Background
Rory Morrison was born in London in 1964, the eldest of Anne and Bob Morrison"s three children.
Rory Morrison was born in London in 1964, the eldest of Anne and Bob Morrison"s three children.
He graduated from Durham University in 1986 with a degree in English Language and Literature.
He was brought up in Malvern, Worcestershire, and was educated at The Chase School and Malvern College. At College, he performed well in drama and art, and as a prefect was appointed as Head of House. The English-Speaking Union awarded him a scholarship to Australia.
Morrison began his radio broadcasting career as a travel reporter and presenter for Beacon Radio, an independent local radio station covering Shropshire, Wolverhampton and the Black Country.
He first joined the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1990, as the presenter of an afternoon programme on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Leeds. He later worked for two other local stations, British Broadcasting Corporation Radio York and British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Cleveland.
He then moved to the British Forces Broadcasting Service before returning to the British Broadcasting Corporation as a continuity announcer on Radio 4 in April 1994. He later joined the newsreading team, and regularly appeared on The News Quiz, as a reader for amusing newspaper cuttings during the programme.