Editing BBC Radio 4 (section)

== Notable continuity announcers and newsreaders ==
Announcers carry out the following duties from Broadcasting House:
* Provide links (or junctions) between programmes
* Read trails for programmes
* Provide reassurance to listeners during a programme breakdown
* Read the [[Shipping Forecast]] (except the 05:20 broadcast, which is covered by [[BBC Weather]])
* Read the [[BBC Radio 3]] news summaries at 13:00 and 18:00 on weekdays

Newsreaders read hourly summaries and longer bulletins from New Broadcasting House.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/presenters/newsreader.shtml |title=Being a newsreader by Harriet Cass |publisher=BBC |date=30 April 2008 |access-date=19 March 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080628083029/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/presenters/newsreader.shtml| archive-date = 28 June 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/radio_newsroom/radio_newsreaders/ |title=List of BBC Radio newsreaders |work=BBC News |date=11 July 2007 |access-date=19 March 2010 | location=London}}</ref> In 2012 the BBC announced that it would be reducing its main presentation team from 12 to ten.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-19486182|title=Cass and Green to leave Radio 4|date=5 September 2012|website=BBC News}}</ref>

=== BBC ===
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* Viji Alles
* Ron Brown
* Lisa Costello
* [[John Hammond (weather forecaster)|John Hammond]]
* Amanda Litherland
* Caroline Nicholls
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* [[Tom Sandars]]
* [[Alan Smith (radio presenter)|Alan Smith]]
* Jane Steel

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=== Freelance ===
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*[[Chris Aldridge]]
* Charles Carroll
* [[Mark Forrest (radio presenter)|Mark Forrest]]
* [[Jim Lee (radio)|Jim Lee]]
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* [[Neil Nunes]]
* [[Andrew Peach]]
* Tina Ritchie
{{col-end}}Other continuity announcers for whom it is not known whether they are freelance or BBC employees, include Joanna Kean, Kelsey Bennett, Arlene Fleming (who also used to read the news) and Richard Evans.

=== Former ===
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* [[Alice Arnold (broadcaster)|Alice Arnold]] (1994–2012; now with Mellow Magic)
* [[Carolyn Brown (newsreader)|Carolyn Brown]] (left 2015)
* [[Harriet Cass]] (left 2013)
* [[Corrie Corfield]] (1988–2021)
* [[Peter Donaldson (newsreader)|Peter Donaldson]] (1973–2012)
* [[Charlotte Green]] (1988–2013)
* [[Peter Jefferson (Radio)|Peter Jefferson]] (left 2009)
* [[Astley Jones]] (left 2006)
* [[Laurie Macmillan]] (died 2001)
* [[Rory Morrison]] (died 2013)
* [[Charles Nove]] (left 2019; now with [[Scala Radio]])
* [[Jamie Owen]]
* [[Brian Perkins]]
* [[Iain Purdon]] (retired from BBC World Service in 2016)
* [[Susan Rae]] (left 2021)
* [[Vaughan Savidge]] (left 2018)
* [[Neil Sleat]] (1998–2021)
* [[Zebedee Soanes|Zeb Soanes]] (left 2022; now with [[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]])
* [[Moira Stuart]] (left 1981 to move to TV; now with [[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]])
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