Iain Purdon

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Iain Purdon
Occupation	Newsreader Continuity Announcer
Notable credit(s)	BBC World Service

Iain Purdon is a newsreader on the BBC World Service.^[1]

Career

Purdon began newsreading with BBC Scotland in May 1973. From 1974-1978, he was also a regular announcer on BBC One Scotland. In 1982, he moved to BBC Radio 2 where he was senior announcer. After a couple of years working with BBC Radio 4, Purdon moved in March 1995 to the BBC World Service in a post he holds today.^[1] In his current role, Purdon reads five minute long bulletins on the hour, and short summaries on the half hour. These broadcasts are heard on BBC World Service around the world. Iain Purdon read the last news bulletin from Bush House at 11.00 GMT on 12 July 2012.

Iain Purdon also plays the bass guitar in a pop group.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 http://tvannouncers.thetvroomplus.com/channel-12.html

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Presenters	Uduak Amimo Ros Atkins Paul Bakibinga Matthew Bannister Owen Bennett-Jones James Coomarasamy Lesley Curwin Dan Damon Rajan Datar Evan Davis Peter Day Lyse Doucet Jo Fidgen Tim Franks Russell Fuller Harriett Gilbert Claudia Hammond Roger Hearing Razia Iqbal Alex Jakana Mike Johnson Alan Kasujja Julian Keane Bridget Kendall Rebecca Kesby Julian Marshall Lerato Mbele Nuala McGovern James Menendez Bola Mosuro Gareth Mitchell Farayi Mungazi Seva Novgorodsev Lawrence Pollard Justin Rowlatt Stephen Sackur Valerie Sanderson Julian Worricker

Announcers and newsreaders	David Austin Julie Candler Charles Carroll Kathy Clugston Mike Cooper Zoe Diamond Gaenor Howells Jonathan Izard John Jason Nick Kelly Fiona MacDonald Stewart Macintosh Marion Marshall Sue Montgomery Neil Nunes Iain Purdon Jerry Smit

Programmes	Bottom Line Business Daily Click The Forum From Our Own Correspondent HARDtalk Newsday Newshour Outlook Reith Lectures Science in Action Sportsworld The Strand World Briefing World Business Report World Have Your Say World Update The World Today

Language Services	Albanian Arabic Bangla Nepali Brasil Mundo Persian Russian Ukrainian

Miscellaneous	Greenwich Time Signal Lillibullero List of BBC newsreaders and reporters

Related articles	BBC News BBC Arabic Television BBC Persian Television BBC World News BBC Radio 4

External links	BBC World Service

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Name	Purdon, Iain
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Short description	Newsreader
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