Born in Dublin, Eamonn Andrews began sports commentating for Radio Éireann in 1939 and subsequently worked on various programmes for BBC Radio, including 'Sports Report' between 1950 and 1962.
Started her career as a reporter/presenter for Border Television in the early-1980s before becoming one of ITN's main newscasters (March 1987 until 1992). She was the first co-anchor on GMTV in 1993, and later returned to Border TV as one of the anchors of the relaunched 'Lookaround' news programme.
Pamela was an ITN newscaster from November 1983 until August 1986. She was the presenter of BBC TV's 'Daytime Live', 1987 - 1988.
BBC TV sports reporter, 1985 - 1986. He joined ITN in October 1986 as a sports correspondent whose first assignment was to cover England's successful Ashes tour of Australia as well as the America's Cup.
ITN newscaster who worked on 'Channel 4 News', 1989 - 1998 and also the ITV 'Morning News', 1990s. Zeinab was also a presenter on 'Channel 4 Daily' in 1990.
Joined ITN as a reporter in 1975. She was an ITN newscaster from 1982 until March 1989 and also between January 1991 and 1998.
Felicity started in radio in 1991; in 1994, she went freelance as a journalist, offering her services to various TV and radio companies.
Main anchor of 'Westcountry Live' who took over the role from David Foster early in 1997. Richard was already well known to television news viewers as an ITN newscaster on the overnight service and during 'This Morning', and, before that, was one of the main anchors of BBC South East's 'London Plus' in the mid-1980s.
Sports reporter with Southern Television (1974 - 1981) who moved over to TVS. He became the main sportscaster on the station when previous incumbent Fred Dineage was elevated to main anchor of the South edition of 'Coast To Coast' around 1984. David is now a presenter with Sky Sports, which he joined in 1993 after a spell as a freelance presenter for ITN, Channel 4 and Meridian Broadcasting.
Joined ITN as a reporter in 1955. He served as a reporter until 1967, including 'Roving Report' in 1957, 'Dateline London', 1961 - 1962 and 'Dateline', 1962 - 1967.
Frank was a presenter on BBC North East's regional news programme from 1962 until 1964.
Tim was born on December 24 1929, and educated at Summer Fields, Eton and Geneva University. After National Service, he trained as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama. In the early-1950s, he joined the BBC as a radio announcer. From 1955 to 1957, he headed Radio Hong Kong’s English programmes. He then returned to the UK, and joined BBC TV, where he was an in-vision announcer and news reader. In 1959, he moved to the 'other side', to become one of ITN's first newscasters. His debonair good looks and deep, velvet voice made him very popular.
ITN newscaster, August 1956 until 1965.
(Sir). One of ITN's most famous newscasters, Alastair Burnet joined ITN as political editor in 1963 for a year. He went on to report for 'Dateline', 1963 - 1964, and 'Dateline Westminster' at the same time.
Presenter, BBC Bristol's 'Points West', 1983 - 1985 then moved to London as a news reader on 'London Plus' in 1985. She became a London regional and national news reader on BBC TV's 'Breakfast Time', 1985 - 1986. BBC TV news reader on 'News Afternoon' and 'News View' from March 1986 until December 1986.
Jilly's first TV presenting job was with TSW in the 1980s, where she was a news reader. By the late-1980s, she was presenting national BBC TV news bulletins. She subsequently moved to ITN, where she presented bulletins for ITV and the 'Channel Four Daily'.
David Cass joined BBC TV 'Look East' in February 1973 and during his time there was a general news reporter and weekend news reader. While there, he opened the 'West of the region' operation, based in Huntingdon, in 1975.
Andrea's broadcasting career began in 1985 at the age of 16 when she joined BBC Northern Ireland as a presenter on a youth current affairs programme.
(Sir). Former athlete who represented Great Britain in the 1952 and 1956 Olympic Games. He became ITN's first newscaster on 22 September 1955 and stayed until May 1956.
