Bill Steel (born 20 May 1939)[1] is a broadcaster and actor from North East England, best known for his work at Tyne Tees Television and Metro Radio.
In April 2021, Steel's son Christian told BBC News that his father was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and was receiving end-of-life care.
Employed once again by Tyne Tees, Steel worked as one of a number of presenters for the station's regional news programming and became its main anchor for the flagship 20-minute evening programme, Today At Six, and from September 1976, the newly launched Northern Life.
Alongside Kathy Secker, he remained as one of the last Newcastle-based announcers until March 1996 when the station's owners, Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television, centralised all Presentation operations in Leeds.
That same year, he also appeared in Tyne Tees' adaptation of Catherine Cookson's The Rag Nymph as Mr. Sponge, the night school teacher.
[10] In April 2021, Steel's son Christian told BBC News that his father was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and was receiving end-of-life care.