Zebedee Soanes or Zeb as he is more commonly known, is a presentation (or 'continuity') announcer and newsreader on BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...

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Education

Soanes was educated at Denes High School, a state comprehensive school in Lowestoft, followed by the University of East Anglia

University of East Anglia

The University of East Anglia is a public research university based in Norwich, United Kingdom. It was established in 1963, and is a founder-member of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities.-History:...

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Life and career

Soanes was formerly a presentation announcer for the television channels BBC One

BBC One

BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...

, BBC Two

BBC Two

BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...

 and BBC Four

BBC Four

BBC Four is a British television network operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable....

. He was the first voice to welcome new viewers to the new BBC Four channel when it was launched in 2002.

He returned to BBC Four in August 2006 as a presenter for the BBC Proms

The Proms

The Proms, more formally known as The BBC Proms, or The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in London...

 and is an occasional reporter for the long-running BBC Radio series From Our Own Correspondent

From our own Correspondent

From Our Own Correspondent is a BBC radio programme in which BBC correspondents broadcast monologues on topical current events from countries outside the UK...

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External links

• Zeb Soanes website
• BBC site about Zeb Soanes, with photo
• Follow Zeb Soanes on Twitter
• Profile by Lynne Mortimer - East Anglian Daily Times
• Zeb Soanes performs Shipping Forecast at Beijing Olympics
• English lighthouse beams out Shipping Forecast - Zeb Soanes reports for 'From Our Own Correspondent'
• Zeb has a close shave in Hollywood
• Radio Times Magazine - Heard But Not Seen
• 'A Voice for Radio' - Anthony Lacey interviews Zeb Soanes at London's Andrew Edmunds restaurant
• Famous Males Forum - various pictures