North West Tonight

Latest weather forecast - Monday to Friday only

Roger Johnson

Roger co-presents North West Tonight with Ranvir Singh. He also appears on the lunchtime and late evening bulletins.

Roger was born near Stoke-on-Trent and worked at BBC Radio Manchester earlier in his career. He has also been a news presenter on the BBC News Channel.

A versatile broadcaster, Roger joined North West Tonight from another of the BBC's regional news programmes - South Today.

He has also worked as a football commentator and reporter for BBC Sport - appearing on Match of the Day and Final Score. He worked with Match of the Day at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Roger has won or been nominated for several Royal Television Society Awards.

He studied at the University of California at Berkeley - as part of an American Studies degree. While there, Roger also worked part-time for ABC Radio in San Franscisco. He joined the BBC in 1994.

Ranvir Singh

Ranvir co-presents North West Tonight with Roger Johnson. She also produces and presents the late night bulletins regularly.

A true 'Lancashire lass', Ranvir has spent all of her professional career with the BBC. Born in Preston and educated at Lancaster University, where she studied English and philosophy, Ranvir returned to Preston to complete a postgraduate qualification in journalism.

She began her broadcasting career at BBC Radio Lancashire, after being offered a six-month contract while still on work experience, and subsequently moved on to BBC GMR (now Radio Manchester) - where she enjoyed presenting and reporting extensively for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

She then moved on to television and played a key role in the acclaimed BBC Three production, Manchester Passion Live, on Good Friday, 2006. She has also reported for Dimbleby's Election Night specials. She also regularly presents for BBC Radio Five Live alongside North West Tonight. And in her spare time.. what spare time?!

Dianne Oxberry

Dianne presents the weather forecast on North West Tonight. Before her days in BBC Weather she enjoyed seven years working at BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 1 alongside Steve Wright and Simon Mayo. She joined BBC North West Tonight after studying at the Met Office College.

Since 1994 she has been working as a weather presenter on TV and radio. Dianne has been nominated for Best Regional Presenter at the Royal Television Society Awards and she has worked as a reporter for BBC Sport covering the Great North Run and the Manchester 10k.

Away from the BBC she is in demand hosting award ceremonies such as the North West Sports Awards, the North West Tourism Awards, the National Training Awards, The Teaching Awards, and Lancashire Telegraph Business Awards.

Tony Livesey

Tony Livesey is one of your sports team and is a former national newspaper editor. He is also a host on BBC Radio 5 live, and can be heard Monday to Thursday 10.30pm until 1am.

His work on North West Tonight has taken him around the world. Anywhere from Dubai, where he once worked for a newspaper, to the swampy marshlands of... Bury FC’s training ground. Over recent years, Tony has appeared on over 100 TV shows on all the major channels.

He presented the game show Traitor on BBC2 which was nominated for a Golden Rose at Montreux and he has written and presented two major documentaries for BBC2 called Crumpet and Beefcake.

He has written and presented a five-part series for Channel 4 called Seaside Secrets and been a regular panellist on Have I Got News For You as well as guesting on Never Mind The Buzzcocks and 29 Minutes of Fame on BBC1 - alongside Matt Lucas and Jo Brand.

Tony lives in Lancashire with his wife and two children. He is also one of the most recognisable supporters of Burnley Football Club.

Contact us

Telephone: 0161 335 6820

E-mail: nwt@bbc.co.uk

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