Who's your favourite British voice?

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I have somehow stumbled on a skit of how it would go if he played certain characters in certain films (one was Gilderoy Lockhart) and I about died. The scenes were hilarious and the guy nailed the impression

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throwthatbitchaccoun@reddit

I hear he has a part in the new Star Wars mov-ie!

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RegularStrength4850@reddit

Colin Dent, or "Denteeeeeh"

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dbltax@reddit

UKaayyyyyy rowing.

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Say_Thankya@reddit

You really are the most devious bastard in Newww York Citehhh.

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NaNiteZugleh@reddit

FAAAAAAAAAAAATHERRRRR!!!!!!!

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superdanday@reddit

Unhand me, priest!

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SilkySmoothRalph@reddit

It’s an awesome and iconic voice, but not one I’d want to live with.

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llamagirl1996@reddit

My daaaaling (Laszlo to Nadja)

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TheViscountRang@reddit

Correct

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

Oh yes, definitely

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Intruder313@reddit

Fry

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HDrums@reddit

Doug Cockle

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Ok_Aioli3897@reddit

Maggie Smith, Richard Harris

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LemonCrunchPie@reddit

Richard Harris was Irish, not British.

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another_online_idiot@reddit

Alice Roberts or Stephen Fry.

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

I have a terrible crush on Alice Roberts, and she does have a lovely voice

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another_online_idiot@reddit

I have 'no idea what you mean'...............

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SturtsDesertPea@reddit

Jeremy Irons

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SevrinTheMuto@reddit

Joanna Lumley.

Ray Brooks.

Peter Jones.

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

Loved Peter Jones' narration of Hitchhikers - wouldn't have been the same without him.

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drakon99@reddit

I love his Hitchhiker’s narration. So calm and authoritative even when talking absolute nonsense.

Starring Peter Jones as, The Book.

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huskydaisy@reddit

I could listen to Joanna Lumley for the rest of my life.

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Diligent-Sherbet2587@reddit

Same here. Always reminds me of her time as Purdy in The New Avengers.

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GunnerParky@reddit

Hugh Bonneville

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Eggs112233@reddit

June Brown, not Dot Cotton’s, her own speaking voice.

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

I don't think I ever heard her speaking out of character. She didn't sound like Dot then?

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Eggs112233@reddit

She was quite posh sounding, I liked it anyway 😊

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TheDoodler2024@reddit

Sir David Attenborough

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gorgeousredhead@reddit

I read this as RIP David Attenborough and had a strong double-take

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CaptainChampion@reddit

Wet David Attenborough.

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NaNiteZugleh@reddit

No you didn’t

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XPixel-OtterX@reddit

That Attenborough sub is really putting everyone on edge 💀

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FridgeRaider93@reddit

How come? What have I missed?

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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit

Oliver Postgate, who narrated Bagpuss & other classic Smallfilms productions.

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Dyrenforth@reddit

Oh yes, so calming and friendly.

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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit

His voice seemed to have piped in from a hundred years before - creaky & kind

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prustage@reddit

Came here to say this. He had such a soothing voice. I like him best in Noggin the Nog.

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Subject-Motor-5652@reddit

Richard E Grant and Dawn French are good in Sackboy lol

I also like Charles Dance and Patrick Stewart. That gravitas of an achtorrr etc etc

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Twolef@reddit

Richard E Grant is from Swaziland

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Subject-Motor-5652@reddit

Would you say he has a British voice?

I applaud your pedantry by the way. Kudos.

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XSjacketfiller@reddit

I know nothing about the theatre but all those classically trained actors have brilliant voices - Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee, Ian Richardson, Peter Cushing

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Subject-Motor-5652@reddit

Yes they are all excellent shouts too!

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MelodicAd2213@reddit

I love Richard E Grant

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Twolef@reddit

Alan Watts.

He’s been lulling me to sleep for decades

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Plus_Sherbet460@reddit

Dotun adebayo. Does the 1am-4am slot on 5live.

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jawide626@reddit

Prof. Brian Cox

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

He's got a good voice, but his permanent half-smirk annoys me - like a pre-makeover Tony Blair

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jawide626@reddit

I get it but i think it comes from a position of confidence. He knows pretty much everything about the topics he is often there to discuss so he's kind of earnt the right to be a bit of a smarmy get, i still love him though and could listen to him talk all day long.

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

I like him too, but I'd probably like him more if he'd lose the smirk a bit.

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TimeNew2108@reddit

Not British but he was a national treasure. Terry Wogan used to make me feel so safe and relaxed.

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Happylittlecultist@reddit

Sir Ian Mckellen

Mackenzie Crook.

Keira Knightly

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bob_the_rod@reddit

Bernard Cribbins. Narration of the Snowman. It's just perfect.

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ScientistJo@reddit

Charles Grey.

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cragglerock93@reddit

The lady on the Jubilee Line. The way she says (or used to say?) 'The O2' at North Greenwich makes me laugh.

