List of longest-running British television presenters
This is a list of the longest-running television presenters in the United Kingdom, on their respective programmes. List excludes newsreaders and voice work.
Show name | Presenter | Duration | Length (years) |
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The Sky at Night | Patrick Moore[1] | 1957–2013 | 55 |
Beechgrove | Jim McColl | 1978–2019 | 41 |
The South Bank Show | Melvyn Bragg | 1978–2010, 2012–present | 41 |
See Hear | Clive Mason | 1984–present | 37 |
Beechgrove | Carole Baxter | 1986–present | 35 |
Children in Need | Sir Terry Wogan | 1980–2014 | 34 |
Countryfile | John Craven | 1989–present | 32 |
Chelsea Flower Show | Alan Titchmarsh | 1983–2013 | 30 |
It'll Be Alright on the Night | Denis Norden | 1977–2006 | 29 |
Wish You Were Here...? | Judith Chalmers | 1974–2003 | 29 |
Later... with Jools Holland | Jools Holland | 1992–present | 29 |
This Is Your Life | Eamonn Andrews | 1955–1964, 1969–1987 | 27 |
Channel 4 Racing | Derek Thompson | 1985–2012 | 27 |
University Challenge | Jeremy Paxman | 1994–2023 | 27 |
Film... | Barry Norman | 1973–1998 | 26 |
Des O'Connor Tonight | Des O'Connor | 1983–2002 | 25 |
Mastermind | Magnus Magnusson | 1972–1997 | 25 |
University Challenge | Bamber Gascoigne | 1962–1987 | 25 |
Newsnight | Jeremy Paxman | 1989–2014 | 25 |
Newsnight | Kirsty Wark | 1993–present | 24 |
Question Time | David Dimbleby | 1994–2018 | 23 |
Crimewatch | Nick Ross | 1984–2007 | 23 |
Soccer Saturday | Jeff Stelling | 1994–present | 23 |
Countdown | Richard Whiteley | 1982–2005 | 22 |
Soccer AM | Helen Chamberlain | 1995–present | 22 |
Parkinson | Michael Parkinson | 1971–1982, 1987–1988, 1998–2007 | 22 |
Record Breakers | Roy Castle | 1972-1993 | 21 |
That's Life! | Esther Rantzen | 1973–1994 | 21 |
Through the Keyhole | Sir David Frost | 1987–2008 | 21 |
British Comedy Awards | Jonathan Ross | 1991–2007, 2009–2014 | 21 |
This Morning (TV programme) | Ruth Langsford | 1999–present | 21 |
Top of the Pops | Sir Jimmy Savile | 1964–1984 | 20 |
Tomorrow's World | Judith Hann | 1974–1994 | 20 |
The Sooty Show | Harry Corbett | 1955–1975 | 20 |
A Question of Sport | Sue Barker | 1997–2021 | 23 |
Ski Sunday | David Vine | 1976–1996 | 20 |
Time Team | Tony Robinson | 1994-2014 | 20 |
Call My Bluff | Robert Robinson | 1969–1988 | 19 |
Antiques Roadshow | Hugh Scully | 1981–2000 | 19 |
Jim'll Fix It | Sir Jimmy Savile | 1975–1994 | 19 |
Match of the Day | Gary Lineker | 1999–present | 18 |
A Question of Sport | David Coleman | 1979–1997 | 18 |
Blind Date | Cilla Black | 1985–2003 | 18 |
The Krypton Factor | Gordon Burns | 1977–1995 | 18 |
Rainbow | Geoffrey Hayes | 1974–1992 | 18 |
Kilroy | Robert Kilroy-Silk | 1986–2004 | 17 |
Art Attack | Neil Buchanan | 1990–2007 | 17 |
World of Sport | Dickie Davies | 1968–1985 | 17 |
John Craven's Newsround | John Craven | 1972–1989 | 17 |
The Wright Stuff | Matthew Wright | 2000–present | 17 |
Pride of Britain Awards | Carol Vorderman | 1999–present | 17 |
References
- ^ "When was The Sky at Night first broadcast?". The Daily Telegraph. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2017.