Colin Weston

Who is Colin Weston?

Colin Weston, is an English former television continuity announcer, best known for his work at Granada Television.

Originally from London, Weston began his career in the post room of ABC Television's studios in Teddington. After ABC lost its weekend franchise in 1968, he applied for various continuity announcing roles around the ITV network.

Weston was successful at Granada, which had won the 7-day franchise for North West England. He was trained by then-chief announcer Don Murray Henderson. However, on his first announcing shift, he earned the nickname Fluff after forgetting the name of the Winter Hill transmitter during the start-up authority announcement.

After 18 months, his contract with Granada was not renewed but he did move on to freelance for various stations including Anglia, London Weekend and most notably, Tyne Tees. He continued to freelance after returning to Granada a short time afterwards, where in-vision continuity had been introduced to the station.

Before long, Weston had become one of the best known television personalities in North West England, winning many fans for his unique style of announcing. His duties at Granada extended when he became Chief Announcer, leading a team of contemporaries including Beverley Ashworth, Andrew Brittain, Charles Foster, John MacKenzie and Jim Pope. Alongside all other Granada announcers, until 1992, he also read Granada Reports news bulletins throughout the day. He also voiced Granada-produced networked trails and promos for the ITV network and made a cameo appearance during the first series of the long-running Granada sitcom, Watching in 1987.