14 Facts About Charlotte Green

Charlotte Green was born on 4 May 1956 and is a British radio broadcaster and a former continuity announcer and news reader for BBC Radio 4.

Charlotte Green read the classified football results on BBC Radio 5 Live and the World Service Sports Report from 2013 until 2022, succeeding James Alexander Gordon.

Charlotte Green was a regular newsreader for the Today programme and the comedy programme The News Quiz.

Charlotte Green's voice is a marvel, something to make one feel safe and secure, like being tucked up in bed with a hot water bottle.

In 2022, Charlotte Green was voted the "Most Attractive Female Voice on National Radio" in a poll by the BBC's Radio Times publication.

Charlotte Green has acknowledged the reliance that lonely listeners place in her; her habit of wishing listeners "a peaceful night" led many to send her letters.

Between 2003 and 2006, Charlotte Green was unique in her pronunciation of the years between 2001 and 2009.

Charlotte Green played herself in a 2005 radio episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and again played herself in 2008 in Simon Brett's radio detective drama Charles Paris.

Charlotte Green signed a public letter of protest to the BBC Trust regarding cuts to the radio news service in 2007.

Charlotte Green has on occasions attracted some attention for inopportune giggling during on-air broadcasts.

In March 2008, while announcing the death of American film and television writer Abby Mann, Charlotte Green laughed after what is believed to be the world's earliest recording, played during the preceding item, was described off-air as sounding like "a bee trapped in a bottle".

From July 2015, Charlotte Green was a reader on the BBC Radio 4 panel game Quote.

Charlotte Green is an avid reader who enjoys going to the theatre, concerts and art exhibitions.

Charlotte Green is a Trustee of the University of Kent Development Fund.