Martyn has been an ITV national weather presenter since the early-1990s. Like most of the national presenters, he also provided local forecasts in the LWT and Carlton London region. As well as continuing to present national forecasts, Martyn now also provides weather bulletins for Meridian.
(Sir). Former barrister famous for his political interviewing, including nine election nights from 1964 until 1992. After a period as a BBC radio producer, he joined ITN in 1955 at its launch as a newscaster and parliamentary correspondent from 23 September 1955. He also presented 'Roving Report' in 1957.
Katie's journalistic career started in 1995 with the BBC as a researcher on BBC Radio 4's 'Moneybox'. She later presented on BBC Radio 5 Live's 'Moneycheck' and edited BBC Radio 4's 'Financial World Tonight' programme.
Veteran South of England broadcast legend with plenty of exposure to the national ITV network. Fred started out as a sports reporter and presenter on Southern, and filled the same role on TVS until he replaced Khalid Aziz as the main anchor on the South edition of 'Coast To Coast'. He was retained by Meridian, and still presents 'Meridian Tonight' to this day.
Served with the Royal Navy from 1979 until 1986. Started his TV career with Thames TV in 1988. In 1989 he transferred to the Met Office, where he remained until 2000. During his time with the Met Office, he presented national ITV weather forecasts from January 1992, staying for a year. Richard was the first national forecaster to move from ITV to the BBC. He joined the BBC Weather Centre in July 1993, where he remained until 2000.
Joined Granada TV in 1974 for a job on the company's news desk. Presenter, BBC TV's 'Man Alive' and 'Tomorrow's World', 1977. ITN newscaster between March 1978 and March 1981, and medical correspondent in 1980. She left ITN to help set up TV-am as one of the original "Famous Five", but left after a bitter boardroom battle shortly after the company started in April 1983.
Started his journalistic career at international news agency Reuters, and is best known for his time as an ITN newscaster from 1967 until December 1990 (ITN's longest serving newscaster with 23 years' service) and also a news reporter, 1963 - 1992.
A former ITN newscaster (he joined ITN in 1961), who co-hosted 'News At Ten' with Reginald Bosanquet and Alastair Burnet, Gardner moved to Thames Television in 1977 to front the newly relaunched local news magazine programme 'Thames News' which replaced 'Today' and 'Thames At Six'.
Shiulie has a BA (Hons) law degree from the University of Kent.
Jonny was a sports reporter with BSB from 1990 to 1991. From 1997 until 2001 he was a sports/news presenter at Channel 5. He then moved to ITV Sport as a football presenter; he remained in this role until 2003.
ITV national and Carlton London/LWT weather presenter in the early-1990s. Laura is married to presenter Nick Clark. Her sister is former 'Blue Peter' and 'Going Live!' host Sarah Greene.
1990s Anglia News journalist/presenter who moved to ITN where she presented on the ITN News Channel and on the 'ITV Early Morning News'.
John was born in 1966 and joined the Met Office in 1990. After a brief spell at Met Office HQ at Bracknell, he began forecasting in February 1991, working at regional weather centres in Nottingham, Bristol and Plymouth including some local radio. ITV national weather forecaster from March 1997 until he joined the BBC Weather Centre in spring 2003. John has presented forecasts on all BBC TV channels.
Reporter, BBC Southampton's 'South Today', 1968 until 1976 and a presenter of the programme in 1988. He presented BBC Bristol's 'Points West' from 1976 to 1982. He was a BBC TV national news reader, July 1985 until October 1987 and between February 1988 until December 1997, appearing on the 'One O'Clock News', 'Six O'Clock News', 'Nine O'Clock News' and 'News View'. Also a presenter of BBC TV's 'Breakfast News' 1993 - TBC. More recently he has appeared on BBC News 24 and as one of the main anchors for the ITV News Channel.
