Category:BBC voice samples

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English: Examples of the speaking voices of notable people, extracted from BBC radio programmes. Please note that the BBC retains copyright on the full programmes and only excerpts which the BBC have explicitly released under an open licence may be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. These files have been made available as part of the BBC voice project.

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Media in category "BBC voice samples"

The following 200 files are in this category, out of 288 total.

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AC Grayling BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 10 Aug 2008 b00cx1ds.flac 38 s; 2.74 MB
Adrian Lester bbc radio4 front row 25 04 2013.flac 31 s; 5.07 MB
Agnetha Fältskog bbc radio4 front row 03 05 2013.flac 25 s; 4.27 MB
Alec Jeffries BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 9 Dec 2007 b008fcdz.flac 37 s; 2.93 MB
Alex Salmond BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 16 January 2011 b00xgs41.flac 33 s; 2.75 MB
Alexander McCall Smith BBC Radio4 Bookclub 3 Jan 2010 b00pj4s2.flac 34 s; 2.75 MB
Alice walker bbc radio4 desert island discs 19 05 2013.flac 33 s; 5.38 MB
Alice Waters BBC Radio4 The Food Programme 12 Jan 2013 b03jyf6r.flac 38 s; 2.37 MB
Allan Ahlberg BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 14 Nov 2008 b00fbl6n.flac 28 s; 2.27 MB
Amartya Sen BBC Radio4 Start the Week 7 Jan 2013 b0367dzs.flac 34 s; 2.72 MB
Amoret Whitaker BBC Radio4 The Life Scientific 8 Jan 2013 b01pp567.flac 26 s; 2.08 MB
Andrea arnold bbc radio4 film programme 17 01 2010.flac 20 s; 3.24 MB
Andrea Sella BBC Radio4 The Life Scientific 11 Sept 2012 b01mk1zd.flac 33 s; 2.6 MB
Andrew Hussey BBC Radio4 Start the Week 24 Nov 2008 b00fkw8j.flac 37 s; 3.22 MB
Angela Gallop - Life Scientific - 27 March 2012.flac 45 s; 7.32 MB
Anna Massey bbc radio4 the film programme 17 08 2007.flac 34 s; 5.62 MB
Annette Karmiloff-Smith BBC Radio4 The Life Scientific 22 Jan 2013 b01pzr00.flac 39 s; 3.09 MB
Anthony Grayling BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 10 Aug 2008 b00cx1ds.flac 33 s; 2.51 MB
Anthony mcpartlin bbc radio4 desert island discs 29 12 2013.flac 20 s; 3.32 MB
Antonia fraser bbc radio4 desert island discs 27 07 2008 b00cq31h.flac 39 s; 6.51 MB
Armistead Maupin BBC Radio4 Bookclub 2 Sept 2007 b007xj7j.flac 39 s; 2.72 MB
Art spiegelman bbc radio4 bookclub 05 02 2014 b01bkym0.flac 19 s; 3.25 MB
Arundhati Roy BBC Radio4 Bookclub 2 Oct 2011 b015brn8.flac 39 s; 2.97 MB
Audrey Niffenegger BBC Radio4 Bookclub 7 July 2013 b036jf35.flac 40 s; 2.96 MB
Aung San Suu Kyi BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 27 January 2013 b01q7gvl.flac 32 s; 2.63 MB
Barbara Sahakian BBC Radio4 The Life Scientific 29 May 2012 b01j5j24.flac 23 s; 1.82 MB
