Accents are acceptable but not heavy accents. Their job is precisely not to hog the airwaves, but to take us by the hand to the next programme. John Last Lesley Blairwas a girl in a million she replied to Grampians advertisement looking for a Presenter for Romper Room she got her break at 18. He started young though- as a teenager he use to be a presenter on children's TV in Wales. No best answer has yet been selected by dave50. The presentation department at Grampian closed in June 1998 and that was the end of invision announcers at Grampian. Edit this page yourself. Whilst at the station Robin also Presented, Put It In Writing and the ITV Telethon. Duncan left many in tears though as Strictly began, with him uniting the nation for a much-needed cheering up. Trevor Nicholls Naomi Wilkinson The crisis is also tough on cultural shows relying on showbiz listings for material. Douglas now lives in Aberdeen and has written several books in Doric the dialect of Northeast Scotland. Kate left STV in 2005. There is an increase in unttractive regional accents in continuity announcers - sometimes it sounds like they've got Dizzee Rascal in doing a shift! She had taught speech and drama and also Presented TV in Amsterdam before arriving at Queens Cross. Daphne had announced for Border TV and Preseneted various programmes for HTV and BBC. Anna Maria Ashejoined Grampian as a continuity announcer/newsreader in 1983 she left the station in 1986 to work for BBC Scotland. In one legendary case, announcer Pennie Latin had to fill in for almost 10 minutes when some disastrous plumbing work took everyone else off air. In 2006 Neil joined Radio 4 as a continuity announcer where he now frequents the late evening shifts - his preferred time of day. Ant & Decs Saturday Night Takeaway on ITV had its audience taken away, with the Geordie duo performing live at to acres of empty red seating in an auditorium empty except for a technical crew, reduced below usual numbers and widely spaced. Take a trip down memory lane and see if you remember the weel kent faces that graced Grampian screens for over three decades. Maggie is also a Feng Shui Consultant and Australian Civil Marriage Celebrant. Paul Coia Kate Fraserthe only Grampian Announcer to join the SMG continuity team in Glasgow. Off air photo taken by me on a visit to the studio in 1984. These soft furnishings worked so efficiently as an impromptu version of the acoustic diffusers that hang like upside-down mushrooms from concert hall ceilings that she might have been speaking from a studio. In the early days of television, it was almost like a variety bill in the theatre [and when] an item would come on, somebody had to say what it was often listing an entire evening's up-coming programming in one link. Channel 5 use announcers on its network of stations; 5*, 5USA and Channel 5. Photograph: David Hartley/Rex Features, bewildering many listeners and causing the sort of rumpus. Clear diction is good. Click on her name or photograph to find out more about her. on Radio 4, Anita Anand tweeted kids will be sat upon upstairs Im hoping. The station briefly reprised the use of in-vision continuity links for a short period from 1996, used mainly in evening transmissions. Duncan reached out to the nation in the wake of new lockdown rules and tiers being brought into the UK from Sunday. Hilarious moment 5g stream fails during bbc's first ever 5g live broadcast from covent garden, london. would come "from Broadcasting House", rather than the originally advertised school in Dagenham,. no i have,nt, but have seen this new presenter Owain Wynn Evans, don't know if he has been around for a while, he seems so young Owain might seem so young emmie but he's 37! Welcome to the Digital Spy forums. "BBC does stand for British, doesn't it?" BBC Radio 4 offers its listeners, in the words of its one-time controller Tony Whitby, "the tide of the familiar bringing in the unfamiliar." Guiding listeners through that tide are the station's announcers who smooth over "any awkward clashes between new programmes and old, between the traditional and the experimental, between the serious and the frivolous, the uplifting and the downbeat . 