birth_place nationality article_title birth_date employer name occupation
middlesex british british harriet cass
 4 february 1952 bbc radio 4 harriet cass newsreader continuity announcer
harriet cass

harriet r m cass -lrb- born 4 february 1952 -rrb- is a freelance broadcaster , best known for her work on bbc radio 4 as a senior announcer , with responsibility for newsreading and continuity .
born in london nw10 , at the central middlesex hospital , the fourth daughter of edward g cass and ruth m cass , cass was educated at queen 's college , harley street , an independent day school for girls in london .
she joined the bbc in 1972 as a secretary , before becoming a studio manager and then announcer on radio 4 .
later she became a sub-editor and chief sub-editor in the bbc radio newsroom and then worked on the radio 4 programme `` today in parliament '' .
in 1996 , she re-joined radio 4 , after some years away from the network , and since 1998 has been working mainly as a newsreader , including on `` the news quiz '' .
in 2003 , with chris aldridge , she was promoted to the post of senior announcer , after peter donaldson stepped down .
she has been the station 's presentation editor .
in september , 2012 , it was announced that cass would leave the bbc , having opted for voluntary redundancy as the result of reorganisation .
she left radio 4 on the 21st march 2013 , her final broadcast being the six o'clock news bulletin .
she is now a freelance broadcaster .
