Harriet Cass
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| Harriet Cass | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 February 1952 Middlesex |
| Occupation | Newsreader Continuity Announcer |
| Employer | BBC Radio 4 |
Harriet Cass (born 1952) is one of two BBC Radio 4 senior announcers with responsibility for newsreaders and continuity.
Born in Middlesex, Cass was educated at Queen's College, Harley Street, London, an independent day school for girls in London.
She joined the BBC in the 1974 as a studio manager[1], before working on the Radio 4 programme Today in Parliament. In 1996, she re-joined Radio 4, after some years away from the network, and since 1998 has been working mainly as a newsreader including The News Quiz. In 2003, with Chris Aldridge, she was promoted to the post of senior announcers, after Peter Donaldson stepped down. She has been the station's presentation editor.
