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newsreaders which have disapered off our screens (July 2010)

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GI
ginofish
about newsreaders/Reporter that have vanished off our screen does anyone know what has happened to any of the following.

Isla Traquir
Chris Roberts
Robin Brant
Sarah Elliot
Adam Powell
Mark Warr
Amanda Sergent
Priaur Prix Jones
Francis Collings
Dominic Cotton
Alex Thomas
Jane Cheater
Dan Roebuck
Roann Ghosh
Thalia Prengruini
Peter Holland
Phil Gayle
John Gilbert
HO
House
about newsreaders/Reporter that have vanished off our screen does anyone know what has happened to any of the following.

Francis Collings


Still at the BBC as far as I remember - occasional sports presenter on the NC and also presents a lot of their Formula One coverage for the NC?


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Thalia Prengruini


Certainly used to do Travel show Fast Track. By the way it's Thalia Pellegrini.
JD
jdav
Priaur Prix Jones?

I bet Chris Roberts will be at home, because I doubt anyone will want to employ this person who highlights all the technical glitches and makes them so obvious. Maybe BBC NC?
LR
Lost The Remote
jdav posted:
Priaur Prix Jones?

I bet Chris Roberts will be at home, because I doubt anyone will want to employ this person who highlights all the technical glitches and makes them so obvious. Maybe BBC NC?

Yes because the right way to approach technical glitches according to jdav is to just ignore them, pretend everything is fine and hope the viewer won't notice. What twaddle! It's such an unfair point to make, and probably based on an edition of Sky News' Saturday Live programme during the election campaign in which everything seemed to be going wrong; from issues with the graphics, to the polling data used and even the live shots. Of course he was going to mention these things, it would be absurd not to. And for what it's worth I think he recovered well. The way Chris interacts with the viewer and doesn't stick to the autocue like a robot is one of his strengths as a newscaster not a weakness!

I'd also like to know what Chris is doing these days as in my view he was an excellent newscaster and a superb interviewer. Unfortunately I can't fill in any of the blanks, but I'll be following this thread with interest.
MB
Media Boy
Mark Warr was presenting for a bit on Smooth Radio (North East) and I believe is now a consultant as well as doing youth work and delivering learning-through-journalism around the region.
PE
Pete19
Jon Gilbert is a reporter with the BBC

Alex Thomas is a Sports Anchor with CNN

Pria Kaur Jones is still a reporter with GMTV for homw long no one knows.

Same with Amanda Sargeant

Isla Traquir is working on some stuff with ITV

Roann Ghosh is with Al Jazeera
LJ
Live at five with Jeremy
I think Chris Roberts would be really well suited to the ITV Lunchtime News. Allastair would be hard to shift but I think that role would suit Chris.
JW
JamesWorldNews
Francis Collings appears on BBC World with the sport from time to time. Thalia Pellegrini is - if I am not mistaken - having a baby and maybe on maternity leave.

Some others you missed, although there are literally dozens more: Vivien Creegor / Gordon Radley / Martin Popplewell / Liz Pike / Andrea Catherwood / Keshini Navaratnam / Anita McNaught / Allan King / Manisha Tank (sometimes on CNNI) / Jan Leeming / Philip Hayton / Peter Coe / Valerie Sanderson / Carla Garapedian / Melinda Wittstock / Veronica Pedrosa / Teymoor Nabili (are they both still with AJE?) / Debbie Thrower / Jane St. Clair / David Jessel / John Milne / Mary Marquis / Linette Tye / Tanya Beckett.
GI
ginnyfan
Manisha Tank is still with CNNI in Hong Kong, she just came back from maternity leave last week.

As mentioned, Alex Thomas joined CNNI last year as a sport reporter/anchor in London.

I also wonder about Allan King, he just suddenly disappeared from Sky, not even sure when exactly, after all the years he was there.
GI
ginofish
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Pria Kaur Jones is still a reporter with GMTV for homw long no one knows.

Same with Amanda Sargeant

Isla Traquir is working on some stuff with ITV



all 3 are wrong


pria and amanda are no longer with gmtv as pria was told she was not to reutrun by gmtv bosses as they prefered Helen . F and Amanada is not with GMTV . As the Bio Page and Wikipeida do not say it .
GI
ginofish
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Some others you missed, although there are literally dozens more: Vivien Creegor / Gordon Radley / Martin Popplewell / Liz Pike / Andrea Catherwood / Keshini Navaratnam / Anita McNaught / Allan King / Manisha Tank (sometimes on CNNI) / Jan Leeming / Philip Hayton / Peter Coe / Valerie Sanderson / Carla Garapedian / Melinda Wittstock / Veronica Pedrosa / Teymoor Nabili (are they both still with AJE?) / Debbie Thrower / Jane St. Clair / David Jessel / John Milne / Mary Marquis / Linette Tye / Tanya Beckett.


i agree with the dozens part Very Happy

Phillip Hayton - Hosts some online Game show
Andrea Catherwood-now with Bloomberg
Jan Leeming - Retired
Martin Poperwell - Does Freelauce work
LJ
Live at five with Jeremy
Allan King retired some years ago. He has his own company. He was one of the best.

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