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Jason received a BA in English Literature from Birmingham University. Other education includes: MA in Contemporary Japanese Studies, Essex University/Osaka University of Foreign Languages (distinction); post-graduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism, University of Central Lancashire (distinction); BTEC Professional Development Certificate in Management Studies, Manchester Open Learning/Granada Media (distinction).
Professional career outline:
1992 - 1995: Jason worked for the Japanese TV company TV Asahi as an on-screen reporter and producer.
1996 - 1997: reporter with BBC Radio Coventry and Warwickshire, BBC Radio Newcastle and BBC TV's 'Look North' in Newcastle.
1998 - 2001: reporter and presenter with Tyne Tees TV in Newcastle. Also directed half hour documentaries.
2001 - 2006: producer/director with Granada Factual North (Leeds) making programmes for ITV 1 and Channel 4.
2006 - present: freelance director working on documentaries and drama. Most recently, Jason has been directing 'Emmerdale'.
Tyne Tees TV and Yorkshire TV weather presenter since early-2001.Jeff studied at Monkwearmouth Grammar School in Sunderland and York University before joining the Birmingham Post and Mail as a trainee reporter.
He returned to the North East to work at The Journal, Evening Chronicle and Sunday Sun for ten years as a sports reporter before joining Tyne Tees Television in 1996. At Tyne Tees, Jeff was a sports reporter and presenter. He also reported on North East teams for ITV 1 network programmes such as 'On The Ball' and 'The Premiership'.
In May 2003, Jeff joined BBC North East/Cumbria as a sports presenter on 'Look North'.
Kay's professional career began at the Evening Post and Chronicle in Wigan, where she was a reporter. Later, she worked at Tyne Tees Television before joining TV-am in 1985, as a reporter and occasional news reader. From 1987 she presented TV-am's first hour, filling in for Caroline Righton and covering Anne Diamond's maternity leave.
She moved to the then fledgling Sky News in 1988.
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Penny started her journalistic career with the Western Mail in Cardiff before her long association with the BBC, starting as a reporter at Radio Brighton in 1979.
She was asked to join the team starting up the new station in Lincolnshire in 1980 as a producer, and read the station's first ever bulletin. In 1983, she landed a four month attachment with the new BBC 'Breakfast Time' as an assistant producer - but got that cliched 'lucky break' six weeks later - and became a reporter for five years. She also presented the local news bulletins (South East regional opt-out) and ocasionally, 'London Plus'.
In 1987, she joined Yorkshire TV's 'Calendar' as a reporter and also occasionally presented alongside the legendary Richard Whiteley. In 1988, she returned to London and combined presenting 'Newsroom South East' with the regional documentary series 'Friday Reports' and an events/entertainment programme 'Weekend'.
In 1989, she began a long stint as a presenter/reporter on 'Look East' in Norwich where she also reported/presented on regional documentaries and an environment series.
For two years from 1997, she headed the fundraising and PR team at a children's hospice in Cambridge. In 1999, she moved to Yorkshire and freelanced as a reporter/presenter for Tyne Tees, Yorkshire TV and BBC Look North. In 2002, after graduating with a first class honours degreee from York University, she worked as head of communications for an NHS Primary Care Trust.
She returned to BBC Look North in 2004, where she is currently health correspondent.
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Tyne Tees TV news reporter and presenter who moved south to present the news for Central News South in the Midlands.
1960s continuity announcer and presenter of 'North East Roundabout', the first TTTV local news magazine. He also presented a more in-depth news programme for Tyne Tees - 'Spotlight' - which probed controversial issues of the day.
He left the company in 1964 to become the main anchor for the BBC regional news programme in the Midlands; he remained as a presenter there until 1980.
Tom later became a director of a Midlands based corporate video company.
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TTTV news reporter and presenter, who co-anchored 'Tyne Tees News' with Pam Royle before Mike Neville's return to the station, and the programme's relaunch as 'North East Tonight'.Main anchor of 'Northern Life' in the 1980s, and also presented 'Tyne Tees Today' in the early-1990s. He didn't hang around when the programme relaunched as 'Tyne Tees News' and now presents on Century Radio.
