With over 30 years broadcasting experience, Lorna kicked off her radio career in 1985 as a news reporter at BBC Radio Cornwall, which was followed by various production roles at BBC London and World Service. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. She was so highly valued by the Corporation that in 1929 it took the highly unusual step of introducing maternity leave, just so she could keep her new job as Director of School Broadcasting. On Monday morning (February 27), Sally, her co-host Jon Kay and weather forecaster Carol Kirkwood spoke about the Aurora Borealis which appeared over . Both were known for their progressive ideas about programming that reflected the liberalising ethos of the 1960s. List of current BBC newsreaders and reporters. His first television work was for children, but moved quickly across to documentary making. She brought enormous experience to the job, having joined the BBC forty years earlier as a registry clerk. The trio have decided not to take part in the recruitment process for a team of six lead presenters for the new channel that will combine the UK's 24-hour news with BBC World News. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric', The people who want you to believe the Ukraine war is fake, What we've learned from Alex Murdaugh murder trial. They are also experienced in other areas like acting, modeling and writing plays and novels. The TV presenter, 48, will . During wartime he was responsible for the shadowing of Big Ben. Una Marson was born in Jamaica, and began working life on magazines in 1926, founding her own publication: The Cosmopolitan. He directed the BBCs first outside broadcast the Coronation of George VI and went on to preside over innovations like colour television and the start of BBC Two, finishing his career as Chief Engineer. His BBC radio work began with writing sketches for Take It From Here (1948-59). BBC reporting also includes BBC Breakfast TV, BBC Look East and BBC network radio 4 & 5. David Attenborough initially approached the BBC for a position in radio talks programmes for which he was rejected. Her first job was to take edited copies of translations from the language monitors and type them onto stencils so that they could be reproduced and sent as duplicates around various BBC departments. Godfrey Talbot started out at the BBC in 1937 following an earlier career in print journalism. She was regular producer on Music for You and Gala Performance. England lose to New Zealand by one run in one of the all-time great finishes to the second Test in Wellington. Olive Shapley was one of the first producers to put ordinary people in front of the microphone. Charles Siepmann joined the BBC in 1925, and was a pioneer of educational programmes. He resigned after a dispute to edit Canadian Fishing News but came back in 1951 to BBC Monitoring.Subsequent posts included Secretary and Director of External Broadcasting. Congratulations Adam! Sir Hugh Carleton Greene joined the BBC in 1940 as news editor, responsible for broadcasts to Nazi Germany. This article includes a television- and people-related list of lists. The presenter of the popular local BBC One bulletin will sign off for good on November 3. 2023 Deadline Hollywood, LLC. Susan Knox Senior Showbiz and TV Reporter. He started commentating on the Boat Race in 1931 and continued his association until 1980. He moved to BBC South East Today when it launched in 2001 and became co-presenter in 2009. Born in Hendon, London on 12th November 1967, Joanne Dawn Coburn is a BBC News journalist, famous in Politics Live as a presenter and former co-host of BBC Breakfast along with Andrew Neil. Reed felt the name represented 'a voyage of adventure'. As DG he battled to remove the fourteen-day rule and fought to maintain the BBCs independence when it was threatened during the Suez crisis. Ellie spent five years as the face of Newsround on BBC1, anchoring in studio and travelling around the world reporting news to the nations children. Overall, around 50 jobs are expected to be lost on and off air as part of the merger. She currently presents for BBC Sport, Channel 4, BT Sport and Good Morning Sunday on BBC Radio 2. As administrator, producer and presenter, he was associated with three of the most significant series in the field: Monitor and Omnibus for the BBC, and Aquarius for ITV. Yvonne Adamson began her BBC radio career in 1945 as a reporter in North Region, part of the BBC to which she remained committed for the rest of her working life. Colin Morris became head of BBC TV Religious Programmes in 1978, following a period as regular speaker on Thought for the Day from the 1960s. Esslin was able to realise his dream of creating a "national theatre of the air", by curating a regular drama schedule across BBC Home Service, Third Programme, Radio 3 and Radio 4. It has been six months since Rob left . This is a list of newsreaders and reporters currently employed by BBC Television and BBC Radio.. BBC News employs many presenters and correspondents who appear across television, radio and contribute to BBC Online.BBC News provides television journalism to BBC One bulletins and the rolling news channels BBC World News and the BBC News Channel in the United Kingdom. Throughout the 1950s she produced much of the Royal Ballet's repertoire for television. He is probably best known for his arts series Monitor, where he interviewed all the leading artists, musicians and sculptors of the 1960s. She serves as a relief presenter from time to time on the BBC News Channel and has in the past presented on BBC Radio 4. The regional news programme for the South of England. Of the new chief presenters, Amroliwala currently hosts Global on BBC World News, while Fraser fronts The Context on both existing channels, as well as co-presenting BBC Two's Newsnight. Seconded to the BBC in 1941 he became head of the BBC Pacific Service. Eades has presented his final show already, with Gosling expected to leave at the end of January while Wilcox's final day is yet to be decided. Reith was concerned that there were too many left wing producers, and that by employing Green it might redress the political balance. McLean became Director of Engineering in 1963. After a stint at ITN and a failed attempt to become an MP he re-joined the Corporation in 1959, where he honed his distinctive gruff style on programmes including Panorama, The World at One and Question Time. With less dedicated news anchors, the new BBC News channel will feature a visualisation of Nicky Campbells BBC Radio 5 Live programme broadcast on weekday mornings. Along with Croxall and Brown, they spend the majority of their time fronting the UK channel. . Other BBC News presenters also provide relief presentation on programmes broadcast on this channel. George Ivan Smith joined the Australian Broadcasting Commission in 1937 and managed 2WL a radio station in Wollongong. The BBC series ran for 24 episodes, including three specials and starred a host of famous actors including Stephen Fry, Tim McInnerny and Hugh Laurie. Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy. Susan Ritchie was recruited into BBC Monitoring in Caversham in 1944 at the age of 18. Three other long-serving news presenters - Joanna Gosling, David Eades and Tim Willcox - recently announced their departures from the corporation. The routine work was vital for the accurate dissemination of information coming from foreign broadcasters during the war. Morgan was also a popular screen presence, particularly as a team captain in A Question of Sport. Ken Bruce has claimed that BBC bosses have hastened his exit from Radio 2. He was President of the European Broadcasting Union for three terms. Gerard Mansell was responsible for the transformation of the BBCs radio services in 1967 with the launch of Radio 1 and 2 and the rebranding of the Third and Home Services into Radios 3 and 4. Margaret Douglas was the first woman to be the BBCs chief political adviser, handling the fractious relationship with the government during the Thatcher years. Deadline is All Images and videos are the property of their respective owners. She was there in June 1940 when General de Gaulle delivered his historic broadcast. 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She worked throughout the War, playing a small but vital part in keeping the BBC on the air. The pair took over the co-anchor roles from Geoff Clark and Beverley Thompson in . Meet the team at ITV Channel TV. Formerly known as the BBC Ten O'Clock News, it is the evening news programme for the BBC News channel and BBC One. Credit: ITV Channel TV/Vicky Hall. The trio have taken voluntary redundancy ahead of a divisive channel merger between BBC News Channel and BBC World News. Steven Hearst started work as a freelance writer of newsreel scripts, and joined the BBC in 1952. Joanna Spicer was appointed head of television programme planning in 1951 and was an influential figure through televisions formative years. Read More Edward Barnes made Blue Peter a TV reality, and was the programme's assistant director, later moving on to produce the series. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. She later presented Womans Hour and The Shapley File, which examined social issues. She successfully revamped Panorama and launched Tonight in 1957, before becoming Head of Talks and Current Affairs. Sources said the majority of the jobs had gone to BBC World News anchors rather than UK presenters, with one person describing it as a de facto closure of the UK channel. Read about our approach to external linking. Welcome to the BBC South Facebook page. In 1967 he became Head, Television Arts Features and was instrumental in commissioning the landmark 13 part series Kenneth Clark's Civilisation. 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He left the BBC to run Channel 4 (1997-2001), followed by a media career in the USA. Frances Line began her BBC life as a clerk-typist in 1959, having approached the BBC at the age of 16. He produced programmes for the General Overseas Serviceuntil 1966, when he resigned to pursue a freelance interviewing and reporting career.Freelance work continued until 1980 when he became part of the original Newsnight presenting team. It will have the ability to split into two separate feeds - for the UK and elsewhere - at certain times of day and if there is breaking news that's mainly of interest to a domestic audience. She had a close working relationship with the BBCs first Director-General John Reith, for whom she would make coffee. Vernon Kay will replace Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2, the BBC has confirmed. Sorry to be blunt.. He was asked if he would be interested in becoming a sound effects operator. It was to the BBC Light Programme for her next role as Production Secretary, working on the Navy Lark. Austen Kark joined the BBC in1954 as a reporter, moving swiftly to become head of the South European service at Bush House within 10 years. After 15 years at Yorkshire TV he returned to the BBC in 1988 as managing director of network television. Paul Fox joined the BBC in 1950 as a newsreel scriptwriter and went on to edit both Sportsview and Panorama before becoming controller of BBC One. During World War Two he moved into the Monitoring Service returning to Transcription in his later years. 08:22, 12 DEC 2019. See you soon @anne_delaney @SteveLammiman @VNorris101", "I'll be working across the counties of West and East Midlands for National BBC news", "Vicki Young appointed BBC's new Deputy Political Editor", "We are delighted to announce @adamfleming has been appointed as the BBC's Chief Political Correspondent. She introduced Play School with a diverse line-up of presenters and Jackanory, which attracted well-known actors and authors to read their books. Alexis Green who is working as the BBC South News journalist and weather reporter is a mother of an adorable child; a daughter named Imogen Foster. Michael Grade joined the BBC from London Weekend Television, accepting a large pay cut to do so. The pair took over the co-anchor roles from Geoff Clark and Beverley Thompson in 2009. Female BBC presenters are among the organizations highly paid on-air talent despite inflation rates. 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