(B)(Part 2)

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BBC Home at Six, 1963.

 Frank Bough

Frank Bough, the true presenters presenter.

Frank first appeared on Home at Six, the forerunner to Look North in Newcastle.

The bright lights of London beckoned with a move to Grandstand, Nationwide

He also launched BBC Breakfast Time in 1983, Europe's first regular breakfast TV programme.

Frank also presented the Holiday programme for a while.

Frank then moved to Sky and LWT.

During 1996, Frank could again be be seen presenting holiday programmes, this time on the cable channel Travel.

You don't see too much of him these days.

BBC Nationwide, 1974.

BBC Breakfast Time, 1983.

Sky News, 1990.

LWT 6 O'clock Live, 1990.

Travel, 1996.

 

LWT News, 1991.

 Ed Boyle

Former Thames News reporter, Ed Boyle, could be seen on LWT News by 1991. Next was Westcountry Live in 1993.

Ed is now a political analyst , occasionally reporting for CBS News in the US.

Westcountry Live, 1993.

 

Border, Lookaround, 1992.

 Sally Bowman

Sally Bowman, presenter of Lookaround moved to Central News in Nottingham in the mid 1990's

Sally has now followed many others to the BBC for East Midlands Today.

Central News (East), 1996.

 

Sky News, 1990.

 Lindsey Brancher

From Sky News in 1990 to BBC World in 1996.

 

BBC World, 2001.

 

BBC East Midlands Today, 1997.

 Jon Brain

Former East Midlands Today presenter,
Jon Brain, can now be seen reporting for BBC Breakfast.

BBC Breakfast, 2001.

 


Sky News, 1990.

 Sean Brickell

Sean Brickell first appeared presenting on the overnight shift on Sky News. A move to Westcountry followed in 1993 at the launch.

 

Westcountry Live, 1994.

Westcountry Live, 1996.

 

Sean can now be seen reporting for BBC News 24.

BBC News 24, 2001.

 

Central News (West), 1989.

 Adrian Britton

Adrian Britton, former newsreader for Central News in the West Midlands can now be seen reporting and presenting for ITN.

ITN News Channel, 2002.

 

Westward Diary, 1981.

 Fern Britton

Fern started her TV career in the South West with both the BBC and Westward.

Fern could be seen in the mid 1980s reading the News on the BBC's Breakfast Time and occasionally on the sofa with Frank Bough.

This was followed by a move to TVS to co-present the South edition of Coast to Coast with
Fred Dinenage.

Whilst at TVS Fern co-presented the networked Airport 90 programmes with Nick Owen.

Fern didn't follow Fred to Meridian, becoming entertainment corespondent for London Tonight instead. This was short lived as soon after Fern moved to GMTV.

This was followed by the popular Ready Steady Cook.

Fern now co-presents This Morning with John Leslie each weekday morning on ITV1.

BBC Breakfast Time, 1984.

TVS, 1988. (New Faces).

TVS, Airport 1990.

TVS, Coast to Coast (South), 1991.

LNN, London Tonight, 1993.

GMTV, 1993.

Ready, Steady, Cook, 1998.

ITV1, This Morning, 2002.

 

BBC Newsroom South East, 1995.

 Fiona Bruce

From Newsroom South East to bigger things with the National News.

Fiona now presents the BBC News at 6 o'clock when Huw Edwards has time off! Plus Crimewatch UK.

BBC News, 2001.

 

BBC Inside Ulster, 1987.

 Lynda Bryans

A simple case of switching channels for Lynda Bryans. From BBC Inside Ulster to join her husband Michael Nesbitt on UTV Live at Six.They of course present Sunday Morning on ITV1 as well.

BBC Inside Ulster, 1987.

BBC Inside Ulster, 1993.

UTV Live at Six, 2001.

ITV1, Sunday Morning, 2001.

 


BBC News, 1978.

 Michael Buerk

Former Newspaper journalist, Michael's first venture into TV was at HTV West in Bristol.

Michael then moved on to ITN and then to BBC News in London, spending many years as the BBC's Southern Africa correspondent.

BBC Nine O'clock News, 1985.

BBC News, 1988.

It was during this time that he filled the now famous Report on the drought in Ethiopia in 1984 which was the inspiration for Band Aid

He has also presented 999, 2000 Today, and the BBC's Eclipse coverage. Michael can also be heard on Radio 4's The Moral Maze.

BBC News, 2002.

 

TV-am, 1988.

 Kay Burley

From TV-am in 1988 to Sky News in 1989 at it's launch, and Kay is still there today.

Sky News, 1990.

 

UTV Reports, 1972.

 Gordon Burns

From UTV Reports in the 1970's to BBC North West Tonight in 2001.

Oh, and Gordon has presented other programmes in between, such as the Krypton Factor for ITV and A Word in Your Ear for the BBC.

BBC North West Tonight, 1998.

 


BBC South Today, 1993.

 Mike Bushell

Mike Bushell, from BBC South Today to presenting the sport on BBC Breakfast, BBC News 24 and BBC World.

Mike can sometimes be seen back at BBC South Today presenting the sport!

BBC South Today, 1999.

BBC News 24, 2001.

BBC South Today, 2002.

BBC News 24, 2002.

 


BBC London Plus, 1988.

 Penny Bustin

Penny Bustin, a former reporter with YTV Calendar and BBC Breakfast Time joined London Plus in 1988.

Next was a move to Norwich to present Look East, by 1989. Penny left BBC East in 1997 for Charity Work.

This was followed by a move up north to report and present for Tyne Tees on North East Tonight.

Penny is currently a mature student and can sometimes be seen reporting and presenting on the Leeds edition of Look North and North of Westminster.

BBC Look East, 1992.

BBC Look East, 1997.

Tyne Tees, North East Tonight, 1999.

BBC Look North (Leeds), 2001.

BBC North of Westminster, 2002.

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