Anthea Turner Lottery draw on BBC One on 19 November 1994 with Noel Edmonds and Gordon Kennedy. She remained as sole host of the National Lottery Live until 20 April 1996, when she defected to ITV and the travel show "Wish You Were Here...?", becoming the second highest paid female television presenter in the UK, after Cilla Black. The relationship between Turner and her "GMTV" co-presenter Eamonn Holmes was frosty, with Holmes issuing an ultimatum to the "GMTV" management that he would leave if they did not sack his colleague; as a result of this Turner lost her job. After Bovey left
National Lottery (United Kingdom) the live draws. Wednesday draws at first had a 10-minute slot on BBC One, in the same set as the game show in the BBC studio, and presented by the same host. In later years the broadcast was hosted by various presenters in the National Lottery HQ studio; presenters included Gethin Jones, Christopher Biggins, John Barrowman, OJ Borg, Matt Johnson and Jenni Falconer. It is Alan Dedicoat who provides the voice-over announcing the balls drawn, sometimes interacting with the presenter; he is known as "The Voice Of the Balls". Charles Nove is the relief announcer. As of 7 January 2012,