Joining the station fresh from a post-graduate course in journalism, Katy Haswell was Westcountry's first 'Westcountry Live' co-anchor, presenting the programme with experienced hand David Foster from the beginning of 1993. A vivacious character, Katy went on to front news bulletins for London News Network and ITN's News Channel, and was the subject of a pictorial feature in lads' mag FHM.
Sasha has presented on the ITV News Channel, ITV 1 summaries, 'ITV Morning News' and 'London Tonight'; she has also been a news reporter for ITV News and Sky News and a features reporter for '5 News'.
Alex was a weather presenter with STV in the 1980s and later ITV Network from 1989 until the early-1990s.
Cornishman Gordon Honeycombe was a reporter and news reader for ITN (1965 - 1977) who joined TV-am as the main news bulletin reader (1984 - 1989). Honeycombe always seemed warm but stern while on screen. Off camera, he was a flamboyant, fun-loving character with a devilish sense of humour.
Nina studied English language and linguistics at Durham University, before gaining a post-graduate diploma in broadcast journalism at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston.
Jackie is currently a freelance TV presenter, reporter and writer.
Rex was an ITN newscaster from October 1955 to January 1956. From 1956 to 1970, he was responsible for UNESCO's English radio and television programmes.
Reporter BBC TV's 'Panorama', 1958 - 1962 and presenter in 1982. Reporter, 'This Week', 1965 - 1968. ITN newscaster on lunchtime programme 'First Report', October 1972 until January 1976. In 1980 he both wrote and presented 'Ireland - A Television History'. Appeared briefly as one of the 'famous five' on TV-am 1983 - 1984. Appeared on seven election nights, 1959 - 1974 and in 1983.
ITN newscaster 1959 - 1966 and reporter 1959 - 1961 including 'Roving Report' in 1961.
(Sir). ITN newscaster from April 1956 until 1958. Reporter, BBC TV's 'Panorama', 1960 - 1963, '24 Hours', 1969 - 1972, 'Tonight', 1976 - 1978 and ITV's 'This Week', 1958 - 1960.
Relief ITN newscaster from July 1990.
Anne took over as Wendy Nelson's immediate replacement on 'Central News' from Birmingham. She went on to newscast for ITN (August 1983 until October 1990), and presented 'Channel 4 Daily' in 1990. In more recent times she has presented on the BBC's Newcastle edition of 'Look North'.
Began his career with BBC Northern Ireland in 1966, moving to HTV Wales as a reporter in 1968. He was an ITN reporter from 1970 - 1986 with newscasting duties in 1977 and from 1981 - September 1986. He defected to the BBC in October 1986 to present the 'One O'Clock News' and later moved to the 'Nine O'Clock News' and 'Six O' Clock News'.
Joined S4C as an announcer in the mid-1980s. Famously moved on to ITV national weather. She also presents the regional forecasts for ITV London.
ITN newscaster, October 1955 until January 1956.
ITN newscaster in 1959.
(Allada Barbara Grenville-Wells). Barbara was the first female to present the news on a national television service in the UK. She was an ITN newscaster from September 23 1955 - combining this with general reporting duties - until 1957. She continued working at ITN until her retirement in its 25th anniversary year in 1980. She died on August 25 1998.
Becky is weather presenter on ITV 1.
James graduated from Leeds University in 1983, with an Honours degree in international history and politics. He joined the ITN Graduate Training Scheme in 1983. He has been with the company ever since. Among the positions he has held at ITN: in 1986, he became a general reporter; Tokyo correspondent of ITN's World News on Channel 4's first early morning service, 'Channel 4 Daily' (1989); North of England correspondent (1991); Moscow correspondent (1991 - 1993); diplomatic editor (1993 - 1996); Washington correspondent (1997 - 2002).
(Sir). Trevor McDonald began his TV career in 1962 in his native Trinidad and joined the BBC World Service in 1969. He moved to ITN in 1971 as a reporter. Later he was sports correspondent (1978), diplomatic correspondent (1980 - 1987) and diplomatic editor in 1987.
