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Ellie studied sociology at Bath University. On leaving university, Ellie's aspirations to work in television got off to a good start with a work placement on the BBC's 'Kilroy' programme; she later became Robert Kilroy-Silk's PA. She moved on to join GMTV, as a runner initially but went on to become a trainee producer.
It was then back to the books to study for a post-graduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism at Birmingham University. Ellie subsequently got a position as a trainee journalist with Carlton; she later moved to HTV West as a journalist. She returned to GMTV as Scotland correspondent.
In October 2003, she joined BBC 'Look East' as a presenter and reporter, covering the West of the region.
Sara was a presenter and reporter with BBC 'Look East' from 1991 - 1992. She left ''Look East' to travel in south America. Sadly, she was involved in a serious road accident there, and spent a long time recuperating in hospital.
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With a very distinctive, deep, rich voice, Peter was an announcer at Southern TV from 1969 until 1971. He then became a news reader for BBC Norwich's 'Look East', before moving to BBC Television Centre where he was a BBC TV announcer for thirty years from 1971 until his retirement in 2001.
Peter died in early December 2006 following a sixteen-month battle with cancer.
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Carol has a degree in English and drama fromt the University of East Anglia.
She joined the BBC in 1989, working initially at BBC Radio Norfolk.
She joined 'Look East' in the late-1990s, working as a reporter and presenter.
Kevin started off in the print industry with the East Anglian Daily Times. Then, in 1988, he joined BBC Radio Norfolk as a news producer. He subsequently worked as a news editor at BBC Radio Suffolk (from the early-1990s).
He later moved to London, working on the television newsgathering desk and also as a news organiser.
In 2001, he moved back to Suffolk where he took up a post as reporter with BBC 'Look East'. Kevin occasionally presents 'Look East' in Norwich.
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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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.
David moved to national BBC TV news in 1977 as a freelance general reporter before specialising in sport and then joining the full-time staff in 1978 until 1984.
He then joined ITN. During his time there he was the launch presenter of ITN's night-time service 'Into The Night' (from 1988), and Washington presenter/correspondent of 'Channel 4 Daily' from 1990 until 1992.
From 1993 until 1998 he was a regular presenter for BBC World Television. He also developed the 'Newshour Asia And Pacific' strand.
In more recent years, David has worked as a TV presenter and consultant in the Middle East.
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Sally has been a reporter/presenter with BBC 'Look East' since c. 1986.
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Now managing editor at BBC Radio Norfolk, David Clayton was an Anglia Television continuity announcer throughout 1982 and later became a well known face and voice in the East of England as a regular presenter on BBC TV East and on BBC Radio Norfolk.
David told TTVRP how he broke into television announcing: "Basically I was dabbling in local radio. I applied to be a continuity announcer at Anglia TV in Norwich. I failed twice - on the third attempt they didn't take me but the station's deputy head of presentation, Ray Castle, knew me from when he had attended dances at a local ballroom where I had been the DJ. He liked my disco music - he liked me! I was offered me some freelance shifts at Anglia and I worked there throughout 1982 quite regularly. He trusted me enough to give me an on-air audition which was in January 1982. I remember that during my first live link the programme failed to appear down the line from TVS so my first link was to a stand-by film. Helen McDermott stayed with me to hold my hand and we've been friends ever since.
"I later became a stand-in all over the place on BBC TV East in 1983, including from October 1983 taking over as the main 'Breakfast Time' regional presenter and also doing some daytime shifts as well. I moved into more 'Look East' newsreading and presenting and did some reporting and presenting on the Friday opt-out called Weekend and then 'East on Two', a regional weekly magazine programme. I also did many 'Children In Need' programmes. I stopped as a regular in 1987 to take up a contract with BBC Radio 4, then came back to be deputy editor at BBC Radio Norfolk in 1991."
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Rachel's broadcast career began in 1999, reading breakfast bulletins at Centre FM (Tamworth). Three months later she moved to BBC Radio Northampton where she was a reporter.
She then moved to BBC 'Look East' as a video journalist in Milton Keynes.
Rachel is currently a breakfast presenter and reporter for BBC 'Look East'.
Chris was a BBC 'Look East' presenter from 1976 until 1978. He joined the BBC in Plymouth in 1979 to present 'Spotlight'.
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Alex was a picture editor on programmes such as 'Breakfast News' and 'Newsnight' in the late-1980s. In 1992, following a year's training, Alex became a regional journalist for the BBC. He moved to Norfolk in 1995 and was a reporter for BBC 'Look East'. He also presented BBC East's weekly political programme 'The East At Westminster' for three years.
