Alice Arnold
| Alice Arnold | |
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| Partner | Sandi Toksvig (former) Clare Balding (2006-present) |
Alice Arnold is a British newsreader and continuity announcer on BBC Radio 4.
After gaining a degree in politics at the University of Sussex,[1] she trained as an actress and was a magistrate for ten years.[1]
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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] 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.[2] They live in Chiswick, London, England, UK. Arnold was previously in a relationship with the comedian, writer and presenter Sandi Toksvig.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Alice Arnold", BBC Presenters
- ^ "One year of being Mr and Mr". The Observer. 10 December 2006. http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2006/dec/10/features.review37. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ Richard Simpson "Balding finally steps out with lesbian lover". Daily Mail. 18 September 2006. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-405769/Balding-finally-steps-lesbian-lover.html.
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