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British Radio and Television Personalities
Please link the profiles of people who have either presented or hosted programs on British Radio or Television or were born in the United Kingdom and are radio or television personalities in other countries.
A radio personality can be someone who introduces and discusses various genres of music, hosts a talk radio show that may take calls from listeners, or someone whose primary responsibility is to give news, weather, sports, or traffic information. The radio personality may broadcast live or use recording techniques.
A television personality can be someone who hosts a television talk show, games show, or someone whose primary responsibility is to give news, weather, sports, or traffic information. A TV personality may broadcast live or use recorded material.
These include -
- Disc Jockies
- Sports Commentators
- Presenters
- News readers
- Television chefs
- Program producers
- Comedians who are the subject of Television shows
Excluded ...
... Actors and musicians unless they fall into the above categories.
... Guests on talk shows, games shows and competition programs
Some examples -
- Jason Donovan (Australia) has presented on British radio
- Bob Dylan (USA) has presented British radio shows
- Barry Manilow (USA) presents occasionally on British radio
- Donny Osmond (USA) has been a presenter on British radio and is included.
- Actress Barbara Windsor presents radio shows
- Sir Terry Wogan is a British Television and Radio Personality
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References and Sources
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_television_personalities
- http://www.swalwelluk.co.uk/memstwo.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_in_the_United_Kingdom
- http://job-descriptions.careerplanner.com/Radio-and-Television-Anno...
- http://www.pozitiv.com/clients/tv-presenters.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity
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