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Profile of Paul Coia
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Paul Coia |
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19th June 1957 |
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Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
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Paul Coia is a Scottish television presenter and continuity announcer, perhaps best known for presenting the BBC2 word puzzle gameshow Catchword.
Coia was schooled at St Aloysius' College in Glasgow and then at the University of Glasgow before going into hospital radio and eventually getting a job as a disc jockey at Radio Clyde.
In the early 1980s he also worked as a continuity announcer for Scottish Television and was the first voice on Channel 4: "Good afternoon. It's a pleasure to be able to say to you: Welcome to Channel 4!" Subsequently he became a presenter of BBC1's daytime magazine programme, Pebble Mill.
In 1989 Coia became the host of the gameshow Catchword, and has since presented a number of other quizzes on various satellite and cable channels.
He stood in once with his wife, Debbie Greenwood, for Gloria Hunniford's afternoon chat show on Channel 5.
Most recently Paul has been heard on previews and continuity for the freeview channel ABC1.
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