Vaughan Savidge

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Vaughan Edward Savidge (born 6 June 1956) 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 .

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Early life

Born in Luton, he spent his early years travelling around Africa, Australia and Singapore.

Career

He returned to Britain for a few years with his family, but then gained his first job as a trainee journalist at Radio Television Hong Kong, where he dubbed Kung Fu films including The One Armed Swordsman. [1] Later he joined the British Forces Broadcasting Service in Gibraltar. [2] After a spell working in television in Germany he returned to London in 1996 where he joined Radio 4 as a newsreader, later adding work for Radio 3 and the World Service. In later years Vaughan could only be heard on Radio 3 and Radio 4, before leaving both stations in spring 2018.

Personal life

He lives in Great Bromley, Essex, with his wife Katherine.

References

  1. ↑ "Vaughan Savidge". BBC Radio 4. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Grace, Alan (25 April 1996). This is the British Forces network: the story of Forces Broadcasting in Germany. Alan Sutton. p. 177. ISBN   978-0-7509-1105-4 . Retrieved 20 May 2011.


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