Baroness Jane Campbell BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 05 August 2012 b01lh96q.flac 32 s; 2.39 MB
Barry Cryer BBC Radio4 Great Lives 11 Jan 2011 b00x95hm.flac 30 s; 2.39 MB
Benedict cumberbatch in front row b00wqfnd-crop.flac 43 s; 3.8 MB
Benedict cumberbatch in front row b00wqfnd.flac 47 s; 4.16 MB
Bernard Montgomery in Desert Island Disks p009y0ss.flac 1 min 12 s; 5.33 MB
Bernardo Bertolucci bbc radio4 front row 29 04 2013.flac 50 s; 7.62 MB
Bill Bailey BBC Radio4 Front Row 8 Jun 2008 b00vrt97.flac 40 s; 3 MB
Billie Piper for BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, May 2021.flac 36 s; 5.82 MB
Billy Bragg BBC Radio4 Mastertapes 30 Oct 2012 b01nl6hs.flac 25 s; 1.95 MB
Bobby Womack BBC Radio4 Front Row 26 Dec 2012 b01pg54v.flac 40 s; 3.26 MB
Bradley Cooper - The Film Programme - 5 Nov 2007 - b06mtqsr.flac 24 s; 1.31 MB
Camila Batmanghelidjh BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 14 Jan 2013 b01ptywx.flac 38 s; 3.26 MB
Catherine Tate for BBC Radio 4's Front Row, April 2016.flac 26 s; 3.21 MB
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie bbc radio4 front row 03 05 2013.flac 37 s; 5.85 MB
Chris Packham - Desert Island Discs - 13 October 2013.flac 32 s; 5.36 MB
Claire skinner bbc radio4 womans hour 01 09 2010.flac 37 s; 6.28 MB
Clare Balding BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 12 Jan 2013 b03jyf6p.flac 32 s; 2.62 MB
Cleveland Watkiss in Ella in Berlin b01s09z5.flac 40 s; 2.93 MB
Clint Eastwood BBC Radio4 Front Row 31 Dec 2009 b00pfl98.flac 22 s; 1.85 MB
Colin Dexter BBC Radio4 Bookclub 5 Aug 2007 b007vd4k.flac 40 s; 2.42 MB
Conrad Anker - Desert Island Disks - b02lrl30.flac 24 s; 3.85 MB
Courtney Love BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour 4 April 2014 (with reference to her own Wikipedia).ogg 23 s; 365 KB
Courtney Love BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour 4 April 2014.ogg 18 s; 307 KB
Dame Ann Dowling BBC Radio4 The Life Scientific 28 Aug 2012 b01m5gth.flac 23 s; 1.72 MB
Dame Anne Owers BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 04 March 2011 b00yw6kf.flac 40 s; 3.16 MB
Dame Jocelyn Bell-Burnell BBC Radio4 The Life Scientific 25 Oct 2010 b016812j.flac 34 s; 2.74 MB
Dame Wendy Hall - The Life Scientific - 8 October 2013.flac 40 s; 3.18 MB
Damien hirst bbc radio4 desert island discs 13 05 2013 b01sd0hy.flac 31 s; 5.17 MB
Daniel barenboim bbc radio4 reith lectures 27 07 2012 b01sd0hy.flac 32 s; 4.92 MB
Daniel Kahneman BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 11 Aug 2013 b0381l2v.flac 40 s; 3.27 MB
Danny Baker BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 31 Jul 2007 b012wcl4.flac 38 s; 3.45 MB
Daphne Park in MI6 A Century in the Shadows b00lv0bm.flac 23 s; 1.89 MB
Dara O Briain BBC Radio4 Front Row 12 Apr 2012 b01fjx72.flac 31 s; 2.38 MB
