Marie-Louise Muir

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Marie-Louise Muir is one of BBC Radio Ulster's best known voices. Her latest show "The Culture Cafe" broadcasts Saturdays 1805-1900 on BBC Radio Ulster. Previously she anchored the station's main arts and entertainment programme The Arts Show from 2004 - 2019. and the flagship classical music programme Sounds Classical . She is now the tv host of Proms in the Park. Recently she started her own independent production company Find Your Voice Productions producing "ShowStoppers" for BBC Radio Ulster, songs from Hollywood and Broadway. She is a frequent voice on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Worldservice with arts documentaries.

Biography

She started her broadcasting career in 1992 at BBC Radio Foyle, presenting short pieces for the programmes Frankly, Anne-Marie and The Good Arts Guide. From there, she went on to present her own programmes on BBC Radio Foyle, including the daily show 3 To 5 Live and Look West and, for BBC Radio Ulster, the Sunday morning programme This New Day. She trained as a BBC Producer and worked in tv for 6 years before returning to radio in 2004.


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