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Jack_202@reddit

Michael Hordern. He was the narrator on Paddington Bear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mClA14WQFu8

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FullBodiedRed2000@reddit

His voice just reminds me of my childhood. Very comforting.

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Starsteamer@reddit

I remember watching this very posh interview with John Betjeman, possibly a BBC one. The very posh interviewer asked if he had any regrets. His reply was, “I wish I’d had more sex.” The presenter’s face was a picture.

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

Yes, he was an unusual man for sure

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Fit-Thanks-3834@reddit

Roger Allam

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TepidHalibut@reddit

Ivor Cutler. Glaswegian Humourist, Poet, Singer, Teacher, Icon. The most marvellously deadpan voice. Life In A Scotch Sitting Room

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

I remember him from John Peel's shows. He did have a great voice.

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availablelighter@reddit

Christopher Hitchens

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Dyrenforth@reddit

Michael Hordern, there's a lovely weary, ancient timbre to his voice and he was the best Gandalf ever.

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Scooob-e-dooo8158@reddit

Stephen Fry. I watch all the YouTube Pindex channel doomsday videos just to hear Stephen narrate. I could listen to him read the entire English dictionary and find it fascinating.

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_packed_lunch_@reddit

Jake Thackray

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Harrry-Otter@reddit

Probably Sean Bean.

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cari-strat@reddit

"Bastard!"

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Miketroglycerin@reddit

His narration in Civ 6 is excellent. Really good voice for it.

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BlackCatWitch29@reddit

Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Luke Evans, Gerard Butler, Taron Egerton, Tim Curry, Andy Serkis, Gerry O'Brien, Martin Brundle, David Croft, Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Joan Plowright, Dame Judy Dench, Miriam Margolyes, Dame Julie Andrews, Emilia Clarke, Ruth Wilson . . .

Honestly, it depends on my mood and what I fancy listening to. I can't fall asleep while listening to Stephen Fry reading a particular series of books because it will actually keep me awake. When it comes to racing, I miss when Crofty doesn't commentate and it doesn't feel right.

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MartianDuk@reddit

Elis James

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Smooth-Purchase1175@reddit

The late great Valentine Dyall.

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plant_bean@reddit

Stephen Fry. when i heard him narrating LittleBigPlanet when i played it as a kid, i loved it

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TepidHalibut@reddit

Viv Stanshall. The most fruity, utterly English voice ever.

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Ludrin@reddit

Jeremy Irons

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Environmental-Act991@reddit

Peter O'Toole Terence Stamp

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Odd_Championship7286@reddit

Joanna Lumley

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OolonColluphid042@reddit

Peter Wyngarde, then Kenneth Williams.

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jeremybennett@reddit

Neil Nunes. Listening to him reading the shipping forecast is heaven.

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SGTingles@reddit

Abso-bloody-lutely. To think some people had the nerve to fucking complain when this superbly well-spoken man of exceptionally clear diction but who happens to do so with a beautiful rich Caribbean accent became an announcer on Radio 4.

I've thought from the start that he was brilliant, in contrast – and, yes, hearing that voice intone the matchless poetic cadences of the Shipping Forecast is veritable manna from heaven.

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SGTingles@reddit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdpWjdA5LRo

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mzungu1979@reddit

David Attenborough. A voice like a warm blanket on a cold rainy day.

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mcintg@reddit

Julie Andrews, cut glass voice and she used to have a tremendous range.

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StrongAnalysis4618@reddit

Sir Roger Moore. Went to see him on tour and it was sublime him talk.

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FigureSubstantial970@reddit

Stacey Solomon.

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WandererGrimAlt@reddit

Sir Ian McKellen

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kotare78@reddit

Mike Garry

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SpudFire@reddit

Andy Serkis. Obviously not doing his Gollum voice. He's done audio books for the hobbit and LOTR, he's got a great voice.

Rob Bryden. I could pick from a number of Welsh people but I think he's the best of them.

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TheBlueprint666@reddit

Andy Serkis voices a character in the video game Clair Obscur- Expedition 33 and he’s absolutely phenomenal as always. Very surprised this answer is this far down

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Own-Writer8244@reddit

Bill Paterson.

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

Oh yes. The gentle Scottish accent is universally popular.

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Own-Writer8244@reddit

Very much so. He makes me smile when I hear him.

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TheBlueprint666@reddit

He’s half the reason I watch Repair Shop

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kiradax@reddit

David Larbi, an instagram and tiktok guy. He speaks with such joy and his voice is so calming to me.

Also Fiona Shaw!

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upsidedowncreature@reddit

Either Neil Nunes (Radio 4 continuity announcer) or Simon Kane (actor, loads of stuff but mainly on John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme)

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Tfw_no_tall_Scots_gf@reddit

Kate Nash

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Quick-Obligation-504@reddit

My wife

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One-Emo-Bassist@reddit

Stephen Fry, national treasure.

