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Voice-over man Patrick Allen
I don't know if this is a surprise to anyone else, but it was a surprise to me...
At the beginning of last week's X Factor, there was a voice-over that introduced the acts; it went something like this: "For Simon Cowell: Nikitta, Leona, Ray, [etc]. For Louis Walsh: Eton Road, [etc, etc]. For Sharon Osbourne: Ben, Kerry, [etc, etc]" Now this v/o was done by a Patrick Allen, the same guy who did a lot of v/o links for E4 (i.e. "Chucking Spunky Tunes In Your Tellybox"). (He also did the narration on the 'Protect & Survive' video back in the 1980s (excerpts used in FGTH's 'Two Tribes' remixes)). The guy has such a distinctive voice, that I can't see it being anyone else! The whole point is, Patrick Allen died at the end of July [ Obit: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2302641.html ] So it surprised me that he was able to do the v/o for the final acts as early as July... Any thoughts, anyone? |
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Patrick Allen
Yeah - I found out he had died yesterday. I knew he was ill, because he stopped doing the voiceovers for Christian O'Connell's Virgin Breakfast Show (to be replaced by the mighty Brian Blessed).
But... someone who sounds VERY like Patrick Allen is back to doing the trailers for E4.... I'm confused.... |
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Peter Dickson is a voice over artist/actor who has a voice that is very similar to the late Patrick Allen's and took over as the voice of E4 when Patrick Allen died. He does a lot of advertising and TV gameshow voice overs so I would imagine it is Peter doing X Factor.
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Originally Posted by bevheth
Peter Dickson is a voice over artist/actor who has a voice that is very similar to the late Patrick Allen's and took over as the voice of E4 when Patrick Allen died. He does a lot of advertising and TV gameshow voice overs so I would imagine it is Peter doing X Factor.
"Peter [Dickson] often uses a voice similar to the late Patrick Allen, and following Allen's death in 2006 took over as the voice of digital TV channel E4." So perhaps that's the mystery solved... Well done bevheth! |
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