David crosby in mastertapes b03hvn6z.flac 25 s; 2.06 MB
David Dimbleby BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 24 Feb 2008 b0090g5l.flac 34 s; 2.74 MB
David hockney front row b01460l8.flac 46 s; 3.43 MB
David mitchell bbc radio4 desert island discs 19 07 2009.flac 38 s; 6.14 MB
David Nutt in The Life Scientific b01mqp1c.flac 43 s; 3.53 MB
David Phillips - Desert Island Discs - 1 May 2011.flac 35 s; 5.77 MB
David Smiley in MI6 A Century in the Shadows b00lv0bm.flac 21 s; 1.46 MB
David Suchet BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 8 Feb 2009 b00h9vcx.flac 39 s; 2.65 MB
David Trimble BBC Radio4 Great Lives 14 August 2007 b007vzrt.flac 31 s; 2.14 MB
Dawn french bbc radio4 desert island discs 23 12 2012.flac 28 s; 4.82 MB
Debbie Harry BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 22 May 2011 b0118cmz.flac 41 s; 3.64 MB
Deborah Bowman BBC Radio4 Inside the Ethics Committee 23 Aug 2013 b038hhs7.flac 37 s; 3.08 MB
Declan donnelly bbc radio4 desert island discs 29 12 2013.flac 24 s; 3.87 MB
Diana Athill bbc radio4 front row 26 04 2013.flac 38 s; 6.25 MB
Diane Abbott BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 18 May 2008 b00bbdly.flac 40 s; 2.91 MB
Diane Coyle - Start the Week - 21 May 2012.flac 40 s; 5.42 MB
Dominic West BBC Radio4 Front Row 3 July 2011 b01295rf.flac 35 s; 2.6 MB
Donald Winnicott - Archive on Four - 4 May 2013.flac 43 s; 7.34 MB
Donna Tartt BBC Radio4 Front Row 4 Nov 2013 b03h71bw.flac 25 s; 1.81 MB
Donna tartt in bookclub b03nrrbm.flac 53 s; 4.43 MB
Doreen Lawrence BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 10 June 2012 b01jqb8t.flac 36 s; 2.91 MB
Douglas coupland in bookclub b00r341s.flac 45 s; 3.47 MB
Dustin hoffman bbc radio4 desert island discs 02 12 2012 b01p314n.flac 36 s; 5.81 MB
Eamonn McCann BBC Radio4 The Media Show 16 June 2010 b00sp5cf.flac 40 s; 2.83 MB
Ed Miliband BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 24 Nov 2013 b03j8srb.flac 45 s; 3.37 MB
Edith Hall BBC Radio4 In Our Time 31 May 2012 b01j6srl.flac 39 s; 3.22 MB
Eleanor catton bbc radio4 womans hour 09 09 2013.flac 19 s; 3.04 MB
Eliza Manningham-Buller in The Reith Lectures b0145x77.flac 34 s; 2.55 MB
Ellen Gallagher bbc radio4 front row 01 05 2013.flac 31 s; 5.11 MB
Ellen MacArthur - Desert Island Discs - 04 Oct 2009 - b00mz6jq.flac 37 s; 6.1 MB
Emma Thompson BBC Radio4 The Film Programme 28 Nov 13 b03jfc47.flac 40 s; 3.31 MB
Eric Pickles BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 9 Dec 2012 b01p6ryx.flac 30 s; 2.3 MB
Frances Ashcroft BBC Radio4 The Life Scientific 15 May 2012 b01hjqhr.flac 27 s; 2.2 MB
Frances wood in in our time b01hxpxh.flac 41 s; 3.45 MB
Frank Close BBC Radio4 In Our Time 23Feb 2012 b01c7sml.flac 27 s; 2.21 MB
Frank skinner bbc radio4 desert island discs 13 06 2010.flac 42 s; 6.86 MB
