Helen Rollason "Helen Rollason: The Bravest Fight", a 30-minute documentary presented by Peter Sissons in which friends and colleagues paid tribute to her. Her autobiography, "Life's Too Short", was published posthumously in 2000. As the first female presenter of "Grandstand", Helen Rollason was a pioneer of British sports broadcasting, an industry that was predominantly male at the time, and she established a precedent that allowed others to follow. Sue Barker, Hazel Irvine, Gail McKenna, Shelley Webb and Gabby Logan all followed in Rollason's footsteps to become noted UK sports presenters, with Logan joining ITV as their first female sports presenter in the
Leanne Brown (presenter) national news reporter for the BBC. Brown was married to radio presenter Richard Allen for 5 years (m. 2013 - 2018) Leanne Brown (presenter) Leanne Brown (born Grimsby, England) is a journalist and presenter for the BBC. Brown began her media career at 16, working as a film critic for Yorkshire Television. Her first job at the BBC was working for BBC Radio Humberside as the station's community reporter. She later moved to television and worked as a producer before moving to a role as a video journalist and presenter at BBC Look North. Brown currently presents a variety of