Laurie Macmillan
Laurie Macmillan (10 May 1947 – 8 October 2001) was a BBC Radio 4 newsreader and continuity announcer born in Aberdeen on the east coast of Scotland.
Educated at Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls, Monmouthshire and then at Newcastle University graduating with a degree in Politics and Philosophy.
She joined the
BBC2
.
When the BBC chose to feature the midnight
BBC2 in 1993, Laurie MacMillan was the duty announcer on BBC Radio 4
who read the forecast.
She died on 8 October 2001 in Okehampton, Devon from breast cancer.