Thomas John Sandars is a continuity announcer, newsreader and news presenter for

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Education

From 1989 to 1994, Sandars was educated at The Oratory School,Notable Old Oratorians (1972–2009) - In the Arts and Media - Tom Sanders
Publisher: ''The Oratory School Society'', Woodcote, Oxfordshire. Retrieved: 1 May 2013. a Roman Catholic boarding

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for boys in the village of Woodcote in

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. He was active in Combined Cadet Force, in rowing and on stage. He was a joint founding editor of ''The Buzz'' school magazine and took A-levels in Art, Economics and English Literature. He then went to the

University of Reading The University of Reading is a public research university in Reading, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1892 as the University Extension College, Reading, an extension college of Christchurch College, Oxford, and became University College, ...

, where he studied

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and

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. In 1995 he was the editor of the student union newspaper at Reading, '' The Spark''.

Career

He started at Radio Shropshire in 1998, moving to BBC Radio WM. He was a presenter on '' Midlands Today'' and was also their political reporter for ''The Midlands at Westminster''. He then moved to

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. Sandars was then a freelance newsreader for the BBC World Service. He has been a

continuity announcer since June 2017 and a BBC Radio 4 newsreader since May 2018. He was a newsreader and presenter for BBC Radio 5 Live for ten years from 2003. Between 2007 and 2017 he read news bulletins for BBC Radio 2 and for Radio 6 Music. Prior to 2017, he was also an arts correspondent; he can also be heard on Radio 4 political programmes. On the 9 April 2021, Sandars' voice was heard breaking into all

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programmes to announce the death of Prince Philip.

References

External links

Website

Twitter

Video clips

Sky News

Innocent Drinks
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