 'Newscene' and
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 ...
until his retirement in 1999. He died in 2011. * Mary Green *
Anne Gregg Anne Deirdre Gregg (11 February 1940 – 5 September 2006) was a travel writer and TV presenter from Northern Ireland. She is perhaps best known for presenting the BBC's travel programme '' Holiday'' throughout the 1980s. She was one of the firs ...
– reporter and presenter on
Ulster Television UTV (formerly Ulster Television, branded on air as ITV1) is the ITV region covering Northern Ireland, ITV subsidiary and the former on-air name of the free-to-air public broadcast television channel serving the area. It is run by ITV plc an ...
's ''
Roundabout A roundabout is a type of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic is permitted to flow in one direction around a central island, and priority is typically given to traffic already in the junction.''The New Shorter Oxford En ...
''; also worked for
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 ...
; later co-presented the BBC's ''Holiday'' programme during the 1980s; died in 2006 * Bill Grundy *
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 ...
– presenter for ''Channel 4 News'' and new presenter for ITV News for 2016


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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 of ''Serve You Right'' for Meridian TV * Gerry Harrison – in 1985 took over as Head of Sport at Anglia TV; left in 1993 * Andrew Harvey – presenter on the ITN News Channel with Lucy Alexander; moved on to his own programme after breakfast, ''Live with Andrew Harvey'' *
Julian Haviland Julian Arthur Charles Haviland (born 8 June 1930) is a British print and broadcasting journalist of over sixty years' standing. He was a lobby correspondent at Westminster for over twenty years, and is the former Political Editor of Independent ...
– ITN political editor, 1975–1981 * Barbara Blake Hannah – Barbara Blake-Hannah is a Jamaican journalist, politician, author, film maker, festival organiser and cultural consultant *
Dominic Heale Dominic Andrew Heale (born 15 June 1961) is an English journalist and newsreader formerly employed by the BBC. He co-presented the flagship 6:30 Regional News programme ''East Midlands Today'' with Anne Davies, he also presented the lunchtime ...
– former presenter of
Central News East ''ITV News Central'' is a British television news service for The Midlands, broadcast and produced by ITV Central. History Launched on Friday 1 January 1982, replacing ''ATV Today'', ''Central News'' was initially a pan-regional service base ...
, later moved to the BBC to present ''
East Midlands Today ''East Midlands Today'' is the BBC's regional television news programme for the East Midlands. The programme is broadcast on BBC One from studios at the BBC's East Midlands broadcasting centre in Nottingham, also home to Radio Nottingham. Th ...
''. * Alistair Hignell – sports presenter and reporter on HTV News West during the 1990s. * Gerald Hine-Haycock – known by his then-broadcasting name Gerald Haycock; left ITN in 1981, to report for and present '' HTV News'' at
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 ...
, followed by ''
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 ...
'' at
BBC West BBC West is one of BBC's English Regions serving Bristol, the majority of Wiltshire and Gloucestershire; northern and eastern Somerset and northeastern Dorset. Services Television BBC West's television service (broadcast on BBC One) consists o ...
* Derek Hobson – ATV continuity announcer and presenter of ''
ATV Today ''ATV Today'' was a regional television news and current affairs programme, produced by ATV, serving the English Midlands. The programme aired from 5 October 1964 until 31 December 1981 – the final day of broadcasting from ATV before the co ...
'' during the 1970s; hosted quizzes, such as ''
New Faces ''New Faces'' is a British television talent show that aired in the 1970s and 1980s. It has been hosted by Leslie Crowther, Derek Hobson and Marti Caine. It was produced for the ITV network by ATV, and later by Central. Original series: 197 ...
'', '' That's My Dog'' and ''
Jeopardy! ''Jeopardy!'' is an American game show created by Merv Griffin. The show is a quiz competition that reverses the traditional question-and-answer format of many quiz shows. Rather than being given questions, contestants are instead given gene ...
'' * Alison Holloway – worked initially as an announcer for
Westward Television Westward Television was the first ITV (TV network), ITV franchise-holder for the South West England, South West of England. It held the franchise from 29 April 1961 until 31 December 1981. After a difficult start, Westward Television provided a ...
before joining
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 ...
, where she worked as an announcer and main presenter on HTV News during the 1980s. *
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– presenter on
Ulster Television UTV (formerly Ulster Television, branded on air as ITV1) is the ITV region covering Northern Ireland, ITV subsidiary and the former on-air name of the free-to-air public broadcast television channel serving the area. It is run by ITV plc an ...
's ''Good Evening Ulster'', 1982–1986; presented ''
GMTV GMTV (an acronym for Good Morning Television), now legally known as ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited, was the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 ...
'', 1993–2005; hosted a number of quiz and game shows; currently a regular presenter on '' This Morning'' *
Gordon Honeycombe Ronald Gordon Honeycombe (27 September 1936 – 9 October 2015), known professionally as Gordon Honeycombe, was a British newscaster, author, playwright and stage actor. Honeycombe was born in Karachi, in the British Raj. He was educated at th ...
– newscaster at ITN, 1965–1977; twice voted the most popular newscaster in Britain, by readers of the ''
Daily Mirror The ''Daily Mirror'' is a British national daily tabloid. Founded in 1903, it is owned by parent company Reach plc. From 1985 to 1987, and from 1997 to 2002, the title on its masthead was simply ''The Mirror''. It had an average daily print ...
'' and of '' The Sun''; returned to regular newsreading, 1984–1989, as chief newsreader at ''TV-am'', becoming Britain's longest-serving ITV newscaster; died in 2015 *
Nina Hossain Nina Hossain is a British journalist and presenter employed by ITN as the lead presenter of the ''ITV Lunchtime News''. Background Hossain was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England to a Bangladeshi father and an English mother. Her fa ...
– main newscaster on ''
ITV Lunchtime News The ''ITV Lunchtime News'' is the afternoon news programme produced by ITN on the British television network ITV. It airs Monday to Friday from 1:30pm, covering British national and international news stories and is presented by Nina Hossain. ...
'' and ''
ITV News London ''ITV News London'' is a British television news service broadcast on both ITV London and the ITV Hub. It is produced by ITN. History London News Network The programme launched on Monday 4 January 1993 as ''London Tonight'', after Carlton T ...
'' since 2010; regular relief newscaster on all main ITV News bulletins since 2004 *
Robin Houston Robin Houston (born London, 1947) is a British voiceover artist and former announcer, radio and television newsreader and quiz show host. After starting his career as an announcer and stage manager, he became one of the pioneers of commercial ra ...
– main newscaster of lunchtime and late
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 ...
bulletins, 1978-1992 *
Gloria Hunniford Mary Winifred Gloria Hunniford, OBE (born 10 April 1940) is a Northern Irish television and radio presenter, broadcaster and singer. She is known for presenting programmes on the BBC and ITV, such as '' Rip Off Britain'', and her regular appea ...
– presenter on
Ulster Television UTV (formerly Ulster Television, branded on air as ITV1) is the ITV region covering Northern Ireland, ITV subsidiary and the former on-air name of the free-to-air public broadcast television channel serving the area. It is run by ITV plc an ...
's ''Good Evening Ulster'', 1979–1982; became a chat show host with her own ''Sunday Sunday'', and a quiz show host and panellist; now presents '' Rip Off Britain'' for the BBC; mother of the late
Caron Keating Caron Louisa Keating (5 October 1962 – 13 April 2004) was a Northern Irish television presenter. Early life and education Keating was born on 5 October 1962 in Fulham, west London, to an English father with southern Irish roots and a Northern ...
, a presenter on '' Blue Peter'' and '' This Morning'' * Alex Hyndman – freelance newscaster and reporter on ''
ITV News London ''ITV News London'' is a British television news service broadcast on both ITV London and the ITV Hub. It is produced by ITN. History London News Network The programme launched on Monday 4 January 1993 as ''London Tonight'', after Carlton T ...
