I nearly fell out of my bed last night. Yesterday I moaned because I had seen my main man Alastair Yates limited to the overnight presentations on Sunday mornings only at o1.00 gmt for months now. And low and behold, there he was doing last night's overnight on BBC WORLD. Let's hope this is the start of something good ...
Well, I haven't been watching the overnight news regularly in the last months, but Alastair Yates is the BBC presenter who has probably appeared the most in the overnight stint in the last several years.
Oh, maybe I am getting old. But I remember the days when Jane Hill was the overnight newscaster on the BBC!!
Some of us remember Jane doing overnights on BBC News 24 and BBC One only, when BBC World were still doing their own thing (but did a 15 minute bulletin for News 24 twice a night!) The joint service didn't kick in - with Phil Hayton launching it ISTR - until quite a few months after News 24 launched.
I recall (BBC): Jake Lynch, Brenda Paterson. Clarence Mitchell. Deborah MacKenzie. Martine Croxall. Linette Tye. Janat Jallil. Big Al. Doily. Jane Hill. Philippa Thomas. Janet Barrie. Tim Willcox. Peter Dobbie. Brian Hanrahan. In fact, before Martine Croxall, Deborah MacKenzie and Big Al became the mainstays, Susan Osman was probably the most prominent of the overnighters. (Liz Pike was another who used to appear infrequently).
In the golden days of ITN (when ITN was ITN and not ITV News), the names who immediately come to mind (remember ITN were pioneers of 24 hour tv news in the UK, well ahead of BBC News 24, albeit not rolling news) are: Zeinab Badawi / Brenda Rowe / David Chater / Phil Roman / Denis Tuohy / Giles Smith....................
During the 2000-2002 period, the other main overnight BBC News presenters were Joanna Gosling, Rageh Omah and Heather McCarthy. I also remember Adrian Finighan and Mike Embley doing them from time to time.
During the 2000-2002 period, the other main overnight BBC News presenters were Joanna Gosling, Rageh Omah and Heather McCarthy. I also remember Adrian Finighan and Mike Embley doing them from time to time.
You are correct, Rob. I had forgotten about Adrian and Mike. Did Gwennan and Maxine (Mahwhinney) also do overnights from time to time?
