Rachael Robertson is a former
British television continuity announcer and presenter.
Robertson began her career with
Grampian Television
Grampian Television was the original name of the Channel 3 service for the north of Scotland founded in 1961 and now named STV. The northern region's coverage area includes the Northern Isles, Western Isles, Highlands (except Fort William and ...
(now ''STV North'') in the mid-1990s as a staff announcer and newsreader for ''Grampian Headlines'', replacing
Tracey Crawford, who had left to join
Granada
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. She also presented a number of regional programmes for the station including ''The Birthday Spot'', ''The Scottish Tourism Supreme Awards'' and the BAFTA-nominated Saturday morning children's magazine show ''Wize Up'', alongside announcing colleagues
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and
Kate Fraser. Following the
Scottish Media Group
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's takeover of Grampian in 1997, Robertson featured as a reporter for
Scottish Television
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's long-running travel show, ''Scottish Passport''.
Robertson left Grampian when the station closed down its Aberdeen-based presentation department in 1998 and soon became an announcer for
BBC1
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and
BBC2
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.
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in December 2003. Robertson is no longer working in television.
References
Living people
Radio and television announcers
Scottish television presenters
Scottish women television presenters
Year of birth missing (living people)
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