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Natalie Wheen (born 1947) is an English writer and
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presenter, broadcasting on the
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and on Classic FM. Wheen, born in
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, was a presenter of
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's arts programme ''
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'' and Radio 3's evening sequence ''Mainly for Pleasure'' (subsequently ''In Tune'').
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described her as "the combative Natalie Wheen, one of the BBC's best-known (and deeper) voices." She broadcast on Classic FM between 1999 and 2012. On her debut there, ''The Guardian'' described her as "someone with a compendious knowledge of classical music, allied to a camp irreverence. ... Wheen's tongue is famously withering ... With her rattling pace and deep, warm voice, this is a clever appointment." One ''
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'' journalist described her as "breathy and bubbly"; another described her as "posher than a dowager duchess", and considered her axing "inexplicable".
In 1994, Wheen was one of thirty-five members of the UK arts scene who signed a letter calling for the resignation of art critic
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. Sewell responded by placing on the cover of his book ''The Reviews That Caused The Rumpus: And Other Pieces'' a version of the painting ''
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'', in which he himself was shown sitting naked on a sleeping woman. He stated that he hoped "everyone will interpret the woman who has fainted clean away as Natalie Wheen." Wheen was nominated for a
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in 2000 and 2004. She was placed third in a poll of "most attractive radio voices" by readers of the ''
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'' magazine in 2002. Wheen now co-owns an
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business along with artist Deborah MacMillan, widow of choreographer
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