Kim is a freelance TV presenter and reporter. She is also available for corporate filming and voice-over work. To date, credits include a variety of information voice-overs and health and safety videos.
Kim is an experienced public speaker and offers training to equip people with the skills necessary to help them look and speak better and feel more at ease addressing an audience. She also visits schools and colleges explaining the world of news, what makes a news story and how to tell it.
Other career details:
1995 - 2008: news, programme presenter and reporter for ITV Tyne Tees, including 'North East Tonight', 'Call Dr Jane', 'Property Matters' and 'Past Crimes'. Kim also presented 'This Morning' with Phillip Schofield.
1993 - 1995: presenter and reporter at Border TV, Carlisle.
Kim has a degree in French/Italian from the University of Manchester. She is also a fully-qualified journalist.
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Long serving weatherman at Tyne Tees TV.
Andy is a sports reporter and presenter for 'North East Tonight', the ITV 1 regional news programme in the Tyne Tees region. He can often be seen presenting weekend news bulletins. Andy has also reported for Tyne Tees' version of 'Soccer Night'.Tyne Tees TV news reporter and presenter, often found manning the newsdesk in the Teesside opt-out for the southern half of the region.Border TV presenter and then Tyne Tees TV news reporter and presenter, who now presents the BBC's 'Look North' from Newcastle.Tyne Tees TV news reporter and presenter, who moved to Yorkshire TV, where she is currently one of the regular reporter/presenters of the nightly news magazine 'Calendar'.Tyne Tees TV news reporter and presenter, who fronted the 'Network North' Bilsdale transmitter local news opt-out in the mid-1990s. Jake has now moved to the BBC, where he is a reporter and presenter for BBC News 24.Long serving Tyne Tees Television news reporter and newscaster.Shelagh was a regular presenter of 'Northern Life' and Tyne Tees news bulletins until she moved into production in the late-1980s.
Tyne Tees Television in-vision continuity announcer and news reader in the 1990s who moved to the anchor's chair on Sky News.
Since c. 2005, Jonathan has been back at ITV Tyne Tees, fronting regional news programme, 'North East Tonight'.
Jonathan also worked on Yorkshire TV's 'Calendar' and the now defunct Wellbeing channel - dates unknown. He also presented on the ITV News Channel in 2003 and 2004.
Mike was Tyne Tees TV's main news anchor from 1996 until 2005, and also one of the early announcers and presenters at the station (1962 - 1964). However, Mike spent most of his broadcasting career on the 'other side', presenting the BBC's 'Look North' programme from Newcastle.
He became quite well known nationally for his appearances on the BBC's 'Nationwide' programme in the 1970s.
As an anchorman for more than 40 years, Mike is one of television's longest serving presenters. He started his career as a newspaper journalist and then an actor, before landing an announcer's job with the young TTTV.
In June 2006, he announced his retirement from his TV newsreading role after 40 years behind the news desk. He had been off work since July 2005, following a life-saving operation to remove a blood clot. He said that he would be keeping the door open with ITV and was working on other projects and that he wasn't quite ready for retirement as yet.
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Sportscaster and sports reporter for Tyne Tees Television.
Continuity announcer for Central TV in the mid-1980s who moved to London Weekend Television to front its 'LWT News' bulletins at the end of the decade. Pam then transferred to Tyne Tees Television to co-anchor 'Northern Life' with Paul Frost. She stayed as main co-anchor on the various incarnations of the programme since then, including 'Tyne Tees Today', 'Tyne Tees News' and, currently, 'North East Tonight'.
Southern Television (1976 - 1981) and TVS political reporter/editor, who went on to present the TVS weekly politics programme, 'Agenda'. After TVS lost its contract, Brian remained in the press gallery of the House of Commons, where he is still based today, covering politics. He now reports for the Capital Radio Network, covering radio stations mainly in the South and South East of England. They include Invicta Radio, Southern FM, and Ocean FM, among others.
Before joining Southern, Brian worked for Tyne Tees TV, where he first presented a weekly studio discussion called 'Youth Puts The Question'. He then moved on to front a half hour weekly children's programme, 'Three Rivers Club', with Australian presenter Don Spencer, who wrote and recorded the opening title music for the popular Fireball XL5 children's programme.
