Image: Radio 4 continuity announcers in the Broadcasting House Council Chamber in December 1973: left to right Jean Challis, Sheila Tracy, Peter Lee, Peter Donaldson, Paul Harris, Dennys Jones ...

More than 3,000 people sent in their tapes, and the judges - senior continuity announcer Chris Aldridge, former Radio 4 announcer Alice Arnold and the PM editor Roger Sawyer - whittled them down ...

On Friday 23 March, five distinguished sports commentators will be lending their iconic voices to Sport Relief by taking on the prestigious role of a BBC Radio 4 continuity announcer. Each Sport ...

Modern seafarers can now rely on sophisticated forecasting technology but the calm, rhythmic delivery of the forecast by one of BBC Radio 4's silky-voiced continuity announcers has turned the ...