"in Plymouth in 1966, before becoming a reporter for BBC TV news. Rippon first presented a national news programme on BBC2 in 1974. For a fortnight, she replaced newsreader Richard Baker – who was on holiday – on BBC One's ""Nine O'Clock News"", and was offered a permanent newsreading role on that programme in 1975. Rippon was called by newspapers the first female television newsreader. However, ITN's Barbara Mandell predated her, having first appeared on the second night of ITV in 1955; Nan Winton was the first female BBC newsreader in 1960, and Mary Marquis had already been BBC Scotland's"
"Moira Stuart Moira Clare Ruby Stuart OBE (born 2 September 1949) is a British presenter and broadcaster, who was the first African-Caribbean female newsreader to appear on British television, having worked on BBC News since 1981. In a career that spans four decades, she has presented many television news and radio programmes for the BBC and was the newsreader for ""The Chris Evans Breakfast Show"" on BBC Radio 2. She hosts on the station her own music show every Sunday from 23:00 till midnight, featuring ""timeless classics"" over the past 60 years. On 17 December 2018, it was announced that"
"John Snagge John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge OBE (8 May 1904 – 26 March 1996) was a British newsreader and commentator on BBC Radio. Born in Chelsea, London, he was educated at Winchester College and Pembroke College, Oxford, where he obtained a degree in law. He then joined the BBC, taking up the position of assistant director at Stoke-on-Trent's new relay station 6ST. He broadcast his first sports commentary (of a Hull City versus Stoke City football match) in January 1927, after the BBC obtained the rights to cover major sporting events. In 1928, Snagge was transferred to London to work"
"Lynette Lithgow Lynette Pearson (1950 - c. 11 December 2001), known professionally as Lynette Lithgow), was a Trinidad-born, British-based newsreader and journalist who is best remembered for her career as a newsreader for BBC News. Her first media job was as a broadcaster for Radio Television Brunei during the 1970s. During the 1980s, she moved to Britain and after working as a presenter for Midlands Today and continuity announcer for Granada Television, she moved to London as a newsreader for the national BBC News in 1988. She joined the BBC's world television service on its launch in 1991 and also"
"Richard Baker (broadcaster) Richard Douglas James Baker OBE RD (15 June 1925 – 17 November 2018) was an English broadcaster, best known as a newsreader for BBC News from 1954 to 1982, and as a radio presenter of classical music. He was a contemporary of Kenneth Kendall and Robert Dougall and was the first reader of the ""BBC Television News"" (in voiceover) in 1954. The eldest son of a plasterer, Baker was born in Willesden, North London, and educated at Kilburn Grammar School and at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Baker's undergraduate years were interrupted by war service in the Royal Naval Volunteer"
"daughter of Harry Percy Joscelyne). She died in 1980. He married, secondly, Joan Wilson in 1982. She predeceased him in 1992. John Snagge John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge OBE (8 May 1904 – 26 March 1996) was a British newsreader and commentator on BBC Radio. Born in Chelsea, London, he was educated at Winchester College and Pembroke College, Oxford, where he obtained a degree in law. He then joined the BBC, taking up the position of assistant director at Stoke-on-Trent's new relay station 6ST. He broadcast his first sports commentary (of a Hull City versus Stoke City football match) in January"
"Nan Winton Nan Winton is a British broadcaster, best known for being the first female national newsreader on BBC television. She was a BBC TV continuity announcer from 1958 to 1961 and also an experienced journalist, who had worked on ""Panorama"" and ""Town and Around"". She was given the job of reading the 6pm news and weekend bulletins on Sunday evenings, in response to rivals ITN, who had a female newscaster, Barbara Mandell, since its launch in 1955. She began on 19 June 1960, but BBC Audience research concluded that viewers thought a woman reading the late news was ""not"
"fellow BBC broadcast journalist John Simpson tweeted: ""Richard Baker, who has just died, was one of the finest newsreaders of modern times: highly intelligent, thoughtful, gentle, yet tough in defence of his principles."" Richard Baker (broadcaster) Richard Douglas James Baker OBE RD (15 June 1925 – 17 November 2018) was an English broadcaster, best known as a newsreader for BBC News from 1954 to 1982, and as a radio presenter of classical music. He was a contemporary of Kenneth Kendall and Robert Dougall and was the first reader of the ""BBC Television News"" (in voiceover) in 1954. The eldest son"
"first rarely heard on-air, but often played a part in Wogan's ""mini-dramas"", usually as the dour Scottish soundalike for a Taggart character. The newsreaders who contributed to the show are Alan Dedicoat (""Deadly""), Fran Godfrey (""Mimi""), John Marsh (""Boggy"") who retired in February 2007 but who presented news bulletins on a freelance basis and Charles Nove (""Super/Bossa"") who joined the team following Marsh's ""retirement"". Each newsreader became a star in their own right and John Marsh, along with his wife Janet, had their life ""stories"" told in four ""Janet and John"" CDs. All have been released to raise funds for"
