Trish Bertram

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Trish Bertram is a British television continuity announcer.

[edit] Background

Bertram has been a live TV announcer for 25 years, starting her career in 1982 with LWT. She is the longest serving female television continuity announcer in British television, and is particularly well known for her work with London Weekend Television, where she worked for over twenty years. Alongside colleague Glen Thompsett, she made the last announcement (a recorded in-vision link) on LWT's last night as an on-air brand on 27 October 2002. After LWT's on-air demise she joined Five but continued to freelance for ITV1 as an announcer and promotions voiceover.

In 1995 she served as announcer on Late Show with David Letterman while the program was broadcast from London for a week.

In the past, Bertram has also worked as a live announcer for TVS, Westcountry, Superchannel, The Family Channel, BBC World and BSB. Currently, alongside her work at Five, she continues to voice promos and continuity for ITV3. She is also a regular promotions voice for QVC. Bertram also does voice over work for various companies in the corporate sector, including Microsoft as well as for BBC Local Radio. She is the station voice of BBC Radio Manchester and BBC Radio Leeds and until summer 2007 she could be heard on Martin Kelner's Late Thing on BBC Radio Leeds. She is also the station voice of Radio Pembrokeshire, Radio Scilly and Radio Caroline.

[edit] Asian Games Doha 2006

More recently, Bertram was the live stadium Ceremony Announcer for the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the Asian Games 2006 in Doha, Qatar. An event which broadcast to 3.8 billion viewers across the world and are the largest and most expensive Olympic Ceremonies produced to date.