Tales from the Heart of the Country

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Andrew Harvey – presenter on the ITN News Channel with Lucy Alexander; moved on to his own programme after breakfast, Live with Andrew Harvey Alastair Layzell – produced and directed documentaries for ITV network including Summer 1940, the story of the German occupation of the Channel Islands Sue Robbie – continuity announcer for Granada Television during the late 1970s and early 1980s. She also presented a number of children's series during the 1980s, including 'Hold Tight' and 'First Post', and she was the original host on the Granada quiz Connections (1985–88). Shaw Taylor – continuity announcer on ATV during its early years. He was best known for presenting the long-running series 'Police 5' and 'Junior Police 5', which appealed to members of the public to watch out for criminals at work, from 1962 until 1992. He died in 2015.

Robert Kee – anchor for ITN's first lunchtime bulletin First Report, 1972–1976. He was also one of the first presenters of TV-am in 1983. He died in 2013. Smith has also covered the Friday Night Arts Show on BBC Radio 2 when Claudia Winkleman was away. [8]In 2016, a report by Dame Janet Smith identified 72 people who were the victims of sexual crimes while he worked at the BBC, the youngest being just 10. Michael Brunson – Washington correspondent and diplomatic editor of ITN; best known for serving as the political editor between 1986 and 2000 and as an occasional ITN newscaster The benign weather enabled Tony to paint outdoors, something unthinkable in February. He uses a combination of acrylic inks with paint, occasionally supplemented by soft crayon. Smith has produced three yoga videos: Penny Smith's Power Yoga, Penny Smith's Essential Guide to Yoga presented alongside Howard Napper and Penny Smith's Yoga Masterclass. Higgins was involved in frequent arguments and fights with his rivals- both on and off the snooker table. The most serious of these clashes was when he head-butted a tournament official at the UK championship in 1986.

Nicholas Owen – joined ITN in 1984 as Channel 4 News' business and economics correspondent; ITN's royal correspondent, 1994–2000; in 2003, he became the main presenter of ITV News at 1:30; left ITN in 2006 for the BBC, where he is currently a relief presenter for the BBC News at Six, as well as a main presenter on the BBC News Channel, and a radio presenter on Classic FM. Tony a classmate from brat years to senior years.Never a fight nor a forgotten sight .You were the man. Plunkett, John (23 October 2015). "Vanessa Feltz to take helm at flagship BBC Radio London show". The Guardian– via www.theguardian.com. It was after 25 years of making countryside and wildlife programmes for ITV that he felt the compulsion to paint. He was almost immediately rewarded with inclusion in the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition five years ago. That gave him the impetus to forge ahead.Smith has also presented Crime Net, Crime File and Crime Fighters for Carlton, Crime Monthly and Britain's Most Wanted for LWT, Going for a Song for the BBC and Celebrity for ITV. She also co-presented the 1995 series of The Krypton Factor alongside Gordon Burns. In 2001, she appeared in Jonathan Creek "Satan's Chimney". Anne Diamond – hosted Good Morning Britain for TV-am, which lost its license in 1992; began her television career starting with ATV Today and Central News Leonard Parkin – reporter and newscaster with ITN from circa 1973 to 1987; between 1976 and 1987 he was one of the main presenters for ITN's News at One; often hosted the News at 5:45 in the early 1980s; occasionally presented News at Ten; and retired in 1987; subsequently presented documentaries for Yorkshire Television until his death in 1993.

He also repeatedly argued with fellow snooker legend Dennis Taylor, and threatened to have him shot. Julia Somerville – joined ITN in 1987 to co-present the Lunchtime News; presenter of ITV News at Ten until it ended in 1999; remained at ITN until October 2001, presenting the ITV News at 1:30 and was the launch newscaster for the ITN News ChannelJust weeks earlier, Ghaz Ramli and I returned from our Korat SEA Games stint. While covering the regional Games we were informed by our then senior Rizal Hashim that the New Straits Times Press had sold Malay Mail to a new company. Alex Beresford – weather presenter and journalist on ITV Breakfast programme Daybreak and later on Good Morning Britain Penelope Jane Smith (born 21 September 1958) is an English author, [2] television presenter, newsreader and radio presenter. She has presented for Sky News, GMTV, Classic FM, BBC Radio London, TalkRadio and is a regular contributor to TalkTV launched in April 2022. Smith is a current presenter of the weekday mid-morning show on Scala Radio and credits her favourite classical composer as Giacomo Puccini. He gave me a day’s notice. I tried to rearrange my work schedule but couldn’t. He didn’t understand people who had nine-to-five jobs. He thought they could drop whatever they were doing, like he could. I told him it was impossible to get away. He ranted at me. His last words were: ‘F**k off, then! Anna Ford – initially worked as a researcher, news reporter and later newsreader at Granada Television; became a newsreader with ITN, and later helped launch ITV's first breakfast television service, TV-am