Susan Scott Rae (born 2 June 1956)Jonathan Rhys-Evan
"The Accent's on Success"
''Glasgow Herald'', 18 April 1984 is a Scottish newsreader and continuity announcer on

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and

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. Rae was born and raised in

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, Scotland, and read English at Edinburgh University. She left the university before her finals, and began work with D. C. Thomson newspapers in Dundee, before taking up work on BBC Radio Aberdeen. After three years there, she left to work in London in the early 1980s as a continuity announcer and newsreader on BBC Radio 4. The response to her voice on Radio 4 at this time was negative; some listeners believed the BBC's commitment to accurate pronunciation was in decline. Later in the 1980s she moved to daytime television, co-presenting '' Open Air'', and continued with voiceover work when the show ended. Rae began working on the

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around 2000, returning to BBC Radio 4 in 2003. She has done voiceovers for many

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shows (including some episodes of '' Forensic Detectives'' and '' The FBI Files''), and for Bravo's series '' Street Crime UK''. In 2007, she presented ''Eastern Skies'' for Anglia Television.

Personal life

Rae lives in London. She is a humanist celebrant.

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* 1950s births Living people Alumni of the University of Edinburgh BBC newsreaders and journalists BBC Radio 4 BBC World Service British radio personalities People from Dundee Radio and television announcers Journalists from Dundee Scottish humanists {{UK-radio-bio-stub