British and Irish TV talent
BBC North West Presenters
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Announcer/news reader, BBC North West 1973 to 1981. Made her debut on Princess Anne's wedding day - 14 November 1973.
In July 1975 she became the only female BBC TV (Network) announcer amongst 18 men until January 1976. She returned as freelance holiday relief announcer from 1977 to 1979. Christine also announced at Grampian Television in northern Scotland.
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Reporter and news reader for Ulster TV's 'Friday Sportscast' and then 'UTV Reports' in the early-1970s who moved to Granada later in the decade. After working on 'Granada Reports' as a reporter/presenter, Burns found national fame in 1977 as the host of the company's 'Krypton Factor' game show. The show had a successful eighteen year run.
In January 1997, he returned to the North West as host of the BBC's 'North West Tonight'.
Other TV radio credits include: 'World In Action' (Granada); 'Today' (BBC Radio 4).
Stuart was a presenter on the BBC North West regional news programme from 1964 until 1990 and fondly remembered for his continual laughing as a presenter on 'It's A Knockout' from 1972 until 1982.
He switched to Granada TV in 1991.
Since the late-1950s, he has been a regular on BBC Radio (currently BBC Radio 5 Live) using his great love of the English language within football reports from the North West region.
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Original member of BBC Leeds' Look North team who then moved to London as a BBC TV News home reporter, 1974 - 1980 and 1983 - 1986. He was South Africa correspondent, 1980 - 1983.
Philip was a BBC TV relief news reader in April 1984, and between May 1985 and July 1985. He joined permanently in July 1986, remaining until January 1994. Relief presenter, 'Breakfast News', 1992 - 1994. Presenter on BBC Manchester's 'North West Tonight' in 1994, and news reader on BBC World in 1995.
More recently, he has presented on BBC News 24 and appeared again on BBC One reading the weekend news in August 2001.
In September 2005, Philip left the BBC because of a personality clash with a presenting colleague.
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Martin was a presenter with BBC 'North West Tonight' from the 1980s until 2004.
In 2004, Martin retired from broadcasting to concentrate on media training.
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Gillian did a post graduate in journalism at City University. Her first broadcast job was with BBC 'North West Tonight' in 1991. She previously worked at BBC Pebble Mill whilst studying for her degree.
She later became a radio reporter and producer with Radio Merseyside. In 1998 she moved to London, and took up a post as news reader with BBC Radio 1.
By the late-1990s, Gillian was presenting on BBC 'Newsroom South East'. Subsequent roles included presenting on BBC 'Breakfast' and BBC News 24.
In 2005, Gillian moved to Sky News where she is a presenter.
Merryn Howe (nee Longfoot) replaced Kerry Swain as co-presenter of 'Today South West' soon after TSW took to the air. She 'partnered' Kenneth MacLeod on the programme until his retirement, and then continued with replacement John Underwood and then, briefly, John Doyle.
Merryn went on to present TSW's 'Consumer File' programme in the mid and late-1980s. After leaving TSW, she has popped up as a news presenter on regional magazine programmes across the country, notably as co-anchor of the BBC's 'North West Tonight' programme, from Manchester, in the mid to late-1990s.
Tyne Tees TV in-vision announcer who went on to front the BBC's 'North West Tonight' from Manchester during the 1980s.
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Ranvir has a post-grad in broadcast journalism. Whilst studying for this diploma, she presented an evening Asian news programme for BBC Radio Lancashire; she also presented news bulletins for local independent radio at weekends.
In 2000, she was offered a contract at BBC Radio Lancashire while on a work placement there. Just over a year later, she had moved to BBC GMR in Manchester where she produced and presented programmes, read bulletins, and reported.
In 2004, she moved to BBC North West where she presents and reports for 'North West Tonight'.
Glamorous co-anchor of 'Calendar' who has reported and presented on a wide range of Yorkshire Television programmes over the years, including the 'Tonight' programme. Before joining YTV, she presented the BBC's 'North West Tonight'.Annabel started off in local papers and radio. She was the first face to appear on Live TV, based in Birmingham, where she was a presenter and reporter.
Annabel has also worked for: Signal Radio; BRMB Radio; Birmingham Live; Central Television (East Midlands), reporter and then presenter (1997 - 2003).
Since 2003, Annabel has been a presenter and producer with 'North West Tonight' at BBC Manchester.
Dan started off as a sports reporter at Key 103 radio in Manchester in September 1999. He later moved into television, first with Granada TV and from c. 2004, BBC North West. He currently presents the sports segments on 'North West Tonight'.
