RADIO presenter and producer Chris Browning has achieved another double — for the second time in his career. 
His programme, The Tale of June and Gretel, which he made for BBC Radio Berkshire, has recently won two major awards. His two previous successes were for his documentary, Saved By Sir Nicholas, which won major awards in Britain and America.
The Tale of June and Gretel is the story of two little girls, one British and one German, who became unlikely friends just after the Second World War. 
The mayor of Reading at the time had heard of the devastation, poverty and disease in Dusseldorf, which had been heavily bombed. She invited children from Dusseldorf to come to Berkshire so they could recover. The two girls became instant friends. Chris, 24, recorded the programme in Germany.
The programme has won a bronze Radio Academy Award, formerly known as the Sony Radio Awards. In the best factual storytelling class, he won his ARIA, as they are called, against opposition from Radio 3, Radio 4 and Radio 5Live. 
In November, Chris won a gold Frank Gillard Award, which celebrate the best of BBC Local Radio. On that occasion he met the BBC director general Tony Hall and TV and radio presenter Jeremy Vine.
Chris, who attended Shanklin Primary, Lake Middle and Sandown High, began his career at IW Radio in Glyn Taylor’s sports show. Later he had his own shows and produced John Hannam Meets.
On a recent holiday in China, Chris proposed to his girlfriend, Laura Brant, at a temple in Kyoto. He had, in hopeful anticipation, taken his grandmother’s engagement ring on the trip and was thrilled there was a happy ending. They hope to get married later in 2018.