Unlike Mastermind presenters, Mayne had a very dry, quirky and sometimes sarcastic sense of humour, but did a very good job of keeping the game going ; he would quickly jump in if one of the celebrity panelists was tardy in posing their question, so as not to penalise the contestant.

The presenters often have expertise in the story they are sent to cover, for example, former Paris correspondent Jon Sopel presented coverage of the 2007 French presidential elections, while channel presenters and former reporters Ben Brown and Clive Myrie were dispatched to Cairo and Tripoli during the Middle East uprisings.

Philip Hayton and Anna Jones were the first two presenters on the set, the relaunch of which had been put back a week due to previous power disruptions at Television Centre where the channel is based.

The four regular presenters on the show were landscaper Jamie Durie, builder / carpenter Scott Cam, Landscaper Nigel Ruck and horticulturist Jody Rigby.

* R2-D2 and C-3PO were featured as presenters at the 50th Academy Awards.

MTV decided to keep recordings of its broadcast and recently located more than 100 tapes of Live Aid in its archives, but many songs in these tapes were cut short by MTV's ad breaks and presenters ( according to the BBC ).

These presenters were referred to as commentators.

In 1970 the programme format was changed so that there were two presenters each day.

Watkins and Thomas were also presenters at the BETJ Virtual Awards on November 25, 2008.

The presenters were Lydia Cappolicchio and Harald Treutiger.

The presenters were Gigliola Cinquetti and Toto Cutugno, the latter having some difficulty with the pronunciation of the song titles and names of the artists and conductors.

The presenters were Helga Vlahović Brnobić and Oliver Mlakar.

The presenters were Lolita Morena and Jacques Deschenaux.

The presenting team was doubled to four presenters, and these were usually culled from ATV's presentation department.

From the ranks at ATV, other regular presenters were established, notably sports reporter Trevor East ( later director of sport at Setanta Sports ) and announcer Peter Tomlinson ( later to become managing director of Saga Radio West Midlands and High Sheriff of the West Midlands ).

Running from late 1976 to early 1977, Chris Tarrant, Peter Tomlinson and Trevor East were the main presenters.

The presenters were Pat Kenny and Michelle Rocca.

The presenters were Daniel Pe ' er and Yardena Arazi, and the event was staged at the International Convention Center.

The presenters were Ingvild Bryn and Morten Harket.

The presenters were Danish journalist and TV-show presenter Natasja Crone Back and the famous Danish actor Søren Pilmark who spoke most of their announcements in rhyme.

Until January 2010 each of the station's continuity announcers was associated with themed blocks of programming and were promoted as personalities and presenters in their own right ; subsequently Radio 7 adopted a more traditional continuity format using one presenter to announce every programme throughout the day.

Television anchor news Yigal Ravid, singer and 1992 contestant Dafna Dekel and model / actress Sigal Shahamon were the show's hosts, and it was the first time that three presenters were used to host the Contest.

The show finished with the three presenters inviting everyone on stage to sing a rendition of the English version of " Hallelujah ", the Israeli winner from the 1979 Contest, as a tribute to the victims of the Balkan War, who were unable to view the contest after the bombing resulted in their transmitters being blown up.

The presenters were Terry Wogan and Ulrika Jonsson.

Former presenters include Peter Snow, a regular for 17 years, Donald MacCormick, Charles Wheeler, Adam Raphael and John Tusa, later boss of the BBC World Service.