"Barbara Mandell Allada Barbara Grenville-Wells (15 July 1920 – 25 August 1998, known professionally as Barbara Mandell) was a British journalist, broadcaster, newsreader and travel writer. She became a household name during the mid-1950s as the United Kingdom's first female newsreader after she was recruited to present the Midday News on the newly launched Independent Television in 1955. Mandell was born in London, England, but was raised in South Africa after her family relocated to that country in 1924. Her father was the deputy editor of South Africa's ""Rand Daily Mail"" and Mandell followed him into journalism, working for the"
"Vaughan Savidge Vaughan Edward Savidge (born 6 June 1956) was a British freelance newsreader for BBC Radio 3, continuity announcer for BBC Radio 4, and formerly a newsreader the World Service. He also performed spoof news items on ""Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive"". Born in Luton on the same day as Björn Borg, he spent his early years travelling around Africa, Australia and Singapore. He returned to Britain for a few years with his family, but then gained his first job as a trainee journalist at Radio Television Hong Kong, where he dubbed Kung Fu films including ""The One Armed Swordsman""."
"Waldo Maguire Waldo Maguire (31 May 1920 – 23 November 2005) was a British broadcaster for the BBC. He had a long career with the BBC, culminating in his appointment in 1966 as the Controller of BBC Northern Ireland. He served in this position until 1972. Born in Ulster as Benjamin Waldo Maguire, he attended Portadown College and Trinity College, Dublin, where he studied philosophy and mathematics. After graduating in 1942 from Trinity he was recruited to work at Bletchley Park as a codebreaker. There he met the woman who would become his wife, Lilian Martin. They were married until"
"presented BBC 2's Newsview. Lithgow was the first BBC newsreader to announce the resignation of Margaret Thatcher around 9:45am interrupting an edition of People Today on 22 November 1990. She quit the BBC in 1996 on gaining a law degree from Oxford University, and moved to the business news channel CNBC Asia (based in Singapore), where she worked until her death in Trinidad in December 2001; she was murdered along with her 83-year-old mother Maggie Lee and her British brother-in-law John Cropper at the family home in Port of Spain. She was married twice and had two children from her"
"Mary Nightingale Mary Nightingale (born 26 May 1963) is British newsreader and television presenter, best known for her roles within ITV, as a newsreader for ITN on ""ITV News"", and as a presenter of the daytime cookery series ""Britain's Best Dish"" in 2011. Nightingale was educated at St Margaret's School, an independent school for girls, near the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital in Exeter, Devon, and King Edward VI School in Totnes, Devon. She obtained a BA in English from Bedford College, University of London, now merged with Royal Holloway, University of London. Nightingale started her journalism career as a"
"first marriage. Her second marriage, from 1998 until her death, was to Dominic Pearson. In 2005 the Harvard Kennedy School established a fund in Lithgow's honor to support students with an interest in journalism. Lynette Lithgow Lynette Pearson (1950 - c. 11 December 2001), known professionally as Lynette Lithgow), was a Trinidad-born, British-based newsreader and journalist who is best remembered for her career as a newsreader for BBC News. Her first media job was as a broadcaster for Radio Television Brunei during the 1970s. During the 1980s, she moved to Britain and after working as a presenter for Midlands Today"
"Brian Widlake Nigel Brian Windsor Widlake (13 April 1931 – 2 January 2017) was a British journalist, broadcaster and presenter. Widlake was born in Fiji in April 1931. Widlake was educated at two independent schools for boys, at the time based in Hammersmith in West London: first at Colet Court School, now known as St Paul's Juniors, when, shortly after enrollment, he and others were evacuated to the village of Much Hadham in Hertfordshire in the early part of the Second World War, and then at St Paul's School, followed by Clare College at the University of Cambridge. Widlake served"
"Since 1991 Marshall has been one of the main presenters of the World Service's flagship news strand ""Newshour"". The recipient of two Sony Gold Awards, Marshall received the first of these for 'best reaction to a news event: the release of Nelson Mandela.' Julian Marshall (journalist) Julian Marshall is a British journalist and radio broadcaster working for the BBC. Marshall is one of the main presenters of ""Newshour"" on the BBC World Service. Marshall studied at University in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe and then later in Britain. Marshall joined the BBC in 1975, before joining the BBC World Service in 1977."
