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This section of our LWT Presentation zone looks at continuity announcers - some of the famous faces and voices who fronted the station's output from 1968 until 2002. Video clips of LWT announcers in action are available on our main continuity page. |
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Ruth ANDERS
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| LWT in-vision and out-of-vision announcer in the 1980s and early 1990s. Ruth left LWT in around 1993 and now lives in Sydney, Australia. |  |
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Trish BERTRAM
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LWT continuity announcer from 1982 until 2002 and senior announcer from 1996. Trish is one of the best-known voices on British television, having also announced for TVS, Westcountry TV, British Satellite Broadcasting and now as a freelance on ITV1 and Channel Five. Click here for an in-depth interview with Trish from October 2002. |
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Mike CARSON
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| Mike is one of the best-known voices on LWT as the station's key promotions voice-over man from 1983 until 2001. He also took a turn in the continuity booth as a station announcer between 2001 and 2002, and 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). |  |
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Adrian FINIGHAN
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freelance announcer in 1995. Adrian has also announced for Anglia, Carlton,
BBCTV Wales, BBC One and BBC Two. He's now a newsreader and presenter
for BBC World television on satellite.
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David GEARY |
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Relief in-vision continuity announcer for London Weekend Television in the mid and late 1970s. |
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Sharon GRAY
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LWT freelance announcer in the 1970s. Sharon's also a familiar face for viewers of Anglia Television and Southern Television in the 1980s and 1970s as she was an announcer for both those stations |
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Keith HARRISON
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| LWT in-vision and voice-only announcer in the 1980s. Keith Harrison went on to work for Channel Four. |
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Barri HAYNES
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In-vision continuity mainstay in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Barri was a familiar sight at the LWT continuity desk. |
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Robin HOUSTON
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| Best-known for his long stint as a newsreader at Thames Television in London, and now as the voice of Channel Five's 100 Per Cent quiz, Robin Houston also announced for LWT and was voice-over for many of their promotions. |
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Sarah KENNEDY
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LWT announcer in the 1970s who also worked as a reporter and newsreader for Southern TV. Sarah Kennedy went on to become one of the presenters of the BBC's Sixty Minutes news magazine, and, famously, LWT's Game For A Laugh. Since then she has presented many television and radio programmes and now hangs out at BBC Radio Two. |
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Peter LEWIS
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| One of LWT's best-known announcers, Peter Lewis joined the company from its start in August 1968 and was the first person to broadcast from the station's new television centre at Upper Ground, on the South bank of the Thames, when it opened in 1971. Lewis was promoted to become senior announcer in 1977 when the previous incumbent, Alec Taylor, left the company. | 
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| Lewis stayed in this role, although mainly as a voice-only announcer after 1983, until 1996 when he left the station to pursue his business interests as a management consultant based in the United States. He was persuaded to return briefly in 1998 to record a series of in-vision links to mark LWT's 30th birthday. | 
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Andy MARRIOTT
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LWT voice-only announcer in the 1990s. Andy has also announced for Central Television and then Carlton Television in the midlands. He's also a radio presenter.
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Keith MARTIN
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LWT in-vision continuity announcer in the 1970s and early 1980s, Keith Martin was an experienced announcer who also worked for ABC Television in the north in the 1960s, Anglia Television, Southern Television and then Television South. Keith went on to specialise in voice-coaching - his clients include former Prime Minister John Major. |
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Verity MARTINDILL
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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. |
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Sue PEACOCK
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LWT in-vision continuity announcer from 1981 to 1984. After leaving LWT, Sue became a TV producer, starting her production career with Lifestyle Television. She 'discovered' Dale Winton, giving him his first TV presenting work. Currently, she works for BBC World (formerly Enterprises) marketing, producing videos, magazines and other marketing material. She recently edited the Terry Wogan autobiography, and was responsible for producing the History Zone magazine for the BBC |
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Pam RHODES
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Best-known as one of the presenters of the BBC's Songs of Praise, Pam Rhodes was a regular in-vision continuity announcer for London Weekend Television in the early 1980s. Before that she was an announcer, reporter and presenter for Norwich-based Anglia Television. |
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Annie ST JOHN
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LWT in-vision announcer in the 1970s, Annie St John was also a regular at the continuity desk for Bristol-based HTV West and for Tyne Tees Television in the north-east. |
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Vivien STUART |
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Relief in-vision continuity announcer for London Weekend
Television in the late 1970s, Vivien Stuart was also an announcer for Thames Television and Central Television in the 1980s.
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Alec TAYLOR
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LWT's chief announcer from August 1968, when the station launched, until 1977. In his spare time, Alec was a keen hospital radio broadcaster. For LWT, Alec announced for two-and-a-half years out- of-vision until in-vision announcing was introduced at the station for the first time in early 1971. |
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Glen THOMPSETT
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Glen joined
LWT just as in-vision announcing was being phased out in the early 1980s but he remained with the station 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 ITV1 and as a presenter on Radio Caroline. |
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Roger TILLING
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LWT voice-only continuity announcer in the late 1990s until 2002. Roger has also announced for Granada TV and Yorkshire TV and is now the main voice of The Hallmark Channel on satellite television. He's also the voice-over for BBCTV's University Challenge. |
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Colin WESTON
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LWT announcer
in the 1970s but best-known for his long stint with Granada Television in Manchester. He's also announced for Tyne Tees TV, Southern TV,
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Nigel WILLIAMS
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LWT voice-over man from 1990. Nigel tells us: "I was
auditioned by producer Steve Allen in 1990 to provide the voice for a young and trendy overnight sequence that never saw the light of day.
When the promotions department was looking for a 'younger' image to promote the Saturday night Baywatch, Blind Date,
Gladiators sequence I was recalled and became the guy who did the 'big sell'. After presenting the the Head Of Promotions with a demo
of more mature subtle delivery, I was allowed greater freedom in my style and eventually became the lead brand-image voice with Trish
Bertram." Nigel continues to work for network ITV and is also the presenter of Late Night Love Songs on Heart 106.2 in London.
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| Other LWT announcers included: Jill Bechley, Pat Doody, Andrea Simmons, Hilary Osborn, Gayle Coleman. The LWT promotions voice-over team also included: Greg Bance and Ali Ballantyne. Please let us know if you have images of any of these continuity announcers and voice-over artistes for inclusion on this site. All images on this page are courtesy of The Continuity Booth unless otherwise stated. |
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