Participants in Programme

1. personality – a person who is well known to the public or to people connected

with some particular activity

a TV personality

personalities of the stage and screen

2. announcer – a person who reads news, or introduces people on radio or

television - диктор

3. newsreader (BrE) – a person who broadcast news on radio or television –

диктор новостей/последних известий (радио или телевидения)

4. reporter – a person who writes about news for a newspaper, or for radio or

television – репортер

journalist – a person whose profession is journalism (the profession

of producing, esp. writing for newspapers or

magazines) – журналист

correspondent – sb. employed by a newspaper,

television, etc., to report news from a distant area –

корреспондент

Our special/foreign/war correspondent

5. producer – a person responsible for presenting a play in the theatre or for the

production of a film (apart from the directing of the actors);

a person in charge of a broadcast programme (radio or TV) -

продюсер

6. director – a person who directs a play or film, instructing the actors, cameramen, (camera crew), etc., - режиссер; режиссер-постановщик

7. cameraman - a person who operates a camera for films or TV –

(кино)оператор

camera crew

director of photography (given in the titles at the beginning or the end of

the film)

8. impressario – a person who arranges performances in theatres, concert halls,

etc., the manager of an operatic or concert company – импресарио,

антрепренeр

9. compere – a person whose job is to introduce the various acts in

linkman a stage or television show; a man who holds together items

host in a programme - ведущий (программы) конферансье

co-host – one of the hosts

10. question-master – (in panel games) chairman; a radio or television performer

quiz-master who presides over a quiz show or panel discussion -

moderator ведущий в радио/телевикторине; (главный) ведущий

во время беседы, дискуссии и т.п.

chairman – chairwoman – chairperson

11. contestant – someone competing in a contest – участник соревнования

competitor /состязания/викторины

12. panel – a group of speakers who answer questions to inform or amuse the public, usu. on a radio or television show – группа специалистов для публичного обсуждения важного вопроса и т.п.

a panel game/discussion

What does/do the panel think?

panellist – a member of a panel – член специально подобранной

группы (для участия в публичной дискуссии);

участник викторины

13. (sports) commentator – an eye-witness who gives a broadcast commentary

on an event, e.g. a horse-race or football match – спортивный

комментатор

14. disco-jockey – a radio or TV broadcaster who introduces performers and

DJ comments on records and tapes (esp.) of light and popular

music – ведущий радио/телепрограммы, составленной из

произведений в записи

15. cast – a set of actors in a play, film, etc., the distribution of the parts among

these actors – состав исполнителей

a play with an all-star cast

a supporting cast

The cast is/are ready to start the play.

16. star – a famous or very skilful performer - звезда, ведущий актер;

ведущая актриса

a film/movie (Am.E)/football star

an all-star cast

the stars of stage and screen

the star turn (the principal item in an entertainment or performance)

17. understudy – an actor who learns an important part in a lay so as to take the

place of the person who plays that part, if necessary – дублер

an understudy to sb.

18. extra – (cinema, TV, etc.,) an actor employed and paid (usu. by the day) for a minor part, e.g. in a crowd scene – статист, актер массовки