Jan Leeming
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
| - | + | Best known as a BBC newsreader during the early-to-mid-1980's and also as a sometime host of ''Pebble Mill At One''. | |
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| + | Before gaining national attention, she had been a theatrical actress in Australia and became Sydney's first female television newsreader prior to coming home for announcing/presenting stints at Westward, HTV West and Granada. | ||
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| + | She largely dropped out of the public eye in the 1990s before re-emerging as a contestant on celeb reality shows. | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
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In a famous BBC incident, a large studio lightbulb exploded while Jan was reading the news. To her credit, she kept much of her composure, before apologising and explaining to the viewers what had happened. | In a famous BBC incident, a large studio lightbulb exploded while Jan was reading the news. To her credit, she kept much of her composure, before apologising and explaining to the viewers what had happened. | ||
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| + | She ended up in hospital following a car crash while travelling to her new announcing role at Westward Television for the first time in 1965 - leading to a flood of cards and presents from viewers who had never seen her before. | ||
== Web links == | == Web links == | ||
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| + | [http://www.jan-leeming.com Official entry] | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Leeming Wikipedia entry] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Leeming Wikipedia entry] | ||
Revision as of 20:43, 17 August 2009
Contents |
Shows
Celebrity Masterchef (participant, 2009)
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (participant)
Safari School (participant)
Biography
Best known as a BBC newsreader during the early-to-mid-1980's and also as a sometime host of Pebble Mill At One.
Before gaining national attention, she had been a theatrical actress in Australia and became Sydney's first female television newsreader prior to coming home for announcing/presenting stints at Westward, HTV West and Granada.
She largely dropped out of the public eye in the 1990s before re-emerging as a contestant on celeb reality shows.
Trivia
She sang 'Hello, Young Lovers' on 'The Russell Harty Show'.
In a famous BBC incident, a large studio lightbulb exploded while Jan was reading the news. To her credit, she kept much of her composure, before apologising and explaining to the viewers what had happened.
She ended up in hospital following a car crash while travelling to her new announcing role at Westward Television for the first time in 1965 - leading to a flood of cards and presents from viewers who had never seen her before.
