Helen Rollason programme was a report on the street children of Bogotá, a subject that deeply moved her and reduced her to tears on screen. In 1990, Rollason joined BBC Sport and became the first female presenter of "Grandstand", where her down-to-earth presenting style quickly made her popular with viewers, and earned her a regular presenting role on BBC Two's "Sport on Friday", as well as a raft of other sporting programmes. Among her credits with the BBC are coverage of the Wimbledon Championships, the 1992 Summer Olympics from Barcelona and 1996 Summer Olympics from Atlanta, together with the 1994 Commonwealth Games,
Patrick Hannan (presenter) Patrick Hannan (presenter) Patrick Hannan MBE (26 September 1941 – 11 October 2009) was a Welsh political journalist, author and television and radio presenter. The son of an Irish doctor who migrated to Wales in the 1930s, he was born and raised in Aberaman, near Aberdare in South Wales. He was educated at Cowbridge Grammar School, where Anthony Hopkins was a fellow pupil; and at Aberystwyth University, where he first entered journalism writing for the college newspaper, "The Courier". He joined the graduate training scheme at "Western Mail" in the mid-1960s, becoming industrial editor, before joining BBC Wales in 1970.