'' and '' ITV News'' weekend bulletins


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* John Irvine – ITN's Washington correspondent; before joining ITN in 1994 as a Northern Ireland correspondent, worked for
UTV News ''UTV Live'' is a British television news service broadcast and produced by UTV. Overview The main edition of ''UTV Live'' airs from 18:00 to 18:30 every weeknight, covering the day's news, current affairs and sport from across Northern Irel ...
. * Jayne Irving – worked on Good Morning Britain from 1983 until 1986, originally reading the news bulletins, then as a main anchor. She left to join the
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, where she presented
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from 1986 until 1990.


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* Catherine Jacob – editorial trainee at ITN from September 2000; news presenter for ''Granada Reports'' and ''ITV News Tyne Tees'' in 2013 *
Becky Jago Rebecca Joanne Jago (née Gunton; born 20 April 1976 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk) is an English television news presenter, currently employed by ITV Anglia. Career Jago attended Stowmarket High School from 1989 to 1994. She graduated from th ...
– news presenter at ITV Anglia * Peter Jay – main presenter of
Weekend World ''Weekend World'' is a British television political series, made by London Weekend Television (LWT) and broadcast from 1972 to 1988. Created by John Birt, not long after he had joined LWT, the series was broadcast on the ITV network at midday ...
from 1972–77, he then became the founding chairman of
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 franchis ...
in 1983. He later joined the
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Sally Jones (journalist) Sally Jones is a British journalist, television news and sports presenter. She is three-times a world champion at real tennis; once in the singles and twice in the doubles. Education Sally Jones was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, and educa ...
– reporter for
Westward Television Westward Television was the first ITV (TV network), ITV franchise-holder for the South West England, South West of England. It held the franchise from 29 April 1961 until 31 December 1981. After a difficult start, Westward Television provided a ...
, later becoming a main co-presenter on Central News during the early 1980s – she also reported for ITN during this period. She left to join BBC Breakfast in 1986 and became a Real Tennis world champion in 1993 – she also won the British and US Open Championships


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Natasha Kaplinsky Natasha Margaret Kaplinsky (born 9 September 1972)The Donor, News and information for blood donors, Winter 2009, National Blood Service, England, page 55 is an English newsreader, TV presenter and journalist, best known for her roles as a st ...
– joined ITV to present ''ITN News'' in 2011 *
Robert Kee Robert Kee (5 October 1919 – 11 January 2013) was a British broadcaster, journalist and writer, known for his historical works on World War II and Ireland. Life and career He was educated at Stowe School, Buckingham, and read history ...
– anchor for ITN's first lunchtime bulletin '' First Report'', 1972–1976. He was also one of the first presenters of
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 franchis ...
in 1983. He died in 2013. *
Chris Kelly (TV presenter) Christopher Paul Kelly (born 24 April 1940) is an English TV presenter, producer and writer. Education Kelly was born in 1940 at Cuddington in Cheshire. He was educated at Downside School, a Catholic independent school in Stratton-on-the-Fosse ...
– joined
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 ...
in 1963 as a continuity announcer - he later became a narrator and co-presenter on
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 product ...
. He is best known as a presenter on '' Wish You Were Here...?'' alongside
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 ...
, on the BBC's
Food and Drink ''Food and Drink'' is a British television series on BBC Two. First broadcast between 1982 and 2002, it was the first national television programme in the UK to cover the subject of food and drink without cookery and recipe demonstrations. Histo ...
and on the children's film review series
Clapperboard A clapperboard (also known by various other names including dumb slate) is a device used in filmmaking and video production to assist in synchronizing of picture and sound, and to designate and mark the various scenes and takes as they are ...
. *
Lorraine Kelly Lorraine Kelly, (born 30 November 1959) is a Scottish journalist and television presenter. She has presented various television shows for ITV, including '' Good Morning Britain'' (1988–1992), '' GMTV'' (1993–2010), ''This Morning'' (2003 ...
– started as a reporter for Scottish Television; came to national attention by reporting on the
Piper Alpha Piper Alpha was an oil platform located in the North Sea approximately north-east of Aberdeen, Scotland. It was operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Limited (OPCAL) and began production in 1976, initially as an oil-only platform but la ...
oil rig disaster in 1988. She has since presented '' Good Morning Britain'', ''
GMTV GMTV (an acronym for Good Morning Television), now legally known as ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited, was the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 ...
'' and '' Daybreak'', and continues to host her own show ''
Lorraine Lorraine , also , , ; Lorrain: ''Louréne''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lottringe''; german: Lothringen ; lb, Loutrengen; nl, Lotharingen is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of Gr ...
'' to this day. *
Martin Kelner Martin Barry Kelner is a British journalist, author, comedian, singer, actor and TV presenter, whose primary career is in radio presenting. He has spent over 40 years hosting radio shows, mostly for the BBC, in particular Radio Leeds. He has be ...
*
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 ...
– presenter on
Southern Television Southern Television was the ITV broadcasting licence holder for the South and South-East of England from 30 August 1958 to 31 December 1981. The company was launched as 'Southern Television Limited' and the title 'Southern Television' was con ...
's flagship news programme 'Day By Day' from 1961 until 1969: he also occasionally worked for ITN during this period. He had originally worked for the BBC, having been their first-ever in-vision newsreader in 1955, and he returned there in 1969, continuing in the same role until his retirement in 1981. He later became the main presenter on the Channel 4 quiz '' Treasure Hunt'' and he also presented the BBC's '' Songs of Praise''. He died in 2012. *
Ludovic Kennedy Sir Ludovic Henry Coverley Kennedy (3 November 191918 October 2009) was a Scottish journalist, broadcaster, humanist and author best known for re-examining cases such as the Lindbergh kidnapping and the murder convictions of Timothy Evans an ...
– newscaster and reporter during ITN's early years. He was knighted for his services to journalism in 1994. He died in 2009. He was married to the actress and dancer
Moira Shearer Moira Shearer King, Lady Kennedy (17 January 1926 – 31 January 2006), was an internationally renowned Scottish ballet dancer and actress. She was famous for her performances in Powell and Pressburger's '' The Red Shoes'' (1948) and '' The Ta ...
. *
Richard Keys Richard Keys (born 23 April 1957) is an English sports presenter who has worked for BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky, Talksport, Al Jazeera, Fox Sports, ESPN Star Sports , BeIN Sports; and has presented many top-level football matches. Career ...
– presenter on
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 franchis ...
from 1984 until 1990. He left to join
Sky Sports Sky Sports is a group of British subscription sports channels operated by the satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It ...
as a presenter and commentator and has worked in sports broadcasting ever since. * Lucy Kite – news presenter and producer on ''Central Tonight'' for ITV Central from 2002; entertainment correspondent from January 2006; from November 2008, appointed relief presenter on West Midlands edition of Central. *
Redvers Kyle Redvers Buller Kyle (25 November 1929 – 18 November 2015) was a South African-born British broadcaster, voice over artist, actor and composer, best known for his work on the ITV network in the United Kingdom over forty years. Biography Redvers ...
– long-serving continuity announcer, originally for
Associated-Rediffusion Associated-Rediffusion, later Rediffusion London, was the British ITV franchise holder for London and parts of the surrounding counties, on weekdays between 22 September 1955 and 29 July 1968. It was the first ITA franchisee to go on air, ...
, from 1956 until 1968: he then worked as Chief Announcer for
Yorkshire Television ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV (TV network), ITV network. Until 19 ...
from 1968 until 1993. He continued to work as a freelance announcer for YTV, as well as
Tyne Tees Television ITV Tyne Tees, previously known as Tyne Tees, Channel 3 North East and Tyne Tees Television, is the ITV television franchise for North East England and parts of North Yorkshire. Tyne Tees launched on 15 January 1959 from studios at a converte ...
