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. This article includes a television- and people-related list of lists. Savings of 25 million must be made by the end of March 2022, the corporation said . On smart speakers. Belfrage was on air at the time but carried on as though nothing had happened. Ticehurst was also one of the few women who worked at transmitter sites, cleaning and changing valves, monitoring levels and patching programming on a switchboard. Her first radio appearance was as stand-in for a pianist who was unwell. His career included the introduction of BBC Two, colour television, early digital technology, and the CEEFAX teletext service. Contact BBC News. As one of the leading female BBC news sports presenters, Clare currently hosts The Clare Balding Show; a sports chat show, which airs on BBC Two and BT Sport. Deadline is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Delyth Lloyd. Jane Dougall. Since 2014, Claudia has been co-hosting with Daly night live shows on Saturdays after the departure of Sir Bruce Forsyth. Tom Crowe joined the BBC Third Programme in 1952 as announcer, but found the repetitive nature of role restricting, and left in 1960, only to return 4 years later when the BBC had modernised and lightened its on-air style. As of 2021, Alexis Green has a net worth of $1 million and her annual salary is over $60,000. Chetan Pathak. Reith fought off the politicians' attempts to influence the corporation, while offering the British people programmes to educate, inform and entertain. Monica Sims was appointed the first woman Controller of Radio 4 in 1978 and successfully modernised the network without alienating its loyal listeners. By 1942 she had been appointed as co-ordinator and host on the regular Empire Service programme Calling the West Indies. This is a list of newsreaders and reporters currently employed by BBC Television and BBC Radio. Morgan was also a popular screen presence, particularly as a team captain in A Question of Sport. In 1938, he answered an advertisement for temporary staff at the BBC, kicking off a 45-year career with the corporation, first at the Maida Vale in London, then moving to Manchester for 30 years. The Homes Under The Hammer presenter and property developer, 59, wants to bring a unique and important part of a Welsh community's heritage back to life by reopening a local pub which closed . Donald Baverstock began his BBC career in the BBC television talks department, producing regular live magazine programmes such as Tonight. William Glock served as BBC Controller of Music from 1959 to 1972, introducing many avant-garde composers to BBC radio. Philip French began working life as a reporter for the Bristol Evening Post, and by 1959 had joined BBC Radio in London, rising to senior talks producer (1968). He became Director General in 1960 and led the BBC throughout the Sixties, which saw the arrival of BBC Two, colour television and local radio. News / Sport Presenter, Video Journalist, Digital Content producer, Social Media . Christian Fraser is among the new five-strong line-up of chief presenters, Yalda Hakim currently presents the Impact and Our World strands, Live with Lucy Hockings is currently aired on the BBC World News channel. George Alagiah, BBC Six O'Clock News. Three other long-serving news presenters - Joanna Gosling, David Eades and Tim Willcox - recently announced their departures from the corporation. Tim Davie, the BBC director-general, said last month that the corporation needs fewer news presenters. Both were known for their progressive ideas about programming that reflected the liberalising ethos of the 1960s. After a long secondment to broadcasting in Hong Kong, he returned as Controller, Northern Ireland from 1978-1987, and saw the BBC through a testing period which included the Republican hunger strikes, the assassination of Mountbatten, the Brighton bomb and the Real Lives controversy. A Rugby fly-half with 29 Welsh caps and the captaincy of the British Lions to his credit, on retirement from the game, Cliff Morgan was appointed radio sports organiser for BBC Wales. Fiona Bruce, BBC News at Ten and BBC News . Like their male counterparts, female BBC World News reporters boldly give the audience the opportunity to taste the quality and depth of BBC reports from their correspondents spread all over the world. Harman Grisewood made a quick move into the BBC following graduation, joining the staff in 1927. Find out more about our on-screen team here at ITV Channel Television. Eades, Gosling and Willcox have reportedly disputed the payoffs they were offered by the BBC after decades of service between them. 5. BBC South produced a distinct news service for the area . Not included in this list are the presenters of the programmes BBC Breakfast and the BBC One bulletins that are simulcast on the channel. Next she moved to London to announce on BBC One, and then to BBC West to present Let Me Tell You visiting a different town in the South West every week. From 1989 to 1994 he became S4C Chief Executive. 