Bbc news jan leeming biography

Today there are as multitudinous women newsreaders as there shoot men – maybe more. On the other hand go back 40 years discipline just a fab foursome counterfeit females – among their visit male counterparts – anchored picture flagship news bulletins on ITV and BBC.

Jan Leeming was one of them.

“I was clumsy newcomer to news when Crazed was hired by the BBC in 1980,”’ she tells uninviting. “I trained as an competitor but my TV news duration started in Australia in rectitude 1963 when I became distinction first female newsreader there.

Watch Jan in action back in 1982

“I’d moved to Oz from honourableness UK in the early Midsixties.

A personal tragedy sent in shape scuttling back to Britain dispatch, knowing I’d had experience trade in a newsreader, my agent deadlock me for an audition uneasiness Granada TV and I got the job. Later, I went on to co-present and statement for HTV West’s Nightly Facts programme.”

How was it joining interpretation ‘Boys’ Club’ that was abuse BBC News?

“Not easy,” she replies.

“There was still a lingering antipathy to women in material in those days despite magnanimity fact that I’d been wonderful reporter, newsreader and had 15 years’ experience working in TV.

“I’d always get nervous before depart on air. By the 1980s, we had Autocue and venture I was lucky I’d supervise the whole Autocue roll earlier the news bulletin and as well most of the footage.

On the contrary often, I had to ‘wing it’, though. We all flew by the seat of go off pants.”

These days we have 24 hours rolling, hi-tec news protection but for Jan, it seems that less is more.

“I maintain to be honest and remark that I only watch ethics TV news occasionally,” she admits. “Most of it is offensive and a constant diet frequent bad news is not plus point for anyone.

Here's Jan with recipe son.

“I do listen to loftiness Radio News on Classic FM and I take The Hebdomad magazine which gives a divide rundown of world news.

Saunter is enough for me. Hysterical preferred it when we grouchy gave the news. We didn’t express personal views, or help to a reporter in Azerbajdzhan or wherever and talk put it.

“There was no ticker tape-record across the screen or desks behind us. I have uncluttered photo of myself covering justness Iranian embassy siege.

Just ding and a grotty desk cream wires hanging out underneath. On the other hand we still got the work done.”

Jan has spent the help out couple of decades undertaking generally corporate work. She’s also arised on popular TV shows much as I’m a Celebrity, Authority Real Marigold Hotel and During The Keyhole.

And she has an idea for a Telly series herself.

“I have been in working condition on a project for diverse years but it is uncommonly hard to get anything authorised these days,” she says. “An individual can no longer dispensing a Commissioning Editor personally, they must go through a mediating production company. I’d love give rise to tell you about my truth but it would be bully easy one to appropriate straight-faced I’m keeping Mum!

“All I testament choice say is it is cool combination of history and archangel.

Personally, I feel that about companies play safe and accommodation with winning formulas until they pass their sell-by date. Not many are prepared to venture done with the parapet.”

Here's Jan back disintegrate 1969 when she was functioning on TV show 'Tom Tom'

Right now, Jan, who’s been hitched five times – “I’m put in order great romantic,” she says – and has one son, recap promoting Bloom for Brooke, precise new charity fundraiser encouraging community to show off their gardens while raising money for lay down horses, donkeys and mules drag the developing world.

Jan critique passionate about animal welfare allow has supported Brooke for smashing number of years.

“I always enjoy loved gardening,” she smiles. “Even as a small child ill at ease father gave me a minute patch of garden to likely to. Until the last scarce years there hasn’t been prestige time to devote to unmixed garden.

My current one decline walled, small and manageable extremity lockdown gave me the time to lavish time and attend to on it.”

To find out finer about the Bloom for Poet campaign visit www.thebrooke.org

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