The Continuity Booth
ITV 1 - TVS
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Anna-Maria Ashe was a continuity announcer at BBC Scotland, TVS and Grampian Television in the mid-1980s. She also presented lunchtime news bulletins in-vision during her time with BBC Scotland (1986). She later moved to the TVS nightly news magazine 'Coast To Coast' where she did a stint at presenting/news reading for the Southampton edition, before moving to the Maidstone programme.
Anna-Maria was replaced at Maidstone by Liz Wickham when she moved to LWT as the main anchor of 'LWT News' and 'LWT News Weekend'. She was one of the main presenters on the 'London Tonight' programme on ITV 1 until February 2004.
One of ITV's legendary announcers, John Benson announced for ABC Television, in Manchester and Birmingham, from 1957 until 1966. In 1967, he was a presenter for the BBC Light Programme, and a relief announcer for Rediffusion in London.
He joined Thames Television when it took over the London weekday franchise from 1968. He also continued as a relief announcer for Westward, Anglia, Southern, Thames and TVS. Benson's voice-over credits include the introduction to Southern Television's final programme, It's Goodbye From Us, Anglia TV's Sale Of The Century, and Yorkshire TV's 3-2-1. John Benson died in 1995.
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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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Malcolm trained as an announcer on HTV West in the late-1960s and early-1970s before moving to Granada in 1972. He stayed with the company until 1982 when he moved south to join franchise winners TVS. Malcolm made the very first announcement on TVS on January 01 1982, and remained as a voice-only announcer after in-vision continuity was dispensed with in the mid-1980s. He also acted as MC for TVS' final programme 'Goodbye To All That'.
Malcolm can still be heard reading letters out on BBC Radio 4's 'Feedback'. He also spent time as a disc jockey on London's easy-listening radio station Magic FM.
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).Jenny Clulow was one of Westward's main in-vision announcers in the late-1970s. Jenny left the company before it lost its franchise to TSW, and re-appeared just over a year later as one of the continuity team on TVS when it displaced Southern in the South and South East in January 1982. She left TVS around the time the company dispensed with in-vision continuity in the mid-1980s. A trained actress, Jenny is probably best known for her role as the archetypal English beauty being courted by a silver-tongued Frenchmen in the long-running series of Cointreau advertisements through the 1980s. She's also had cameo roles in several popular comedy and drama series, such as Lovejoy (where she played a television presenter) and Keeping Up Appearances (her role was as an estate agent). Jenny also featured in Carry On Don't Lose Your Head in the 1970s.In-vision Southern Television continuity announcer in the 1970s. Clifford Earl also announced out-of-vision for TVS in the 1980s.TVS announcer in the early-1990s and then a Carlton Television (London) announcer from 1993 to 2003. Fiona was also the voice of cable channel Carlton Cinema. Vision only continuity announcer for TVS in the 1980s.Grampian Television in-vision announcer in the 1980s. John has also popped up on other ITV stations as an announcer over the years, including time with TVS as a voice only announcer in the late-1980s and early-1990s. 
Started his television career as a cameraman and moved into continuity with TVS before joining Thames Television as a continuity announcer in the 1980s. He stayed until Carlton took over and was the only member of the Thames continuity team to move to the new station when it took over on January 1 1993. Mark was Carlton's senior announcer until October 2002 when the station's London identity was dropped. However, Mark continues to present weekend bulletins for Central News South - a role he has been performing since 1991. He has also presented the main early evening news programme during the week.
Mark spoke to TTVRP in January 2006: "Over the past three-and-a half-years I have had the opportunity of working on a number of projects at Central News. I was Assistant Producer on a few outside broadcasts including Central's pan-regional 'Britain On The Move' campaign and the Fairford Royal International Air Tattoo. More recently while our studio was being redesigned for the ITV rebranding, we took Central News outside and presented the programme from five of the region's hospitals. I helped produce this and was also the roving reporter each night taking on a variety of tasks, from sampling the hospital Christmas dinners to being a cleaner for the day and hospital porter. My skills were also put to the test one night when due to sickness with one of our directors, I ended up directing the outside broadcast. It was a great week and well received by the viewers. That together with some radio presenting and voice-over work, I have been a busy man since leaving Carlton."
