Life and Career
Soanes was formerly a presentation announcer for the television channels BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Four. He was the first voice to welcome new viewers to the new BBC Four channel when it was launched in 2002.
He returned to BBC Four in August 2006 as a presenter for the BBC Proms and is an occasional reporter for the long-running BBC Radio series From Our Own Correspondent.
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