Charlotte Green
Charlotte Green | |
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Born | 4 May 1956 |
Nationality | British |
Education | Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls |
Alma mater | University of Kent |
Occupation(s) | Radio newsreader, announcer and presenter |
Years active | 1978– |
Employer | BBC Radio |
Charlotte Green (born 4 May 1956)[1] is a British radio broadcaster and a former continuity announcer and news reader for BBC Radio 4.
After 1988 she specialised in news reading, including reading the news on Radio 4 breakfast
Early life
Green was educated at the independent
Broadcasting
After reading out letters for
Her voice is a marvel, something to make one feel safe and secure, like being tucked up in bed with a hot water bottle.
—David Jewell, BJGP[11]
She was voted the "Most Attractive Female Voice on National Radio" in a poll by the BBC's Radio Times publication in 2002.[12][13] Green has acknowledged the reliance lonely listeners place in her; her habit of wishing listeners "a peaceful night" led many to send her letters.[3]
In addition to newsreading, Green has been a presenter, including for a programme on church music, a classical music concert series, and a series on
Between 2003 and 2006, Green was unique in her pronunciation of the years between 2001 and 2009. She adopted the 'twenty-oh' method instead of 'two-thousand-and'. This was said to have sparked so many complaints that she reverted to 'two-thousand-and' in 2006.[14]
She played herself in
Green has on occasions attracted some attention for inopportune giggling during on-air broadcasts.[3][7] In March 2008, while announcing the death of American film and television writer Abby Mann, Green laughed after what is believed to be the world's earliest recording, played during the preceding item, was described off-air as sounding like "a bee trapped in a bottle".[18][19]
In a 2012 interview she named the fall of the Berlin Wall as the 'biggest' story that she'd ever read the news for.[20] Green, and her colleague Harriet Cass, left Radio 4, having opted for voluntary redundancy owing to reorganisation.[21][22] Green's final news bulletin[23] was the 6 o'clock news on Friday 18 January 2013.[24]
Green broadcast on
From July 2015, Green was a reader on the BBC Radio 4 panel game Quote... Unquote[28] and featured on the programme's last edition in December 2021.[29]
Personal life
Green is an avid reader who enjoys going to the theatre, concerts and art exhibitions. She is also a Trustee of the University of Kent Development Fund.[2]
Bibliography
- Green, Charlotte (2007). "8: How to present a talk". In George Martin Hall (ed.). How to present at meetings (2 ed.). Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 51–4. ISBN 978-1-4051-3985-4.
- Green, Charlotte (2014). The News is Read. The Robson Press. ISBN 978-1-84954-691-1.
Filmography
- Page Eight (2011)
References
- ^ "Weekend birthdays". The Guardian. 4 May 2014. p. 53.
- ^ a b c d "Charlotte Green". BBC. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012.
- ^ a b c Elmes, Simon (29 September 2007). "Meet the disembodied friends of BBC Radio 4". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
- ^ a b Dixon, Hayley (18 January 2013). "Charlotte Green leaves the BBC after 25 years". The Daily Telegraph. London.
- ^ "Charlotte Green replaces James Alexander Gordon on BBC Radio". BBC News. 6 August 2013. Archived from the original on 7 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ^ Sherwin, Adam (6 August 2013). "Charlotte Green becomes first female voice of BBC Saturday football scores". The Independent.
- ^ a b c d Carter, Meg (31 March 1997). "Heard and not seen". The Independent. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ a b "Charlotte Green". BBC. 24 February 2004. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ISBN 978-1849546911.
- ^ a b Kirby, Terry (5 May 2006). "Good faces for radio: Unmasking the broadcasters". The Independent. London. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- PMC 2169327.
- ^ "Terry Wogan and Charlotte Green voted most attractive voices on national radio". BBC Press Office. 22 January 2002.
- ^ Akbar, Arifa (22 January 2002). "Newsreaders beat well-known 'faces' of radio in poll of most popular voices". The Independent. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ Pointon, Graham (30 December 2007). "As Time Goes By". Linguism.co.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ISBN 0-330-43510-8.
- ^ Reynolds, Gillian (6 December 2008). "The singular charms of a louche sleuth". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ Plunkett, John (11 October 2007). "Radio 4 newsreaders join protest". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ Sherwin, Adam (29 March 2008). "BBC Radio 4's Charlotte Green gets a fit of the giggles". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ "Old audio causes hilarity. An ancient audio recording gave BBC Radio 4 news reader Charlotte Green a fit of the giggles live on air". BBC News. 28 March 2008. (RealPlayer)
- ^ "Five Minutes with Charlotte Green". BBC. 9 June 2012.
- ^ "Charlotte Green and Harriet Cass to leave BBC Radio 4". BBC News. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ Singh, Anita (5 September 2012). "Radio 4's Charlotte Green and Harriet Cass say goodbye". The Daily Telegraph. London.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 6 o'clock news". BBC. 18 January 2013.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 newsreader Charlotte Green retires". BBC. 18 January 2013.
- ^ Brown, Maggie (15 March 2013). "BBC Radio 4's Charlotte Green to join Classic FM". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "Alex James & Charlotte Green to leave Classic FM". Radio Today. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ Halliday, Josh (6 August 2013). "BBC's Charlotte Green to read classified football results". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Quote... Unquote, 16/10/2017".
- ^ Butter, Susannah (9 January 2022). "Quote... Unquote's Nigel Rees: why I quit the BBC after 46 years". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
External links
- Charlotte Green at IMDb
- "Studio Managers Course 20: 18/12/1978 (Photo)". oldsms.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- "The News Quiz : Classic Clips". Radio 4 Extra. (RealPlayer)
- Rippon, Peter (21 November 2006). "Ana Asif (I'm sorry)". BBC.