Helen Rollason Helen Rollason Helen Frances Rollason, MBE ("née" Grindley: 11 March 1956 – 9 August 1999) was a British sports journalist and television presenter, who in 1990 became the first female presenter of the BBC's sports programme "Grandstand". She was also a regular presenter of "Sport on Friday", and of the children's programme "Newsround" during the 1980s. Born in London, Rollason studied to become a PE teacher before entering radio broadcasting in 1980. After directing sport related content for Channel 4, where she helped to bring American football to British television, she anchored coverage of the 1987 World Student Games and
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