Hugely experienced voice actor Rob Rackstraw chats about his career voicing some amazing characters as well as something surprising for a conference of Farmers.https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1050409/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ted Dewan created the wonderful world of Bing. He grew up in the USA and moved to London to become an illustrator, a detour into becoming an author led him to write the Bing books which Acamar Films turned into a hugely successful seriesFind out more about Bing here - https://uk.bingbunny.com/And more about Ted herehttps://www.teddewan.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paul Panting was one of the people who possibly sparked the idea for this podcast. Find out how that happened as we as his career in voice acting and how he created the voices for iconic characters. Find Paul Here:https://uk.linkedin.com/in/paul-panting-7343163a Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kate Harbour is a hugely experienced voice actor. She has given voices to characters from Bob the Builder, Shaun the Sheep, Chicken Run, Octonauts and many more.She spoke to me about the techniques involved in bringing these voices to life and how she began in the industry,Follow Kate here:https://www.instagram.com/kateharbourofficial/and https://twitter.com/kateharbour?lang=en-GBHere is a taster of some of her workBob the Builderhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FuuHIj3d7cShe played Wendy, Dizzy and Pilchard the Cat.Shaun the Sheephttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZnrCxWAth4She played Timmy’s mumAlso both movies:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_ZRKMaNIy0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxRUSAIYieAThe Octonauts as the Vegemalshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxh_jDFJhtoFollow Beyond the Broomcupboard on Twitter:@BeyondtheBroomC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As my first guest I was absolutely thrilled to be able to talk to Sophie Aldred.Sophie is probably best known to many as Ace, companion to Sylvester McCoy's Dr Who between 1987 and 1989But Childrens television has been the absolute backbone of her career and as you will hear, she was determined to make it that way from a very early age. She has worked on live action programmes such as Corners, Melvin and Maureen and Words & pictures as well as adding her voice to a huge amount of animated charecters such as Dennis the Menace and Tree Fu Tom.Here are some examples of the shows that we talked about - Cornershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enNMFqxplYgMelvin and Maureens's Music-a-gramshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KcMZnmOFocWords and Pictureshttps://youtu.be/EAZIoWgrceE?si=NVjuGMgcMbp4WWO8The Magic Kay (Biff, Chip and Kipper)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX50bGFXFok&list=PLLhOnau-tupTZwAukTMtUh2cBmURqQB8EDennis the Menacehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH_zfZipQg4Tree Fu Tomhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz41AzrWnug                                                                                                                                                                                                     Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.