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pinkdaisylemon@reddit

The late Richard Burton, Anthony Hopkins,

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

Definitely both of those. Richard Burton reading Dylan Thomas is a thing of much beauty.

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ScratchChrome@reddit

Ditto for War of The Worlds.

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pinkdaisylemon@reddit

Young Burton was a literal thing of beauty too!

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

Yes he was

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ChelloRam@reddit

Henry Blofeld and Ted Lowe.

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skime-life@reddit

Alphie salomans🤣

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fishfingerchipbean@reddit

Sean Pertwee

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Haunting_Top6382@reddit

Ralph Ineson by a country mile

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Pharmacy_Duck@reddit

Mark Gatiss.

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Yachting-Mishaps@reddit

Bill Nighy is good value for money.

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prustage@reddit

Richard Burton

Patrick Stewart

Martin Jarvis

Oliver Postgate

Tom Baker

Christopher Lee

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PiotrGreenholz01@reddit

Jim Carter (Mr Carson in Downton Abbey) when he does documentary voiceovers

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rondal99@reddit

David Attenborough. Any other answer is clearly wrong.

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sharkkallis@reddit

Ralph Ineson

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Wonderwall66@reddit

Billy Connolly

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Trivius@reddit

If you believe my family? My own

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Kingfisher1820@reddit

Rory Stewart

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Chris_Oblivion@reddit

Billy Connolly

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rovstuart@reddit

Michael Parkinson. He had that grandfatherly tone to his voice.

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HurloonMinotaur@reddit

Christopher Lee. There’s a great interview with him on Test Match Special where he talks about his childhood and love of cricket. You can probably find it on YouTube. Something about his voice just give me a warm feeling.

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

I think I've heard it. Odd that a man famous for playing Dracula could give you a warm feeling, but I know what you mean.

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PresidentTramp@reddit

Brian Cant.

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

The soundtrack to my childhood

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Dr_Gillian_McQueef@reddit

Alan Rickman

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

Oh yes!

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Civil-Fan-3586@reddit

Jules Lang (I hope spelled correctly)from BBC Radio 2

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Radiant-Mycologist72@reddit

It's Richard Briars for me.

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

Murray Walker - another commentating legend

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blainy-o@reddit

The late, great Murray Walker. In 2nd, Matt Berry.

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Automatic_Screen1064@reddit

Mark Corrigan

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R2-Scotia@reddit

Bill McLaren, Donnie Munro, David Attenborough

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

Dear Bill - "Like a baggie up a Borders burn". What a voice!

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R2-Scotia@reddit

One Sunday morning I went down to the deserted "Warehouse District" (nighlife area) of Austin, Texas to retreive the pub car, having taxied home.

I'm walking along 4th street, literally the only prrson, a stray tumbleweed would have perfected the scene. And I swear I can hear Bill McLaren in the distance. In Texas, on a Sunday morning? Am I hallucinating?

The Irish themed pub down the street had the Scotland v Ireland game on, and had left their outdoor speakers on from Sat night.

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

I can imagine that would be quite disorientating. I once had a piss next to Bill at the Melrose Sevens - I was so star-struck I couldn't get started so just had to walk away and leave him.

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Dead_Ghost@reddit

The late John Hurt. Sean Pertwee, David Attenborough

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

John Hurt is definitely worth a mention - another one of those calm, in control of any situation voices.

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Icy_Gap_9067@reddit

Sean pertwee has a perfect voice to listen to. He narrates some episodes of a disaster documentary called zero hour.

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Dibbles_89@reddit

He was a great Alfred in Gotham

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

I've not come across him. I assume he's related to John?

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Icy_Gap_9067@reddit

Son of john, yes.

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kirkum2020@reddit

Jane Horrocks.

Not only does she have a charming voice of her own but she can do any one you like.

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

I know. Brilliant singer too.

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lardarz@reddit

Brian Blessed, Hannah Fry, Philomena Cunk

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

Hannah Fry is a good call. Philomena Cunk isn't actually a real person you know - I can't think of an easy way to break it to you!

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

Brian Blessed is getting a lot of action. I don't know - does he actually talk like that at home do you think?

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lardarz@reddit

I think anyone who can do a passable Grampy Rabbit would be talking like that at all times.

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Dailymailflagshagger@reddit

The late great Robert Hardy.

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

That was a voice and a half

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notthattypeofplayer@reddit

William Dalrymple - it's part of what makes the Empire podcast so good.

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TheViscountRang@reddit

Weirdly, and I'm aware this is a poor shout, but Eddie Redmayne

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

That's not poor - I think you're right.

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Last-Supermarket-439@reddit

Matt Berry - hands down

I'd literally listen to his Steven Toast audio book of the bible

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Dennyisthepisslord@reddit

Jarvis Cocker

Brian blessed

Tom Baker

Chris eubank sr

Booze soaked King Charles has that nice posh old man voice now

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FootballIsRubbish@reddit (OP)

Chris Eubank sounded like AI before there was AI

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