# Neil Nunes > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Neil_Nunes > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Neil_Nunes.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Nunes > Source revision: 1354410635 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British-Jamaican continuity announcer (born 1980)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|12|12}} | birth_place = [Kingston, Jamaica](/source/Kingston%2C_Jamaica) | occupation = [Continuity announcer](/source/Continuity_announcer) and newsreader | boards = | education = [Northern Caribbean University](/source/Northern_Caribbean_University) | alma_mater = [London School of Journalism](/source/London_School_of_Journalism) | employer = [BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4);
[BBC World Service](/source/BBC_World_Service) | website = }} '''Neil Nunes''' (born 12 December 1980) (pronounced {{IPAc-en|n|u:|n|ɛ|z}} ) is a [British-Jamaican](/source/British_Jamaican) [continuity announcer](/source/Continuity_announcers_in_the_United_Kingdom) and newsreader on [BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4) in the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom), and on the [BBC World Service](/source/BBC_World_Service). ==Early life== Nunes was born in [Kingston, Jamaica](/source/Kingston%2C_Jamaica), and brought up in the [parish of Manchester](/source/Manchester_Parish) in the west-central part of the island.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3cJGDNb51qH08rlkkC75qg8/neil-nunes |title=Neil Nunes|website=Radio 4 {{!}} Six O'Clock News|publisher=BBC |access-date=13 April 2025}} ==Career== While studying for a degree in biology at [Northern Caribbean University](/source/Northern_Caribbean_University), Nunes became involved with the university radio station as a presenter. He went on to work as a newsreader and reporter for radio networks in the [Dutch Caribbean](/source/Dutch_Caribbean), while at the same time serving as a correspondent for the [BBC Caribbean](/source/BBC_Caribbean) Service. He studied as a postgraduate at the [London School of Journalism](/source/London_School_of_Journalism).{{Cite web |title=Student Case Study - Neil N {{!}} London School of Journalism |url=https://www.lsj.org/case-studies/neil+n |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=www.lsj.org}} He began working as a freelance announcer on BBC Radio 4 in 2006. Initially, he suffered criticism from some listeners for his Caribbean accent,{{cite news |first=Terry |last=Kirby|author-link=Terry Kirby |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/voice-from-jamaica-divides-radio-4-listeners-5544381.html |title=Voice from Jamaica divides Radio 4 listeners |work=The Independent |date=31 March 2006 |access-date=24 January 2016 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8304155/Who-has-the-most-irritating-radio-voice.html |title=Who has the most irritating radio voice? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |first=Tim|last=Walker|date=5 February 2011 |access-date=5 July 2013 }} but was robustly defended by others on the programme ''[Feedback](/source/Feedback_(radio_series))''. He is now a well-established announcer, and since November 2017 also reads the news. Nunes joined the BBC World Service as a producer and presenter of current affairs programmes. He also reads world news bulletins on the World Service in addition to his Radio 4 continuity work. He also features as "Narrator" on ''[Twirlywoos](/source/Twirlywoos)''. His style of delivery and consistently misplaced emphases are parodied by [Jon Culshaw](/source/Jon_Culshaw) on ''[Dead Ringers](/source/Dead_Ringers_(comedy))''. == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == * [https://twitter.com/neilnunes1 Neil Nunes on Twitter] * David Smith, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/mar/26/radio.bbc "Now on Radio 4, a change of programme ... a row about accents"], ''[The Observer](/source/The_Observer)'', 26 March 2006. * [Rachel Cooke](/source/Rachel_Cooke), [https://web.archive.org/web/20110606010905/http://www.newstatesman.com/200604100036 "I think of Radio 4 as a kind of club – but I don’t much like some of the other members"], ''[New Statesman](/source/New_Statesman)'', 10 April 2006. * Barbara Ellington, [https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20151009/neil-nunes-bbc-voice-made-jamaica "Neil Nunes, BBC Voice Made in Jamaica"], ''[The Jamaica Gleaner](/source/The_Jamaica_Gleaner)'', 8 October 2015. * [https://www.bbc.co.uk/videos/cg3jpvvwxx7o "Top tip from Neil Nunes? Aim for the impossible"], BBC, 22 August 2024. {{BBC World Service}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nunes, Neil}} Category:1980 births Category:Alumni of London South Bank University Category:Alumni of the London School of Journalism Category:BBC Radio 4 Category:BBC World Service people Category:Jamaican emigrants to the United Kingdom Category:Living people Category:Radio and television announcers {{UK-radio-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Neil Nunes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Nunes) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Nunes?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.