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Helen McDermott (born circa 1954) is a British radio and television presenter, best known for her work at Anglia Television. Helen began her broadcasting career in the 1970s as a continuity announcer and newsreader for Westward Television in Plymouth.〔(The TV Room Plus - Anglia TV announcers' profiles )〕 While at Westward, she made an attempt at a singing career under the pseudonym of 'Helen Barnes'.〔(Listen to Helen McDermott's hit record ), letstalk24.co.uk, 11 March 2008〕 In 1979 Helen joined Anglia Television as an announcer and newsreader, where she quickly became one of the station's most popular faces. While working as part of the announcing staff, Helen devised the idea of utilising a puppet during the regular children's birthdays' slots, based upon her previous work at Westward alongside station mascot Gus Honeybun. The puppet ''BC'' (or ''Birthday Club'') went on to become a fixture on Anglia for 22 years.〔(The Continuity Booth - BC ), archive.org〕 Helen left Anglia's presentation department when in-vision continuity was phased out at the station in the late 1980s. She later became one of the chief anchors for the East sub-regional edition of ''Anglia News'' between circa 1990 & 2001, and continued to work on a range of other regional programmes.〔(BFI profile - Helen McDermott )〕 She was also a presenter at 99.9 Radio Norwich,〔(99.9 Radio Norwich - Helen McDermott )〕 but left in 2010 following budget cuts by station owners Tindle Radio. In January 2011, Helen joined BBC Radio Norfolk in Norwich as presenter of the 11am to 1pm slot from Monday to Thursday. In January 2012, BBC budget cuts meant Helen's programme was dropped from the Radio Norfolk schedule despite its ratings success, although she continued to regularly present and produce special strands for the Corporation. In 2014 Helen began appearing as a reporter on Norwich television station Mustard TV.〔http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/mustard_tv_s_picks_of_the_week_1_3767141〕 Her heritage as one of Anglia's most popular personalities meant she was an instant hit with Mustard's viewers, and within weeks Helen was asked to co-present the channel's flagship nightly entertainment programme, The Mustard Show. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Helen McDermott」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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