Career
Raised in north-east Scotland, Armstrong initially worked in British Broadcasting Corporation Radio, training as a continuity announcer, before switching to television Her credits include episodes of Armchair Thriller (based on the novel Quiet as a Nun), Lark Rise to Candleford, Where the Heart Is, The Bill, Midsomer Murders, Something in Disguise, The Wednesday Play, and Adam Adamant Lives!, Freud (1984) as well as the television film The Countess Alice (1992).