Emma Clarke
Emma Clarke (born 1971) is a writer of comedy and drama scripts and an award-winning voice-over artist, best known as the voice of the automated messages on certain lines of the London Underground.
She has written for BBC Radio 4, BBC television and the theatre, every play or sit-com written for radio being featured on Radio 4's Pick of the Week.[citation needed]
She had contracts to produce customer announcements with London Underground from 1999 to 2007. In 2007, she achieved widespread public attention when, as a result of adding spoof announcements – cleared by London Underground – to her website, she attracted the attention of a Mail on Sunday newspaper reporter who interviewed her and published an article which denigrated her employer. As a result of this, London Underground announced that her contract would not be renewed.[1] [2][3]
Her other clients include the BBC, Gillette, Virgin, Classic FM, Homebase and "3" mobile phones.[4][3] Along with her solo work, she works through, and is the managing director of, Just Add Voice, a company which provides voice-over tracks.[4]
[edit] See also
- Mind the gap
- Carolyn Hopkins, the voice behind several major transportation systems around the world including the New York City Subway, John F. Kennedy International Airport and Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport
[edit] References
- ^ Phillips, Rhodri (24 November 2007). "What Emma, outspoken 'Voice of the Underground', really thinks of Tube travellers". Daily Mail (London). http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-496165/What-Emma-outspoken-Voice-Underground--really-thinks-Tube-travellers.html.
- ^ Clarke, Emma (27 November 2007). "What Yesterday Was Like For Me". Emma Clarke (blog). http://www.emmaclarke.com/blogs/2007/november/what-yesterday-was-like-for-me.
- ^ a b Lowe, Felix (26 November 2007). "End of the line for Tube voiceover woman". The Daily Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/11/26/ntube126.xml. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ a b "Voice talent biography: Emma Clarke". Just Add Voice. 2003. http://www.justaddvoice.com/talent/emma_clarke.htm.
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Just Add Voice
- Manuel, Rob. "INTERVIEWS: EMMA CLARKE". b3ta. http://www.b3ta.com/interview/emmaclarke/.
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