The Continuity Booth
ITV 1 - Meridian
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Former Meridian announcer.TVS continuity announcer in the 1980s and 1990s who was also occasionally heard on Meridian. Keith now has an overnight radio show which Captial Gold (available in many areas and on Sky Digital). He also presents a show dedicated to nothing but number 1s on Sunday nights between 6 and 10pm.Mike was one of the best known voices on LWT as the station's key promotions voice-over man from 1983 until 2001. He took a turn in the continuity booth as a station announcer between 2001 and 2002. Mike has also announced and voiced promos for TVS, Meridian and Sky to name but a few. Mike, an LBC radio presenter from 1981 to 1991, is currently a freelance presenter and a regular announcer on BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting).Meridian Broadcasting continuity announcer from 2000 to 2002, and previously an announcer with HTV West in Bristol. Fiona's voice was heard on HTV West, as well as Anglia Television, as continuity for these two stations was sourced from Meridian's Southampton headquarters until October 2002. Fiona is now a news reader for Ivel FM in Somerset. 
Well known Granada TV in-vision announcer in the 1970s and 1980s. Graham moved to Meridian in Southampton and was an announcer on that station, HTV West and on Anglia TV until October 2002.
Continuity announcer on LWT (1979 to 1981), TVS, Meridian, and also a familiar voice to BBC Radio 2 listeners. She also announced for BBC Radio 4, from 1984 - TBC. Hilary made the final continuity announcement on TVS on 31 December 1992.Former Meridian announcer.Graham has been a staff ITV Network announcer since October 2002. He is a former Radio 210 disc jockey who fronted TVS' overnight service, 'Late Night Late'. He joined Meridian from TVS to present the overnight service 'Nightime'. He went on to become one of Meridian's four duty announcers also providing continuity for Anglia and HTV West. Graham has also announced for Channel 4.
Additionally, Graham continues to freelance as a presenter and voice-over on programmes for Sky, Channel 5 and ITV 2. He also produced and presented the 'Exercise Helping Hand' documentaries in Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Staff ITV 1 announcer since October 2002. Before this, Paul was stationed at Southampton providing continuity to Meridian, HTV West and Anglia Television. Paul used to host the breakfast show on Gloucestershire's Severn Sound radio station.Website
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.
Since January 2004, Jonathan has worked as a news presenter for the BBC World Service. He has regularly presented the 'BBC World News', 'The African News' and programmes such as 'From Our Own Correspondent'.
Jonathan started in television in the early-1990s, working for the PBS station in Seattle (KCTS Television), presenting programmes and documentaries; he was also the main promotional voice of the station. After training as a news writer at Worldwide Television News, Jonathan presented various WTN documentaries, including the environmental series 'Earthfile' and a five hour programme about Nigeria.
For c. six years, Jonathan worked for ITV. Most of his time there was spent at HTV West as a news presenter and announcer (1994 - 1998). He presented the channel's lunchtime news, morning bulletins and the popular late news programme at 10.30pm.
Jonathan presented the weather for Meridian (1992 - 1993); he was also an announcer there and at HTV Wales (1993). He also presented on the Sky News overnight service for a period.
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