Pamela “Pam” June Royle (born 30 June 1958) is a British television journalist and presenter.

Biography

Royle was born in

Leicester Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city l ...

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire ...

and was brought up mostly in

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by national parks, including most of the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors. It is one of four co ...

, but also in South Africa and

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devo ...

. After graduating with a joint honours degree in English Language and Literature from

Newcastle University Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a UK public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is a red brick unive ...

she taught English and Drama at a Chinese girls' school in Hong Kong. She has also worked in advertising for the Evening Gazette and as an assistant librarian at

Britannia Royal Naval College Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC), commonly known as Dartmouth, is the naval academy of the United Kingdom and the initial officer training establishment of the Royal Navy. It is located on a hill overlooking the port of Dartmouth, Devon, En ...

in Dartmouth. Royle is a qualified Voice Coach with LLCMtd certification.

Television

Royle began her TV career in Hong Kong, where she also trained the voices of radio and TV presenters. On her return to the UK, she joined Tyne Tees Television in 1983 as a

weather presenter A weather presenter (also known colloquially in North America as a weatherman or weather broadcaster) is a person who presents the weather forecast daily on radio, television or internet news broadcasts. Using diverse tools, such as projected weat ...

. She later moved to

Central Independent Television ITV Central, previously known as Central Independent Television, Carlton Central, ITV1 for Central England and commonly referred to as simply Central, is the Independent Television franchisee for the Midlands. It was created following the rest ...

as a continuity announcer before working as a weather and travel correspondent for

ITN World News ''ITN World News'' was a newscast shown during the late 1980s and most of the 1990s. It was either shown on cable or satellite television, or shown internationally. The newscast was broadcast from London, England, and was produced by Independen ...

covering Europe and, on the evening of the 1987 General Election, the world. After this, she joined ITN as a graduate news trainee. By 1987, Royle had been recruited by LWT as part of the launch presenting team for

LWT News ''LWT News'' was a regional news service provided by London Weekend Television, serving the Greater London area in various formats between January 1982 and 3 January 1993. History On Friday 1 January 1982, LWT began extending its broadcasting h ...

. She later became a chief anchor for the short-lived magazine programme, ''Friday Now''. She rejoined Tyne Tees in 1989 as a main presenter of the nightly news magazine programme, '' Northern Life'', alongside Paul Frost. She continued as the main presenter when the programme became ''Tyne Tees Today'' and also presented the North edition of ''Tyne Tees News''. In 1996, following the arrival of Mike Neville, she became a bulletin presenter and main stand-in anchor for Neville. Three years later, she presented the programme's short-lived lifestyle spin-off ''Primetime'', which in spite of good ratings was axed after just four weeks on air. She became the presenter of the North edition of ''North East Tonight'' in 2005 following the introduction of the two sub-regional versions of the programme. Royle moved to the South edition in September 2006. The North and South editions ended on 13 February 2009.TV favourite Pam Royle is taking over as anchor woman at the new-look North East Tonight news programme
KATHARINE CAPOCCI, The Free Library, 2009 As of 25 February 2009, Royle additionally presents ''

Lookaround ITV News ''Lookaround'' is a British television news service produced by ITV Tyne Tees & Border and broadcasting to the “Border” region. Overview The news service is produced and broadcast from studios at The Watermark, Gateshead with rep ...

'' on

ITV Border ITV Border, previously Border Television and commonly referred to as simply Border, is the Channel 3 service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the England/Scotland border region, covering most of Cumbria, Dumfries and Galloway, the Sc ...

following major cutbacks. In January 2013 ''North East Tonight'' would be relaunched as '' ITV News Tyne Tees''. Alongside her work on the news, Royle has worked on a number of other regional programmes on ITV Tyne Tees including ''Your Town on the Telly'', ''Whether or Not'' with Bob Johnson, ''Northern Skies'' and ''North East Today''. In January 2009 she presented the feature series ''Our Gardens'' which aired on both editions of ''North East Tonight''. For more than 20 years Royle has been Mother of the Chapel for ITV Tyne Tees and latterly ITV Border for the National Union of Journalists representing members in all areas of their work and negotiating at national level on their behalf. Pam celebrated 21 years as a newsreader in the North East in September 2010. In 2018, Pam reduced her workload from five to four days.Effervescent Pam is still a Tees TV news favourite
Tees Valley, 24 August 2018 Royle retired from ITV on 26 March 2021.

Charity work

Royle is a patron of the

Great North Air Ambulance Service The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) is a registered charity and air ambulance based in the United Kingdom. It operates a dedicated helicopter emergency service for the North of England with three aircraft. It serves North Yorkshire, t ...

(GNAAS), North East Ladies Day (NELD), Durham

St John Ambulance St John Ambulance is the name of a number of affiliated organisations in different countries which teach and provide first aid and emergency medical services, and are primarily staffed by volunteers. The associations are overseen by the internat ...

, radio stations TFM and

Magic 1170 Greatest Hits Radio Teesside is a local radio station serving Teesside, as part of Bauer’s Greatest Hits Radio network. History Originally launched as Great North Radio by the Metro Radio Group in March 1989. The station broadcast on t ...

's "Cash for Kids", ''

Evening Chronicle The ''Evening Chronicle'', now referred to as ''The Comical'', is a daily newspaper produced in Newcastle upon Tyne covering North regional news, but primarily focused on Newcastle upon Tyne and surrounding area. The ''Comical'' is published by ...

's'' "Sunshine Fund", and '' Evening Gazette's'' "Make a Child Smile". Royle also helped to promote the work of the

Salvation Army Salvation (from Latin: ''salvatio'', from ''salva'', 'safe, saved') is the state of being saved or protected from harm or a dire situation. In religion and theology, ''salvation'' generally refers to the deliverance of the soul from sin and its ...

for sixteen years and was a member of the advisory board.

Personal life

Royle is married to Mike and together they have two children - Philippa and Lawrence. She resides near

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town. In the 19th century, Darlington underw ...

. Royle was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of

County Durham County Durham ( ), officially simply Durham,UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedule 1(3). From legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 6 April 2022. is a ceremonial county in North East England.North East Assembly �About North East E ...

in 2002 and made a Fellow of Sunderland University in 2015. She is a member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists and Royal Yachting Association, with qualifications in personal watercraft, radio operation and powerboats.

References

External links

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