Max Beesley probably provides the most reassuring male voice-over in television advertising.
I keep trying to analyse why.
It's not accent (as Joanna Lumley proves in the female category).
It's a complex, beguiling, subtle voice that combines a suppressed lyrical element with the force of authority.
It is the sort of voice that people follow.
John Simm is second, but second by a long margin.
The ubiquitous Stephen Fry voice-over has a contradictory effect - it is an attractive voice but is "like the sweetest honey, loathsome in its own deliciousness".
I keep trying to analyse why.
It's not accent (as Joanna Lumley proves in the female category).
It's a complex, beguiling, subtle voice that combines a suppressed lyrical element with the force of authority.
It is the sort of voice that people follow.
John Simm is second, but second by a long margin.
The ubiquitous Stephen Fry voice-over has a contradictory effect - it is an attractive voice but is "like the sweetest honey, loathsome in its own deliciousness".
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