Voice Actors

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Occasionally, I'll be doing something and catch a piece of dialog from a children's tv program or from an advert on the radio... Nothing so strange in that, you might think, it happens all the time! But the voice will ring a bell somewhere at the back of my mind, a ding of recognition: Where have I heard that voice before? Below are several examples to whet your appetite. How many times have you been left thinking "I know that voice" for a while before the lightbulb goes on...? The narrator in "Sarah & Duck", on UK children's TV, has the cool, calm and mellifluous tones of Roger Allam. Allam's is a voice I associate with an excellent BBC Radio 4 comedy, "Cabin Pressure", by John Finnemore, with additional voice talents of the writer, of Benedict Cumberbatch and of Stephanie Cole. The giant in Roald Dahl's BFG animated film from 1989 is that of David Jason, a voice I associate with many fine TV and radio performances over the years, including "Open All Hours", on BBC TV and some episodes of the original radio series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Bob the Builder's voice, by Neil Morrissey, of the TV comedy "Men Behaving Badly". The Narrator in the early UK Mister Men series is Arthur Lowe (Captain Mainwaring of Dad's Army fame). Tim Curry, from the Rocky Horror Picture Show, voices the grey parrot in "Rio" as well as Nigel Thornberry in "The Wild Thornberries". Of course, not forgetting Steve Carell as Gru in "Despicable Me", with a superbly apt YouTube clip for this post below: