Charles Carroll is a British radio broadcaster, newsreader, continuity announcer, university lecturer and voiceover artist. He has also worked as a radio journalist.[1] He is mainly heard on BBC Radio 4.
Education
editCarroll holds a BA (Hons) in English Literature.[1] He also studied at Falmouth University[2], from which he was awarded a Diploma in Broadcast Journalism.
Career
editCarroll grew up in a household in which BBC Radio 4 was constantly being played. His career began in hospital radio.[3]
Prior to joining national BBC Radio in 2000,[2] Carroll worked at BBC Radio Surrey and BBC London Live 94.9 (now BBC Radio London) as a radio news journalist/presenter. He worked as a reporter in London for BBC Radio.[1] In 1995, he presented a TV documentary, reporting on the issues surrounding the closure of Hackney Downs School in London for BBC Two's First Sight.[4] He presented BBC London Live 94.9's lunchtime news programme in the early 2000s. In 2017, he told a radio blog that after starting work in BBC Local Radio, he worked at BFBS (the British Forces Broadcasting Service).[5]
From 2000 to 2010, he was a continuity announcer and newsreader on BBC Radio 2. Alongside this, he worked at BBC Radio 4 (a station at which he has continued to work since) and the BBC World Service as an announcer, newsreader and presenter.[6] He presented From Our Own Correspondent on the BBC World Service, which includes reports about current affairs from journalists around the world.[7] In the 2010s he worked as a reporter for Sunday (radio programme), BBC Radio 4's Sunday morning programme covering religion-related and spirituality-related news and current affairs.[8] He continues to work at BBC Radio 4 as a continuity announcer and on-the-hour newsreader; his role as an on-the-hour newsreader involves being one of a rotating group of newsreaders presenting the Six O'Clock News and Midnight News (which both last half an hour). In 2021, his news bulletin during the Today programme was interrupted by a fire alarm, and Carroll and the rest of the staff in the Broadcasting House building had to evacuate the building immediately.[9] He also reads the detailed Shipping Forecast for the station. In addition, he works as a newsreader on BBC Radio 3, although he reads far less news bulletins for Radio 3 than Radio 4, due to Radio 3 having far less news bulletins.
Since 2000, Carroll has been a lecturer in radio journalism and radio broadcasting at the University of Westminster.[10] In 2018, he said in an interview with the University of Westminster's students that artificial intelligence may replace newsreaders in the future.[11]
Carroll also works as a voiceover artist; his clients as a voiceover artist have included Samsung and British Telecom.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Carroll, Charles. "Charles Carroll | Voice over actor". Voice123. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ a b Carroll, Charles. "Charles Carroll | LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Six O'Clock News - Charles Carroll". BBC. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ "BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 1995-12-14. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
- ^ Walmsley, Andy (2017-09-05). "Random radio jottings: And Now on Radio 4 - Part 1". Random radio jottings. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
- ^ "BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 2002-09-11. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
- ^ "BBC World Service - From Our Own Correspondent, September 11 - One Year On". BBC. 2002-09-11. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
- ^ "Search - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
- ^ Kearney, Martha (2021-12-03). "It was a strange feeling to leave listeners with an eerie silence". The Standard. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ "Charles Carroll". University of Westminster. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ London, Voice of (2018-11-11). "BBC presenter discusses AI in newsrooms - Voice of London". Retrieved 2024-11-12.