Gillian Porter

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]

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 Colbert and has two children Zara and Sam.[2]

References
  1. WebArchive.org: Gillian Porter's profile on u.tv; captured 17 August 2002, accessed 5 April 2009
  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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