Gillian Porter

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Gillian Porter (born 13 April 1965 [1] in Coleraine [2] ) is a Northern Irish television presenter. She is best known for her work at UTV, where she was a long-serving continuity announcer and newsreader for 27 years. [1]

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Broadcasting career

Before joining UTV, Porter briefly worked as a continuity announcer and playout director at BBC Northern Ireland. [3] In 1998, she presented the first series of UTV Life (originally broadcast weekly on Sundays before becoming a weeknight show). [4]

In later years, Porter was one of two out-of-vision announcers at UTV, alongside Julian Simmons, voicing pre-recorded links.

In April 2020, local continuity was abandoned, initially as a temporary measure, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on staff at the Belfast studios. In November 2020, Porter announced she had left UTV, following a decision to switch permanently to ITV network presentation. [5]

Porter voiced the final local UTV continuity link, broadcast at 5:59am on Thursday 2 April 2020.

She is now a freelance broadcaster and voiceover artist.

Personal life

Porter is married to Dee Corbett and has two children. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 WebArchive.org: Gillian Porter's profile on u.tv; captured 17 August 2002, accessed 5 April 2009
  2. 1 2 Belfast Telegraph: "Woman 2 Woman: Gillan Porter's baby joy was shrouded in sadness"; dated 7 July 2003, accessed 16 June 2008
  3. ↑ The TV Room Plus: UTV Announcers Archived 2012-07-17 at archive.today
  4. ↑ "BFI Film and TV Database: UTV Life details". Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
  5. ↑ End of era at UTV as Julian Simmons and Gillian Porter exit, Belfast Telegraph, 26 November 2020


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