Lee Mack is the quick-witted comedian who can turn an ordinary sentence into a laugh before you have even finished hearing it. For almost twenty years, he has been one of the most familiar faces on British television, whether he is playing the hapless Lee in his own sitcom Not Going Out, trying to catch…

For eight years, viewers across Yorkshire and northern England started or ended their day with Abbie Dewhurst and the weather. The BBC Look North presenter became known for forecasts delivered with warmth, humour and a distinctly northern sensibility — the 2.30am alarms and all. Then, on the eighth anniversary of her first day in the…

For nearly twenty years, Stav Danaos has been one of the BBC’s most familiar weather faces — the presenter who can explain a Saharan dust cloud, a named storm or a sudden cold snap in plain, unhurried English, usually with a smile. From regional forecasts in Scotland to the national news channel, and now as…

If you switch on BBC One on a Sunday morning, or catch the red sofa on BBC Breakfast, there is a good chance you will meet Holly Hamilton. The Northern Ireland-born journalist has quietly become one of the BBC’s most versatile presenters — a breakfast news reporter, a sports broadcaster, and the co-host of Sunday…