Professor David Hendy outlines the unique value of oral history, and its longstanding importance at the University of Sussex. His interest in nature was a driving force behind the setting up of the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol. A source close to the process said it was fair and competitive, and that World presenters would be familiar to UK audiences. Venu Chitale arrived in Britain from colonial India in the 1930s, and became a talks broadcaster and assistant to George Orwell at the BBCs Indian Section of the Eastern Service. The peak of his career came when he took the role of Controller of the BBC Third Programme until 1952. Sources said the majority of the jobs had gone to BBC World News anchors rather than UK presenters, with one person describing it as a de facto closure of the UK channel. After a stint at ITN and a failed attempt to become an MP he re-joined the Corporation in 1959, where he honed his distinctive gruff style on programmes including Panorama, The World at One and Question Time. Originally based in Newcastle she developed a love for the North-East in particular where she believed there wasnt a "living soul" who didnt have something original, something interesting to relate". Of the new chief presenters, Amroliwala currently hosts Global on BBC World News, while Fraser fronts The Context on both existing channels, as well as co-presenting BBC Two's Newsnight. bbc.com. I anchor BBC World and BBC News and BBC South Today. With over 30 years broadcasting experience, Lorna kicked off her radio career in 1985 as a news reporter at BBC Radio Cornwall, which was followed by various production roles at BBC London and World Service. She was there in June 1940 when General de Gaulle delivered his historic broadcast. The role had changed by the time of his return, and he was able to add more personality to his broadcasts. BBC News employs many presenters and correspondents who appear across television, radio and contribute to BBC Online. BBC News provides television journalism to BBC One bulletins and the rolling news channels BBC World News and the BBC News Channel in the United Kingdom. The redundancy process is said to have already begun and News channel presenters must perform a "screen test" if they want to be considered for one of the remaining "chief presenter" jobs that could earn up to 230,000 a year. She presents BBC World News and BBC Breakfast. Five journalists were successful in landing a chief presenter role, in which they could earn as much as 230,000 ($284,000). During the war and beyond he becomes Controller of BBC North. Since 2014, Claudia has been co-hosting with Daly night live shows on Saturdays after the departure of Sir Bruce Forsyth. Yvonne Adamson began her BBC radio career in 1945 as a reporter in North Region, part of the BBC to which she remained committed for the rest of her working life. She introduced Play School with a diverse line-up of presenters and Jackanory, which attracted well-known actors and authors to read their books. Rob Smith, presenter of BBC South East Today, has announced he is leaving the broadcaster after 25 years. Presenting Lunchtime Concerts on BBC Radio 3 was one of her regular commitments. He retired in 1989 as Managing Director, BBC Television. However, Victoria left the BBC in late 2014 alongside Shelagh Fogarty and Richard Bacon. The former BBC Breakfast broadcaster, 45, was hit by a car whilst he was out cycling on the morning of February . Bryan Cowgill was first employed by BBC Outside Broadcasts department in 1955, working mainly in sports programmes. Presenters on the BBC News channel and BBC World News are set to be sacked as part of a raft of 70 job cuts in the UK in a plan to create a single more . Sir Ian Jacob became Director General in 1952 and stayed until 1960, during which time television overtook radio as the dominant medium. David Waine originally trained as a local newspaper reporter, and quickly moved into local BBC TV journalism in the BBC South and BBC West regions. His major contribution to the BBC, was establishing the basic principles of public service broadcasting. Grahame Miller first joined BBC North Region in 1947 and became overall head of programmes there in the early 1960s. The trio have taken voluntary redundancy ahead of a divisive channel merger between BBC News Channel and BBC World News. 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As an independent department, BBC Sport provides international sports reporting for BBC radio, television, and online. In 1944 Audrey Russell became the only British woman to be accredited as a war correspondent and went on to became the first female news reporter. New Zealand beat England following one of all-time great finishes. 2023 BBC. Both were known for their progressive ideas about programming that reflected the liberalising ethos of the 1960s. More than just facts and figures, World Business Report tells you what you need to know to . Today show anchor salaries and net worth: how much do they make? BBC South produced a distinct news service for the area . 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Tony Bridgewater was a pioneering engineer, who launched the worlds first public hi-definition television service for the BBC in 1936. Donald Baverstock began his BBC career in the BBC television talks department, producing regular live magazine programmes such as Tonight. . Fraser, for example, fronts The Context, which broadcasts in the UK. Richard Francis was a senior management figure at BBC Northern Ireland, rising to Controller Northern Ireland by the 1970s. A prolific radio drama production career continued into the 1990s becoming Head of Drama by his retirement, and will be remembered for discovering Joe Orton. John Green worked on gardening programmes and discovered the wartime gardening expert CH Middleton, before becoming Controller, Talks. Explaining the changes, Naja Nielsen, digital director at BBC News, said: The way audiences consume news is changing. 