Announcers - what announcers?

Many years ago I started to compile a complete list of ITV announcers. It appeared on the now out-of-date 405 Alive website. I still get letters from former announcers asking if I could make corrections to the list, but unfortunately nobody appears to be able to change that site. So let's have another go. I can make changes to this but the guts of the list is:

ABC TELEVISION

David Hamilton, Keith Martin, Julie Stevens, Sidonie Bond, Owen Oyston, Bill Steel, John Benson, John Edmonds, Philip Elsmore, Sheila Kennedy, Keith Martin, John McGavin, John Braban.

ASSOCIATED-REDIFFUSION

Michael O'Halloran, Leslie Mitchell, Redvers Kyle, Dick Norton, Tom Glazer, Robert Gladwell, John Charlton, Jon Kelley, Mel Oxley, Nick Worrall, John Edmonds, John Benson, Keith Martin, Muriel Young, Anne Every, Bill Steel, Chris Robbie.

ATV MIDLANDS

Dick Norton, Caroline Lloyd, Jean Morton, Jill Bletchley, Ray Moore, Patricia Cox, Peter Wilson, John Toye, Kevin Morrison, Mike Prince, Mike Speake, Trevor Lucas, Peter Davies, David Jamieson, Peter Tomlinson, Pat Astley, Simon Bates, Greg Bance, Keith Martin, David Bennett, Jill Palmer, Peter Tomlinson.

ATV LONDON

Donald Gray, Arthur Adair, Peter Cockburn, Shaw Taylor, Norman Tozier, John McCavin, Dick Graham, Maurice Kanarek, John Braban, Antony Parker, Noel Trevarthen, Trevor Lucas.

ANGLIA

Drew Russell, Newman Saunders, Colin Bower, Caroline Raison, Dick Graham, Colin Weston, Richard Barnes, Pain Rhodes, Keith Martin, John Benson, Patrick Anthony, Katy Glass, Helen McDermott, Mike Speake, David Clayton, Greg Bance, John Bacon, David Bennett, Graham Bell, Tom Edwards, Phil Fothergill (from local radio, now with the Family Channel), Paul Lavers (from Medway Cable TV, now on the QVC shopping channel, also a television actor), Peter Marshall, Simon Prebble.



BORDER

Mary Marquis, Derek Batey, Fiona Cunningham, Tom Edwards, Allan Cartner, Bill Steel, Clive Champney, John Duncanson, Keith Martin, Pat Doody, Clem Shaw, Colin Lamont, Colin Weston, John Phillips.

CARLTON

Graham Bannerman. Mark Lipscomb, Andrea McDowall, David Allen, Sue Peacock.

CHANNEL

Gordon de Ste Croix, Jane Bayer, Alastair Layzell, Tony Scott-Warren, Jane Stuart.

CHANNEL FOUR TELEVISION

Paul Coia, Graham Rogers, Bill Bingham, Gary Terzza.

CENTRAL

Linda Cunningham, Su Evans, Helen Lloyd, Stewart White, Mike Prince, Simon Willis, Gary Terzza, Andy Marriott.

GRAMPIAN

Elizabeth Mackenzie, June Imray, Douglas Kynoch, Jimmy Spankie, Lesley Blair, Jack McLaughlin, Barrie Redfern, Kennedy Thomson, David Bennett, Lesley MacLeod, Anna-Maria Ash, Maggie Palmer, Colin Lamont, Ann Brodie, Anne Duguid, Jim O'Hara, Margaret Donald.

GRANADA

J. M. Mead, N. Somers, Miss R. Williams, Ray Moore, Charles Foster, Chris Kelly, Graham James, Bernard Youens, Sue Robbie, Jim Pope, Greg Bance, Colin Weston.

