Chris Berrow

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Christopher Berrow is a British journalist, radio presenter and continuity announcer. He presents The Newsroom on the BBC World Service, is a continuity announcer at BBC Radio 3 and is a newsreader across BBC radio.

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Background

Berrow studied music at St John's College, Cambridge University. [1] He graduated with a BA (Hons) which was then later converted to an MA (Hons). [2]

Career

Prior to working in broadcasting, Berrow taught the guitar. [3]

Berrow presented the breakfast show on Cam FM, a student radio station, while at university. [4] He also presented the evening show on the station. [5]

As of 2013, Berrow was a broadcast assistant at BBC Radio 2 and a presenter on Fridays afternoons between 2pm and 4pm on Cambridge 105. [1] Also in 2013, Berrow began sitting in for other presenters on BBC Local Radio. [6]

In 2015, Berrow began presenting a show on BBC Radio Lincolnshire [7] which was broadcast between 3pm and 6pm on weekdays. [8] Later in 2015, he moved [9] to a 9am-midday Saturday morning slot on the station. [10]

As of 2016, [11] he was presenting between midday and 3pm on weekdays on BBC Radio Lincolnshire, [12] in addition to the Saturday morning show. [13]

As of 2017, he was no longer appearing on all weekdays on BBC Radio Lincolnshire. In 2017, he began presenting a show on Wednesday evenings on BBC Radio Lincolnshire [14] focussing on the county's present and past music. [15] Also in 2017, he began reading the news and continuity announcing at BBC Radio 3.

In 2018, he began reading the news for the BBC World Service's English-language service. [16]

From 2019 until 2022, Berrow was a continuity announcer at BBC Radio 4. This role also involved presenting the Shipping Forecast on the station.

In 2019, Berrow began co-presenting a new podcast, the Naked Gaming Podcast. [17] He currently co-presents the podcast with Leigh Milner, his wife. [3] In the same year, he began presenting The Newsroom on the BBC World Service, [18] a programme featuring reports from BBC journalists about the latest news. He continues to present the programme.

Berrow has reported on videogaming-related stories for the BBC World Service. [19]

Berrow is a continuity announcer on BBC Radio 4 Extra. He also reads the news on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 5 Live.

He has a TikTok account on which he regularly posts guitar-playing tutorials. [20]

Personal life

Berrow is married to the news presenter and journalist [21] Leigh Milner, [22] who also works for the BBC. [21]

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  2. ↑ "Chris Berrow | People | Naked Scientists". www.thenakedscientists.com. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  3. 1 2 admin. "Chris Berrow - Gaming Presenter and Commentator". Riva Media. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  4. ↑ "Chris Berrow". Pod Academy. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  5. ↑ Berrow, Chris. "Chris Berrow | Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved 2025-01-04. [self-published]
  6. ↑ "Search - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  7. ↑ "BBC Radio Lincolnshire - Chris Berrow - Episode guide". BBC. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  8. ↑ "BBC Radio Lincolnshire - Chris Berrow, 14/05/2015". BBC. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  9. ↑ "BBC Radio Lincolnshire - Chris Berrow - Episode guide". BBC. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  10. ↑ "BBC Radio Lincolnshire - Chris Berrow, 31/10/2015". BBC. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  11. ↑ "BBC Radio Lincolnshire - Chris Berrow - Episode guide". BBC. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  12. ↑ "BBC Radio Lincolnshire - Chris Berrow, 02/06/2016". BBC. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  13. ↑ "BBC Radio Lincolnshire - Chris Berrow, 04/06/2016". BBC. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  14. ↑ "BBC Radio Lincolnshire - Chris Berrow - Episode guide". BBC. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  15. ↑ "BBC Radio Lincolnshire - Chris Berrow, The Music". BBC. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  16. ↑ Berrow, Chris. "Chris Berrow 💙 𝕏 on X: "About to read..." X. Retrieved 2025-01-04. [self-published]
  17. ↑ "Naked Gaming, from the Naked Scientists". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  18. ↑ Berrow, Chris. "Chris Berrow 💙 𝕏 on X: "Ready to go..." X. Retrieved 2025-01-04. [self-published]
  19. ↑ "Search - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
  20. ↑ Berrow, Chris. "TikTok - Make Your Day". TikTok. Retrieved 2025-01-04. [self-published]
  21. 1 2 Milner1, Leigh. "Leigh Milner (@LeighMilnerTV) / X". X. Retrieved 9 January 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  22. ↑ Milner, Leigh. "Leigh Milner on X: "Just dropped off my..." X. Retrieved 2025-01-04. [self-published]
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