As I settled into my seat in a room packed mostly with fellow Yiddish speakers, I was a bit taken aback by the first words of the first presenter and found myself fixating on them.
The third presenter, communications researcher Amy Bree Becker of Loyola University in Baltimore, Maryland, contended that comedy can increase public interest in science.
The third presenter is El, who was the male half of last year's winning duo.
Stewart was one of the first presenters on Radio 1 when it was launched in 1967.
Or it could be that what draws you in are the descriptions of her years in a boozy Fleet Street; of her chaotic but fruitful period as one of the first presenters on LBC, where her accent was loudly loved and loathed; or of her commitment to making challenging documentaries.
Those who heard Lisa on the radio, as one of the first presenters of Nightwaves on Radio 3, on A Point of View and much else on Radio 4, might not have realised from the richness of her voice that she was in fact a small person, though she often added several inches to her height with stylish shoes, and her energy made her seem bigger than she was.
The girls were some of the first presenters of the night, awarding Single of the Year to Thomas Rhett. .
Speight was successful in his audition and became one of the first presenters of SMart, working on it for 14 years.
He was the first presenter of The World Today and worked for Four Corners for five years.
Among numerous other roles, he was the first presenter of Panorama and the antiques programme Going for a Song.
