Who is the continuity announcer on R4 with the deep voice & difficult to place accent.....

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...because I thought it was Zebedee Soames but if it is he looks NOTHING like he sounds

Oh, the guy with the Carribean-ish accent? Mmm, he sounds luverly. No idea what his name is.

I don't know but he really has the most delicious voice. I'd like him on the satnav!

yes, his voice is lush but I have no idea who he is

'tis very annoying

Is it not Neil something? melliferous is the adjective used about him by his supporters when the objectors started on him.

Don't know his name but if it's the one I'm thinking of I love him reading the shipping forecast.

It's Caribbean mixed with Northern Irish, I reckon.

neil nunes

Had a wee look on the website, but can't see anything.
What does he look like?

Ah, yes, that'll be him!
Love his voice. Can't believe some of the comments against him. Ffs. What's not to love?

just read that Indie piece. What is wrong with people?????

very at that link

thanks Aitch, I can rest now

twitter him!

He does have the most amazing voice.... like aural chocolate!

oooh he looks younger than I imagined!

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although i thought the independent people were out of line (i think i've heard him, its a lovely voice in keeping with Radio4) bear in mind that the most under-represented group in the media is 50+ women. It would have been braver of the Beeb to get an older female voice....

I think he was hired because he 'sounds' black. Tokenism. Most black people in the UK sound like everyone else - with London, Yorkshire, Birmingham, Welsh, whatever accents. And of course, on the radio, you can't tell colour. I think the BBC got in a funk about being 'too white' and got a voice that sounded black. I have been to Jamaica and white people there sound like this too. I doubt that anyone else with a 'foreign' accent (eg French/German/Italian) would have got a job as a continuity announcer. One of my friends is black and works in the media and he is constantly told he is 'not black enough' for jobs because he has a normal, not-posh but educated, southern-English voice.

I disagree msled- he was hired by world service who hire people from across the globe, then did some fill in on R4, who liked him, so kept him.

Are there any other continuity announcers with accents from other countries? I don't think so.

Is that relly him on twitter? He doesn't look like I imagined at all!
oneopinionatedmother R4 seems to be full of women who are or at least sound like older females, older than me anyway.

Thank you! I have been wondering that for ages. Reminds me of when I first knew DH and he did charity radio...

He has a lovely voice; there are lots of people from the Caribbean living in UK - I don't really understand your problem with him msled. There have been Irish announcers and newscasters but I think it is unlikely that you would get people with French/German/Italian accents working as continuity announcers on the BBC because it is unlikely English would be their first language which kind of goes with the job... .

Incidentally, working as I have on several national papers, I think it is very unlikely that your friend is considered "not black enough" (much less told that) as certainly in print media, companies are desperate to appear more diverse than they actually are.

I'm astounded by the comments in the Independent. I cannot believe people really think like that!

Love him, love him, love him.

Would also like to hear and see more 50+ women on tv and radio. Was completely transfixed by Joan Bakewell on Desert Island Discs on R$ this morning. What an absolutely stellar person that woman is!