, until 1998. He died in 2015.


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* Alastair Layzell – produced and directed documentaries for ITV network including ''Summer 1940'', the story of the German occupation of the Channel Islands * Stephen Lee *
Jan Leeming Jan Leeming (born Janet Dorothy Atkins; 5 January 1942) is an English TV presenter and newsreader. Early life and personal life Leeming was born in Barnehurst, Kent, and educated at the Assumption Convent, Charlton and St Joseph's Convent Gr ...
– presenter and reporter for
Westward Television Westward Television was the first ITV (TV network), ITV franchise-holder for the South West England, South West of England. It held the franchise from 29 April 1961 until 31 December 1981. After a difficult start, Westward Television provided a ...
during the 1960s and a presenter on HTV News West during the 1970s, before becoming a newsreader for the
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*
Martyn Lewis Sir Martyn John Dudley Lewis (born 7 April 1945) is a Welsh television news presenter and journalist. He was a presenter for BBC News television programmes between 1986 and 1999 and was known for his involvement in the coverage of the death o ...
– news presenter for HTV and then ITN, where he was a regular presenter for ''News at Ten''; joined the BBC in 1986 to front the new ''One O'Clock News''. *
Peter Lewis (announcer) Peter Lewis is a former British television continuity announcer. He was the first person to broadcast from London Weekend Television's new centre on the south bank of the River Thames, when it opened in 1971. He was promoted to senior announcer ...
– continuity announcer for
London Weekend Television 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 ...
from its inception in 1968 until his departure in 1997: he became their chief announcer in 1977. He was also an announcer for
Yorkshire Television ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV (TV network), ITV network. Until 19 ...
and
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 he was a regular newsreader on 'London News Headlines' for LWT from 1982 until 1988. *
Terry Lloyd Terence Ellis "Terry" Lloyd (21 November 1952 – 22 March 2003) was an English television journalist who reported extensively from the Middle East. He was killed by the U.S. military while covering the 2003 invasion of Iraq for ITN. An inq ...
– Middle East reporter; killed by US troops in 2003 while covering the
2003 Invasion of Iraq The 2003 invasion of Iraq was a United States-led invasion of the Republic of Iraq and the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion phase began on 19 March 2003 (air) and 20 March 2003 (ground) and lasted just over one month, including 26 ...
*
Jasmine Lowson Jasmine Lowson (born 1972) is a British actress, journalist and presenter of Singaporean descent. Early life Lowson was born in Chatham, Kent, South East England to an English father and a Singaporean mother (''née'' Yam Kheng Chan). She moved ...


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* Hamish MacDonald – reporter for ITV *
Donal MacIntyre Donal MacIntyre (born 25 January 1966) is an Irish investigative journalist, specialising in investigations, undercover operations and television exposés. He has also worked as a presenter of both television news and documentaries on various U ...
– presenter on ITV's
London Tonight ''ITV News London'' is a British television news service broadcast on both ITV London and the ITV Hub. It is produced by ITN. History London News Network The programme launched on Monday 4 January 1993 as ''London Tonight'', after Carlton ...
*
Robert MacNeil Robert Breckenridge Ware MacNeil, Order of Canada, OC (born January 19, 1931) is a Canadian-American journalist and writer. He is a retired television news anchor who partnered with Jim Lehrer to create ''The MacNeil/Lehrer Report'' in 1975. E ...
*
Richard Madeley Richard Holt Madeley ( born 13 May 1956) is an English television presenter and writer. Alongside his wife Judy Finnigan, he presented '' This Morning'' and the chat show '' Richard & Judy''. Madeley's solo projects include the ITV series '' F ...
– reporter on
Border Television ITV Border, previously Border Television and commonly referred to as simply Border, is the ITV (TV network), Channel 3 service provided by ITV (TV channel), ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Anglo-Scottish border, England/Scotland border region, ...
's
Lookaround ITV News ''Lookaround'' is a British television news service produced by ITV Tyne Tees & Border and broadcasting to the “Border” region. Overview The news service is produced and broadcast from studios at The Watermark, Gateshead with rep ...
and presenter on
Yorkshire Television ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV (TV network), ITV network. Until 19 ...
's ''
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'' during the 1970s, before moving onto
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 ...
in the early 1980s. He is best known for presenting '' This Morning'' from its inception in 1988 until 2001, then ''
Richard and Judy Richard and Judy is the name informally given to Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan, a British married couple who are both television presenters and columnists. They presented the daytime television programme '' This Morning'' from 1988 until 2 ...
'' on
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 ...
from 2001 until 2008, both of these alongside his wife,
Judy Finnigan Judith Adele Finnigan (born 16 May 1948) is an English television presenter and writer. She co-presented ITV's '' This Morning'' (1988–2001, 2019–) and the Channel 4 chat show, ''Richard & Judy'' (2001–2008) alongside her husband Richar ...
. * Joanne Malin *
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Barbara Mandell Allada Barbara Grenville Wells (15 July 1920 – 25 August 1998), known professionally as Barbara Mandell, was a British journalist, broadcaster, newsreader and travel writer. She became the United Kingdom's first female newsreader after she was ...
– first female newsreader in Britain, presenting ITN bulletins from 1956 to the late 1960s; died in 1998 *
Penny Marshall Carole Penny MarshallBorn Carole Penny Marshall in 1943, as per ''My Mother Was Nuts, a Memoir'', p. 10; . Copyright 2012 (October 15, 1943 – December 17, 2018) was an American actress, director and producer. She is known for her role as ...
– ITV News Africa Correspondent, September 2019 – Present. ITV News Social Affairs Editor until September 2019. *
Peter Marshall (UK broadcaster) Peter Marshall (born 11 April 1945 in Derry, Northern Ireland) is a British broadcaster. He was educated at St. Columb's College in Derry. Broadcasting career Television He became an announcer at Ulster Television, in 1967, and moved to Angli ...
– long-serving continuity announcer, originally for
Ulster Television UTV (formerly Ulster Television, branded on air as ITV1) is the ITV region covering Northern Ireland, ITV subsidiary and the former on-air name of the free-to-air public broadcast television channel serving the area. It is run by ITV plc an ...
during the late 1960s. He then worked for
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 ...
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Southern Television Southern Television was the ITV broadcasting licence holder for the South and South-East of England from 30 August 1958 to 31 December 1981. The company was launched as 'Southern Television Limited' and the title 'Southern Television' was con ...
,
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 ...
, ATV, and for
Thames Television Thames Television, commonly simplified to just Thames, was a franchise holder for a region of the British ITV television network serving London and surrounding areas from 30 July 1968 until the night of 31 December 1992. Thames Television broa ...
in particular: he began announcing for the latter company in 1976 and remained with them until their final day of broadcasting in 1992. *
James Mates James Mates (born 11 August 1961) is an English newsreader and journalist, currently employed by ITN, where he presents on ITV News and is Europe Editor. Education and early career Mates was educated at Marlborough College, an independent sch ...
– ITV News Europe Editor; relief newscaster for ''ITV News at 1:30'', ''ITV News at 6:30'' and ''ITV News at Ten''; main newscaster for ''ITV News'' on Sundays *
Daisy McAndrew Daisy Candida McAndrew (Given name#Name at birth, née Sampson; born 20 May 1972 in Hampstead, London) is an English journalist. Education McAndrew was educated at Wycombe Abbey, Wycombe Abbey School, an independent school for girls in High Wyco ...
*
Helen McDermott Helen McDermott (born 24 March 1954) is a British radio and television presenter, best known for her work at Anglia Television. McDermott began her broadcasting career in the 1970s as a continuity announcer and newsreader for Westward Television ...
– television presenter, best known for her work at
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 ...
*
Trevor McDonald Sir Trevor McDonald (born George McDonald; 16 August 1939) is a Trinidadian- British newsreader and journalist, best known for his career as a news presenter with ITN. McDonald was knighted in 1999 for his services to journalism. Career ...
