The Continuity Booth
Five
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Glen is a voice-over artist/presenter who found fame with his knowledgeable introductions to 'Dr Who', 'Blake's 7' and other cult shows on UK Gold.
His first television appearance was in 1996, providing in-vision continuity on UK Gold and fronting his own 'Before They Were Famous' type show - 'Familiar Faces'. In 1997 he had a close shave with 'Rod Hull and Emu' in the series 'A Flare for the Seventies'.
He has worked on screen with Elisabeth Sladen ('The Sarah Jane Adventures'), Leslie Grantham, June Brown and Gretchen Franklin ('EastEnders') and wrote a specially-shot episode of 'EastEnders' for them.
Glen joined UK Gold in 1993 and became the voice of the channel in it's very first year; he remained there until late-1997.
He then moved to BBC Network TV, providing continuity for BBC One and BBC Two. He was also one of the core team of announcers at the launch of BBC Choice. During his time at the BBC he featured in 'Welcome to Digital' with former 'Loose Woman' Kaye Adams, where he was bound, gagged and kidnapped!
He moved from BBC Network to Five in 2003 and has been providing live continuity and attracting a new fan base since. He's somewhat amused at his Facebook fan club, mainly thanks to 'Neighbours' fans; unsure who he was, they labelled it 'The Channel 5 pre-/post-'Neighbours' announcer man is awesome'.
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Trish started her announcing career with London Weekend back in 1982. She went on to announce at the Super Channel, TVS, British Satellite Broadcasting, Westcountry and UK Gold. Trish was LWT's senior announcer from the mid-1990s.
In early-2003, Trish joined the announcing team at Five; she also freelanced as an ITV 1 announcer during 2003. In addition to her role at Five, Trish continues a relationship with ITV, providing promo voice-overs for ITV 1 and continuity announcements for ITV 3.
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Vicki is currently one of the continuity voices for Five. Previously, she provided continuity links for Living, Living 2 and Sky 1.Bill's big TV break came in 1982 when he became one of the co-presenters on the BBC's consumer programme, That's Life! In 1985 he moved on to become a reporter on the BBC's Holiday programme. He subsequently made many appearances on TV quiz shows and other programmes such as Songs Of Praise and Children In Need.
From the late-1980s, he was presenting programmes on many BBC and commercial radio stations. He also starred in many theatre productions and pantos.
In 1997, he was appointed senior announcer at Channel 5 as it was then known. He was renowned in the industry for his irreverent style. He left the station in Autumn 2002 when the channel was relaunched and rebranded.
Since 2002, Bill has made regular TV appearances, including reviewing the papers on BBC News 24. He is currently a presenter on LBC radio.
Jim is an announcer with Five; he's the second longest serving announcer with the channel. Jim is also a presenter on Smooth FM.John was one of the original team of announcers at Channel 5 when it launched in March 1997. He was responsible for the 'Sunset Beach' cult craze on Channel 5 daytime. John operated Beaver the puppet on 'Milkshake', where he was also known as 'John the Voice', when the childrens' strand launched in September 1997.
John left Five in 2002, although he still provides relief cover occasionally. He now works for Smooth Radio in the West Midlands and BFBS TV continuity and transmission control.
Jane started out as 'Pippa Horn', the travel and breakfast co-presenter at Red Dragon FM in Cardiff. Whilst working on the breakfast show she was approached by HTV Wales to present 'Time Out', a holiday programme based in Wales. She then went on to present her own drivetime show at Medway FM in Kent, which also involved producing features and organising competitions and roadshows.
In 1998, Jane started work at Metro Networks presenting travel reports for the Chris Evans breakfast show on Virgin FM and she also landed a job on the continuity sofa at ITV 2.
In May 2000, she started working for 'Earth and Space' at NOW - a pioneering convergence channel broadcasting to Asia and worldwide on the web. The work involved anchoring live science programmes, interviewing guest scientists, writing web pages and occasionally working on location for special reports.
During 2001, Jane worked in Holland and Athens for five weeks at a time directing and presenting travel programmes for a new broadband/linear channel called "Viewing 4 Leisure".
In 2002, she worked with Ant and Dec on ITV 1 as a regional presenter on 'Record of the Year'.
In 2004, Jane filmed kids show 'X-perimental' for BBC One. Working as the science reporter, it was Jane's responsibility to get the science across in an unpatronising, no-nonsense, yet easily understood manner.
Also in 2004, Jane worked as a studio/location presenter for TV Travel Shop, which involved a shoot in America filming 'Go Florida'.
Jane is currently working as a freelance presenter for Price-drop.tv, where she has to talk and sell non-stop for three hours at a time. She can also be heard on Five and Challenge, where she works as a continuity announcer. She is also a children's presenter for British Forces TV.
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Gavin presents a late night radio show on Southern FM and also provides continuity announcements on Five. Previously, he has worked as a presenter on Five's children's strand, Mikeshake. He has also presented on Essex FM and Vibe FM.Paul joined Channel 5 as an announcer from the station's launch in 1997. He is now the only remaining member of the original announcing team at the station. Paul is also a racing commentator.
John started in continuity as a freelancer for ITV 2 in January 2005. He remained there for two years. He also worked as part of the Five continuity team between mid-2006 and early-2008.
As of late-2008, John was announcing for Virgin 1. His acting career was also taking off, with appearances in various short films behind him, such as 'Hammered', written by Noel Clarke ('Doctor Who' and 'Kidulthood'). He also stars in the feature film, 'Do Elephants Pray?'.
John has a BA (Hons) in Media Performance from the University of Salford.
Image courtesy of John Last.
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The "Voice Of Central" began his announcing career c.1986 with a distinctive, authoritative yet upbeat style. Always out-of-vision, Ted's announcements became synonymous with the station and an integral part of the on-screen brand. His voice could also be heard on "Announcements For Teachers" on ITV Schools (before it moved to Channel 4).
Ted has been on the announcing team at Five since early-2003.
Scottish voice who got an attachment as a BBC Network announcer in 1989. BBC World Service TV announcer, 1992. Worked briefly in 1993 as an announcer for ITV Carlton in London. She has also worked as an announcer with BSB, Living TV and BBC Scotland.
Andrea is currently an announcer with Five.
Natasha is a continuity announcer with Five. She has also voiced trails for BBC TV.Kelly-Anne is a continuity announcer for Five, Virgin 1 and UKTV Food.
She has also voiced promotional trails for BBC TV, ITV and BBC America and provided station imaging for many major radio networks around the world.
Experienced television announcer and voice-over artist who was one of the initial presenters of 'Late Night Late' on TVS. Since then, David has worked as an announcer on many stations, including Meridian, LWT and Carlton TV London (in January 2000), and he also made the first, opening continuity announcements on both Channel Five and Carlton Select.
A trained actor with BA Honours degree in film and drama, David spent two years in theatre before joining Channel 4 as a presentation announcer. He currently announces for the Discovery Channel and the Biography Channel, and continues with voice-over and on-air promotion work for a wide range of broadcast and corporate clients, including Channel 4 and More4.