2022 Hearst UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 30 Panton Street, Leicester Square, London, SW1Y 4AJ. The Last Days Of Saigon. They articulate the personality of Radio 4 as much as any of the flagship programmes, or their household name presenters. It's. Registered in England. From then until 1994, this came from the main BBC1 continuity suite itself, referred to as "The Broom Cupboard" and introduced by various presenters including Phillip Schofield, Andy Crane and Andi Peters; Since then, it has come from larger, specialised studios. Helen Veysey Eleri Griffiths David always wished Grampian viewers a ginger peachy goodnight at closedown he left the station in 1983. If you have any comments about the Grampian Television Website pleaseget in touch. But these voices are a low-key constant; a rarely changing and vital point of connection. If youd like to join in, please sign in or register. Channel 4 used links featuring the announcer on-screen for a brief period following its launch in 1982, mainly at closedown. Sian Bassett Roberts Channel 4 employs continuity announcers on its network of stations; Channel 4, E4, Film4 and More4. It is one of the more challenging broadcasting remits on radio; announcers must function as a buffer zone between different types of output, link it all together smoothly, and keep an ear out for technical snags and sudden, disruptive changes in the running order. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Russ, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0hPgm_CBwM. Worldwide FM. She provided out of vision announcements on both Grampian and STV until leaving the company in 2005. Announcer on Radio 4 1992-93, Radio 2 1992-97 and read the news overnight on Radio 1 1993-95. Historically, BBC announcers mostly spoke with Received Pronunciation, but the range of accents heard has widened considerably in recent years, and the general tone has become more informal. : Sadly Lesley died in 2007. The continuity set in its glory days this was the look in 1991. Radio 4s Saturday Live was presented by the Rev Richard Coles in his rectory, and Aasmah Mir in her house. 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Andrea McDowell Kate Moon Dominic O'Shea (also Channel 4 and Film4) Mostly, though, their work goes unremarked. Liz Scourfield, Stwnsh This estimate is based upon 2 BBC Radio Presenter salary report (s) provided by employees or estimated based upon statistical methods. would come from Broadcasting House, rather than the originally advertised school in Dagenham, it was actually broadcast from the front room of presenter Chris Masons house in Charlton, south-east London. James left BBC Scotland in 1988 and is now the managing editor for ITFCs audio description department. He is the Executive Editor of the British-Asian community portal UKAsian, a producer at ABP News, and a special correspondent for the Sunday Mirror. SMG took over Grampian in 1997 and it was decided that continuity would be centralised and come from Glasgow. Radio 4's Today programme presenter Nick Robinson and the BBC's Political editor Laura Kuenssberg just manage to sneak into 20 highest paid broadcasters, with salaries ranging from 290,000 to . If Radio 4 announcers are just giving their first names I would think Peter Donaldson would be turning in his grave. See all Radio Presenter salaries to learn how this stacks up in the market. All announcements for ITV plc-owned stations on ITV1 and Channel Television, and for ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 come from the company's main transmission facilities at Technicolor in Chiswick, with separate teams of continuity announcers based at STV's headquarters in Pacific Quay, Glasgow and UTV's headquarters at Havelock House, Belfast. Neil Nunes, the continuity announcerPicture: BBC Credit: BBC James Naughtie from the the Today presenting teamPicture: BBC Credit: BBC The familiar face of John Humphry's on the Today. Colin went onto enjoy fame as the controversial DJ Scottie McLue. Before arriving at Queens Cross in the late seventiesDavid Bennetthad announced for Anglia, ATV, HTV, and BBC 2. Less successful performers become immured to delivering gags to no reaction, but, McPartlin and Donnelly were visibly and audibly thrown by the experience. What are the duties of a continuity announcer? TV also suffers an audible effect from the isolation rules, as, with few contributors allowed into studios, most guests speak with the Dalek undertone of Skype. Natalie Jaque Alex Jones Continuity announcers are usually live on the air to provide the vocal link between programmes, informing the audience of what is coming on . In the United Kingdom, continuity announcers are people who are employed to introduce programmes on radio and television networks, to promote forthcoming programmes on the station, to cross-promote programmes on the broadcaster's other stations where applicable and, sometimes, to provide information relating to the programme just broadcast. Gary was freelance and continued to work at Northsound. He was also the national host of the TV Times Awards and Miss United Kingdom on the ITV network (1970s and 1980s). Lyn remained at Queens Cross until 1979 and never returned after the ITV strike. By August 1998 SMG restructured its broadcasting division. Lynda Thomas David Strachanwas a continuity announcer at Grampian in the mid seventies. The early continuity announcers were auditioned, as "they had to look good but they also had to speak well", not solely because of the class divide, but because clear speaking was crucial to their role.