Neil Nunes (born 12 December 1980) (pronounced ) is a British-Jamaican

continuity announcer In broadcasting, continuity or presentation (or station break in the U.S. and Canada) is announcements, messages and graphics played by the broadcaster between specific programmes. It typically includes programme schedules, announcement of the ...

and newsreader on

BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...

in the

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, and on the BBC World Service.

Early life

Nunes was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and brought up in the parish of Manchester in the west-central part of the island."Neil Nunes"
Announcers, BBC Radio.

Career

While studying for a degree in biology at

Northern Caribbean University Northern Caribbean University (NCU) is a private, liberal-arts institution owned and operated by the Jamaica Union Conference (JAMU) and the Atlantic Caribbean Union Mission (ACUM) of Seventh-day Adventists, and is located in Jamaica. With its ma ...

, he became involved with the university radio station as a presenter. He went on to work as a newsreader and reporter for radio networks in the

Dutch Caribbean The Dutch Caribbean (historically known as the Dutch West Indies) are the territories, colonies, and countries, former and current, of the Dutch Empire and the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean Sea. They are in the north and south-wes ...

, while at the same time serving as a correspondent for the

BBC Caribbean The BBC World Service is an international broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC, with funding from the British Government through the Foreign Secretary's office. It is the world's largest external broadcaster in terms of reception ar ...

Service. He studied as a postgraduate at the London School of Journalism. He began working as freelance announcer on BBC Radio 4 in 2006. Initially he suffered criticism for his strong Caribbean accent,"Who has the most irritating radio voice?"
''The Daily Telegraph'', 5 February 2011, accessed 5 July 2013. but was robustly defended by listeners on the programme '' Feedback''. He is now a well-established announcer, and since November 2017 also reads the news. Nunes joined the BBC World Service as a producer and presenter of current affairs programmes. He also reads world news bulletins on the World Service in addition to his Radio 4 continuity work. He also features as "Narrator" on '' Twirlywoos''. His style of delivery is parodied by Jon Culshaw on '' Dead Ringers''.

References

External links

Neil Nunes on Twitter
* David Smith

''The Observer'', 26 March 2006. * Terry Kirby

''The Independent'', 31 March 2006. * Rachel Cooke
"I think of Radio 4 as a kind of club – but I don’t much like some of the other members"
''New Statesman'', 10 April 2006. 1980 births Alumni of London South Bank University Alumni of the London School of Journalism BBC Radio 4 BBC World Service people Living people Radio and television announcers Jamaican emigrants to the United Kingdom {{UK-radio-bio-stub