HTV

Don Moss Edward Cole, Eiry Lloyd Palfrey, Gwyn Parry, Sue Powell-Reed, Dilwyn Young-Jones, Annie St John, Daphne Neville, Vincent Daniels, John Stroker, Michael St John, Sally Alford, Mike Prince, Peter Lewis, Terry Dyddgen-Jones, Peter Marshall, Colin Weston, Arfon Haines Davies, Greg Bance, Elizabeth Carse, Colin Berry, Keith Martin, David Bennett, Gwyn Parry, Margaret Pritchard, Tom Edwards, Stuart Freeman, Graham Miller.


LONDON WEEKEND

Peter Lewis, Ruth Anders, Gayle Colman, Robin Houston, Pam Rhodes, Sue Peacock, Sarah Kennedy, Trish Bertram, Glen Thompsett, Greg Bance. Keith Martin, Colin Weston, Pat Doody, Tom Edwards, David Geary, Dick Graham, Barry Haynes, Derek Hobson, Bruce Lewis, Valerie Martindale, Hilary Osborne, Clive Rosiland, Alec Taylor, Simon Willis, Nick Worrell.


MERIDIAN

Hilary Osborne, David Bradford, Howard Pearce, Graham James.

SCOTTISH

Jimmy Nairn, Michael O'Halloran, Arthur Montford, Elaine Wells, Douglas Cameron, Gordon Roddick, Drew Russell, Bill Simpson, Raymond Boyd, Ivor Phillips, Morag Hood, Bob Christie, Pat Trevor, Alec Monteith, Hamish Wilson, David Chalmers, Clem Ashby, Kate Matheson, Marion White, Tony Currie, Steve Hamilton, Jimmy Spankie, Mike Gower, Brian Ford, Pauline Muirhead, Jay Crawford, Paul Coia, Dave Marshall, Bryce Curdy, Alison Forsyth, June Andrews, Ann Brodie, Maggie Palmer. Jim Symon, Cohn Lamont, Liz Kristiansen, Maggie Lavender.

SKY TELEVISION

Tommy Vance. Peter Davies.

SOUTHERN

Martin Muncaster, Julian Pettifer, Meryl O'Keefe, Sidonie Bond, Malcolm Brown, Aline James, Clifford Swindells, Michael Alexander, David Hamilton, Richard Davies, Nicholas Tresilian, Christine Webber, Brian Nissen, Chris Robbie, Phil Elsmore, Martyn King, Vanessa Thornton, Bill Flynn, Lesley Judd, Sarah Kennedy, Colin Weston, Su Evans, Ian Curry, Greg Bance, Keith Martin, Simon Prebble.

TELEDU CYMRU

Meurig Williams.

TELEVISION SOUTH

Malcolm Brown, Jennifer Clulow, William Flynn, Judy Matheson, Brian Nissen, Gordon Radley, Anna Maria Ash, Fred Dineage, Christopher Robbie.

TELEVISION SOUTH WEST

Fern Britton, Jennifer Gavin, Roger Shaw, David Rodgers, Judi Spiers, Ian Stirling, Jilly Carter, Andy Archer.

TWW

Bruce Lewis, Peter Lewis, Maureen Staffer, Ivor Roberts, Earl Bailey.

THAMES

Tom Edwards, Bill Steel, Phil Elsmore, David Hamilton, Sheila Kennedy, Peter Marshall, Mark Lipscomb, Evadne Fisher-Martin, Keith Martin, Simon Bates, David Belin, John Benson, Guy Blackmore, Sue Denny, Len Jackson, Sally Maclaren, Graham Miller, Jane Probyn, Christopher Robbie, Richard Skinner.


TYNE TEES

Tom Coyne, Jon Kelley, Mike Neville, Adrian Cairns, David Hamilton, Andy Craig, Bill Steel, Pat Curtis, Phil Elsmore, Allan Cartner, Pat Doody, Cathy Secker, Colin Weston, Phil Martin, Neville Wanless, Judi Spiers, Pat Judy, Annie St John, Jane Jermyn, Lyn Spencer, Andy Archer, Greg Bance, Judi Lines, Ian McNair, Simon Willis.

