Vaughan Edward Savidge (born 6 June 1956) is a former

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freelance newsreader for

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, continuity announcer for

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, and formerly a newsreader the World Service. He also performed spoof news items on '' Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive''.

Early life

Born in

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, he spent his early years travelling around

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and

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

Career

He returned to Britain for a few years with his family, but then gained his first job as a trainee journalist at Radio Television Hong Kong, where he dubbed

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films including ''The One Armed Swordsman''. Later he joined the British Forces Broadcasting Service in

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. After a spell working in

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he returned to

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in 1996 where he joined Radio 4 as a newsreader, later adding work for Radio 3 and the World Service. In later years Vaughan could only be heard on Radio 3 and Radio 4, before leaving both stations in spring 2018.

Personal life

He lives in Great Bromley,

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, with his wife Katherine.

References

External links

BBC profile, with photo
1956 births BBC Radio 3 presenters BBC Radio 4 BBC World Service people British expatriates in Germany British expatriates in Hong Kong Living people People from Tendring (district) People from Luton Radio and television announcers {{UK-radio-bio-stub