Charlotte Green
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Charlotte Green (born 4 May 1956)[1] is a British radio broadcaster and a former continuity announcer and news reader for BBC Radio 4.
Charlotte Green | |
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Born | (1956-05-04) 4 May 1956 (age 67) |
Nationality | British |
Education | Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls |
Alma mater | University of Kent |
Occupation(s) | Radio newsreader, announcer and presenter |
Years active | 1978– |
Employer | BBC Radio |
After 1988 she specialised in news reading, including reading the news on Radio 4 breakfast Today programme, and reading news items on The News Quiz.[2] The Daily Telegraph described her as "the supreme Radio 4 announcer whose warm yet slightly formal tones were once voted the nation's favourite".[3] Green left Radio 4 in January 2013,[4] and currently reads the classified football results on BBC Radio 5 Live and the World Service Sports Report, succeeding James Alexander Gordon.[5] Her autobiography The News is Read was published by The Robson Press in 2014.