Worked as a diplomat and for The Economist for two years, before joining ITN in 1973 as a reporter and diplomatic correspondent. Later joined the newscasting team and left in 1979.
Main sports presenter of London News Network's 'London Tonight' until he moved to national news operator ITN.
Ivor started out as a music teacher. He later moved into broadcasting, initially with Ulster Television, where he was an announcer and news reader. He subsequently moved to national news broadcaster, ITN, where he was a reporter, from 1965 to 1967, and a newscaster, from 1967 to 1978.
Saima studied politics at the University of Birmingham and also has a post-grad in Broadcast Journalism. She has worked for BBC Radio WM, BBC Greater Manchester Radio and the BBC World Service. Her TV credits include producer/reporter/presenter at Meridian TV, reporter for Sky News and Five News, and presenter with BBC 'Points West'.
Nazanine is a former presenter/reporter with ITV News - 'ITV Morning News' and 'London Today'. She was also a reporter for BBC Radio 1's 'Newsbeat'. Since 2006, she has been presenting and reporting for Al Jazeera English.
Dermot was a presenter on Channel 4's 'Business Daily' and 'Channel 4 Daily' in 1990.
Bill's broadcasting career began with BBC Northern Ireland in 1981. He worked in radio initially but two years later he moved into television. In 1987 he moved to the BBC in London, reporting on the Iran/Iraq war for 'Breakfast Time'. Two years later, he switched to Sky News as a reporter/presenter, where he stayed for six months before joined ITN.
ATV and then Central's chief sportscaster who is best known nationally for fronting many ITV Sport productions.
ITN reporter from many famous war zones - including the Falklands (his 14th conflict) and the Gulf War - since 1965.
Mary began her journalism career as a presenter and writer on 'World Business Satellite' for TV Tokyo. She then went on to work for BBC World Service Television's 'World Business Report' as a presenter and writer.
In 1981 he switched to TV reporting from newspapers and joined the BBC in the North East of England covering industrial stories for regional and national programmes.
Most famous as one of ITN's main faces from the 1970s until his untimely death in the early-1990s. Leonard Parkin was also one of the BBC's early television news reporters in the 1950s.
Norman was an ITN news reporter from 1977 until 1984 and in 1989. He was also an occasional newscaster on 'Weekend News' and 'News At 5.45' from March 1983 until November 1983.
ITV national weather presenter who also presents forecasts for ITV London.
Anglia Television sports reporter, presenter and commentator in the late-1970s and early-1980s. Steve also presented on ITV's coverage of the Moscow Olympics in 1980 as well as fronting the network's 'World Of Sport' and 'Midweek Sport Special'.
Chris' first reporting job was with BBC Five 5 youth programme 'Vibe'. He later presented for Buzz FM in Birmingham in 1990, Hallam FM in 1991 and then London’s Capital FM.
ITN reporter and relief ITN newscaster on 'Morning News', January 1990 until November 1993.
ITN newscaster on the 'Weekend News', news summaries and 'Morning News' from October 1988 until August 1990.
ITN newscaster on 'Lunchtime News' and news summaries between March 1992 and May 1993. Later, joined CNN as a newscaster.
Selina started as journalist with DC Thomson in Dundee, and prior to joining Grampian TV in 1978, she was the publicity officer for the Isle of Bute. She presented on 'Grampian Today' (which became 'North Tonight' in 1980). However, Network ITV beckoned - she was head-hunted by ITN and joined 'News At Ten' in July 1981.
HTV West's sports presenter in the early-1990s. By the mid-1990s Steve was working for ITN where his roles included North of England correspondent, West of England correspondent, Africa correspondent, Washington correspondent, foreign correspondent.
ITN reporter from 1967 and an ITN newcaster from April 1978 until 1989 on the 'News At One', 'News At Ten' and the launch of 'Channel 4 News' in November 1982.
Jon's broadcasting career started off in local radio. He joined ITN in 1976. He was their Washington correspondent from 1984 and in 1986 he appointed diplomatic editor. Jon anchored ITN's General Election programme in 1992.