Past LBC presenters include: Adrian Allen ; Carol Allen ; Dominic Allen ; Mike Allen ; Toby Anstis ; Dickie Arbiter ; Tre Azam ; Phillip Bacon ; Bill Bailey ; David Bassett ; * Jeni Barnett ; Simon Bates ; Jeremy Beadle ; Alison Bell ; Bill Bingham ; Therese Birch ; Frank Bough ; Tommy Boyd ; Gyles Brandreth ; Bill Buckley ; Paul Callan ; Douglas Cameron ; Mike Carlton ; Mike Carson ; Clare Catford ; Marcus Churchill ; Nick Conrad ; Andy Crane ; Jamie Crick ; Jono Coleman ; Steve Crozier ; Tim Crook ; Gino D ' Acampo ; Dan Damon ; Peter Deeley ; Anne Diamond ; Mike Dickin ; Richard Dallyn ; Jenny Eclair ; Richard Fairbrass ; Caroline Feraday ; John_Forrest_ ( Producer-Director ); Mariella Frostrup ; George Gale ; Krishnan Guru-Murthy ; Boy George ; Charlie Gibson ; Charles Golding ; Angie Greaves ; Eric Hall ; Bob Harris ; Brian Hayes ; Chris Hawkins ; Phillip Hodson ; Bob Holness ; Eamonn Holmes ; Jon Holmes ; Fred Housego ; Rufus Hound ; Howard Hughes ; Sue Jameson ; Bob Johnson ; Bryn Jones ; Steve Jones ; Barry Jordan ; Charlie Jordan ; Lesley Judd ; Henry Kelly ; Allan King ; Gary King ; Jenny Lacey ; Iain Lee ; Richard Littlejohn ; Wendy Lloyd ; Sir Nicholas Lloyd ; Adrian Love ; Dave Luddy ; Kelvin MacKenzie ; Richard Mackney ; Mike Mendoza ; Daisy McAndrew ; Rod Lucas ; Carol McGiffin ; Monty Modlin ; Nathan Morley ; Douglas Moffatt ; Bel Mooney ; Jane Moore ; Elliot Moss ; Pete Murray ; Paddy O ' Connell ; Rod Lucas ; Tom Parker-Bowles ; Michael Parkinson ; Frank Partridge ; John Perkins ; David Prever ; Martin Popplewell ; Gill Pyrah ; Anna Raeburn ; Angela Rippon ; Rowland Rivron ; Richard Robbins ; Paul Ross ; Kenny Sansom ; Adrian Scott ; Valerie Singleton ; Penny Smith ; Jon Snow ; Julia Somerville ; Laurence Spicer ; Dr Pam Spurr ; Janet Street-Porter ; Peter Stringfellow ; Carol Thatcher ; Sandi Toksvig ; Petroc Trelawny ; Michael Van Straten ; Robbie Vincent ; Becky Walsh ; Sandy Warr ; Brian Widlake ; James Williams, Matthew Wright, and Martin Young ;.

The many presenters over the years included Peter West, McDonald Hobley, Charles Nove, Terry Wogan, Brian Johnston, Angela Rippon, Michael Aspel, Noel Edmonds, David Jacobs, Judith Chalmers, Pete Murray, and Rosemarie Ford.

The first team of presenters included Fiona Cowan ( Breakfast ), Robin Pulford ( who went on to present the very first phone in programme on the station-Countywide ), Paul Heiney, Ian Hunter, David Eggleston, Jill Ward, John Withington ( news and sport ), Keith Barnwell, Al Gilyon and Charles Levitt ( News ).

Other past presenters include: Sir Robin Day, Sir Ludovic Kennedy, Sir Charles Wheeler and Jeremy Vine.

Many notable broadcasters spent time as presenters with the Voice of Peace, including Tony Allan, Bob Noakes, Ken Dickin, Phil Brice, Richard West ( now using real name Richard Harding on Island FM ), Steve Gordon, Richard Wood, Don Stevens, Alan Roberts, and Crispian St. John, who sailed through the Suez Canal on board with Abie Nathan in early 1977 ; Gavin McCoy, Tony Lyman ( as Vince Mould ), Malcolm Barry, Guy Starkey, Tom Hardy, Norman Lloyd, Richard Jackson, Keith York, Kas Collins, Nathan Morley, Mark Hurrell, Steve Marshall, Chris Pearson, Keith Lewis, Steve Silby, Rob Charles, Dave Shearer, Doug Wood, Digby Taylor, Tony Mandell, Nigel Harris, Mike Kerslake ( Davis / Coconut ), Cliff Walker, Alex Skinner, Nigel Grover, John Macdonald, Steve Rowney ( AKA Carlos the Chicken ), and Grant Benson.

Some of the best-known reporters and presenters who launched or spent a major part of their careers at " Ten News " include Jana Wendt, Kerry O ' Brien, Katrina Lee, Charles Slade, Ann Sanders, Steve Liebmann, Tim Webster, Ron Wilson, Anne Fulwood, Juanita Phillips, Liz Hayes, Jo Pearson, David Johnston, Chris Masters, Larry Emdur, Eddie McGuire, John Gatfield, Kay McGrath, Graeme Goodings, Sharyn Ghidella, Laurie Oakes, Geraldine Doogue, Jennifer Keyte and Mike Munro amongst others.

The main relief presenters are Martine Croxall, Gavin Esler ( BBC News at Five ), Sophie Long ( mainly weekday afternoons ), Rachel Schofield ( Monday mornings ), Tim Willcox and Julian Worricker ( Friday afternoons ), while Fiona Armstrong, Ellie Crisell, Ben Geoghagen, Roger Johnson, Kasia Madera, Chris Rogers, Babita Sharma, Julia Somerville, Sue Thearle and Carole Walker also fill in for regular presenters.

Also, Russ & Garthy ( breakfast presenters 2001 – 2005 ), Kate McAllister ( previously part of the breakfast trio with Russ & Garthy ; left to go to Star 107. 5 ), Gregg Upwards now on Star 107. 5, Andy Beeley who is now on the radio in Canada, Martin Mills, Andy Henly ( currently at Total Star ), Kam Kelly ( Red Dragon FM Breakfast ), Sally Bailey ( Red Dragon FM Breakfast ), Shaun Moore, Nick Carter, Toni Macdonald, Neil Vincent, Dean Roberts, Paul Ellery-who pops up every so often to cover shows on Heart, Robert Kenny, Helen Purcell, Steve Aspey, Paul Seed, Julian Watkins and Steve Wilkinson.

