Peter Donaldson - The Voice of Radio 4
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- Опубліковано 30 січ 2025
- A tribute to the BBC announcer and newsreader Peter Donaldson who died earlier this month.
A well as clips of Peter on Radio 4 (and also Radio 2 and Radio Hallam) you'll the voices of Nick Higham , Barry Took and former Radio 4 colleagues Corrie Corfield, Brian Perkins, Alice Arnold, Zeb Soanes, Neil Sleat and Chris Aldridge.
The recordings come from my own archive plus recent editions of Today, PM, The News Quiz and The Last Word. The Hallam clip comes from an upload by Frank Carpenter.
Erratum: Peter started working for the British Forces Broadcasting Services in 1967 and not 1968 as shown during my video.
Nice to have another listen to this. As the noughties progressed, I fell more and more out of love with Radio 4 and I miss the voices that I enjoyed before.
I came across an amusing narration by Mr Donaldson called "Anthony Blair Captain of School" by John Morrison which is rather enjoyable.
What a great tribute and a chance to hear Donalds beautiful , fluent , ironic , strong and gentle voice again .
This is quite wonderful! Thank you so much
great voice.......thanks for doing this
Such a distinctive voice, I remember hearing him on our GEC Starfinder III radio on top of the fridge at my mum's old house during the 1980s for Radio 4 news, I still have that radio from 1977 which still works! Thanks for doing this wonderful tribute.
I miss listening to him,his voice was authoritive but also soothing.
Best thing about 4 extra is hearing clips of PD and other legends bryan perkins, charlotte green and harriet cas.
what a great channel.. so glad UA-cam has brought it up..
thankyou for sharing this 🙂 x
Wonderful voice......so good to hear Peter again.
Cracking, thanks so much. He was great. May he rest in peace. :-)
I loved the radio series Ectoplasm.He was hilarious.
RIP Peter. We are still talking about you in the Lewes Arms.
Was that his pub?
Like PD I lived in both Egypt and Cyprus shortly after he did. I learnt to speak English by listening to BFPO radio and BBC radio transmissions. We had no television service. Peter Donaldson was one in a distinct line of eminent voices, of announcers like Alvar Liddell and Frank Phillips, who taught the listener how to pronounce "received English", alongside the correct grammatical syntax, as it is - or was - spoken in England, by osmosis. This tradition will soon be lost all together, which is a shame.
Wow, "received English"... pretty interesting and very very useful method to learn pronunciation and as a training method for future interpreters (to distinguish words and accents)
His portrayal of Theremin the butler was sheer genius.
If 'Dom Pedro' is not in Heaven if I ever get there, I will cheerfully shuffle off to The Other Place. Truly, the Good Die Too Young.
Did I actually hear the actual attack warning message Donalson recorded?
Yes
Jakub Widlarz Where can I read a transcript of it?
IDK
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wartime_Broadcasting_Service#Official_post-attack_statement
Tyson Stewart I actually wrote that Wikipedia entry.