Alex is currently a senior reporter for BBC 'Look East' and regularly presents the lunchtime and late evening editions of the programme. He is married to 'Look East' presenter Susie Fowler-Watt.
Tom Edwards started his career as a newspaper journalist before moving to television as an announcer with Border. He went on to become a familiar announcer on Thames Television in London and on HTV West. Tom is also thought to have been an announcer with Anglia. He also spent several years as a pirate radio disc-jockey.
Tom left Thames at the end of the 1980s to move to the United States but later returned to the UK as a presenter on BBC Radio Norfolk and occasional presenter of the BBC's 'Look East' magazine programme. Most recently, he was the voice-over for BBC TV's 'Wipe Out' daytime quiz show.
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Senior 'Channel Report' presenter and reporter in the late-1980s until 1993 when she moved to BBC 'Look East' in Norwich. She was the main 'Breakfast News' presenter at BBC 'Look East' for four-and-a-half years, also occasionally presenting the main evening bulletin and continuing to report, and present specials like 'Children in Need'.
In late-1997, Cathy moved to Anglia TV and was a presenter and associate producer on ITV network's main religious programme of the time 'Morning Worship'. A year later she became producer of 'Morning Worship' successor, 'Sunday Morning' - ITV's religious chat show.
Since going freelance in 1999 she has worked mostly in production - as a producer on two series of 'Ultimate Questions', ITV's Sunday evening moral, philosphical and spiritual debate show. She has also worked as a producer/director on various regional and network projects and has spent a year launching and running a small community TV station.
Cathy continues to work in TV production and as a media consultant, trainer, lecturer and freelance writer. Before joining Channel TV, she trained as a journalist at the Jersey Evening Post and also worked as a producer/presenter for BBC Radio Jersey.
Susie obtained a postgraduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism from the London College Of Printing.
Her subsequent broadcast credits include: production assistant at BBC Radio Surrey in 1991; reporter, BBC Radio Suffolk; returned to BBC Radio Surrey as a news producer/editor and drivetime presenter; assistant producer, BBC political programmes in London, from 1994 (including 'Westminster Live', 'Westminster Daily', 'The Midnight Hour'). During the next few years, Susie reported for BBC local radio on national politics and also took up the position of political correspondent for BBC 'Look East'.
In 1997, Susie became one of the regular presenters on BBC 'Look East'.
Amanda has presented the BBC 'Look East Close Up' news service from Cambridge since it was launched in 1997.Mariam started with the BBC as a freelance reporter for BBC Three Counties Radio in 1991. She became permanent staff two years later.
In January 1996, Mariam joined BBC 'Look East'. During her time there she has carried out a variety of jobs, including reporting for 'East At Westminster', Ceefax and News Online.
Mariam now reads the breakfast bulletins on BBC 'Look East'.
Jo presents on BBC 'Look East'.Jenny is a qualified teacher and indeed her first job was as a secondary school teacher in Northamptonshire.
She later moved to Prague to teach English there. Whilst there, she picked up some broadcast experience, presenting for Radio Free Europe.
On her return to the UK, she was a presenter and reporter for an Essex radio station before moving on to work as a news editor for radio companies in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk.
Prior to moving to Norfolk, Jenny spent time in Jersey, where she presented on ITV Channel's local news programme for two years.
Jenny is currently one of the BBC 'Look East' breakfast presenters although she also occasionally covers lunchtime bulletins.
Mike started his career as a sports reporter with Mercia Sound in Coventry. In 1987 he moved to the BBC where he worked as a sports reporter and presenter for BBC 'Look East'.
By the mid-1990s he had moved to LNN's 'London Tonight'.
He subsequently rejoined the BBC 'Look East' team where he is now a senior broadcast journalist,
Mike also presents Sunday morning breakfast on BBC Radio Norfolk.
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Alex presents the BBC East regional news programme 'Look East'.
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Ian was a BBC 'Look East' presenter from 1973 until 1983.
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Former BBC 'Look East' presenter who moved to co-host 'Central News' (West) with long standing anchorman, Bob Warman. Michelle went on to present the BBC's motoring magazine programme 'Top Gear' and a similar programme for ITV - 'Pulling Power'.
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Westcountry viewers know her best as one of the long serving presenters of the BBC's highly popular 'Points West' news programme. But earlier in her career Susan could be found manning the continuity desk at HTV West. She has also presented the BBC's Norwich-based 'Look East' news programme (1985 - 1988).
Since the late-1990s, Susan has also covered overnight weekend shifts for BBC News 24 and BBC World.
Louise was a presenter on BBC 'Look East' in the 1980s and 1990s..
