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Holiday is a British television programme, which aired mainly on BBC One, and sometimes on BBC Two. It is the longest running travel review series on UK television, showing every year from 1969 until its demise in 2007.
Anne Deirdre Gregg (11 February 1940 – 5 September 2006) was a travel writer and TV presenter from Northern Ireland. She is perhaps best known for presenting the BBC's travel programme Holiday throughout the 1980s. She was one of the first people from Northern Ireland to become a national British television personality. [1]
The Travel Show name was first used by the BBC for a BBC 2 holiday programme presented by Penny Junor [6] between 1988 and 1997. Like the BBC News programme, one of the main contributors to this magazine-style programme was the news channel's Global Guru Simon Calder, [7] who joined The Travel Show in the last few years of its run to present reports.
Louise Botting, CBE – presenter of BBC Radio 4's Money Box from 1977 to 1992. She is the mother of Anna Botting. Frank Bough – long-serving presenter on Nationwide and the first main anchor on Breakfast Time. He was also the main anchor on Grandstand during the 1970s and early-1980s and he later hosted the BBC's Holiday programme. He died ...
When Jayne Irving stopped presenting the After Nine programme, in the screening slot immediately after Good Morning Britain, Tayler took her place and remained a regular presenter until the programme ended in December 1992. She presented and reported on BBC's Holiday for 12 years, initially specialising in physically demanding outdoor ...
He was a regular presenter on BBC One's Holiday programme from 1969 to 1986, and presented other shows for BBC TV, ITV and BBC Radio. Michelmore returned to the BBC on 18 November 2007 to present a programme on the BBC Parliament channel, recalling the 1967 devaluation of the pound. [13]
In the 1960s, Chalmers presented two major BBC radio programmes: Family Favourites and Woman's Hour. [10] [11] She also appeared as the original Susan in The Clitheroe Kid, and was a foil for Ken Dodd in his radio show. [12] [13] Chalmers presented ballroom dancing competition programme Come Dancing for the BBC from 1961 to 1965. [14]
In 1996, Smillie became the original presenter of BBC Two's new DIY show Changing Rooms. The show was an immediate success and was transferred to BBC One for series 2. The programme is credited with starting a craze for DIY in the late 1990s. During her time on the show, it won a National TV Award and an INDIE Award and were BAFTA nominated ...