- Kathy Clugston
Kathy Clugston is a
newsreader andcontinuity announcer onBBC Radio 4 and theBBC World Service . She began working on Radio 4 in 2006, and first read the evening news shift in 2007. In April 2008 she began newsreading duties on the flagship "Today programme ".Born in
Belfast , Kathy attendedMethodist College and then studied French and Russian atQueens University Belfast . The degree course entailed a period in France and a year inVoronezh , Russia. While at University, she was very active in the drama society, playing leading roles in "A Midsummer Night's Dream ", "Private Lives " and "Buried Child ", among many others, and directed "L'Alouette" ("The Lark") byJean Anouilh .Clugston worked as a continuity announcer at
BBC Northern Ireland from 1996 to 2003, announcing forBBC One Northern Ireland ,BBC Two Northern Ireland , and appearing as one of three in-vision announcers onBBC Choice Northern Ireland between 1999 and 2001. She also lent her voice to the BBC Northern Ireland animated comedy series "The Folks on the Hill". [ [http://tvannouncers.thetvroomplus.com/channel-10.html] The TV Room Plus: BBC Northern Ireland announcers, accessed 27 February 2008]Prior to starting at Radio 4, Kathy Clugston spent some years in Amsterdam, working at
Radio Netherlands .The Clugston name is believed to be a sept of the clan Stewart.References
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