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Rachael Robertson is a former British television continuity announcer and presenter. Robertson began her career with
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(now ''STV North'') in the mid-1990s as a staff announcer and newsreader for ''Grampian Headlines'', replacing Tracey Crawford, who had left to join
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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
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's takeover of Grampian in 1997, Robertson featured as a reporter for
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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
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and
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.The TV Room Plus – Grampian TV announcers' profiles
She left the
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in December 2003. Robertson is no longer working in television.


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