Susan Scott Rae is a Scottish newsreader and continuity announcer who works for BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 3, and BBC Radio 4 Extra. She was born on June 2, 1956. She has provided voiceover work for a number of Discovery Channel programs, including a few episodes of Forensic Detectives and The FBI Files, as well as for Bravo’s Street Crime UK series. For Anglia Television in 2007, she served as the host of Eastern Skies.
She was identified as having early-onset Alzheimer’s disease in March 2022. The family said on a JustGiving page asking for donations to assist with her care, “After almost 30 years on air, the condition has left her unable to work.” She was transferred to a retirement facility in June 2022 so she could live freely. In London, Rae resides. She is a celebrant of humanism.
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Rae studied English at Edinburgh University after being born and reared in Dundee, Scotland. Sadly, there is no information available regarding her parents.
Before her final exams, she graduated from the university and started working for Dundee’s D. C. Thomson newspapers before joining BBC Radio Aberdeen. She stayed there for three years before moving to London to work as a continuity announcer and newsreader for BBC Radio 4 in the early 1980s. The reception to her voice on Radio 4 at the time was unfavorable, and some listeners thought the BBC’s dedication to precise pronunciation was waning.