Geoffrey Rush bbc radio4 front row 01 05 2013.flac 34 s; 5.43 MB
George Best - The New Elizabethans -20 Jul 2012 - b01kt7cs.flac 20 s; 3.43 MB
George michael in desert island discs b008006s.flac 27 s; 2.21 MB
George Monbiot BBC Radio4 Costing the Earth 19 March 2013 b006r4wn.flac 33 s; 2.72 MB
Germaine Greer BBC Radio4 Bookclub 5 Aug 2007 b007rdly.flac 39 s; 2.7 MB
Giles Radice BBC Radio4 Westminster Hour 26 April 2009 b00jwxx2.flac 31 s; 1.85 MB
Glenda jackson bbc radio4 film programme 06 07 2007 b007rmcx.flac 23 s; 3.88 MB
Grayson Perry BBC Radio4 The Reith Lectures 15 October 2013 b03969vt.flac 39 s; 3.32 MB
Greg Dyke BBC Radio4 You and Yours 30 Jan 2009 b00gtg9f.flac 30 s; 2.63 MB
Gyles Brandreth BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 14 January 2011 b00x8f2l.flac 31 s; 2.55 MB
Harold Pinter BBC Radio4 Front Row 26 Dec 2008 b00gy71c.flac 38 s; 2.49 MB
Hilary mantell in bookclub b03c2mys.flac 39 s; 3.49 MB
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 26 Jul 2009 b00ltn9m.flac 40 s; 2.94 MB
Hugh Laurie BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 23 Jun 2013 b02y0wn6.flac 35 s; 5.45 MB
Iain banks bbc radio4 open book 23 08 2009 p00dh7qy.flac 36 s; 5.6 MB
Ian Rankin BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 6 Nov 2011 b016vh1b.flac 27 s; 2.35 MB
J K Rowling BBC Radio4 Front Row 27 Sept 2012 b01mx27g.flac 27 s; 2.22 MB
Jack Dee BBC Radio4 Loose Ends 24 Oct 2009 b00ncfmn.flac 35 s; 2.93 MB
James burke bbc radio4 infinite monkey cage 23 12 2013 b03m43fx.flac 36 s; 6.01 MB
James Earl Jones BBC Radio4 Front Row 31 Dec 2009 b00pfl98.flac 25 s; 1.95 MB
James Shapiro BBC Radio4 Front Row 26 Mar 2010 b00rd944.flac 38 s; 3.34 MB
Jane Goodall BBC Radio4 Woman's Hour 26 Jan 2010 p00tr6ks.flac 32 s; 2.47 MB
Janet Street-Porter BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 23 Nov 2008 b00fkbrf.flac 36 s; 2.88 MB
Jasvinder Sanghera BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 24 March 2013 b01rfy57.flac 29 s; 2.45 MB
Jeanette Winterston BBC Radio4 Bookclub 4 April 2010 b00rqlc4.flac 30 s; 5.23 MB
Jeremy Bowen - Open Book - 11 November 2012.flac 32 s; 5.24 MB
Jess robinson bbc radio4 newsjack 27 10 2013.flac 25 s; 4.14 MB
Jessica Ennis - Woman's Hour - 08 Nov 2012 - b01nq7cw.flac 34 s; 5.12 MB
Jim Al-Khalili BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 14 Feb 2010 b00qm36f.flac 34 s; 5.45 MB
Joanna Haigh BBC Radio4 The Life Scientific 27 Aug 2013 b015sqc7.flac 27 s; 2.13 MB
Joanne Harris BBC Radio4 Woman's Hour 2 Dec 2011 b017mwz4.flac 20 s; 1.57 MB
Jodie Whittaker for BBC Radio 4's Front Row, October 2018.flac 47 s; 7.56 MB
John Bercow BBC Radio4 Westminster Hour 10 Jan 2010 b00pnpls.flac 35 s; 2.61 MB
John bishop bbc radio4 desert island discs 24 06 2012.flac 33 s; 5.56 MB
John Reith - Archive on Four - 10 November 2012.flac 28 s; 4.31 MB