– ITN newscaster, 1973–2008; first black news anchor in the UK; joined ITN as a reporter in 1973 and rose to become a newscaster by the late 1970s; in the mid-1980s was diplomatic editor for ''
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'' ...
''; main newscaster for ''News at Ten'', 1992–1999 and 2001–2005; during this period he also hosted Granada Television's current affairs programme ''
Tonight with Trevor McDonald ''Tonight'' (often referred to as ''The Tonight Programme'') is a British current affairs programme, produced by ITV Studios (formerly Granada Television) and ITN for the ITV network, replacing the long-running investigative series ''World ...
''; retired from newscasting in 2005, but returned to ITN to present the revived ''News at Ten'' for eleven months in 2008; knighted in 1999 *
Mark McFadden Mark McFadden (born 1955, Derry, Northern Ireland) is a broadcaster and journalist with ITV News. He is based in Northern Ireland where he broadcasts for UTV. He is currently the North West correspondent for UTV Live, the flagship early even ...
* Lawrence McGinty – former Science and Medical Editor for ITN. *
Rachel McTavish Rachel McTavish is a broadcast journalist who formerly worked for STV. Career On 28 April 2008, McTavish joined STV's regional magazine programme ''The Five Thirty Show'', replacing Debi Edward Debi Edward is a Scottish television broadcast ...
*
Lucy Meacock Lucy Meacock is an English journalist and presenter employed by ITV Granada. She has been one of the main female news presenters of ITV regional news programme, ''Granada Reports'' since 1988 and celebrated 30 years presenting the programme in N ...
– presenter of ''
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 ...
'' *
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 ...
– reporter on Anglia TV's ''About Anglia'', 1983–1993; son of the late
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 t ...
. *
Lucrezia Millarini Lucrezia Gaia Millarini (born 18 February 1976) is an English journalist and television presenter currently employed by '' ITV News''. Early life Lucrezia Gaia Millarini was born on 18 February 1976 into a family of Italian descent. Before star ...
– presenter and reporter *
Austin Mitchell Austin Vernon Mitchell (19 September 1934 – 18 August 2021) was a British academic, journalist and Labour Party politician who was the member of Parliament (MP) for Great Grimsby from a 1977 by-election to 2015. He was also the chair of t ...
– main presenter on
Yorkshire Television ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV (TV network), ITV network. Until 19 ...
's
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from 1969 until 1977. He then became best known as the Labour MP for Great Grimsby, a role he held from 1977 until 2015. He died in 2021. * Ed Mitchell – reporter on ''ITN News'' * Frank Mitchell * Leslie Mitchell – senior announcer for
Associated-Rediffusion Associated-Rediffusion, later Rediffusion London, was the British ITV franchise holder for London and parts of the surrounding counties, on weekdays between 22 September 1955 and 29 July 1968. It was the first ITA franchisee to go on air, ...
from 1955 until 1958. He had previously been the first-ever announcer on the then-fledgling BBC Television in 1936. He died in 1985. *
Saima Mohsin Saima Mohsin is a British Pakistani journalist and presenter born and raised in South London. Most recently she has been an international correspondent for CNN. Career In 2000 Mohsin gained her first job in television joining ITV Meridian as a ...
*
Kristina Moore Kristina Louise Moore is a Jersey politician and former journalist who is currently the Chief Minister of Jersey, as well as being a Deputy for St Mary, St Ouen and St Peter. She has served in the States Assembly since 2011 and is currentl ...
* Diana Moran – former newsreader and announcer for HTV News West. She is best known as 'The Green Goddess', the resident fitness expert on BBC Breakfast Time from 1983 until 1987. * Chris Morgan (journalist) – reporter 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 franchis ...
during the 1990s, having previously been a main presenter on the BBC's
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 ne ...
. He died in 2008. *
Jonathan Morrell Jonathan Morrell is an English presenter and journalist who is the Executive Producer at the BBC. He is a graduate of the media department at the University of Sunderland and has previously worked freelance at: BBC Radio Newcastle (1990–1994) ...
* Mike Morris – main anchor on Good Morning Britain during the 1980s and early 1990s; previously worked 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 ...
; later worked on ''
GMTV GMTV (an acronym for Good Morning Television), now legally known as ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited, was the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 ...
''; main anchor on ''
Calendar A calendar is a system of organizing days. This is done by giving names to periods of time, typically days, weeks, months and years. A date is the designation of a single and specific day within such a system. A calendar is also a physi ...
'', 1996–2002; died in 2012 *
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 ...
– presenter of ''
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 ...
'' for more than 10 years from 2003. He died in 2020. *
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 ...
* Emma Murphy – correspondent. Served as Europe Correspondent for ITV News and then Foreign Correspondent. In September 2020 it was announced that Murphy would take over as US Correspondent in early 2021.


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Jennifer Nadel Jennifer Nadel is a writer and award winning journalist based in London. Nadel qualified as a barrister and was called to The Bar (Middle Temple) in 1996 before turning to journalism. After a year at the American network ABC News' London bureau s ...
– ITN's Home Affairs Editor, 1994–1999 *
Shereen Nanjiani Shereen Nanjiani (born 4 October 1961) is a Scottish radio presenter with BBC Radio Scotland. Before launching her radio career in 2006, Nanjiani was the chief news anchor at STV Central, having presented the news programme, ''Scotland Today' ...
*
Nina Nannar Nina Nannar is a British Asian journalist. Brought up in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, she worked on Midlands Today ''Midlands Today'' is the BBC's regional television news service for the West Midlands. It was launched in 1964 and is p ...
* Bill Neely – joined ITN in 1989, was Washington Correspondent for 6 years, Europe Correspondent for 5, International Editor for 12; covered many events including the fall of the
Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall (german: Berliner Mauer, ) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and East Germany (GDR). Construction of the Berlin Wall was commenced by the government ...
, break-up of the
Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
, both
Gulf War The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried out in two key phases: ...
s, and
September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercia ...
; left in 2014 to join ''
NBC News NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC. The division operates under NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, a division of NBCUniversal, which is, in turn, a subsidiary of Comcast. The news division's var ...
'' * Mike Neville – joined Tyne Tees Television in 1959 as a young reporter; later became presenter of regional news programme before leaving for the BBC; returned to ITV in 1996 with his own programme on Tyne Tees until 2005. He died in 2017. * Gary Newbon * Jeremy Nicholas * Michael Nicholson – former ITN senior foreign correspondent and newscaster; original host of ''ITN News at 5:45'' when it was introduced in 1976; died in December 2016 * Nicol Nicolson *
Mary Nightingale Mary Nightingale (born 26 May 1963) is an English journalist and television presenter, best known for presenting the '' ITV Evening News'' since 2001. Education and early career Nightingale was educated at St Margaret's School, an independent s ...
– main newscaster on ''ITV Evening News''; joined ITV News in January 2001 and has since presented both the 6:30 pm bulletin as well as special ITN programmes on ITV


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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 ITV News in 2013 after being a newsreader on Al Jazeera English and a columnist for BBC News *
Lucy Owen Lucy Owen (born 18 June 1971 as Lucy Jane Cohen) is a Welsh television news reader. Early life Owen attended Howell's School in Llandaff, Cardiff, and graduated from Royal Holloway, University of London, in English. She is of Jewish heritage. ...
* Nicholas Owen – joined ITN in 1984 as ''Channel 4 News business and economics correspondent; ITN's royal correspondent, 1994–2000; in 2003, he became the main presenter of ''ITV News at 1:30''; left ITN in 2006 for the BBC, where he is currently a relief presenter for the ''
BBC News at Six 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 ''BB ...
'', as well as a main presenter 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 ...
