Anne Gregg
| Anne Gregg | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Anne Deirdre Gregg February 11, 1940 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Died | September 5, 2006 (aged 66) |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Occupation | Television presenter, travel writer |
Anne Deirdre Gregg (11 February 1940 – 5 September 2006) was a travel writer and TV presenter from Northern Ireland. She is perhaps best known for presenting the BBC's travel programme Holiday throughout the 1980s. She was one of the first people from Northern Ireland to become a national British television personality.
Gregg was born in Belfast. Her father,Kenneth, was a civil servant who worked for the Ordnance Survey; her mother,Nan,was a dressmaker. An uncle, R. H. McCandless, was an actor. She had one brother,Ken.
Gregg was educated at Strathearn Grammar School for Girls in Belfast. After leaving school, she worked for a short time as a bookkeeper in the Ministry of Finance, but quickly left to pursue a television career.
Gregg joined Ulster Television at the age of 19 in 1959, starting as an announcer and later becoming a local news reporter and presenter of Roundabout. She was reputed to be the youngest current affairs presenter in the United Kingdom. She moved to England in 1963, where worked at an advertising agency before moving to Anglia Television, in Norwich, to present a current affairs programme. She moved to London to work for the BBC, first as a continuity announcer, and later becoming a news reader on national television.
She changed to print journalism in 1966, working as a features editor and later deputy editor on the Good Housekeeping magazine. She was editor of Woman's Journal from 1978 to 1980.
Gregg returned to television broadcasting in 1980, as a presenter on the Holiday programme from 1980 to 1991. She was its main studio presenter from 1990 to 1991, attracting a weekly audience of 12 million. With a warm, personable manner, described by The Guardian as "unstuffy directness and warmth combined with an impish sense of fun", she was popular with viewers.
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