Lynsey Young

Character Accents: RP, Scottish, Irish, Midlands, West Country, Generic Northern, Liverpool, West Coast American, Australian, New Zealand.

READS: Commercials, Narration, Station Imaging, TV Continuity & Promos, Presentation, Sponsorship credits, Character Work. CREDITS: BBC ONE, TWO , THREE and FOUR, ITV, SKY, GRANADA, GMTV, UKTV, Vauxhall, Mercedes Benz, Gillette, Nationwide, W H Smith, BP Connect, BBC 6 Music, XFM, Kiss 100, Virgin Radio, Talk Radio, talkSPORT, Heart 106.2, Magic 105.4, MUTV, THE TIMES Online – Bond Villainess. BIOGRAPHY: With eleven years experience in live broadcasting, Lynsey began her career co-presenting the breakfast show for Heart 106.2 in 1997. She then became a national Traffic and Travel reporter for Traffic link presenting air and ground based travel news to KISS 100, VIRGIN Radio, TALK Radio and HEART 106.2, among others. In 1999, Lynsey began a voice over career, voicing commercials and promos for high calibre clients such as Mercedes Benz, John Smiths, Nationwide and WH SMITH. She became a freelance voice at Granada Sky Broadcasting in 2001 and a promo contract with GMTV followed during the winter of 2003. Lynsey is also a regular voice on BBC ONE & BBC TWO, SKY and UKTV. She is bubbly and driven by nature and is always ready to take on a new challenge. A Level: English, Media, Philosophy BA Joint hons degree in Media with Business Management. 2:1 UKTV - October 2009 – Present Writer / Announcer on WATCH Freelance Writer and Announcer on UKTV’s Brand new entertainment channel. BBC ONE, BBC TWO Continuity Writer and Announcer (LIVE) - March 2005 - Present Freelance across BBC ONE and BBC TWO’s Live output UKTV - October 2007 – October 2008 Continuity Creative Working across UKTV’s lifestyle channels, I oversee the writing and announcing of UKTV STYLE and UKTV FOOD. I sub-edit and cross check scripts, deal with last minute schedule changes and work with the writers and announcers to create the right tone for the channels. Based at White City, I also attend weekly meetings with marketing and planners at UKTV, Great Portland Street. UKTV - February 2005 – October 2007 Continuity Writer and Announcer Writer and Announcer on UKTV’s flagship channel, UKTV GOLD and writer on UKTV STYLE, HISTORY and FOOD. BBC 6 Music - April 2003 – April 2004 Broadcast Assistant Researching and assisting the smooth running of the Breakfast Show with Phill Jupitus. Writing and publishing the programme website, liasing with record companies, booking guests, music logging using Selector, raising purchase orders and paying contributors. I also made music packages and documentaries using SADiE and was responsible for recording bands live in-session Granada Sky Broadcasting - Oct 2002 – May 2004 Continuity Announcer Scripting and Recording continuity links for Granada Plus. TalkSPORT 1089/1053AM - Dec 1999 – March 2003 Creative Producer I enjoyed 3 years as a commercial producer in a promo production department for the national sports radio station. Writing, voicing, directing and producing; commercials, promos, station Idents, documentaries and jingle packages using SADiE. I was also responsible for booking voice talent and liasing with voice over agencies. Trafficlink & Emap group - Oct 1997 – Dec 1999 Traffic Broadcaster Compiled, scripted and broadcast Live air and ground based traffic and travel information to Virgin FM/AM, Talk Radio, GMTV, London Today, Kiss 100 and Magic 105.4 HEART 106.2 (RSL) - Jan 1997 – Feb 1997 Co-presenter/ producer Breakfast Show Worked on a live Breakfast show, broadcasting the traffic and travel news and adding banter. Researched the daily newspapers for topical discussion and I compiled features, music packages and jingles. I live in London and therefore access to professional studios can be arranged at short notice. I have extensive production experience.