, and a radio presenter on Classic FM. *
Nick Owen Nicholas Corbishley Owen is an English television presenter and newsreader, best known for presenting the breakfast television programme ''TV-am'' and the BBC's local news show ''Midlands Today'' since 1997. He was also the chairman of Luton ...
– presenter on
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 franchis ...
and Good Morning Britain during the 1980s. He had previously worked for ATV as a presenter and sports reporter. He later hosted Sporting Triangles and
Good Morning with Anne and Nick ''Good Morning with Anne and Nick'' is a British daytime television show presented by Anne Diamond and Nick Owen. Both the presenters had previously worked together at TV-am, ITV's breakfast franchise holder. The programme, which was broadcast ...
, the latter with his former
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 franchis ...
co-presenter
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 ...
. He is now the main anchor for the BBC's
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 produ ...
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Shahnaz Pakravan Shahnaz ( fa, شهناز) or Shahnez or Shehnaz is a given name and surname of Persian origin. The name is made from شاه (''Shah'', "king"), and ناز (''Naz'', "pride"), so the name means "pride of the king". Notable bearers *Shahnaz Bash ...
– presenter 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'' ...
and
The Channel Four Daily ''The Channel Four Daily'' (or ''Channel 4 Daily'') is a breakfast television news magazine, which was produced by Independent Television News, in collaboration with other independent production companies for Channel 4. The programme was Channel ...
during the 1980s and 1990s. *
Leonard Parkin Leonard Parkin (2 June 1929 – 20 September 1993) was a British television journalist and newscaster who worked for both the BBC and ITN. Born in Thurnscoe, West Riding of Yorkshire, he was educated at Hemsworth Grammar School, Yorkshire. ...
– reporter and newscaster with ITN from circa 1973 to 1987; between 1976 and 1987 he was one of the main presenters for ITN's ''News at One''; often hosted the ''News at 5:45'' in the early 1980s; occasionally presented ''News at Ten''; and retired in 1987; subsequently presented documentaries for
Yorkshire Television ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV (TV network), ITV network. Until 19 ...
until his death in 1993. *
Michael Parkinson Sir Michael Parkinson (born 28 March 1935) is an English broadcaster, journalist and author. He presented his television talk show '' Parkinson'' from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007, as well as other talk shows and programmes both in the U ...
– one of the original presenters of
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 franchis ...
on its inception in 1983. He is best known as a chat show host, having hosted his own BBC show Parkinson from 1971 until 1982: he later presented a revival, from 1998 until 2007. Other shows he has presented have included
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
Desert Island Discs ''Desert Island Discs'' is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was first broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme on 29 January 1942. Each week a guest, called a "castaway" during the programme, is asked to choose eight recordings (usua ...
. He was knighted in 2008. *
Matthew Parris Matthew Francis Parris (born 7 August 1949) is a British political writer and broadcaster, formerly a Conservative Member of Parliament. He was born in South Africa to British parents. Early life and family Parris is the eldest of six childre ...
– former Conservative MP, who presented
Weekend World ''Weekend World'' is a British television political series, made by London Weekend Television (LWT) and broadcast from 1972 to 1988. Created by John Birt, not long after he had joined LWT, the series was broadcast on the ITV network at midday ...
from 1986 to 1988. * Roger Parry * Andrew Pate - journalist and presenter, ITV Meridian * Ian Payne – lead news anchor of
ITV News Border ITV News ''Lookaround'' is a British television news service produced by ITV Tyne Tees & Border and broadcasting to the “ITV Border, Border” region. Overview The news service is produced and broadcast from studios at The Watermark, Gateshe ...
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Kylie Pentelow Kylie Ann Pentelow (born 29 June 1979) is an English journalist and television news presenter. She is a presenter of ''ITV News West Country'' and the ''ITV Weekend News''. Education and career Pentelow was educated at the Sir Christopher Hatt ...
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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 ...
– ITV News' Political Editor since January 2016, replacing
Tom Bradby Thomas Matthew Bradby (born 13 January 1967) is a British journalist and novelist who currently presents the ''ITV News at Ten''. He was previously political editor for ITV News from 2005 to 2015, and presented '' The Agenda with Tom Bradby'', ...
; formerly BBC News' Business and Economics Editor. * Karen Petch – continuity announcer for
Yorkshire Television ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV (TV network), ITV network. Until 19 ...
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Tyne Tees Television ITV Tyne Tees, previously known as Tyne Tees, Channel 3 North East and Tyne Tees Television, is the ITV television franchise for North East England and parts of North Yorkshire. Tyne Tees launched on 15 January 1959 from studios at a converte ...
during the 1990s. She then became a main presenter and reporter on Yorkshire's
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. She died from cancer in 2019. *
Fiona Phillips Fiona Phillips (born 1 January 1961) is an English journalist, broadcaster and television presenter. She is best known for her presenting roles with the ITV Breakfast programme '' GMTV Today''. Early life Phillips was born in Canterbury Hospi ...
– main anchor on GMTV, presented ''GMTV Today'', 1997–2008 * Ronke Phillips – senior correspondent, newscaster *
John Pilger John Richard Pilger (; born 9 October 1939) is an Australian journalist, writer, scholar, and documentary filmmaker. He has been mainly based in Britain since 1962. He was also once visiting professor at Cornell University in New York. Pilge ...
– journalist on
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 product ...
, 1969-1971. *Amanda Piper – journalist and presenter,
ITV Meridian ITV Meridian (previously Meridian Broadcasting) is the holder of the ITV franchise for the South and South East of England. The station was launched at 12:00 am on 1 January 1993, replacing previous broadcaster Television South, and is owned ...
*
Eve Pollard Evelyn, Lady Lloyd, (''née'' Pollard, formerly Winkleman, born 25 December 1943) is an English author and journalist, and has been the editor of several tabloid newspapers. Early life and education Pollard was born in Paddington, London.BB ...
* Mike Prince – continuity announcer for ATV and its successor,
Central Independent Television ITV Central, previously known as Central Independent Television, Carlton Central, ITV1 for Central England and commonly referred to as simply Central, is the Independent Television franchisee for the Midlands. It was created following the rest ...
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Gaby Rado Gaby Rado (17 January 1955, Budapest – 30 March 2003, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq) was a Hungarian-British television journalist who died in Iraq during the 2003 invasion. Life Gábor András Rado was born in Budapest, Hungary, and emigrated wit ...
– journalist who died in Iraq during the 2003 invasion; joined BBC News as a radio reporter, then ITN in 1985 as a writer for ITV bulletins, before transferring to ITN's ''Channel 4 News'' in 1988. * Jeff Randall – produced television documentaries for ITV. *
Andrew Rawnsley Andrew Nicholas James Rawnsley (born 5 January 1962) is a British political journalist and broadcaster. A columnist and chief political commentator for ''The Observer'', he has written two books on New Labour. Early life Rawnsley was born in Le ...
– co-presenter of 'A Week In Politics', alongside
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, during the 1990s. *
Phil Reay-Smith Phil Reay-Smith is a senior Amazon corporate communications lead. Previously he was Director at the London PR and communications agency 3 Monkeys Zeno, part of the global Zeno Communications group, a Daniel J. Edelman company. He began his career ...
– general correspondent for ITV News until August 2010; now Consumer Editor on
ITV Breakfast ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited (previously known as GMTV Limited) is the national ITV breakfast television licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc in November 2009. The breakfast license ...
show '' Daybreak'' since its launch in September 2010 * Pam Rhodes – presenter of Anglia Television's ''
About Anglia ''About Anglia'' was a regional news magazine programme produced by Anglia Television in the east of England, broadcast for over thirty years from 2 June 1960 to 6 July 1990. History One of the first regional programmes of its kind in the ITV, ...
'' during the 1970s and 1980s. She is now best known as a long-serving presenter of the
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Angela Rippon Angela May Rippon (born 12 October 1944)"Angela Rippon," ''Contemporary Authors Online'', Detroit: Gale, (2008) ''Gale Biography In Context'' is an English television journalist, newsreader, writer and presenter. Rippon presented radio and tele ...
