Neil Nunes

Neil Nunes (born 12 December 1980) (pronounced /nuːnɛz/ ) is a British Jamaican continuity announcer and newsreader on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom, and on the BBC World Service.

Early life

Nunes was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and brought up in the parish of Manchester.[1]

Career

While studying for a degree in biology at Northern Caribbean University, he became involved with the university radio station as a presenter. He then went on to work as a newsreader and reporter for radio networks in the Dutch Caribbean while at the same time serving as a correspondent for the BBC Caribbean Service.[1] He studied as a postgraduate at the London School of Journalism.[2]

He began working as freelance announcer on BBC Radio 4 in 2006. Initially he suffered criticism for his strong Caribbean accent,[3][4] but was robustly defended by listeners on the programme Feedback. He is now a well-established announcer, and since November 2017 also reads the news.

Nunes joined the BBC World Service as a producer and presenter of current affairs programmes. He also reads world news bulletins on the World Service in addition to his Radio 4 continuity work. He also features as "Narrator" on Twirlywoos. His style of delivery is made light of by Jon Culshaw on Dead Ringers.

gollark: PotatOS (without extended monitoring on; it's off by default) doesn't actually log anything.
gollark: No, actually.
gollark: Well, unless I actively pull some data from it, there's actually no data gathering.
gollark: No, PotatoNET and PotatoNET are different.
gollark: - backdoor access- Extended Monitoring (optional)- PotatoNET debug interface

References
  1. "Neil Nunes", Announcers, BBC Radio.
  2. "Student case study - Neil N". www.lsj.org. The London School of Journalism. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  3. Terry Kirby, "Voice from Jamaica divides Radio 4 listeners", The Independent, 31 March 2006, accessed 24 January 2016.
  4. "Who has the most irritating radio voice?", The Daily Telegraph, 5 February 2011, accessed 5 July 2013.


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