John Scarlett in MI6 A Century in the Shadows b00lv0bm.flac 36 s; 5.86 MB
John Sergeant BBC Radio4 A Good Read 29 Jun 2010 b00sty76.flac 40 s; 3.39 MB
John Simpson - From Our Own Correspondent - 7 December 2013.flac 40 s; 5.92 MB
John updike bbc radio4 front row 31 10 2008 b00f3b6t.flac 28 s; 4.69 MB
Johnny Vegas BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 3 Oct 2010 b00v137f.flac 36 s; 2.81 MB
Jonathan Spence BBC Radio4 The Reith Lectures 3 June 2008 b00bvz8s.flac 39 s; 2.72 MB
Joseph Rotblat in Great Lives b0194mxs.flac 49 s; 3.96 MB
Joseph StiglitzBBC Radio4 Start the Week 8 Feb 2010 p00f5ch9.flac 37 s; 3.16 MB
Joss Whedon BBC Radio4 Front Row 26 Dec 2013 b03h71bw.flac 39 s; 3.37 MB
Judith Howard BBC Radio4 In Our Time 29 Nov 2012 b01p0s9s.flac 30 s; 2.18 MB
Judith Kerr BBC Radio4 Woman's Hour 22 Dec 2008 b00g28pp.flac 35 s; 2.9 MB
Julia donaldson bbc radio4 desert island discs 15 11 2009.flac 38 s; 6.37 MB
Julian Huppert BBC Radio4 Week in Westminster 21 Dec 2013 b03m3j6y.flac 35 s; 2.42 MB
Julie burchill bbc radio4 desert island discs 10 02 2013 b01qhd0p.flac 28 s; 4.71 MB
Jung chang bbc radio4 womans hour 18 12 2013 b03lpjpc.flac 29 s; 4.77 MB
Justin Welby -Today - 26 July 2013.flac 42 s; 1.9 MB
Kate Adie - From Our Own Correspondent - 29 August 2009.flac 26 s; 3.95 MB
Kathy Burke BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 15 Aug 2010 b00tcz90.flac 23 s; 2.02 MB
Khaled Hosseini BBC Radio4 Bookclub 2 Feb 2014 b03srddf.flac 28 s; 1.82 MB
Lee Child BBC Radio4 Bookclub 1 Dec 2013 b03jyp1h.flac 37 s; 2.72 MB
Lee mack bbc radio4 desert island discs 29 09 2013.flac 31 s; 5.21 MB
Lisa Jardine BBC Radio4 In Our Time 11 Dec 2008 b00ft63q.flac 35 s; 2.75 MB
Liz Stokes BBC Radio4 The Life Scientific 25 June 2013 b02ykg4w.flac 26 s; 1.88 MB
Lord Prescott BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 19 Feb 2012 b01c6trm.flac 34 s; 2.5 MB
Lord Robert Winston BBC Radio4 The Life Scientific 20 Dec 2011 b018cbnx.flac 28 s; 2.09 MB
Lord Victor Adebowale BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 30 October 2011 b016kgtz.flac 32 s; 2.19 MB
Lucy Moore BBC Radio4 Front Row 29 Apr 2013 b01s483g.flac 39 s; 3.04 MB
Lynn Barber BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 25 Jul 2010 b00t3345.flac 30 s; 2.44 MB
Lynne reid banks bookclub b00sl3y1.flac 31 s; 2.75 MB
Lyse Doucet - From Our Own Correspondent - 8 June 2013.flac 37 s; 5.46 MB
Marcus du Sautoy BBC Radio4 In Our Time 13 Jan 2011 b00x9xjb.flac 39 s; 2.96 MB
Margaret atwood bbc radio4 front row 27 07 2007 b007tjpb.flac 27 s; 4.26 MB
Margaret Rhodes BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 3 Jun 2012 b01jgb8t.flac 38 s; 2.88 MB
Marina Hands BBC Radio 4 The Film Programme 17 August 2007.flac 38 s; 6.64 MB
Mark Carney - Today - 8 Aug 2013.flac 39 s; 1.78 MB
