Jasmine Bligh, television announcer

Jasmine Lydia Bligh (20 May 1913 - 21 July 1991), one of the first three BBC Television Service presenters in the 1930s. Along with Leslie Mitchell and Elizabeth Cowell, she provided continuity announcements introducing programmes in-vision. Daughter of daughter of Noel Bligh (son of the 8th Earl of Darnley), her sister was Susan Bligh, the well-known mannequin. The Bystander describe her as, another of Mayfair's Glamour Girls: good-humoured and decorative."

Announcer Bligh Continuity Darnley Hostess Introducing Jasmine Presenters Programmes Sep18

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