During the late-1960s, Brian covered politics for, and often presented, the nightly news magazine programme 'North East Roundabout' with co-hosts Roddy Griffiths and Charlotte Allan. He also chaired the weekly political programme, 'Front Page Debate' for TTTV.
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Actor from 1958 to 1966 and then news reader at TWW (Bristol) and Tyne Tees TV in Newcastle. BBC TV announcer, 1969; also an announcer for Southern Television and Anglia Television. BBC Radio 4/External Services/World Service announcer since 1970.Tyne Tees TV sports presenter.Tyne Tees TV news reporter and presenter, who fronted the 'Network North' Bilsdale transmitter local news opt-out in the mid-1990s.
Kenny joined ITV Tyne Tees in 2002 after spending almost five years as a reporter/presenter with ITV Border. Originally from Annan, in south west Scotland, he graduated from Edinburgh University and then soon after began his career in journalism with Dumfriesshire Newspaper Group before making the switch to television.
Over the years he has been involved in a number of projects ranging from Scottish parliament correspondent to sports presenter. He is currently a reporter and presenter with ITV Tyne Tees covering both the north and south flagship programmes. He has also worked on a number of documentaries.
He is an RTS award winner, having won the 'Journalist Of The Year' in 2006 and has also been awarded silver in the ING News group awards in both 2005 and 2006. Kenny has a number of interests ranging from amateur dramatics to any kind of sports, indeed he has a rather unhealthy obsession with Carlisle United, having been a season ticket holder there for more years than he cares to remember. At the moment though, all his spare time is taken up looking after his young son, Mackenzie Jake, who was born on Christmas Day 2006.
Yorkshire TV, Tyne Tees TV and then HTV Wales news presenter and reporter since 1988, who was found dead in January 2001 on a beach near his home. An inquest recorded a verdict of accidental death.
HTV Wales reported the sad news in this way:
"The death of popular HTV presenter Huw Weekes shocked and saddened people all across Wales. Hundreds of tributes poured in to the HTV newsroom from viewers, colleagues and politicians. Many people said that although they had never met him, they felt as though they had lost a good friend. It is clear from all the messages that Huw will be remembered with great respect and affection. For the last thirteen years he was one of the most popular faces on HTV. He loved his job and it was obvious to the viewers, as was his wonderful sense of humour.
HTV's controller, Elis Owen, described Huw as a cornerstone of HTV. 'He was an excellent journalist...one of the few journalists who could convey serious presentational style with a sense of humour.'
He was one of the most experienced television journalists in the country. He began his career on local newspapers but his talent was soon spotted and he became a regular face on Yorkshire Television, reporting on the miners' strike. In 1988 Huw made the move back home to Wales and joined HTV. It was here that he really showed the range of his talents, from being anchorman on the station's nightly news programme to compiling his famously off-the-wall reports on the funny side of life. He was a consummate professional to the end. His last broadcast was on the day he died.
First Secretary, Rhodri Morgan, was among the many who paid tribute to him, saying he was deeply sorry at the loss of a friend. The greatest passion of Huw's life was his family. On Saturday afternoons you could often find him with his children on the terraces at his beloved Cardiff City. His brother Gareth described him as a wonderful family man and a model father. He was, he said, a loving person and a marvellously entertaining companion. He will be terribly missed by all those who knew him.
Huw, who was 43, was was found dead on a beach near his home in Llantwit Major on January 17. He had recently returned to work after being ill with depression. He leaves a wife and three children. Our thoughts are with them."
Wincey was a weather presenter at Tyne Tees Television and from May 1983, TV-am. She also presented other features whilst at TV-am, including 'Wincey's Pets' and 'Wincey's Wall'. She left TV-am in 1987.
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Sportscaster and sports reporter for Tyne Tees Television. Also used to present the regular sporting magazine programme, 'Hold The Back Page'.
Duncan later moved to GMTV where he took up a reporter/presenter role.
By the early-2000s, Duncan had joined Yorkshire Television where he became one of the regular co-anchors on the regional news programme, 'Calendar'.
Tyne Tees Northern Life co-presenter who joined TVS as a continuity announcer and news reader in the late-1980s. Jane went on to present for Meridian in the south.