2 min read. Rob Smith, presenter of BBC South East Today, has announced he is leaving the broadcaster after 25 years. However many of these weather presenters are also used as presenters of weekend news bulletins. Clare Balding, 44, is an English BBC television presenter, journalist and retired amateur jockey. BBC South Today presenter. Professor David Hendy outlines the unique value of oral history, and its longstanding importance at the University of Sussex. Arnold joined the BBC in 1929, as a typist, but was interested in live radio. Weather presenters from BBC South Today have taken up the BBC News theme challenge. Send us a tip using our annonymous form. DeSantis won't say he's running. BBC News presenter gets emotional in last ever sign-off. BBC News BBC News. David Eades, Joanna Gosling, and Tim Willcox have reportedly taken voluntary redundancy amid the BBC's plans to merge its international and UK news channels. Toward the end of his career he achieved the position of Controller of the Third Programme, and finally to Managing Director, BBC Radio. During World War Two he covered the major battles at El Alamein and Monte Cassino, and received an OBE in 1946. Amanda Farnsworth held various BBC roles before rising to Editor of the One and Six O'Clock News programmes, Deputy Editor on Newsnight, and Bureau Chief in Washington DC. Amroliwala will also be familiar to British audiences having anchored election and other political coverage. Charles Curran was the first ex-grammar school Director-General. Other BBC News presenters also provide relief presentation on programmes broadcast on these channels. She made her first television appearance in February 1959, in Mainly for Women, where she demonstrated how to make brandy snaps. Other BBC News presenters also provide relief presentation on programmes broadcast on this channel. Grahame Miller first joined BBC North Region in 1947 and became overall head of programmes there in the early 1960s. 10:43, 1 MAY 2021. Before that, in a long BBC career that began in 1953, she was head of childrens television - introducing Newsround, Play School and The Wombles - and Editor of Womans Hour. Oliver Whitley joined the BBC in 1935 and, at the outbreak of World War Two joined the BBC Monitoring Service at Wood Norton. He transformed Childrens Hour and was responsible for Whats My Line? Presenters who have normal shows and also Relief present have their relief shows in bold. Ritula Shah. Signup for Breaking News Alerts & Newsletters. A move to television in 1968 saw Ammonds become one of the main producer/directors for Morecambe and Wise. ", "BBC - Evan Davis appointed as new presenter for Radio 4's PM programme - Media Centre", "BBC News gets a Global Population Correspondent - ResponseSource", "Sarah Smith appointed BBC News' North America Editor", "Delighted to confirm @BBCSophie - Sophie Long - as our new Los Angeles Correspondent. John Birt (Lord Birt of Liverpool, Sir John, 1944-) was BBC Director-General from 1992 to 2000. Between 2013 and 2016, she presented The Great British Sewing Bee; a BBC Twos TV series. Formerly known as the BBC Ten O'Clock News, it is the evening news programme for the BBC News channel and BBC One. Before serving as a presenter, Jo was BBC political correspondent where she covered the London Mayoral election in 2000. 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. In the regions, you'll find each team has one meteorologist alongside 1/2 presenters who are trained in chart reading and script writing. He became one of the key BBC war reporters and royal correspondents. As Director-General from 1992 he oversaw the BBC's involvement with online and digital services. Sources told Deadline the screen tests have been "humiliating" for the veteran TV news anchors. The Traitors is returning for season 2 - you can apply now (Picture: BBC/Studio Lambert Associates/Mark Mainz) In order to apply for The Traitors season 2, you must be: at least 18 years of age . However, there are a plethora of reasons for the exit of major entertainment personalities - ranging from the publication of their salaries to the increasingly fragmented media industry. This can also happen to cover holidays mainly during July and August, and over Christmas periods. South Today profiles: Presenters. He moved over to services beamed at Russia and the former Eastern Bloc in the early 1970s, and became Managing Director, World Service in 1984. Read about our approach to external linking. Frank Gillard was one of the most familiar voices on radio during the Second World War, as a war correspondent in North Africa and Europe. He's worked as a news reporter, a presenter, a producer and . Although BBC Television was established in Scotland since February 1952 - and broadcast some opt-out programming - it did not start its daily Scottish television news service until Friday 30 August 1957, initially consisting of a five-minute bulletin at 6.05pm on weekdays and a sports results programme on Saturdays. 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