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Jane was a presenter on BBC 'Look East' in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Julie studied broadcast journalism at Nottingham Trent University. Her first broadcast job was as broadcast assistant at BBC Radio Nottingham in 1992.
In 1997 she moved to television and the BBC 'East Midlands Today' office, working as a picture editor and planner. Whilst there, she also stood in as the 'East Midlands Today' weather presenter.
In February 1999, Julie joined BBC 'Look East' in Norwich where she presents lunchtime and evening weather forecasts. She also presents weather bulletins for a number of BBC local radio stations in the area.
Amelia studied English and drama at Exeter University. Following her graduation, she worked for a Suffolk-based independent production company called WRENmedia. Her work there took her all over Africa and Asia reporting for BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service.
Her first TV jobs were with two local cable companies: Red TV in Cambridge and then LLTV in Norwich.
In 2000, she joined BBC East as a researcher on 'Look East'. She later moved into reporting and presenting. In March 2005, she was appointed as one of the programme's main co-presenters, standing-in for Susie Fowler-Watt whilst she was on maternity leave.
Kim gained a BA from the University of London in 1972.
He went on a training scheme run by Beaverbrook Newspapers and got a job as a reporter for the Falmouth Packet newspaper. He won the Pfizer Award for Young Journalist Of The Year in 1976.
In 1978, he joined the newsroom at BBC Radio Brighton. Kim also had stints on various national programmes such as BBC Radio 1's 'Newsbeat' and the 'Today' programme on BBC Radio 4.
In 1982, he crossed into the world of television, working initially with BBC 'South Today' in Southampton. Later that year, he moved to BBC East. During his career there he has been a reporter and presenter.
Kim is currently the chief reporter on BBC East's 'Look East'.
Among other awards he has picked up over the years: he was named Presenter Of The Year by the Royal Television Society in 1995; he has twice won its News Reporter Of The Year Award (1998 and 2000).
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Andrew's journalistic career began in the newspaper industry with the Press Association and Evening Standard.
In 1989, he became a reporter and then producer with BBC Radio Sussex. He spent two years working on BBC Radio 4's 'The World At One' and 'PM', before joining BBC 'Look East' in 1995. He is now one of the programme's senior reporters and is also a regular presenter.
Former actor and original male presenter on 'Blue Peter' (1958 - 1967). Christopher left the programme to join BBC 'Look East' as a presenter during the late-1960s and early-1970s. He appeared on Blue Peter's 20th anniversary programme to launch a new Endeavour Award. He died in September 1992.
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Stewart's broadcasting career began with a very short pre-programme announcement on the BBC World Service. He went on to work at BBC Radio Brighton and later BBC Radio Derby, where he produced and presented various news and entertainment programmes. He then moved to BRMB Radio in Birmingham where he presented the daily mid morning programme.
Then came the move to television. He was an ATV in-vision announcer, 1979 until 1981, and then a Central TV continuity announcer until he left the company in 1984 to co-present the BBC's 'Look East' from Norwich, where he remains today.
Stewart continues his links with radio, presenting a weekly programme for BBC Radio Norfolk.
Other TV/radio credits: 'Star Soccer' (Central); 'Something Different' (Central); football commentary (BBC Radio 5 Live).
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Ian was educated at Ponteland County High School in Northumberland.
His first venture into broadcasting was with hospital radio station Radio Tyneside in Newcastle in 1988.
In 1990, he was a TV researcher at York Films of England. He moved to IMS Ltd (subtitling and facilities) in 1993. Later in 1993, Ian was a researcher on BBC TV East's 'Look East'.
In 1995 he took up a position involving presenting, reporting and producing at BBC Radio Norfolk. Later in 1995, he became a broadcast journalist at BBC TV East's 'Look East'.
In 1996, he was news reading, producing and presenting at BBC Radio Leeds. 1998 saw Ian move to BBC TV North, where he became a presenter on the 'Look North' daytime bulletins. In 1999 he became a regular face on the 9.28pm weekday edition of the programme. The following year, he was presenting and producing BBC TV Yorkshire's 10.25pm weekday news programme.
From 2002, in addition to his responsibilities on the late weekday programme, he also began presenting on an occasional basis on the main evening weekday news programme for BBC TV Yorkshire.
Ian is the owner of the TV-am name, brand, logo, trademarks and intellectual property rights. He runs the official TV-am website (link below).
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BBC TV news reader from November 1963 until 1967; he presented the regional programme 'Town and Around' at the same time.
Corbet was also a radio announcer for the Light Programme and BBC Radio 2 in the 1960s and briefly presented on BBC 'Look East'.
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