Alan Smith (radio presenter)
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:BLP sources Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Alan Smith (born 1966) is a presenter[1] and newsreader on BBC Radio 4, who also appears on sister station Radio 4 Extra. Born in the Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion, Edinburgh, Scotland,[2] he moved with his family to Cumbria when he was two.
He joined Radio 4 in 2002 after presenting on regional radio & TV. In addition to his BBC work, he hosts an in-flight entertainment programme for British Airways together with corporate presentations. In 2006/7 he had the unusual experience for a formal radio announcer, of having his vocals used as a rap on a dance track after UK electronica act The Young Punx sampled him reading the Shipping Forecast for their track "Rockall".[3] Alan Smith has previously read the news for BBC Radio 2.
As of November 2024, Alan Smith reads the news on the Radio 4 flagship Today Programme.
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