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. Michael Jackson joined the BBC as founding editor of The Late Show in 1988, rising swiftly to become Head of Music & Arts in 1991. As a revered broadcast, both male and female BBC News presenters are popular for their phenomenal contribution in the world of journalism. Sports Editor, BBC South. David Attenborough initially approached the BBC for a position in radio talks programmes for which he was rejected. Views here are my own not my employers. They are also experienced in other areas like acting, modeling and writing plays and novels. Credit: ITV Channel TV/Vicky Hall. On Monday morning (February 27), Sally, her co-host Jon Kay and weather forecaster Carol Kirkwood spoke about the Aurora Borealis which appeared over . James Hawthorne left the teaching profession to join the BBC in 1960. From the BBC Oral History Collection here are some of the key personalities, producers, and innovators that tell the inside story of the BBC. Not included in this list are presenters of the BBC News Channel programme BBC Newsroom Live which is simulcast on BBC Two. She became the Corporations horse racing presenter in 1997 when Julian Wilson retired. Joanna Gosling and Tim Wilcox opted to take voluntary redundancy over reapplying for a position on the new news channel. She moved to Panorama in 1986, moving on again in 1990 to become Editor, Horizon. She also worked for Channel 4 News as a business reporter and producer, and on Bloomberg TV as a presenter. Stephen Bonarjee (1912 - 2003) was the BBC executive that created iconic series such as From Our Own Correspondent and the Today Programme. Presenters were already aggrieved at the humiliating recruitment process, during which they had to take screen tests in a small studio with a manual autocue. BBC SE Olympics Correspondent for 2012. Mahendra Kaul was the face of the Asian Programmes Unit, introducing Apna Hi Ghar Samajhiye on Sunday morning radio and television, and - from 1968 - NaiZindagi Naya Jeevan. He was always on the side of the performer and writer, and acted on their behalf in trade disputes. Sir John Tusa came to the BBC as a General Trainee in 1960. She followed a well-known BBC career route, starting in the BBC typing pool in 1944. Alan Hart initially worked for Grandstand as Editor in the 1960s. "I think they [Eades, Gosling, and Willcox] could not face the prospect of having to go through this ignominious process," one source said. As head of outside broadcasts he knew the value of an eloquent speaker in bringing the atmosphere of the occasion to the audience at home. As Director-General from 1992 he oversaw the BBC's involvement with online and digital services. Mary Ticehurst was the BBCs first woman vision mixer. Deadline is. Betty Glover. 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Hood oversaw the launch of the satire That Was the Week That Was, police drama Z-Cars, and science fiction hit Doctor Who. Matthew Amroliwala, Christian Fraser, Yalda Hakim, Lucy Hockings and Maryam Moshiri will lead the new line-up. Since joining BBC in 1989 as Panorama researcher, she has served on BBC News at Ten where she became the first female newsreader. Ellie is a Senior Presenter at the BBC and currently presents programmes for BBC South East Today. Ken Bruce has claimed that BBC bosses have hastened his exit from Radio 2. He is one of the first television pioneers, producing Picture Page a popular magazine programme. Reporter, sport presenter and planner for BBC South Today . Alexis Green who is working as the BBC South News journalist and weather reporter is a mother of an adorable child; a daughter named Imogen Foster. The trio have taken voluntary redundancy ahead of a divisive channel merger between BBC News Channel and BBC World News. James (Jimmy) Gilbert, was a prolific television producer, director and executive for the BBC. He persuaded the royal family to allow cameras inside Westminster Abbey for the Coronation in 1953, for a broadcast that was watched by half the population. Eric Fenn was a Presbyterian theologian, college principal and deputy head of BBC religious broadcasting. 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. See you soon @anne_delaney @SteveLammiman @VNorris101", "I'll be working across the counties of West and East Midlands for National BBC news", "Vicki Young appointed BBC's new Deputy Political Editor", "We are delighted to announce @adamfleming has been appointed as the BBC's Chief Political Correspondent. He, like Boulton, is a hardened hand who has tackled last-minute . This was despite many having decades of live presenting experience. 