ULSTER

Adrienne McGuill, Jimmy Greene, Brian Durkin, Peter Marshall, Ivor Mills, Ann Gregg, Ernie Strathdee, Johanne Woods, Keith Burnsie, Keith Mayes, Ewen White.

WALES WEST & NORTH

Alan Taylor.

WESTCOUNTRY

Trish Bertram, Bruce Hammell.

WESTWARD

Michael Piper, Guy Corey, Roger Shaw, Stuart Hutchison, Penny Bowles, Ian Stirling, Sheila Kennedy, Judi Spiers, David Rodgers, Helen McDermott, Fern Britton, Colin Weston, Colleen Gray.

YORKSHIRE

John Crosse, Redvers Kyle, Paul Lally, Graham Roberts, Paul Kaye, Keith Martin.

Please feel free to make additions or corrections!

That's great Tony. Will take some time to properly look over the list.

But STV's John Toye was an ATV announcer?

Ruth Langsford?

Fred Dinenage was never a continuity announcer on TVS, or Meridian, not sure about Southern during the 60s though ?

Add to that list Graham Rogers (also Meridian), Laura Penn, and David Vickery.

Also Add to C4 :

David Vickery, Syd Burke, Keith Harrison (also LWT) Olga Hubitsca (sp?)

Add to Southern and Thames: Gill Hewett

As close to a definitive list of Ulster Television/UTV announcers as I am likely to get:

Adrienne McGuill, James Greene, Brian Durkin, Ivor Mills, Anne Gregg, Ernest Strathdee, Alan Brady, Denise Dearsley, Peter Marshall, Ewen White, Liz Fox, Margaret Percy, Keith Hayes, John O'Hara, Joanne Woods, Bill Smith, Diane McGladdery, Keith Burnside, Rose Neill, Barbara Palmer, Julian Simmons, Pamela Ballantine, Alyson Hogg, Patricia Wilkinson, Frank Mitchell, Tracey-Anne Griffiths, Lata Sharma, Aidan Browne, Gillian Porter, Robin Taylor, Tina Campbell, Gillian Ievers, Audra Cunningham/Thomas, Sarah Dobson/Clarke, Marc Mallett, Lynda Wilson/Fulford

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My information came from Roger Bunney, whose information is 100% reliable in these matters - he did say that Fred only appeared briefly to fill gaps when others were off sick.

Oh, yes. That's where he started. I have a tape somewhere of John doing the ITA announcement for ATV.

He was in fact the son of light music composer and conductor Geoffrey Toye, who composed "The Haunted Ballroom".

I have much to learn from you Tony

Yes, and:-

Caroline Oldrey (Definately)
Stuart Hutchinson (It was Stuart, but I'm not sure about the surname)?

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Umm, fair enough then. However, don't forget to add the ubiquitous Keith Martin to TVS's list !

Tyne Tees additions:

Simon Whitlock (YTV-sourced but a relief announcer at Newcastle), Karen Petch (likewise), Andy Siddell (likewise! Andy was always out of vision), Jonathan Morrell, Clem Shaw (the BBC announcer, worked at Tyne Tees out-of-vision in 1991-2), Lesley Manners.

Border addition:

Lesley Cairney (Lesley Manners before she married...).

Yorkshire additions:

Simon Whitlock, Karen Petch, Andy Siddell, Maggie Mash, Bob Preedy (plus a bunch of others after the various mergers which are probably better placed in a generic "GMG North" section -- these would include Kerrie Gosney, Tracey Crawford, Roger Tilling, Nick Oliver and of course Bob Preedy, Maggie Mash and John Crosse).

I remember seeing Gary Terzza on Central in the 80s and he also presented Children's ITV in the summer holidays in around 1987 with Debbie Shore - I am not sure if she was also a central announcer. I am only just about old enough to remember the Central in-vision announcers and the only other one I can recall is Mike Prince - he is so well-remembered by Central viewers. From the clips I have seen in more recent years, he was fantastic at his job and surely one of the best, if not the best, announcers at Central