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Alan Smith
Alan is a Scot by birth and his family moved to the Lake District when he was just two years old, so he considers himself to be a Cumbrian by adoption.
After a career working in business management, Alan took the plunge into broadcasting in 1989. His first job on air was reading ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Cumbria's famous Lamb Bank, which pairs orphaned lambs with ewes.
He moved on to present a live daily phone-in together with specialist music shows before coming to Broadcasting House, London, in 2002 where he is an announcer on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.
