Channel4/Bigbrother northern announcer

[mwaawm]

The first time they used him on bigbrother it was a bit of a novelty to hear a northern accent used prominantly by an announcer/narrator, but now they are using his monotonous tones for all their program links Im sure the suicide rate in the UK has jumped significantly. His voice now strikes me as the most grating and completeley cun7ish thing that I hear on TV- get shot of him channel 4 asap.

[SeanR]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Bentley

He is one of the UK's most recognisable voiceover artists due to his heavy North-East England accent (which he often exaggerates for effect)

What a cunt!

[Popo]

A 'northern' accent is a novelty?

What an insular little world you must live in.

[Kelthink]

A 'northern' accent is a novelty?

What an insular little world you must live in.

Oh you didn't know? London is the only place in England. Everywhere else is 'unknown'!

[Wickedkitten]

Regionalist!

[Eighthours]

I don't get the recent fascination with having continuity announcers / voiceover people require godawful regional accents. I'm not saying that everyone should sound like The Queen, but the rebalance is way too far on the other side.

[mindgames]

Was just saying the other day, this c*nt is not only getting worse but also is putting it on! And its now confirmed by TEH WIKI!!!!1ONEi

[Capwn]

Heh, they make of this of the dark place dvd commentry.

[ZOK]

Heh, they make of this of the dark place dvd commentry.

Could you say that again in Southern?

[Capwn]

Could you say that again in Southern?

sure, day make fun of dis on da dark place dvd commentry

[Vimster]

Oh you didn't know? London is the only place in England. Everywhere else is 'unknown'!

Ask most Americans where they'd live in the UK and 99.9% say London, simply because they think that's all there is. Plus present them with a faintly regional accent like this BB xunt and they're all "jeez I can't understand this guy, is he Scottish?" - arseholes.

That bloke probably lives in London these days anyway. Nothing I hate more than people moving to London then banging on about how northern/Welsh/Scottish/etc they are.

[ZOK]

sure, day make fun of dis on da dark place dvd commentry

SOUTHERN, YOU CUR!!

[Hello Goaty ♥]

Can we do away with Ant and Dec as well please!

uh-oh

toony is here!

[toonfool]

Careful now!

[Hello Goaty ♥]

This man IS A GOD however.

[Paulando]

They should get Justin Lee Collins to do the links

[Hello Goaty ♥]

Stop causing trouble!

Richard Briars is the man for the job.

[Stilly]

This man IS A GOD however.

TRUFAX.

Auf Pet is one of the greatest programmes ever made. Even with some 'Northern' accents

[SeanR]

"Cor, you lot are like a bleedin' geordie mafia!"

[Corporal Flashback]

They should get Justin Lee Collins to do the links

His accent's similarlyput on, I'm told.

[JohnC]

Who does it on E4? They guy who goes on about flipping over your telly-box and all that stuff?

[Corporal Flashback]

The tellybox E4 bloke is used in a parody fashion.

[mwaawm]

I take it all back hes clearly not a cunt

Just the biggest cock we fortunatley never get to see on TV

[JohnC]

The tellybox E4 bloke is used in a parody fashion.

What's with the ?

And who is he?

[Corporal Flashback]

What's with the ?

Because he's better than all the "serious" announcers yet they won't use him seriously.

[hereticboy]

They should get Justin Lee Collins to kill himself live on telly.

Thought I'd sort that out for you .

[Vimster]

Slightly OT but that bit on Bo In The USA where he does Alan Carr and Justin Lee Collins = the only good bit of that show.

[zorse]

Infernal Affairs just ended on channel 4, he told the audience to look out for the other movies in the series later in the week "Internal Affairs" 2 and 3.

[El Pibe]

My girlfriend has a northern friend. Her accent is funny! I always think of whippets, pie and crime.

[Dapple]

Who does it on E4? They guy who goes on about flipping over your telly-box and all that stuff?

This fella:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Allen