ITN reporter and newscaster before joining BBC Television where he became famous for his election night interpretation of voting data with his swingometer and, later, a raft of hi-tech graphics. He was a long serving presenter of BBC Two's 'Newsnight' and also anchored 'Tomorrow's World' in the late-1990s.
BBC Radio News - home Reporter, 1979 - 1981 and industrial/labour correspondent, 1981 - 1984. She gained TV experience in an attachment to BBC TV's 'Nationwide' as a reporter in 1983. She joined BBC TV News as news reader on the 'Nine O'Clock News' in July 1984, later moving to present the 'One O'Clock News' before leaving the BBC in August 1987.
Alastair's TV career began in 1976 with Southern Television, where he was a presenter and reporter.
ITN reporter, 1986 - 1988, 'Channel 4 News' USA correspondent and ITN diplomatic editor, 1990 - 1993 and a relief newscaster in September 1991.
John started off with the Reuters news agency. He then moved to the BBC TV newsroom. After a short spell there he moved to ITN in 1972 as a reporter. He switched to newscasting in the mid-1980s. During his time in that role, he had been involved with virtually all of the main ITV news programmes.
Chris Tarrant joined ATV as a junior news reporter in the early-1970s, but says that he soon discovered that hard news was not his cup of tea. Instead, he took on the mantle of action man for 'ATV Today' and got involved in a hands-on way with scores of wacky stories. He specialised in light-hearted and 'zany' items with fellow ATV partner in crime John Swallow and together managed to hunt down a huge number of the Midlands' eccentrics for the entertainment of ATV viewers.
Owen's journey into broadcasting began on a BBC News Trainee Scheme in 1987.
(Sir). Ian Trethowan was deputy editor and political editor at ITN from 1958 until 1963. He was a reporter for various programmes during that period, including: 'Roving Report'; 'Dateline London', 1961 - 1962; 'Dateline Westminster', 1962 - 1963. Sir Ian was also a relief ITN newscaster in 1958 and from December 1961 until July 1962. He also co-presented on ITN's coverage of the general election in 1959.
Presenter of BBC TV's 'Late Night Line-Up', 1964 until 1967, 'Midweek', 1974, and 'Tonight', 1975 until 1979. Reporter, BBC TV's '24 Hours', 1967 until 1972 and 'Man Alive' between 1971 and 1974. ITN newscaster on the 'Morning News' and 'Weekend News' from April 1994 until c. the late-1990s. He now presents on RTÉ Radio in Ireland.
Former national ITV Sport broadcaster and reporter who joined the Granada Tonight team as chief sportscaster in the mid-1990s. He left the company and now hosts a soccer show on Century FM in the North West.
Tim was educated at Taunton School and St Chad's College, Durham University. His journalism career began in the newspaper industry in Fleet Street in 1993.
Fresh from her time on national breakfast contractor TV-am - where she was a researcher and later, weather presenter - Trish presented the weather on TSW in the late-1980s, taking over from long-serving Trevor Appleton. After a short stay with TSW, Trish handed over the reins to Andy Yeatman.
Bob is a former Arsenal (1963 - 1974) and Scotland goalkeeper. He also coached later generations of goalkeepers until he retired from football in 2001.
Joined ITN in 1996 from Yorkshire Television where she worked as a senior reporter and as a presenter on Yorkshire's regional 'Calendar' news programme. Later health correspondent in 1998 and currently a news correspondent for ITV news. Also presents ITV summaries, weekend news. She also presented on the ITV News Channel. Regular correspondent for ITV's award winning current affairs programme 'Tonight With Trevor McDonald'.
Kirsty's started in broadcasting as a news reader on BBC Radio Scotland in 1989; she also presented the drivetime show. She moved to STV in 1992, where she became a regular presenter on the lunchtime and early evening editions of 'Scotland Today'. From 1994 - 1995 she hosted a live topical discussion programme for STV - 'Kirsty'.