Freelance BBC TV announcer, 1983 - 1989. BBC World Service TV announcer, 1992. Television South announcer in the late-1980s.
Former offshore pirate radio broadcaster who moved into television announcing, and, since then, has appeared on many ITV regional stations, including long stints at ABC TV, the North and Midlands weekend contractor until 1968. Keith also announced for ATV, Yorkshire Television, Anglia TV, Television South and LWT in the 1970s/1980s. Announcer for Southern TV, 1959 - 1961; ATV and ABC Television. BBC TV announcer, 1965 to 1972; BBC Radio External Services announcer 1975 onwards. Keith went on to specialise in voice coaching - his clients include former Prime Minister John Major.
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LWT in-vision continuity announcer in the late-1970s and early-1980s. Verity Martindill was a regular continuity face on several other ITV stations, including Southern Television, Central and TVS.
In-vision continuity announcer for Thames Television during the daytime and for the overnight service in the wee small hours during the mid to late-1980s. She also announced for Television South in the 1980s.
Brian Nissen was a mainstay of Southern Television's announcing team from the start in the 1950s and was one of the few to survive the announcer cull when TVS took over the franchise to broadcast to the South and South East in January 1982. Brian was a regular face at the TVS continuity desk until the station dispensed with in-vision announcing in the mid-1980s.
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.
Thames Television overnight announcer in 1989/1990 and also a TVS announcer and radio presenter. Laura went on to work as an announcer for Living TV in the 1990s.
Continuity announcer for both TVS and Anglia Television, who now reads the overnight news bulletins on Sky News. His career in broadcasting spans 20 years and has seen him present for ITN, Meridian, Grampian, HTV, LBC, BBC West and BBC South. He has recently built an excellent track record as a media trainer and qualified PR consultant and has trained many blue chip and public sector clients.
Announcer for Associated Rediffusion, Southern, Anglia and Thames TV. Christopher had a friendly air and a great screen presence. He presented Southern's final programme, It's Goodbye From Us with great panache, and was one of only two continuity announcers featured, the other one being veteran colleague Brian Nissen. After Southern lost its contract, Christopher popped up from time to time as an announcer on TVS, before going into theatre. He has also announced for Thames TV in London and Anglia Television.
Recently, he's been on tour with a one-man play about Charles Darwin. He trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London. In the theatre he has achieved notable success in the plays of Shakespeare, Ibsen, Lope de Vega, Calderon, Euripedes and Miller. For four years he was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, during which time he played the title role in King Lear. On television his portrayal of the Cyberleader in the Dr. Who adventure The Revenge of the Cyberman won him a cult following. Christopher has also worked as director and designer and his play The Sirens of Eroc, was written under the nom-de-plume of James Alan. As an artist he has held successful exhibitions of his photographs.
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.
Better known as an announcer for BBC Radio 4, Alison Rooper also announced for TVS and for Channel 4 for six months. The World Service was next, and after that came BBC Radio 4, where she has been since 1989. 
BBC Radio 2 announcer, 1981 - 1982. BBC TV announcer, 1982 - 1983. Channel 4 and TVS announcer in the late-1980s. She also voiced BBC TV presentation trails in 1988.
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TVS announcer who later joined LWT just as in-vision announcing was being phased out in the early-1980s. Glen remained with LWT until October 2002. He has also presented for 'Meridian News' in the South East, Sky Television, and on several satellite travel and shopping channels. Glen also freelances as an announcer for ITV 1 and as a presenter on Radio Caroline.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.
One of the most familiar faces on Granada. Colin started with the station in 1968. From the late-1970s until the 1990s he also worked on a freelance basis for London Weekend, Southern, Tyne Tees, Border, Yorkshire, HTV, Anglia and TVS. Colin was the senior announcer at Granada when he left the company in 1998.
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Tyne Tees Northern Life co-presenter who joined TVS as a continuity announcer and news reader in the late-1980s. Jane went on to present for Meridian in the south.