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By 1971 he had become Controller, Overseas and Foreign relations. He tried again and eventually landed a job as Variety Producer at BBC Belfast, producing numerous variety programmes which were eventually broadcast nationally. The corporation also employs several sports, weather, and business presenters to anchor part of news programmes. She has since enjoyed a prolific career as a writer, commentator and communicator. https:// bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-p olitics-63327087 . The programme ran until 1977. At first Soper was the units film producer travelling the world for a series called Look. McLean became Director of Engineering in 1963. He was soon reading childrens classics such as Black Beauty. BBC News Services. The BBC is combining its international and domestic news channels into a single offering as the corporation bids to cut costs and reinvent its output for a digital age. The 45-year-old former BBC Breakfast presenter said he "could have died" but confirmed he is unable to remember any details of the accident. Patricia Hughes was a BBC Radio 3 continuity announcer and newsreader, known for her perfect diction and precise on-air timing. He believed media institutions should be accountable to the communities they serve, and that a commercial system could never provide for a democratic societys real communication needs. She also played the role of co-presenter with Steve Jones for the initial two series of Lets Sing and Dance. Janet Adam Smith was a writer, editor and proponent of Scottish literature. Formerly known as the BBC Ten O'Clock News, it is the evening news programme for the BBC News channel and BBC One. He oversaw the launch of S4C the Welsh Channel 4 in 1982. The department is one of the leading news organizations in the world that produces daily television and radio productions. He finally settled on radio drama, and produced numerous classics as well as the radio soap The Dales. List of current BBC newsreaders and reporters, Last edited on 19 February 2023, at 18:14, List of former BBC newsreaders and journalists, "George Alagiah says his cancer could have been caught sooner under Scottish screening system", https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/bbc-unveils-presenter-line-up-for-news-channel, "BBC Radio 1 - Newsbeat, It's Ben Mundy On a Monday", "Who has the nation's favourite radio voice? Ray Lakeland became a major player in the development of sports television after initial work as reporter for the BBC in Newcastle. In 1963 he became Head of Sport, and oversaw the introduction of Match of the Day a year later. BBC News and BBC World News channels will cut 70 jobs in the UK - including 14 presenters - as the BBC plans to rebrand as a more digitally focused rolling news service in the Spring. He subsequently oversaw BBC coverage of the Olympic Games of Beijing in 2008 and London, 2012. Moving to television, he edited Grandstand and Sportsview, and became Head of Outside Broadcasts in 1975. 5. Terry Wogan was one of the first intake of DJs on Radio 1. Charles Siepmann joined the BBC in 1925, and was a pioneer of educational programmes. Presenters; South Today - Oxford; Main content. It's been a privilege to bring you the news for so many years. It was to the BBC Light Programme for her next role as Production Secretary, working on the Navy Lark. The BBC has over 200 correspondents based both in the United Kingdom and abroad. In 1977 he became Managing Director of news agency Visnews. Mary Somerville was largely responsible for developing schools programmes on BBC radio, a system of broadcasts envied by educationalists around the world. Nick has also appeared on BBC2's Great British Garden Revival and Big Dreams, Small Spaces as well as on BBC1's The One Show, BBC Radio 4's Food Programme and BBC Radio 2. Some of the guests who have featured on the show include Judy Murray, Tom Daley, Lewis Hamilton, Martina Navratilova, and Mike Tyson. Barbara Bray discovered Harold Pinter for BBC Radio, commissioning many of his earliest works for radio. Ted Wilkinson applied to join the BBC in October 1934 in London, but for a role in drama production in Manchester for which he was initially rejected. She knew the station should appeal to the emotions as well as the intellect and saved Down Your Way. Amroliwala will also be familiar to British audiences having anchored election and other political coverage. It will be broadcast from London during UK daytime and Singapore and Washington DC during the rest of the 24 hour news cycle. He developed Monty Pythons Flying Circus for television, and was co-devisor of The Frost Report, with David Frost. Desmond Hawkins had a very long career in the BBC first as a programme maker and then as a departmental head. There will be just six dedicated presenters of the new BBC News - that will cover domestic and world news under one banner - under plans being discussed with unions it has been claimed. Alec Sutherland was a producer in the BBC Recorded Programmes department and was later responsible for publishing the BBCs accounts. His tenure coincided with that of BBC Director-General Hugh Carleotn-Greene. They include Matthew Amroliwala, Yalda Hakim, Christian Fraser, Lucy Hockings, and Maryam Moshiri. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Sources told Deadline the screen tests have been "humiliating" for the veteran TV news anchors. Its obviously sad when people decide to take VR [voluntary redundancy] and leave, but you need less [sic] presenters and I think that is appropriate, he said. They also contribute to strands across BBC Radio 4 and bulletins on all radio networks. A former BBC presenter is helping provide insight into the UK criminal justice system in a documentary series. Clare Lawson Dick rose to become controller of Radio 4 in 1975, the first woman in charge of a network. Mr Walker, 45, said he was hit by a car while cycling on Monday, leaving him "battered and bruised . Prior to this, she presented the 8pm live news bulletin on BBC1 for seven years, drawing up to nine million viewers nightly. He devised an internal market system which encouraged producers to choose between BBC suppliers and the outside market for their facilities. 1986, moving on again in 1990 to become Controller of the Frost Report, with Frost. Djs on radio drama, and its longstanding importance at the University Sussex. 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