Neil Sleat

Last updated

Neil Sleat is a newsreader and continuity announcer on BBC Radio 4.

Career

After joining the BBC as a trainee engineer, working as a studio manager and then an announcer/newsreader on the BBC World Service, he joined Radio 4 as an announcer/newsreader in 1998. He has also produced many BBC Radio 4 trails. He returned to BBC Radio 4 in May 2006 after several months away producing trails full-time. He left the BBC staff in 2021 but now does voice work on a freelance basis, including presenting on Radio 4 Extra.


Related Research Articles

Charlotte Green is a British radio broadcaster and a former continuity announcer and news reader for BBC Radio 4.

John Churchill Dunn was a British disc jockey and radio presenter known for hosting the weekday drivetime show on BBC Radio 2 between 1976 and 1998.

Tord Alvar Quan Lidell MBE was a BBC radio announcer and newsreader. During the Second World War his distinctive voice became synonymous with the reading of news.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wallace Greenslade</span>

Wallace Frederick Powers Greenslade, also known as Bill Greenslade, was a BBC radio announcer and newsreader. He is best remembered for being the announcer—and frequently the straight man—for the BBC radio comedy series The Goon Show for eight series from 1953 until the end of the show's run in 1960.

Alan Dedicoat is an English announcer for programmes on BBC One. He is known as the "Voice of the Balls" on the National Lottery programmes, providing a voiceover for the draws since 1995. He was a BBC Radio 2 newsreader until his retirement from this role in March 2015. Dedicoat is the announcer on BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing and its American version, Dancing with the Stars.

Peter Ian Donaldson was an English newsreader on BBC Radio 4.

Laurie Macmillan was a BBC Radio 4 newsreader and continuity announcer born in Aberdeen on the east coast of Scotland.

Peter Jefferson is a former BBC Radio 4 continuity announcer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Corrie Corfield</span>

Coriona Kear Ware Corfield is a radio broadcaster and producer known especially for her newsreading and continuity announcements on BBC Radio 4.

James Lee is a freelance continuity announcer and newsreader on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service as well as providing links for BBC Radio 4 Extra. Lee is also an amateur radio licence holder in the U.K., operating with the callsign G4AEH.

Chris Aldridge is a continuity announcer and newsreader for BBC Radio 4.

Harriet R M Cass is a freelance broadcaster, best known for her work on BBC Radio 4 as a senior announcer, with responsibility for newsreading and continuity.

Vaughan Edward Savidge is a former British freelance newsreader for BBC Radio 3, continuity announcer for BBC Radio 4, and formerly a newsreader the World Service. He also performed spoof news items on Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive.

David Miles is a British continuity announcer and newsreader on BBC Radio 4.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert Dougall</span> English broadcaster and ornithologist

Robert Dougall, MBE was an English broadcaster and ornithologist, mainly known as a newsreader and announcer.

<i>Wake Up to Wogan</i>

Wake Up to Wogan (WUTW) was the incarnation of The Radio 2 Breakfast Show that aired each weekday morning from 4 January 1993 to 18 December 2009. It was the most-listened-to radio show in the United Kingdom, and the flagship breakfast programme broadcast on BBC Radio 2. The show was presented by Terry Wogan, who had previously presented the breakfast show between 1972 and 1984, but the title WUTW was only added at the start of his second tenure. Wogan replaced Brian Hayes, who had hosted the breakfast show during 1992.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robin Houston</span> Voiceover artist, former announcer and television newsreader

Robin Houston is a British voiceover artist and former announcer, radio and television newsreader and quiz show host. After starting his career as an announcer and stage manager, he became one of the pioneers of commercial radio in the United Kingdom. He went on to read the news on television for 15 years and to become one of the most well known announcers in television entertainment. For many years he was a host of television quiz shows, and is now a veteran voiceover artist with over 50 years' experience in the field.

Geoffrey Sinclair Raymond was an Australian television news presenter.