Corrie Corfield is a radio broadcaster and producer known especially for her newsreading and continuity announcements on BBC Radio 4.

Early life and education

She was born 1961 in Oxford, raised near Stratford-upon-Avon and educated at Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls.

She then read English and Drama at Goldsmiths, University of London

Broadcasting career

She joined the BBC as a studio manager in 1983 with the World Service. The garment was sold in a raffle for Comic Relief in 2012.

In 2016, she placed seventh in a Radio Times poll of the top voices on UK radio.

She read the Six O'Clock News for the last time on BBC Radio 4 on 23 February 2021.

References

  • Corrie Corfield BBC Radio 4
  • Slanket of Con
  • Independent September 2003