Hmm.. OK, my turn... but I'm not good with the names! If anyone could put names to my descriptions, it'd be nice!
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In-Vision: Well, pretty much the only In-Vision one I can remember was Tom Edwards on Thames, who (if I got the name right!) tells us who's presenting on Sky News.
BBC1: I suppose it's the one mentioned a couple of pages back who's retired. Big booming voice at 6 O'clock: 'This is BBC One!'
BBC2: The female one who's been around for a long time.. nice voice, very friendly, used to do quite funny closedowns. I think her name's Jane something, but not 100% sure.
Carlton: Mark Lipscomb, not only for being very good and professional, but also for being from Thames! Also there used to be an annoucer on ITV Night Time who did absoultely hillarious announcements into the imported soaps and things like that.. got a suspiction it's the one from Central now. I remember once when I used to go to college I think some people were talking about how funny he was - first time I heard people talking about an announcer!
LWT: Has to be Trish, seems like she's been the voice of the weekend forever! Very recognisable, too.
Channel Four: I seem to be gong for announcers that have been around for a long time here, but I'm voting for the guy (not sure of the name) who's been on 4 for ages and ages, he definetly seems to be thier lead announcer anyway, if there is such a thing! Also, special mention for the one from Northern Ireland - good voice and very much that 'watching along with you' feel. He also did lots of comedy voiceovers for Adam and Joe.
Channel Five: The woman, you know the one I mean.. although all of them deserve lots of credit for making very entertaining announcements (and the channel for allowing them!) It reallly does make you like the channel more, and gives it huge amounts of personality. The end credits to Sunset Beach were legendary.
But, after all that (finally!) I'd say the best is Michael Alexander St. John. Haven't actually heard his continuity announcements, but his work with Chris Morris (in On The Hour, The Day Today, the Chris Morris Radio 1 Music Show and Blue Jam) was sublime. The complete surrealty of the scripts mixed with the straight way he tried to read it while clearly reading the scripts for the first time was fantastic. From the club top ten on Blue Jam: 'Straight off the plane at number 10, Gloop Mongy-Mongg with 'Fat Beeping B****', the tribute to the Butane's Geezer, recorded in case he was shot and released last week by mistake. Still retching at 9, 'You Have No Idea How Wide My Eyes Can Get' - that's the Oh Christ He's Using Tyre-Levers version, from Gunproof Grandad. That features Keith Prodigy eating an unopened tin of rice.' But the best was an out-take left in once: 'Ahhhh... yes.... Oh no, that's not right!.. Ah! Yes!'
(Edited by Blake Connolly at 10:43 pm on Jan. 11, 2002)
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Kyle was one of the announcers I mentioned.