"Mungo Ballardie MacCallum John Mungo Ballardie MacCallum (commonly known as Mungo Ballardie MacCallum, 11 December 1913 – 12 July 1999) was an Australian journalist, broadcaster and poet. MacCallum was born in Point Piper, Sydney on 11 December 1913. His father was Mungo Lorenz MacCallum, a Rhodes Scholar and the son of Mungo William MacCallum, Chancellor of the University of Sydney. He attended the Sydney Grammar School and studied Arts at the University of Sydney. MacCallum started working for the ABC in 1952, and, after a stint at the BBC, helped produce the first night of television in Australia in 1956."
"Sarah Montague Sarah Anne Louise Montague, Lady Brooke (born 8 February 1966), is a British journalist, best known as one of the regular presenters of the BBC Radio 4 early morning current affairs programme, ""Today"". After 18 years, she left the programme in April 2018 to take over the lead on the station's lunchtime news broadcast, ""The World at One"". Montague was born to John Montague, a Colonel in the British Army, and Mary (née O'Malley) on Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency and one of the Channel Islands. After attending Blanchelande College, a local independent school for girls, she read"
"Ray Mungo Raymond Mungo (born 1946) is the author, co-author, or editor of more than a dozen books. He writes about business, economics, and financial matters as well as cultural issues. In the 1960s, he attended Boston University, where he served as a writer on the ""Boston University News"" in 1966-67; and where, as a student leader, he spearheaded demonstrations against the Vietnam War. In 1967, Mungo co-founded the Liberation News Service (LNS), an alternative news agency, along with Marshall Bloom. LNS split off from College Press Service (CPS) in a political dispute. The founding event was a notably tumultuous"
"Fiona Bruce Fiona Elizabeth Bruce (born 25 April 1964) is an English television journalist, newsreader and television presenter. Since joining the BBC as a researcher on ""Panorama"" in 1989, she has gone on to become the first female newsreader on the ""BBC News at Ten"" as well as presenting many flagship programmes for the corporation including the ""BBC News at Six"", ""Crimewatch"", ""Real Story"", ""Antiques Roadshow"" and ""Fake or Fortune?"". Fiona Bruce was born in Singapore, to an English mother and a Scottish father, who had worked his way up from a postboy to become regional managing director of Unilever."
"Julian Marshall (journalist) Julian Marshall is a British journalist and radio broadcaster working for the BBC. Marshall is one of the main presenters of ""Newshour"" on the BBC World Service. Marshall studied at University in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe and then later in Britain. Marshall joined the BBC in 1975, before joining the BBC World Service in 1977. He then spent a period reporting from across Africa for the service. Marshall was a presenter of BBC World Service Television from its launch in 1991. He has remained an occasional relief presenter on the subsequent channels BBC World, and BBC World News."
"Snagge read the first BBC television news bulletin. In the early 1950s, Snagge played a role in negotiations that led to the radio comedy series ""The Goon Show"" being commissioned by the BBC. He was also the subject of many running gags during the show, and provided many self-parodying announcements, usually recorded. He also featured as himself in the episode ""The Greenslade Story"", alongside regular announcer Wallace Greenslade. He was a defender of the show against many efforts to cancel it, even to staking his career on it. Later, in the 1970s, he echoed his wartime role by appearing as"
"her death in 1998 and had four sons. He was awarded the OBE in 1973 and retired from the BBC the following year. He suffered two strokes, the first in 1972, and the second in 1999. Waldo Maguire Waldo Maguire (31 May 1920 – 23 November 2005) was a British broadcaster for the BBC. He had a long career with the BBC, culminating in his appointment in 1966 as the Controller of BBC Northern Ireland. He served in this position until 1972. Born in Ulster as Benjamin Waldo Maguire, he attended Portadown College and Trinity College, Dublin, where he studied"
"Raymond Baxter Raymond Frederic Baxter OBE (25 January 1922 – 15 September 2006) was an English television presenter and writer. He is best known for being the first presenter of the BBC Television science programme ""Tomorrow's World"", continuing for 12 years, from 1965 to 1977. He also provided radio commentary at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, the funerals of King George VI, Winston Churchill and Lord Mountbatten of Burma, and the first flight of Concorde. Baxter was born in Ilford in Essex. His father was a science teacher. He was educated at Ilford County High School, a grammar school"
"Dominic Byrne Dominic Anthony Byrne (born 10 November 1972) is a newsreader and presenter. He currently works on the Chris Moyles Breakfast show on Radio X, having previously worked as the newsreader for Capital FM on the Capital FM Breakfast Show. Prior to this he worked with the BBC from 1997 to 2012, most notably as part of the on-air team on ""The Chris Moyles Show"" on BBC Radio 1 from 2004 to 2012, working as the newsreader and contributing to the show's zoo format. He also worked as a newsreader elsewhere on Radio 1, and presented on the BBC"
"Corbet Woodall Corbet Stafford Woodall (6 April 1929 – 19 May 1982), was an English newsreader for the BBC. Born in Hampshire, he was educated as an Oppidan scholar at Eton College where he also excelled at sports. He worked in the 1950s for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, before returning to Britain where he initially worked as a stage manager on outside broadcasts. He then became an announcer on the Home Service, moving to work on television in 1963. He became part of the team of regular BBC newsreaders, the others being Robert Dougall, Michael Aspel and Richard Baker."
