Lynda Bryans

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name = Lynda Bryans


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occupation = Television presenter, journalist and producer
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children = 2 sons
spouse = Mike Nesbitt
(married 1992 - present)
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Lynda Bryans is a Northern Irish television presenter and journalist. She is currently a presenter on UTV Live. [ [http://u.tv/television/people/showprofile.asp?peopleid=19] u.tv: Lynda Bryans profile; accessed 15 June 2008] Bryans is married to Mike Nesbitt, who until February 2006, co-presented "UTV Live" regularly with his wife. [ [http://u.tv/homesweethome/dev/presenters.asp] u.tv: Home Sweet Home: Presenters; accessed 15 June 2008]

Broadcasting career

Bryans began her broadcasting career at BBC Northern Ireland as a secretary in the Religious Affairs Department. [ [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/article901435.ece] Belfast Telegraph: "Mandi Millar's Q & A with UTV producer Sara Bell"; dated 26 January 2004, retrieved 10 January 2008] She went on to become a newsreader and reporter on BBC's "Inside Ulster" in 1988 [ [http://u.tv/homesweethome/dev/presenters.asp] u.tv: Home Sweet Home: Presenters; accessed 15 June 2008] , as well as reading daytime news bulletins and briefly covering continuity shifts for BBC NI. [ [http://tvannouncers.thetvroomplus.com/channel-10.html] The TV Room Plus: BBC Northern Ireland announcers; accessed 15 June 2008]

Bryans also presented on network BBC programmes. She was a presenter and reporter for the BBC News and Current Affairs series "Here and Now" [ [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/540859?view=credit] BFI Film and TV Database: Lynda Bryans filmography; accessed 15 June 2008] [ [http://u.tv/homesweethome/dev/presenters.asp] u.tv: Home Sweet Home: Presenters; accessed 15 June 2008] , and also co-presented with Rolf Harris on "Animal Hospital" in 1994 [ [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/540859?view=credit] BFI Film and TV Database: Lynda Bryans filmography; accessed 15 June 2008] [ [http://u.tv/homesweethome/dev/presenters.asp] u.tv: Home Sweet Home: Presenters; accessed 15 June 2008] and reported for the "Holiday" programme until its axe in 2006.

As well as working together on "UTV Live", Bryans and Nesbitt also presented Anglia Television's networked "Sunday Morning" series together from 1999 to 2001 [ [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/540859?view=credit] BFI Film and TV Database: Lynda Bryans filmography; accessed 15 June 2008] and UTV's home and garden series "Home Sweet Home" in 2004 and 2006. [ [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/540859?view=credit] BFI Film and TV Database: Lynda Bryans filmography; accessed 15 June 2008] [ [http://u.tv/homesweethome/dev/presenters.asp] u.tv: Home Sweet Home: Presenters; accessed 15 June 2008]

Bryans' other television credits include "News 40", ITV's recreation of news events from World War II in a contemporary style and "Bethlehem Year Zero" and "Dateline Jerusalem", recreating the news events at the time of the birth and death of Jesus Christ. [ [http://u.tv/homesweethome/dev/presenters.asp] u.tv: Home Sweet Home: Presenters; accessed 15 June 2008] From 2001 to 2005, Lynda appeared as an occasional newscaster on the ITV News Channel at weekends. [ [http://u.tv/homesweethome/dev/presenters.asp] u.tv: Home Sweet Home: Presenters; accessed 15 June 2008]

November 2005 saw Bryans become part of the daytime line-up on UTV-owned radio station, U105, hosting the 12.00-15.00 slot, "U105 Lunch". [ [http://www1.u105.com/presenters/presenter_detail.asp?pres_id=100011] U105 Presenters: Lynda Bryans; accessed 15 June 2008] .

Personal life

Bryans is the director of the Irish mental health charity Aware. [ [http://www.newsletter.co.uk/lisburnnews/LISBURN-MUMS-URGED-TO-THINK.3837731.jp Ulster Star: "Lisburn mums urged to think about post-natal depression victims"] ; dated 10 March 2008, accessed 16 June 2008] She is also a patron of the charity Action Cancer [ [http://www.newsletter.co.uk/features/Get---glowing.3721199.jp Foyle News: "Get glow-ing!"] ; dated 25 January 2008, accessed 17 June 2008] and patron of the Girls' Brigade Northern Ireland. [ [http://www.girlsbrigadeni.com/structure-staff.php Girls Brigade Northern Ireland: Structure and Staff] ; accessed 16 June 2008] [ [http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/Girls39-Brigade39s-new-purposebuilt-home.3626864.jp News Letter: "Girls' Brigade's new purpose-built home"] ; dated 28 December 2007, accessed 16 June 2008]

Bryans and Nesbitt run their own production company, "Take I Take II". The couple have two children. [ [http://u.tv/television/people/showprofile.asp?peopleid=19] u.tv: Lynda Bryans profile]

References

External links

* [http://www.lyndabryans.com/ Lynda Bryans' official website]
* [http://www.take1take2.com/professional_services.html Take I Take II website]
* [http://u.tv/television/people/showprofile.asp?peopleid=19 Lynda Bryans' profile on u.tv]
* [http://www1.u105.com/presenters/presenter_detail.asp?pres_id=100011 Lynda Bryans' profile on U105]