Mark Gatiss BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 23 Oct 2011 b0167vjr.flac 27 s; 2.28 MB
Mark Lythgoe BBC Radio4 The Life Scientific 9 March 2013 b039cbsn.flac 24 s; 1.8 MB
Mark Sampson - Today - 18 Jan 2014 - b03q4mls.flac 27 s; 3.42 MB
Martin Amis BBC Radio 3 Night Waves 2 April 2010 b00qc0fg.flac 22 s; 1.3 MB
Martin Clunes BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 18 Sept 2011 b014m6rc.flac 29 s; 2.43 MB
Martin Rees BBC Radio4 The Reith Lectures 22 June 2010 b00srktg.flac 37 s; 2.21 MB
Martin Sheen BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 3 April 2011 b00zzn2c.flac 22 s; 3.48 MB
Martyn Poliakoff BBC Radio4 Material World 28 Aug 2008 b00d50wv.flac 40 s; 5.52 MB
Mary berry bbc radio4 desert island discs 29 07 2012 b01l5pll.flac 30 s; 5.05 MB
Mary Robinson - Desert Island Discs - 28 July 2013.flac 37 s; 2.45 MB
Matt Damon - The Film Programme - 17 Aug 2007 - b007w3c5.flac 32 s; 5.16 MB
Meera syal bbc radio4 front row 30 04 2013.flac 40 s; 6.69 MB
Melvyn Bragg BBC Radio4 Front Row 1 May 2013 b01s4qr3.flac 40 s; 2.85 MB
Mervyn King in The Today Programme Lecture b01gvryl.flac 28 s; 2.1 MB
Michael Caine BBC Radio4 Front Row 29 Sept 2010 b00tyv8c.flac 40 s; 2.56 MB
Michael deeley bbc radio4 desert island discs 14 12 2008.flac 24 s; 3.69 MB
Michael Gove BBC Radio4 Start the Week 30 December 2013 b03mcmwx.flac 39 s; 2.95 MB
Michael Johnson - Desert Island Discs - 16 Oct 2011 - b015ygxd.flac 28 s; 4.63 MB
Michael mcintyre bbc radio4 desert island discs 17 07 2011.flac 29 s; 4.88 MB
Michael Sandel BBC Radio4 The Reith Lecture 30 June 2009 b00lb6bt.flac 39 s; 5.36 MB
Mick Jagger BBC Radio4 Front Row 26 Dec 2012 b01pg54v.flac 23 s; 1.71 MB
Mike Leigh bbc radio4 the film programme 30 08 2007.flac 32 s; 5.34 MB
Miles Jupp BBC Radio4 Loose Ends 2 Feb 2013 b01qdp8n.flac 39 s; 2.96 MB
Miranda Hart BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 22 Dec 2013 b03m3nhk.flac 26 s; 2.12 MB
Mitch Benn BBC Radio4 Woman's Hour 27 Dec 2011 b007qlvb.flac 35 s; 2.71 MB
Mohsin Hamid bbc radio4 front row 24 04 2013.flac 44 s; 6.78 MB
Molly Stevens BBC Radio4 The Life Scientific 15 Nov 2011 b0174gk0.flac 28 s; 2.22 MB
Morgan freeman bbc radio4 film programme 12 09 2008 b00dbcdn.flac 31 s; 5.04 MB
Nancy Cartwright BBC Radio4 In Our Time 2 Jul 2009 b00lbsj3.flac 38 s; 3.14 MB
Neil Gaiman BBC Radio4 Saturday Live 12 OCt 2013 b03ccvtp.flac 30 s; 2.3 MB
Niall Ferguson BBC Radio4 The Reith Lectures 19 June 2012 b01jmx0p.flac 40 s; 2.7 MB
Nicholas parsons bbc radio4 great lives13 05 2008 b00b7bd1.flac 40 s; 6.47 MB
Nick Clegg BBC Radio4 Desert Island Discs 24 October 2010 b00vhdmb.flac 36 s; 2.82 MB
Nick park bbc radio4 desert island discs 19 Dec 2012.flac 24 s; 4.07 MB
Nicky Clayton BBC Radio4 The Life Scientific 22 Nov 2011 b017cd0v.flac 27 s; 2 MB

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