Neil Sleat is a newsreader and continuity

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Career

After joining the BBC as a trainee

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, working as a studio manager and then an announcer/newsreader on the BBC World Service, he joined

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4 as an announcer/newsreader in 1998. He has also produced many BBC Radio 4

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. He returned to BBC Radio 4 in May 2006 after several months away producing trails full-time. He left the BBC staff in 2021 but now does voice work on a freelance basis, including presenting on Radio 4 Extra.

External links

BBC profile, with photo

Studio Manager Course Photo

Noted feat of pronunciation in a news broadcast
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