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Dan Rivers Dan Rivers is US correspondent at ITV News, and a former correspondent at CNN and CNN International. Education Rivers was educated at Beechen Cliff School, a boys' state comprehensive school in the city of Bath in Somerset in South West Englan ...
– international correspondent for '' ITV News'' * Sue Robbie – continuity announcer for Granada Television during the late 1970s and early 1980s. She also presented a number of children's series during the 1980s, including 'Hold Tight' and 'First Post', and she was the original host on the Granada quiz '' Connections'' (1985–88). *
Graham Roberts Graham Paul Roberts (born 3 July 1959) is an English retired footballer and manager who played as a defender for numerous clubs including Tottenham Hotspur (where he won the FA Cup and the UEFA Cup), Rangers (where he won the Scottish League ...
– continuity announcer for
Yorkshire Television ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV (TV network), ITV network. Until 19 ...
until his retirement in 1993: he was also an announcer for
Grampian Television Grampian Television was the original name of the Channel 3 service for the north of Scotland founded in 1961 and now named STV. The northern region's coverage area includes the Northern Isles, Western Isles, Highlands (except Fort William and ...
. He died in 2004. *
Nick Robinson Nicholas, Nicky or Nick Robinson may refer to: * Nick Robinson (journalist) (born 1963), British political journalist * Nick Robinson (paperfolder) (born 1957), British origami artist * Nicky Robinson (rugby union) (born 1982), Welsh rugby player ...
– political editor for ''ITV News'', 2002–2005 * Chris Rogers – presented and reported for ''ITV News'' *
Peter Rowell Peter Rowell (born 17 June 1958) is an English former radio and television presenter. Rowell spent much of his career working in the West of England. In March 2012, he was jailed for six years after admitting 12 charges of indecent sexual ass ...
– continuity announcer and daytime newsreader 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 ...
from the late 1980s until he left in 2010 to join
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 ...
. He was jailed in 2012 on historical sexual assault charges. *
Pam Royle Pamela “Pam” June Royle (born 30 June 1958) is a British television journalist and presenter. Biography Royle was born in Leicester, Leicestershire and was brought up mostly in North Yorkshire, but also in South Africa and Devon. After gra ...
– lead news anchor on
ITV News Border ITV News ''Lookaround'' is a British television news service produced by ITV Tyne Tees & Border and broadcasting to the “ITV Border, Border” region. Overview The news service is produced and broadcast from studios at The Watermark, Gateshe ...
. * Sonia Ruseler


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* Brent Sadler – joined ITN in 1981 as a news reporter, before being promoted to the position of Middle East Correspondent. He left to join CNN in 1991. *
Annie St John Annie St John (born Ann Florence Heywood; 8 September 1954 – 10 December 1990) was a British television broadcaster. Originally from Blackpool, Lancashire, she attended Blackpool Aspire Academy, Blackpool Collegiate Grammar School for Girls an ...
– announcer 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 ...
, Tyne Tees and
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 ...
during the 1980s, and later a main presenter on HTV News West. She died from a drugs overdose in 1990. * Angus Scott – regular sports presenter for HTV during the 1980s and 1990s: he frequently presented sports news on HTV News. He is the brother of Steve Scott. * Mike Scott – reporter and presenter on
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and Granada's local news programmes: he was the company's programme controller from 1979 until 1987. He was probably best known for hosting
The Time, The Place ''The Time, The Place'' was a British audience participation talk show that was produced by a number of different ITV companies, and broadcast live on ITV from 1987 to 1998. ''TTTP'' was presented by Mike Scott from 1987 to 1993 and by John ...
from 1987 until 1993, in rotation with John Stapleton. Scott died in 2008. *
Selina Scott Selina Mary Scott (born 13 May 1951) is an English television presenter who co-hosted the first dedicated breakfast television programme in the UK before crossing the Atlantic to join '' West 57th'', a prime-time current-affairs show broadcast f ...
– presenter of ''
Grampian Today ''North Tonight'' is a Scottish nightly regional news programme covering the North of Scotland, produced by STV North (formerly Grampian Television). History During the late 1960s and 1970s, Grampian's regional news service consisted of daily ...
''; in 1980 moved to ITN to replace Anna Ford on ''News at Ten''; left to present the BBC's '' Breakfast Time''; later co-hosted ''
The Clothes Show ''The Clothes Show'' is a British television show about fashion that was broadcast on BBC One from 1986 to 2000, and from 2006 on UKTV Style and Really. At its height, ''The Clothes Show'' had around 9 million viewers every Sunday night. It al ...
'' * Steve Scott – sports editor and newscaster for '' ITV News'' from ITN; began his television career as Industrial Correspondent with ''West Tonight'' on ITV West; joined ITN in 1993. He is married to the former HTV News presenter Patricia Yorston, and is also the brother of Angus Scott. *
Ben Shephard Benjamin Peter Sherrington Shephard (born 11 December 1974) is an English television presenter and journalist who is currently employed by ITV. He was a main presenter on the now defunct breakfast programme '' GMTV'' and since April 2014 has ...
– main presenter on Good Morning Britain since 2014. He was previously a presenter on
GMTV GMTV (an acronym for Good Morning Television), now legally known as ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited, was the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 ...
and
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from 2000 until 2010, and he has also hosted quiz shows, including
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 ...
, Tipping Point and
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. * Chris Ship – Royal Editor for ITV News and occasional weekend news presenter *
Peter Sissons Peter George Sissons (17 July 1942 – 1 October 2019) was an English journalist and broadcaster. He was a newscaster for ITN, providing bulletins on ITV and Channel 4, before becoming the presenter of the BBC's ''Question Time'' between 1989 ...
– joined ITN in 1964 and became their Industrial Editor after being wounded covering the
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; became alternate presenter of the '' News at One'' in 1976; presented the first edition 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'' ...
'' in 1982; left in 1989 to join BBC News. He died in 2019. *
Penny Smith Penelope Jane Smith (born 21 September 1958) is an English author, television presenter, newsreader and radio presenter. She has presented for Sky News, GMTV, Classic FM, BBC Radio London, TalkRadio and is a regular contributor to TalkTV la ...
– long-serving newsreader on
GMTV GMTV (an acronym for Good Morning Television), now legally known as ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited, was the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 ...
, from 1993 until 2010. She had previously been a newsreader on
Border Television ITV Border, previously Border Television and commonly referred to as simply Border, is the ITV (TV network), Channel 3 service provided by ITV (TV channel), ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Anglo-Scottish border, England/Scotland border region, ...
's
Lookaround ITV News ''Lookaround'' is a British television news service produced by ITV Tyne Tees & Border and broadcasting to the “Border” region. Overview The news service is produced and broadcast from studios at The Watermark, Gateshead with rep ...
, on
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 on Sky News at its inception in 1989. She also co-hosted the last series of
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 ...
alongside
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 ...
. * Jon Snow – journalist and presenter for ITN, best known for presenting Channel 4 News since 1989; cousin of fellow-journalist
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 la ...
. *
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 la ...
– joined ITN as a newscaster in 1962, later working as a foreign correspondent and Defence and Diplomatic Correspondent during the 1960s and 1970s. He was also a regular analyst and co-presenter on ITN's election programmes during this period. He joined the BBC in 1979 as the first main anchor of
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, which he presented from 1980 until 1997. During this time, he became especially famous for his use of the
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during the BBC's election coverage. He later co-presented
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and also a number of history programmes, the latter normally with his historian son,
Dan Snow Daniel Robert Snow (born 3 December 1978) is a British popular historian and television presenter. Early life and education Born in Westminster, London Dan Snow is the youngest son of Peter Snow, BBC television journalist, and Canadian Ann Mac ...
. He is also the cousin of fellow-journalist Jon Snow. *
Julia Somerville Julia Mary Fownes Somerville, (born 14 July 1947) is an English television news reader and reporter who has worked for the BBC and ITN. Early life and education Somerville was born in Wells, Somerset, the granddaughter of Admiral of the Fleet ...
– joined ITN in 1987 to co-present the ''Lunchtime News''; presenter of ''ITV News at Ten'' until it ended in 1999; remained at ITN until October 2001, presenting the ''ITV News at 1:30'' and was the launch newscaster for the
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*
Judi Spiers Judith Marilyn Spiers (born 15 March 1953) is a British radio and television presenter. Career Initially training to be an actress at the Rose Bruford College, Spiers began her broadcasting career at Westward Television in 1977, then the ITV ...
– regular presenter and announcer, initially for
Westward Television Westward Television was the first ITV (TV network), ITV franchise-holder for the South West England, South West of England. It held the franchise from 29 April 1961 until 31 December 1981. After a difficult start, Westward Television provided a ...
, then TSW, from 1977 until 1991, when she left to join the
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Alastair Stewart Alastair James Stewart OBE (born 22 June 1952) is an English former journalist and newscaster. Formerly presenting for ITV News, he joined GB News as a presenter in 2021. He has won the Royal Television Society's News Presenter of the Year awa ...
– main newscaster on ''ITV Lunchtime News'', relief newscaster on ''ITV Evening News'' and relief newscaster on ''ITV News at Ten'' *
Ian Stirling (broadcaster) Ian Stirling (28 October 1940 – 30 June 2005) was a British actor and television presenter, best known for his work with Westward Television and TSW. Stirling, a stage actor originally from Fife, joined the Royal Scottish Academy of Music an ...
– long-serving announcer and presenter on
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, TSW and
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. He died in 2005. *
Edward Stourton (journalist) Edward John Ivo Stourton(born November 1957) is a BBC broadcaster and presenter of the BBC Radio 4 programme ''Sunday'', and a frequent contributor to the ''Today'' programme, where for ten years he was one of the main presenters. He is the au ...
– joined ITN in 1979: he was a founder-member 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'' ...
and worked in various roles on the programme, including copywriter, producer, duty home news editor and chief sub-editor. He joined the BBC in 1988 as their Paris Correspondent, before returning to ITN as their Diplomatic Editor in 1990. He rejoined the BBC in 1993 to present the One O'Clock News and he later presented the 'Today' programme, to which he still contributes to this day. * Janet Street-Porter – joined LWT in 1975; reporter on ''The London Weekend Show'' from 1975 until 1979 *
John Suchet John Aleck Suchet ( ; born 29 March 1944) is an English author, television news journalist, and presenter of classical music on Classic FM. Suchet has two brothers, one of whom is the actor Sir David Suchet. Early life Suchet was born in Lon ...
– newsreader for ITN, 1972–2004; reporter, 1972–1982, when he became a weekend news presenter; main lunchtime presenter, 1987–1992; best known for his presenting the ''ITV News at 6:30'', 1992–1999; during these years he was also a relief presenter for ''News at Ten''; retired from ITN in 2004; brother of the actor David Suchet * Jonathan Swain – senior news correspondent, Good Morning Britain. Previously a correspondent for GMTV from 2001 and then Daybreak before it was relaunched as Good Morning Britain. From 1996 until 1998 reporter and presenter at Westcountry Television in SW England before joining Central Television.


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Christine Talbot Christine Talbot is a British television journalist and presenter who worked for ITV Yorkshire as a main presenter for its flagship news programme ''ITV News Calendar''. Career Christine trained at Lancashire Polytechnic's School of Journalism ...
*
Chris Tarrant Christopher John Tarrant, (born 10 October 1946) is an English broadcaster, television personality and former radio DJ. He presented the ITV children's television show '' Tiswas'' from 1974 to 1981, and the game show '' Who Wants to Be a Mil ...
– presenter and reporter on
ATV Today ''ATV Today'' was a regional television news and current affairs programme, produced by ATV, serving the English Midlands. The programme aired from 5 October 1964 until 31 December 1981 – the final day of broadcasting from ATV before the co ...
from 1964 until 1982. He is best known for having hosted the children's series
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from 1974 until 1981 and the quiz
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from 1998 until 2014. * Kathy Tayler – former pentathlete, who presented Good Morning Britain from 1989 until 1992. She was also a regular presenter on the BBC's '' Holiday'' for twelve years. *
Alan Taylor (television presenter) Alan Taylor (1924 – January 1997) was a television presenter, popular in Wales and the West Country during the 1960s and 1970s. Taylor was originally from Cardiff, where his family had an electrical business. He served in the Royal Navy dur ...
- continuity announcer for TWW in his native Cardiff: he began in 1959 and continued in this role throughout the 1960s. He later presented a number of programmes for
HTV Wales 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 ...
during the 1970s, as well as quiz shows such as '' Three Little Words'' and '' Mr. & Mrs.''. He died in 1997. *
Shaw Taylor Eric Stanley Taylor (26 October 1924 – 17 March 2015), known professionally as Shaw Taylor, was a British actor and television presenter, best known for presenting the long-running five-minute crime programme ''Police 5''. Early life and c ...
– continuity announcer on ATV during its early years. He was best known for presenting the long-running series 'Police 5' and 'Junior Police 5', which appealed to members of the public to watch out for criminals at work, from 1962 until 1992. He died in 2015. *
Matt Teale Matthew James "Matt" Teale (born 7 March 1975 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire) is an English broadcast journalist employed by ITV Meridian. Broadcasting career Matt Teale was with ITV in the Midlands from 1997 until 2022 before becoming one of ...
– currently presents ITV News Meridian and formerly presented ITV News London and ITV News Central. *
Gary Terzza Gary Terzza (born 24 January 1960) is a British television announcer who is most commonly known for his continuity announcing for Channel 4. Gary was raised in Nottinghamshire and now lives in Redbourn, Hertfordshire. Gary worked on radio bef ...
– continuity announcer for
Central Independent Television ITV Central, previously known as Central Independent Television, Carlton Central, ITV1 for Central England and commonly referred to as simply Central, is the Independent Television franchisee for the Midlands. It was created following the rest ...
during the early 1980s: he was also a presenter for
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in 1987 and 1988. He then became a continuity announcer for
Channel Four Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service in ...
in 1991 and has continued to work there ever since. * Joan Thirkettle – joined ITN in 1974 as one of their first female reporters; died in 1996 *
Huw Thomas Hywel Gruffydd Edward "Huw" Thomas (14 September 1927 – 12 March 2009) was a Welsh broadcaster, barrister and Liberal Party politician. Family and education Huw Thomas was born in Pen-bre, near Llanelli, and was a fluent Welsh speaker.Liberal ...
– Joined ITN in 1956 * Owen Thomas – worked for many years at ITN, presenting the now defunct ITV News Channel, the networked ITV Morning News and the regional ITV programme London Tonight. *
Alex Thomson (journalist) Alexander James Thomson (born 22 December 1960) is a British television journalist and newscaster. Education Thomson was educated at the state comprehensive Cranbourne Secondary School, in Basingstoke, Hampshire, followed by University College ...
– long-serving main presenter and reporter on
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. He joined the programme in 1988 and has worked in various roles, covering more than 20 wars and conflicts and many major news events. He currently works as the programme's Chief Correspondent and Newsreader. * Glen Thompsett – presenter on
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region
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in the
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and London Weekend *
Debbie Thrower Debbie Thrower (born 17 November 1957 in Nairobi, Kenya) is an English journalist and broadcaster who presented BBC national news bulletins in the 1980s and ITV Meridian's flagship news programme ''Meridian Tonight'' (southern edition) from its ...
