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When part of your work is recording corporate and explainer video voiceovers you can discover quite a range of things  you previously had no idea existed.

For example non slip tennis courts; a special plastic used in photovoltaic cells; an iphone app that controls wood burning stoves; how to decommission wind turbines; a machine that measures human body resonant frequencies; how to turn a conservatory into an extra room; a water distribution and sewerage company in the desert in the UAE and finding out how to drive fancy VW cars over rocky terrain – you name it I’ve done the voice over!.

I hope these blog posts give a flavour of the more interesting voiceover stuff that sometimes comes my way – plus some of the other things I like that I’ve come across in those moments when I’m waiting for the next script to arrive!

Chris Radley – Voice Over


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London Underground Embankment station

Heart warming VO story for Christmas

 December 15, 2019
Voice announcements pop up in loads of places these days – and thank goodness they do as it means more work for us voice over artists.  Of course pre-recorded announcements are not that new and in some places have been in use for many decades – like, for example, on the London Underground. For many years I was amused by the Mind The Gap announcements at Bank station as I read more

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Planet Rock – in at the start

 December 15, 2019
Digital radio station Planet Rock has recently celebrated its 20th Anniversary.  It’s great that its become so well established and it still going 2 decades after it first started broadcasting. Why do I care? – well back in November 1999 I presented the first show on the station – I then did 10-2 6 days a week for 4 years.  The orginal presentation team included two current presenters – Andy read more

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Voice acting – the lingual mechanics expert

 November 16, 2019
I’ve mentioned voice coach Nancy Wolfson before in these voice over blogs – I’ve found many of  her on-line voice over training videos to be very insightful and informative. She’s great for taking the less obvious approach to voice work in a way that often proves highly effective.  Anyway I mention her because she posted something recently on an on-line voice over group that caught my attention. It was a read more

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Voiceover for cancer charity video

 November 14, 2019
I recently recorded the voice over narration for an animated video for the Pancreatic Cancer UK charity. The video was produced by Wurkhouse in Derry with a brief to provide an over view of the condition and symptoms in less than a minute. The final version of video is now on-line and you can see it here or on YouTube. The video was produced by Wurkhouse Chris Radley – Voice read more

AT4033 microphone with pop shield. Photo by Louis Radley

Downloadable demos

 November 14, 2019
It was recently been pointed out to me that the voice over demos and showreels on my website were not available as downloads. For quite a while I had agreed with my website designer that this was not that important and anyway would probably lead to web page clutter. However a recent discussion in an on-line voice over group convinced me that I was missing out on potential voice overs read more

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Studio upgrade – Blue Dog Power

 November 9, 2019
At the heart of my recording studio is my medium format Soundcraft Ghost 32 channel analogue mixing console. I’d always wanted a proper studio mixing desk and when I could afford it I bought this one new about 18 years ago. Over the years it’s needed some minor maintenance and has been sent back to the manufacturer Harmen on two occasions when something broke down. Last time the group busses read more

AT4033 microphone with pop shield. Photo by Louis Radley

Do corporate videos need voice over?

 October 21, 2019
I’ve noticed that some on-line corporate videos now do not have voice overs.  Perhaps on some occasions the lack of voice over is because the company or organisation in question is working in a global market and they perhaps feel the pictures will explain everything you need to know.  Also they may not have the budget to localise the voice over content for every market and so choose to avoid read more

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South Sudan – VO narration on-line

 September 22, 2019
I recently mentioned a voice over that I had been asked to record for the Amsterdam based film production company Izzyworks. It was an interesting narration for a video explaining the supportive role of the Dutch Government in promoting the rebuilding of the war torn African country South Sudan. At the point I previously posted about the job I thought it was more or less finished with perhaps just a read more

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Voice over with the power (generation)

 September 9, 2019
From time to time in recent years I’ve read news items about power generation in the UK where experts wonder if we’ve got sufficient electricity generating capacity now and into the future. That power generation might be in short supply in the UK is no surprise to me: in recent years I’ve lost count of the number of voice overs I’ve recorded for Health and Safety videos for contractors that read more

Image from documentary about South Sudan

New Voice-over narrations

 August 29, 2019
I’m back from my summer break and back in the booth to record some voice over narrations. One is for a new corporate client – but for reasons of confidentiality I am not able to talk about it. The other is for a video promoting the work of the Dutch Government in South Sudan. This video is being produced by Nynke La Porte at Izzyworks in Amsterdam. It describes the read more


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