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

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newsreader and continuity announcer on

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and

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. Rae was born and raised in Dundee, Scotland, and read English at

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. She left the university before her finals, and began work with

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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 ''

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'', 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 ''

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''), and for

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's series '' Street Crime UK''. In 2007, she presented ''Eastern Skies'' for

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Personal life

Rae lives in London. She is a

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