– presented ITV Meridian's news programme Meridian Tonight (southern edition) from its inception in 1993 to 2009; also a BBC newsreader and a presenter on '' Songs of Praise'' *
Philippa Tomson Philippa "Pip" Tomson (born 30 August 1977) is an English journalist and presenter. She is a news correspondent for '' Good Morning Britain'' on ITV Breakfast. Career At the age of 18 she trained as a journalist and later became the chief repor ...
– joined ''
ITV News Central ''ITV News Central'' is a British television news service for The Midlands, broadcast and produced by ITV Central. History Launched on Friday 1 January 1982, replacing ''ATV Today'', ''Central News'' was initially a pan-regional service base ...
'' as newsreader in 2002; co-presenter of ''
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'' from 2006; joined '' Good Morning Britain'' in 2010, where she is a news reporter and occasional newsreader * Isla Traquair *
Brian Trueman Brian Trueman (born 16 May 1932) is an English broadcaster, writer and voice actor. He is known mainly for his work with the animation studio Cosgrove Hall. He wrote and/or narrated children's cartoon series, mostly during the 1970s and 1980s. ...
– former reporter and presenter on
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. He also wrote and narrated various children's cartoon series, including
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, and he was the presenter on the BBC's children's quiz
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from 1979 until 1983. *
Denis Tuohy Denis Tuohy (born 2 April 1937, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a television broadcaster, newsreader and journalist and actor. Tuohy attended Queen's University, Belfast, where he learned to debate and acquired an interest in acting. In 1960, he a ...
– reporter and newscaster for ITN during the 1990s


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Geraint Vincent Geraint V. Vincent is a British journalist, currently employed by ITN as a Correspondent for '' ITV News''. Early life The son of the international relations scholar R J Vincent and Angela Vincent, Vincent and his family lived in Newcastle in S ...
– political correspondent for HTV's ''Wales Tonight''; joined ITN in April 2002 as a news correspondent for ''ITV News''; presented ''ITV News at 6:30'' and ''ITV News at Ten''; Middle East Correspondent for ''ITV News''


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Brian Walden Alastair Brian Walden (8 July 1932 – 9 May 2019) was a British journalist and broadcaster who spent over a decade as a Labour politician and Member of Parliament (MP). He was considered one of the finest political interviewers in the history ...
– former Labour MP; presented many current affairs shows such as ''
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'', ''Walden'' and ''The Walden Interview'' during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He died in 2019. * Neville Wanless – long-serving continuity announcer and newsreader for
Tyne Tees Television ITV Tyne Tees, previously known as Tyne Tees, Channel 3 North East and Tyne Tees Television, is the ITV television franchise for North East England and parts of North Yorkshire. Tyne Tees launched on 15 January 1959 from studios at a converte ...
from 1971 until 1991. He had previously worked for the BBC's
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and he was a stand-in announcer for
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during the early 1970s. He died in 2020. *
Bob Warman Robert Paul Warman (born 11 October 1946) is an English retired television presenter. Early life Warman was born on 11 October 1946 in the Chuckery district of Walsall, Staffordshire.Shropshire Star Weekend supplement article, by Simon Penfol ...
– long-serving main anchor on ITV's news programmes in the Midlands, including ''
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'' and '' Central News''. He also worked as a presenter for
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from 1976 until 1979. * Mark Webster – former ITN Moscow Correspondent, Business Editor, Political Correspondent and Industrial Correspondent; joined ''
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'' in 2004 (when the programme was produced by Sky News). *
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– employed by ITN to cover events worldwide for ''ITV News''. *
Charlene White Charlene Denise White (born 22 June 1980) is a British television broadcaster, journalist and presenter, best known for presenting ''ITV News'' programmes. She has been an anchor on ''Loose Women'' since 2021Stewart White – continuity announcer and presenter on ATV and its successor,
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, during the late 1970s and early 1980s. He then became the main presenter on the BBC's Look East in 1984, continuing in this role until his retirement in 2021. *
Richard Whiteley John Richard Whiteley (28 December 1943 – 26 June 2005) was an English presenter, and journalist, best known for his twenty-three years as host of the game show ''Countdown''. ''Countdown'' was the launch programme for Channel 4 at 4:4 ...
– reporter and presenter for
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's ''
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'', 1968–1995; best known for his 23-year stint as presenter of ''
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''; died in 2005 following a short illness. *
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* Keith Wilkinson – reporter and correspondent for ITV since 1984. *
Tim Willcox Timothy Melton Willcox (born 28 May 1963 in Wellington, Somerset) is a British journalist for BBC News. He presents news programmes on BBC World News and the BBC News Channel. He is probably most recognisable for presenting the BBC's live cover ...
– worked for ''ITN News'' for many years as a presenter and correspondent. *
Jonathan Wills Jonathan Wills is a British journalist currently employed by ITV Channel. Born in 1964 he has worked for ITN, where he was best known for presenting the sports segment during the now defunct '' ITV News at 10.30''. He also fronted regional pr ...
– in late 2007, joined ITV Anglia to present the East edition of '' Anglia Tonight''; in 2009, he became the main presenter of ''
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''. * Richard Wyatt – HTV news anchor; presented BBC Radio Bristol's breakfast show, 2007–2009


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* Yao Chin – video journalist reporting on the '' ITV Morning News'', 2009–12; joined ITN as an Assistant News Editor and Westminster Producer, having won a scholarship from ITV News for his post-graduate journalism qualification. * Patricia Yorston – main co-presenter on HTV News West during the late 1980s and early 1990s. She is married to Steve Scott. *
Kirsty Young Kirsty Jackson Young (born 23 November 1968) is a Scottish television and radio presenter. From 2006 to 2018 she was the main presenter of BBC Radio 4's ''Desert Island Discs''. She presented ''Crimewatch'' on BBC One from 2008 to 2015. Early ...
– joined STV in 1992 to present the main evening news programme, ''
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''; moved to join ITV in 1999 and briefly became a co-presenter of the ''ITV News at 6:30'' with
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 ...
in 2001, as well as the Channel 5 News; she later presented ''
Desert Island Discs ''Desert Island Discs'' is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was first broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme on 29 January 1942. Each week a guest, called a "castaway" during the programme, is asked to choose eight recordings (usua ...
'' 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' ...
from 2006 until 2018. *
Muriel Young Muriel Young (19 June 1923 – 24 March 2001) was an English television continuity announcer, presenter and producer. Early life Young was born in 1923 in Bishop Middleham near Sedgefield, County Durham. As a child, she lived with her family ...
– announcer for
Associated-Rediffusion Associated-Rediffusion, later Rediffusion London, was the British ITV franchise holder for London and parts of the surrounding counties, on weekdays between 22 September 1955 and 29 July 1968. It was the first ITA franchisee to go on air, ...
on the first-ever night of ITV, 22 September 1955. She also worked as a presenter and interviewer for regional programmes on Granada Television and
Southern Television Southern Television was the ITV broadcasting licence holder for the South and South-East of England from 30 August 1958 to 31 December 1981. The company was launched as 'Southern Television Limited' and the title 'Southern Television' was con ...
, but she was probably best known for her work on ITV children's programmes. She was a presenter on 'Lucky Dip', 'Tuesday Rendezvous' and 'The Five O'Clock Club', among others, from 1959 until 1968, then she became a staff producer for Granada Television, producing pop shows such as
Lift Off with Ayshea ''Lift Off with Ayshea'' is a British TV show, produced by Granada Television for the ITV network, and starring Ayshea Brough, which ran for 122 editions spanning eight series, between November 1969 and December 1974. Preceded by the show ' ...
, Get It Together and Shang-a-Lang. She also devised the children's film series
Clapperboard A clapperboard (also known by various other names including dumb slate) is a device used in filmmaking and video production to assist in synchronizing of picture and sound, and to designate and mark the various scenes and takes as they are ...
. She died in 2001.


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