Antonia Brickell

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Antonia Brickell is a digital broadcaster, communications specialist, podcaster, public speaking trainer and voice-over artist. With a 17-year career in radio as a British radio personality, she presented (and produced) programmes for the BBC in London, Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, across the East of England and the UK. She started out with GWR commercial radio (now known as Heart radio).

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Career

Cambridge

Originally from London, Antonia began in radio on the breakfast show at Q103 Cambridge in 1996. [1]

Northamptonshire

In 2000, she joined the BBC as a presenter and reporter on BBC Radio Northampton. [1] She presented shows including early breakfast, afternoons and weekend mid-mornings.

In 2001, Antonia also began working as a voice-over artist and was signed up with agency: Voicebookers.com

London and the UK

She also presented late nights and over nights on BBC London.

At around this time, Antonia started working with independent production company Unique Facilities as a regular voice-over artist, where she hosted weekly audio shows that were syndicated throughout the UK.

Sheffield

Antonia settled for a time in South Yorkshire when she was offered a job presenting BBC Radio Sheffield's lunchtime slot from March 10, 2003. [1]

From there she was moved to a breakfast show alongside local comic Toby Foster on 20 September 2004. [1] That show continued for a few months, before the two presenters were given their own slots, which ran back-to-back on the station's weekday schedule. Antonia presented Breakfast and Toby presented Mid-mornings.

Cambridgeshire

After Radio Sheffield, Antonia moved to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire [2] where she presented Antonia Brickell's Drivetime.

East of England

At the end of 2010, Antonia left her Drivetime show at BBC Cambridgeshire to work across a number of roles. Alongside mentoring radio presenters for the BBC College of Journalism, she continued with her voice-overs, she worked as a media trainer and as a communications consultant for regional charity Magpas Air Ambulance. During this time, she also regularly stepped in to present the BBC regional radio evening show, across the East of England. [3]

Three years later, Antonia joined Magpas Air Ambulance as their Head of Communications. [4]

In August 2020, she left her role with the charity and moved back into utilising her broadcast journalism skills and her voice.

Latest news

Antonia now runs her own business called, Antonia Brickell - Telling your story.

As a communications specialist and digital broadcaster; Antonia helps business owners, CEOs, MDs and people of influence to build their personal brands, 'find their voice' and tell their story. Antonia does this by sharing her experience and insight on how to get to the crux of a compelling story - and how to deliver it in a meaningful way.

Antonia also offers public speaking training, she project manages and hosts podcasts and does voice-over work for independent production companies.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Press Release 2004 - Start of Breakfast Show
  2. ↑ Radio Today Article - Changes at BBC Cambridgeshire Archived March 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Presenter Profile - Radio Cambridgeshire
  4. ↑ Magpas Air Ambulance. "Staff - Antonia Brickell". Archived from the original on 16 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
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