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'''Alice Arnold''' is a British newsreader and continuity announcer on BBC Radio 4.
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'''Alice Arnold''' is a newsreader and continuity announcer on BBC Radio 4.
  
 
After gaining a degree in politics at the University of Sussex, she trained as an actress and was a magistrate for ten years.
 
After gaining a degree in politics at the University of Sussex, she trained as an actress and was a magistrate for ten years.
  
Arnold joined the BBC Radio Drama Company in 1988. After meeting Peter Donaldson at a party in 1994, she joined Radio 4's presentation team in that year. In 2004, she became a newsreader, and now regularly reads the afternoon and evening news on Radio 4. In 2005, she featured as a news presenter in BBC Two comedy Broken News. In June 2006, she was promoted to read the news on Radio 4's Today programme. From 2007 she has co-presented comedian Jon Holmes's show Listen Against, a parody of various programmes on Radio 4. A second series of Listen Against was broadcast in November and December 2008, and a third began in September 2010.
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Arnold joined the BBC Radio Drama Company in 1988. After meeting Peter Donaldson at a party in 1994, she joined Radio 4's presentation team in that year. In 2004, she became a newsreader, and now regularly reads the afternoon and evening news on Radio 4. In 2005, she featured as a news presenter in BBC Two comedy ''Broken News.'' In June 2006 she was promoted to read the news on Radio 4's ''Today'' programme. From 2007 she has co-presented comedian Jon Holmes's show ''Listen Against'', a parody of various programmes on Radio 4. A second series of ''Listen Against'' was broadcast in November and December 2008, and a third began in September 2010.
 
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She is in a civil partnership with the BBC presenter [[Clare Balding]]. They live in Chiswick, London, England, UK. Arnold was previously in a relationship with the comedian, writer and presenter [[Sandi Toksvig]].
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She is in a civil partnership with the BBC presenter [[Clare Balding]].<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2006/dec/10/features.review37 Louise France "One year of being Mr and Mr" ''The Observer'' 10 December 2006</ref> They live in [[Chiswick]]. Arnold was previously in a relationship with the comedian, writer and presenter [[Sandi Toksvig]].<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-405769/Balding-finally-steps-lesbian-lover.html ''Daily Mail'', 18 September 2012 "Balding finally steps out with lesbian lover"</ref>
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
 
http://twitter.com/#!/alicearnold1
 
http://twitter.com/#!/alicearnold1
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==References==
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Based on a Wikipedia article.
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Revision as of 08:14, 11 May 2012

Alice Arnold is a newsreader and continuity announcer on BBC Radio 4.

After gaining a degree in politics at the University of Sussex, she trained as an actress and was a magistrate for ten years.

Arnold joined the BBC Radio Drama Company in 1988. After meeting Peter Donaldson at a party in 1994, she joined Radio 4's presentation team in that year. In 2004, she became a newsreader, and now regularly reads the afternoon and evening news on Radio 4. In 2005, she featured as a news presenter in BBC Two comedy Broken News. In June 2006 she was promoted to read the news on Radio 4's Today programme. From 2007 she has co-presented comedian Jon Holmes's show Listen Against, a parody of various programmes on Radio 4. A second series of Listen Against was broadcast in November and December 2008, and a third began in September 2010.

She is in a civil partnership with the BBC presenter Clare Balding.[1] They live in Chiswick. Arnold was previously in a relationship with the comedian, writer and presenter Sandi Toksvig.[2]

External links

http://twitter.com/#!/alicearnold1

References

Based on a Wikipedia article.

  1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2006/dec/10/features.review37 Louise France "One year of being Mr and Mr" The Observer 10 December 2006
  2. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-405769/Balding-finally-steps-lesbian-lover.html Daily Mail, 18 September 2012 "Balding finally steps out with lesbian lover"