Since December 2007, the main regular presenters on the channel have been Simon McCoy, Carrie Gracie, Matthew Amroliwala, Jane Hill, Jon Sopel, Emily Maitlis, Louise Minchin, Huw Edwards, Ben Brown, Joanna Gosling and Chris Eakin.

" The nationwide Big Breakfast show's presenters Chris Evans and Paula Yates, commented that " He's selling more records than anyone in the world, but none of us have ever heard of him.

Vizs founder and main contributor Chris Donald has said that the character of Roger Mellie was inspired by the off-screen behaviour of Rod Griffiths, a 1980s Northern UK regional TV presenter but that Mellie is actually nothing like Griffiths in fact and other presenters have been worked into the character, including Look North presenter Mike Neville.

Big name presenters in the UK include Ken Bruce, Tony Blackburn, Simon Mayo, Steve Wright ( DJ ), Scottie McClue, Chris Moyles, Chris Evans and Jeremy Vine.

Chris Tarrant and John Asher retained their roles as the main presenters, although John would leave during this series.

The ITV broadcast referred only briefly to John Asher and Trevor East, the programme's original presenters, and omitted to make any reference to the eighth and final series ( possibly because it was the one series in which Reuniteds Executive Producer Chris Tarrant was not involved.

Original presenters included Mark Durden-Smith, Colin Murray, Kirsty Gallacher, Edith Bowman, Tom Binns, Chris Rogers, Liz Bonnin and Henry Bonsu.

In 1997, incoming producer Chris Cowey phased out the use of celebrities and established a rotating team ( similar to the 1991 revamp, although much more warmly received ) of former presenters of youth music magazine The O-Zone Jayne Middlemiss and Jamie Theakston as well as Radio 1 DJs Jo Whiley and Zoë Ball.

Notable presenters after William Hardcastle included Steve Race, Brian Widlake, Robert Williams, Chris Lowe, Joan Bakewell, Susannah Simons and Valerie Singleton ( a former Blue Peter presenter — in pre-interview chats, junior ministers " inevitably " claimed that they still had their Blue Peter badge ).

Other past presenters include Mike Parry, Jon Gaunt, Nicky Horne, Tony Lockwood, Tommy Boyd, Charlie Wolf, Richard Kaufman, Bill Young, Gethin Jones, Patrick Kinghorn, Mike Mendoza, Rhodri Williams, Howard Hughes, Jeremy Kyle, Dave Roberts, Chris Cooper, Jim Proudfoot, Rodney Marsh, Ian Wright, Rob McCaffrey, Russell Brand, Russ Williams, Steve Bower, Kelly Dalglish, and many others.

Baker was a writer on Chris Evans ' TFI Friday show, as well as contributing material for presenters such as Angus Deayton and Jonathan Ross.

The next revamp occurred on 1 September 1997, when the station reverted to a more traditional mix of talk and music, and introduced new presenters such as Chris Ashley, John Radford ( wine ) Giles Dilnot, Bill Buckley and Simon Bates, who presented the Sunday morning show.

She currently presents her Sunday morning show on BBC Radio 1, as well as regularly deputising for the station's daytime presenters, Fearne Cotton, Scott Mills and Chris Moyles.

The first two presenters were Chris Evans ( 1992 – 1994 ) and Gaby Roslin ( 1992 – 1996 ).

* The most regular of the stand-in presenters for Chris Evans and Gaby Roslin were Danny Baker ( 1993-4 ) and Dani Behr ( 1994-5 ).

Past presenters have included David Bull, Juliet Morris, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Julie Etchingham, Chris Rogers, Kate Sanderson, Matthew Price, and Becky Jago.

** August / September – The One Show received new presenters, Jason Manford, Alex Jones and Chris Evans, who took over from Christine Bleakley and Adrian Chiles.

Other presenters included Mandy Walker, Mervin J Futter, singer-songwriter Terry Mckenna, Warren Davies, Steve Allen, Craig Morris, Mick & Sarah-Jane, Chris Brown and Harry Giltrap.

Other Radio 2 presenters have parodied it: Terry Wogan bemoans the lack of such encouragement in his correspondence, occasionally reading listeners ' letters which say " Love Steve Wright's show ", while listeners of Chris Evans once added " Love the snow " to messages.

Took left in 1986 and was replaced by several presenters including Tony Robinson, Alan Titchmarsh and Chris Serle, none of whom lasted long, until Anne Robinson ( no relation to Tony, Robert or Kenneth ) restored stability to the role.