"BBC, first as a continuity announcer, and later becoming a news reader on national television. She changed to print journalism in 1966, working as a features editor and later deputy editor on the ""Good Housekeeping"" magazine. She was editor of ""Woman's Journal"" from 1978 to 1980. Gregg returned to television broadcasting in 1980, as a presenter on the ""Holiday"" programme from 1980 to 1991. She was its main studio presenter from 1990 to 1991, attracting a weekly audience of 12 million. With a warm, personable manner, described by ""The Guardian"" as ""unstuffy directness and warmth combined with an impish sense"
"Vivien Creegor Vivien Creegor (born 1957) is an English television newscaster. From 1989 until 2006, she was one of the principal news readers on Sky News. Creegor started her career as a secretary with the BBC and eventually became a production assistant for BBC Radio Drama and an abridger for the BBC Radio 4 programme, ""A Book at Bedtime"". She became a newsreader on British television on BBC1 and BBC2 and on radio on BBC Radio 4: she was a main presenter on Points West during much of the 1980s. In 1988, she joined the fledgling Sky News, eventually becoming"
"Colin Tudge Colin Hiram Tudge (born 22 April 1943) is a British science writer and broadcaster. A biologist by training, he is the author of numerous works on food, agriculture, genetics, and species diversity. Tudge was born and brought up in south London and attended Dulwich College, from where he won a scholarship to Peterhouse, Cambridge, studying zoology and English. In his career, he has worked for World Medicine, ""Farmers' Weekly"" and ""New Scientist"", before becoming a freelance writer. In the 1980s he was a regular broadcaster for the BBC, including the BBC Radio 4 science series ""Spectrum""; he wrote"
"into practice in Kingussie, Scotland), Stuart's grandmother did not finish medical studies, using money intended for her course to pay their bills instead. The couple ultimately settled in Bermuda, where in addition to being a physician Gordon became a parliamentarian, civil-rights activist and labour leader. In the programme, Stuart was visibly moved to learn more about her ancestors in the context of the Atlantic slave trade, and about their fight for human rights and social justice. Moira Stuart Moira Clare Ruby Stuart OBE (born 2 September 1949) is a British presenter and broadcaster, who was the first African-Caribbean female newsreader"
"Kinloss 13.01.17 Vayechi) Montague Modlyn Montague (""Monty"") Modlyn (born 23 May 1921 in Lambeth – d. 6 May 1994), was a British journalist, best known as a radio/TV presenter. Modlyn worked extensively on radio and TV, often as a roving reporter. His personalised car number plate was MM 405 - his initials and the number of lines on early TV sets, Modlyn was the son of a Jewish tailor and left school at 14. He worked as a proofreader's assistant for the ""Daily Mail"" and then wrote for the ""South London Press"" and the ""Evening Standard"". His first broadcast was"
"Chris Aldridge Chris Aldridge is a continuity announcer and newsreader for BBC Radio 4. After studying mathematics at Bedford College (University of London), he joined the BBC in 1985. He worked in the production and archiving departments of Radio 3, and became a newsreader at Radio 5, before becoming a Radio 4 staff announcer in 1995. During 2002, he spent a year away working in training new staff, before returning to the station as a senior announcer alongside Harriet Cass, taking over from Peter Donaldson. He sometimes reads and presents the Six O'Clock News on BBC Radio 4. He is"