John Peel was a famed rock DJ for the BBC. He became one of the key BBC war reporters and royal correspondents. Lovell has also appeared in Pantomime on several occasions including in Cinderella at The New Theatre, Woking in 20022003. Until 2020, she normally co-presented with fellow-presenter David Garmston until COVID-19 related cuts removed co-presenting roles, with Lovell now presenting alone. From the BBC Oral History Collection here are some of the key personalities, producers, and innovators that tell the inside story of the BBC. He was head of Television Talks at a time of great creativity and helped shape current affairs television. Arnold joined the BBC in 1929, as a typist, but was interested in live radio. With such an illustrious career, there have to be some highlights? 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Robin Scott was the first Controller of Radio 1 and Radio 2 when they launched in 1967. BBC England - the local and regional part of the BBC, which BBC Spotlight is a part of - has to save 25m by 2022 as part of wider cuts the corporation has to make. John Peel, born John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, was a popular British DJ. Reith was concerned that there were too many left wing producers, and that by employing Green it might redress the political balance. I was still reluctant. Preston met resistance from male engineers to women working in the Engineering Division, and faced pressure to move into work in studios when men were de-mobbed and returned to their engineering jobs. He explains how the 100 Voices collections reveal unique insights about the BBC, as well as uncovering the changing relationship between the broadcaster, the cultural life of the UK, and the wider world. Why isnt Victoria Graham on our BBC spotlight programmes at the moment, and not since four or five weeks ago ?? Its been a blast, but its time for someone else to have a turn.. The current main presenter, Sally Taylor, started co-presenting the programme in 1987 (replacing Debbie Thrower ), initially alongside Parker and then successively with Paddy Haycocks, Mark Longhurst, Harry Gration, Andrew Harvey and Roger Finn, but in recent years she has been the regular solo presenter of the main programme. It was announced on Points West on 4 April 2007 that Lovell had become engaged to Gavin Shorter, technical supervisor at Endemol West Bristol where they both work. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. He conceived the ever-popular Doctor Who (1963), and initiated the new anthology series The Wednesday Play (1964), commissioning writers and directors such as Ken Loach and Dennis Potter. Amanda Farnsworth held various BBC roles before rising to Editor of the One and Six O'Clock News programmes, Deputy Editor on Newsnight, and Bureau Chief in Washington DC. In January 2019, they announced their divorce. Weather presenters from BBC South Today have taken up the BBC News theme challenge. It was originally started by Owain Wyn Evans - the drumming weatherman - of BBC North West Tonight. The peak of his career came when he took the role of Controller of the BBC Third Programme until 1952. She made her first television appearance in February 1959, in Mainly for Women, where she demonstrated how to make brandy snaps. 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. From 1989 to 1994 he became S4C Chief Executive. He was Controller, Wales from 1945 to 1967, his long tenure stretching from post-war reconstruction to the opening of the new broadcasting centre in Llandaff more than twenty years later. She also had roles in several other children's shows, portraying Miss Thing in the CITV series Timmy Towers and appeared in one episode of the BBC One sitcom My Dad's the Prime Minister, as 'Saskia', a disc jockey. 19,161 talking about this. Why do so few women enter politics? Robin Duff was a well-known war correspondent. James Redmond was a pioneering broadcast engineer, who worked at the first TV station at Alexandra Palace in 1938 and ended his career 40 years later as the BBCs Director of Engineering. Some replacements are better than the original! His other innovations in radio include A Week in Westminster. At first Soper was the units film producer travelling the world for a series called Look. David Davis joined Children's Hour at the beginning of 1935 as a staff pianist, after qualifying as a professional musician and teacher at Oxford University. BBC appointments can be short- or long-term; for example, reporter Peter Bowes revealed on BBC News (broadcast live on 8 September 2020) that Los Angeles has been his home for 25 years. He became Head of Documentaries, then Controller - BBC One, and in 1968 was promoted to Managing Director, BBC TV. He was known for fearless and impartial reporting on events as varied as the Bhopal tragedy, the assassination of Indira Gandhi and the demolition of the mosque at Ayodhya. Picture shows Doris Arnold with fellow pianist. He stepped up to become Controller, BBC One in 1973. Monica Sims was appointed the first woman Controller of Radio 4 in 1978 and successfully modernised the network without alienating its loyal listeners. I still felt I had something to give and I hadnt lost my love of the job, but against the backdrop of Covid, BBC cutbacks and everything else that had happened I thought the future looked a lot bleaker and it was going to be a lot tougher to get Spotlight on air. Mr Biden has promised to build a diverse administration that reflects the country. Personal Life, Parents and Family Read More Victoria Graham Wiki, Age, Date of Birth, Husband BBC . The programme ran until 1977. Gerard Mansell was responsible for the transformation of the BBCs radio services in 1967 with the launch of Radio 1 and 2 and the rebranding of the Third and Home Services into Radios 3 and 4. [9] The day featured debate and discussion on radio, television and online, in which the participants were asked to give their opinions about the issues facing women. Meryl became one of the presenters on the global satellite programme Our World (1967). He was the mastermind behind Grandstand, coming up with the idea in 1958. Drumming BBC weather presenter goes viral. Sally Taylor (@SallyTaylor_TV) | Twitter - Twitter. It's what's Malcolm Frost became interested in radio when at school in the 1920s, and joined the BBC in 1932. He left the BBC to run Channel 4 (1997-2001), followed by a media career in the USA. You can stay up to date on the top news and events near you with CornwallLives FREE newsletters enter your email address at the top of the page. Is Victoria Graham still married to Simon McCoy? I miss her mischievous sense of humour and her repartee with Justin. His first was an anthologyof poetry about birds called A Nest of Singing Birds. [Spotlights weatherman] David Braine calculated that Id done about 10,000 crossings of the Tamar Bridge in my time at Spotlight. Born on August 30, 1939, in Heswall, Merseyside, he was known for promoting . Sir Hugh Carleton Greene joined the BBC in 1940 as news editor, responsible for broadcasts to Nazi Germany. Humphrey Burton joined BBC radio in 1955, transferring to television three years later. Rob McKeon has previously presented shows on BBC Radio Stoke and BBC Radio Derby. Two years later he assumed the Controllership of BBC Two which he ran for three years before taking on BBC One too. 18. Edward Barnes made Blue Peter a TV reality, and was the programme's assistant director, later moving on to produce the series. Ticehurst was also one of the few women who worked at transmitter sites, cleaning and changing valves, monitoring levels and patching programming on a switchboard. Seymour Joly de Lotbiniere known as Lobby to his colleagues, was responsible for the outside broadcast coverage of the London 1948 Olympic Games and later of the Coronation, the BBCs biggest broadcasting operation at that point. John Green worked on gardening programmes and discovered the wartime gardening expert CH Middleton, before becoming Controller, Talks. I had to ask Justin about that final emotional programme which had viewers across the South West in tears (including me, I must admit) when the presenter was left choked and unable to speak after a look back on his career and messages from viewers.