[2]. After leaving Grampian in 1983 he went onto work for UTV and Central as a Director. Amy Thompson, Channel 5 Lowri Williams. Related Content Ian Swann Prior to going on air in September 1961 a record was made of Douglas voicing the programmes that viewers could expect to see when the station launched. Brian Perkins has been a broadcaster for almost forty years and came third in a recent poll to find the best male voice on radio. Their voices would be clipped Received Pronunciation, quite different from chattier tone of current Radio 4 announcers. Aug 2020 - Oct 20222 years 3 months. The new arrangements bring some advantages. with a lot of scouring through old VHS tapes and some careful editing we now have a unique collection, never before seen on British television.Specially recorded for 2020 - Here's a 7 minute video of those Voices from the past!Thanks to the following:David Allan - BBC TV AnnouncerMalcolm Eynon - BBC TV AnnouncerRichard Straker - BBC TV Senior TV AnnouncerMark Waddington - BBC TV AnnouncerBruce Hammal - BBC TV Announcer (test card intro. As the praise kept coming in, he took to his profile to thank everyone for their kind words. There will be a change of guests halfway through, advised Campbell, in order to maintain safe distances between our speakers.. She was dating her partner Arnold for 14 long years. www.sophieneville.co.uk/BEENIE/daphne.html. Did anyone listen to the final programmes on Saturday evening/Sunday morning 9/10 February on Radio 4? A separate team of out-of-vision announcers present the station's overnight strand The Nightshift live each night. After the 12.30 am weather forecast, I heard Tomasz Schafernaker hand back to her as "Debbie". Kate McIntyre This clip demonstrates that each voice is unique through a compilation of voice samples taken from news briefing/bulletins, the shipping forecast, closedown, general continuity between programmes and even continuity during the loss of programme!2014 UPDATE: Zoe Diamond leaves R4; Jane Steel now reads the news2015 UPDATE: Carolyn Brown, Arlene Fleming and Steve Urquhart leave R42018 UPDATE: Arlene Fleming returns to R4Please watch the 2015 compilation: https://youtu.be/66qmvjezYjw Ingrams had polled the readers of The Oldie, of which he is editor, to discover which radio voices they liked least. LINKS: STV | TV 50 | TV ARK | The TV Room | t|v|a : TV Archive. The only other time Ive heard a holder of that post speaking with such a cold stone echo was Thomas Beckets soliloquies in a production of TS Eliots Murder in the Cathedral performed in a church. David Vickery Former teacherLesley Macleodjoined Grampian Television as a continuity announcer in 1977. Andrew Martin, an expert from the BBC Archives, described continuity announcements as "an essential part of television," which "actually tell us quite a lot about the style, the kind of attitudes of television in their particular era. As of September 2011, presentation for both CBBC and CBeebies originates from the BBC's MediaCityUK studios in Salford Quays following the BBC Children's department move from London.[5][6]. Whilst working at the station Kate also presented The Buck Stops Here and Wize Up. Where did they find him? John Livesey The continuity announcers soon became firm favourites with the viewers of North Scotland. Lazy speech annoys me. Later in the day, Nicky Campbell, hosting the BBC One ethical discussion show The Big Questions, lacked the usual studio audience, and his expert guests sat as far apart as if the topic for debate was extreme body odour. Steve Wright in particular, is trying his best to eradicate the letters T and G with his referral to this year as twenny twenny-one, other announcers are now starting to copy him. While most shows can go ahead if the participants can find an empty room at home, arts programmes also have the problem of what the guests will talk about. Charlotte Green Charlotte Green was. She was the Scottish winner of GPOs Interflora competition Girl With The Golden Voice. InJanuary, when Bruce announced his departure, former Radio 2 DJ Vanessa feltz accused the . Among the places where he can be found outside of work, apart from at home and his local church, is the basketball court - basketball being a not so secret passion. Born in Kingston, Jamaica he. I'm enthusiastic to develop and support new . I've heard one who is often on just before Richard Osmans House of Games. He said: "Now in a year that has kept us apart. 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