Vaughan Savidge
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Vaughan Edward Savidge (born 6 June 1956) is a former British freelance newsreader for BBC Radio 3, continuity announcer for BBC Radio 4, and formerly a newsreader the World Service. He also performed spoof news items on Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive.
Early life
Career
He returned to Britain for a few years with his family, but then gained his first job as a trainee journalist at Radio Television Hong Kong, where he dubbed Kung Fu films including The One Armed Swordsman.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4Tm7Mw7RstM6HXn0VfbTwCW/vaughan-savidge |title=Vaughan Savidge |publisher=BBC Radio 4 |date= |accessdate=16 December 2014}} Later he joined the British Forces Broadcasting Service in Gibraltar.{{cite book|last=Grace|first=Alan|title=This is the British Forces network: the story of Forces Broadcasting in Germany|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_DAbAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=20 May 2011|date=25 April 1996|publisher=Alan Sutton|isbn=978-0-7509-1105-4|page=177}} After a spell working in television in Germany he returned to London in 1996 where he joined Radio 4 as a newsreader, later adding work for Radio 3 and the World Service. In later years Vaughan could only be heard on Radio 3 and Radio 4, before leaving both stations in spring 2018.
Personal life
He lives in Great Bromley, Essex, with his wife Katherine.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110204140142/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/people/presenters/vaughan-savidge/ BBC profile, with photo]
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Category:BBC Radio 3 presenters
Category:BBC World Service people
Category:British expatriates in Germany
Category:British expatriates in Hong Kong
Category:People from Tendring (district)
Category:Radio and television announcers
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