Harriet Cass
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Harriet R M Cass (born 4 February 1952) is a freelance broadcaster, best known for her work on BBC Radio 4 as a senior announcer, with responsibility for newsreading and continuity.
Harriet Cass | |
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| Born | 4 February 1952 Middlesex, England |
| Occupations | Newsreader Continuity Announcer |
| Employer | BBC Radio 4 |
Born in London NW10, at the Central Middlesex Hospital, the fourth daughter of Edward G Cass and Ruth M Cass,[1] Cass was educated at Queen's College, Harley Street, an independent day school for girls in London.
She joined the BBC in 1972 as a secretary,[2] before becoming a studio manager and then announcer on Radio 4 in 1977. Later she became a sub-editor and Chief sub-editor in the BBC Radio Newsroom and then worked on the Radio 4 programme Today in Parliament. In 1996, she re-joined Radio 4, after some years away from the network, and after 1998 worked mainly as a newsreader, including on The News Quiz. In 2003, with Chris Aldridge, she was promoted to the post of senior announcer, after Peter Donaldson stepped down. For a time, she was the station's presentation editor.
In September 2012 it was announced that Cass would leave the BBC, having opted for voluntary redundancy as the result of reorganisation.[3][4] She left Radio 4 on 21 March 2013, her final broadcast being the Six O'clock News bulletin.[5] She is now a freelance broadcaster.