Barney Cooper: The one with the Vanishing Voice!

In ep 155 of “How Do You Say That?!” sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk, Barney Cooper joins Sam and Mark to talk about breaking up a script with pauses, the pace of a sleep story, and how to exude pride in a touchy feely kind of way! For our first show of 2026, Sam's voice is almost non-existant... so it's 80% non verbal but 100% sonic! There's a terrifying mission for a launch controller at NASA, and a ghost hunter who may not actually believe in the paranormal. There's a brush with royalty in our fun facts, how not to visit The Ritz, and from little acorns great oak trees grow!Our VO question this week is all about how actors transition from stage and TV acting to voice acting.Get involved! Have you got a Wildcard suggestion that we should try or an idea for the show? Send it to us via Mark or Sam's social media or email it directly to [email protected] 1Now before your journey begins, we have to make sure yourparasympathetic nervous system is fully activated. So please go ahead and lie down on the bed at the centre of the room.Are you comfortable? Based on the preferences listed on your intake form, I have infused the air with the scent of lavender and cedarwood.Script 2The first step.The first awesome sight.The beginning of a journey.The friends,The clubs and societies,The support,The place you called home,And the days and nights spent preparing for a bright future.Today is the day when it all comes together.. …that we celebrate you……and everything you have achieved so farBecause this is not the end. This is the beginning of a new and exciting chapter for you.We'd love your feedback - and if you listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, hit the follow button today!**Listen to all of our podcasts here - you can also watch on YouTube, or say to your smart speaker "Play How Do You Say That?!"About our guest: Barney Cooper is a multi-award nominated British voice actor known for his commercial & corporate work, having voiced for organisations such as EA, Amazon Kids+, Samsung, McDonalds, BBC, Sony & Audi. Barney trained as a stage & screen actor & spent his early career treading the boards at The Royal Exchange, Lawrence Bately & Donmar Warehouse. A life-time’s love of audiobooks finally drew him to explore the world of voiceover; a craft he promptly fell in love with. In 2019 he built a voice booth and sallied forth into a full-time voice acting career. Six years and 2,500 professional bookings later, he's still going strong! Barney's also a proud Dad to two kids & one cat and an avid snowboarder. Barney's Website Resources: Click here for the Wildcard Generator and don't forget to think of an action your character can be doing!About your hosts:With over 40 years representing major international clients such as Google, Emirates and HSBC; Mark Ryes has been trusted to be the voice

Short trailer for Episode 155 of "How Do You Say That" sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk featuring Mark Ryes, Samantha Boffin and Barney Cooper.Mark's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/britishvoiceovermark Sam's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/samanthaboffin

In our New Year special episode of “How Do You Say That?!” sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk, we go back to our conversation with Mike Bodie - and bring you the full unedited version.Originally titled "The one with the Golden Game Advice" Mike joins Sam and Mark to talk about how you can judge the age of a character through the pitch of the voice, the secrets you need to know for gaming auditions, and why an American accent with a British sentiment doesn't always work for casting directors.The VO question is all about the tools an actor uses on stage that are also useful in the voiceover booth.Get involved! Have you got a Wildcard suggestion that we should try or an idea for the show? Send it to us via Mark or Sam's social media or email it directly to [email protected] 1Complex ideas. Endlessly fascinating.Tricky to understand.That’s why companies like ours make bite-size, easy to follow videos (like this one) - packed with information, facts and examples that bring complicated ideas to life. For audiences everywhere - from pre-schoolers and students to work-forces and curious minds across the world.Script 2You bloody greenhorns. I am an old man, an old Man-At-Arms, and I have seen more skimishes and battles than most of you have years. Nothing is more terrible upon this earth - and nothing more glorious.You've got a heart of gold. Don't let these folk take it from you.Enough! We're done here! Now, you will meet your maker! My Lord. This blade of mine is yours. And this heart as well, that never belonged to anyone else. There are spirits everywhere. Ghosts really. We carry them with us wherever we go.We'd love your feedback - and if you listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, hit the follow button today!**Listen to all of our podcasts here - you can also watch on YouTube, or say to your smart speaker "Play How Do You Say That?!"About our guest: Mike Bodie is an Olivier nominated actor, voice actor, and voice director based in London. He is one of the founders, owners, and performers of the Olivier and Tony award-winning theatre company, Mischief Theatre; makers of "The Play That Goes Wrong", now in it’s 10th year in the West End, and the upcoming "The Comedy About Spies" at the Noel Coward Theatre. Best known for his game VO work, Mike is one of the UK’s most prolific voice actors in games with over 130 games in 6 years. A regular speaker at games conferences across central, and eastern europe, Mike is a voice acting mentor with Limit Break, the video game mentorship program. Mike's Website @MikeBodieActs on Instagram Resources: Click here for the Wildcard Generator and don't forget to think of an action your character can be doing!About your hosts:With over 40 years representing major...

Short trailer for our New year special of "How Do You Say That" sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk featuring Mark Ryes, Samantha Boffin and Mike Bodie - all completely unedited!!!Mark's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/britishvoiceovermark Sam's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/samanthaboffin

In this special festive episode of “How Do You Say That?!” sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk, Katy Maw and Phil Rowe join Sam and Mark for a right-old Christmas knees-up. As it's Boxing Day - there are four boxes stuffed with seasonal audio goodies! Of course, there are also four scripts, full of festive goodness... and some wildcards too!This episode is also entirely on video - only the second one we've done this way, so you can watch it on YouTube as well: https://youtu.be/WVclGe-xKaEGet involved! Have you got a Wildcard suggestion that we should try or an idea for the show? Send it to us via Mark or Sam's social media or email it directly to [email protected] 1Cassandra made a great start in secondary school this year. Better than we could have hoped for. Her number one sport continues to be water polo. She also joined the school concert band and jazz band. She has made a lot of friends and is popular in her year.Jacqui manages to train as a surgeon while fitting in diving trips to Thailand, Cayman, Cuba and the Red Sea. We've told you about Tori's sporting prowess, and at number 5 in the world, she is not doing badly! The boys have a hamster.Script 2It was snowing. It was always snowing at Christmas. December, in my memory, is white as Lapland, although there were no reindeers. But there were cats. Patient, cold and callous, our hands wrapped in socks, we waited to snowball the cats. Sleek and long as jaguars and horrible-whiskered, spitting and snarling, they would slide and sidle over the white back-garden walls, and the lynx-eyed hunters, Jim and I, fur-capped and moccasined trappers from Hudson Bay, off Mumbles Road, would hurl our deadly snowballs at the green of their eyes.Script 311 a.m. Office. Oh my God. Daniel Cleaver just sent me a message. Message Jones: You appear to have forgotten your skirt. As I think is made perfectly clear in your contract of employment, staff are expected to be fully dressed at all times. CleaveHah! Undeniably flirtatious. Have never messaged Daniel Cleaver before but brilliant thing about messaging system is you can be really quite cheeky and informal, even to your boss. Also can spend ages practising. This is what I sent:Script 4The finger pointed from the grave to him, and back again."No, Spirit! Oh no, no!"The finger still was there."Spirit!" he cried, tight clutching at its robe, "hear me!I am not the man I was. I will not be the man I must have been but for this intercourse. Why show me this, if I am past all hope!"For the first time the hand appeared to shake.We'd love your feedback - and if you listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, hit the follow button today!**Listen to all of our podcasts here - you can also watch on YouTube, or say to your smart speaker "Play How Do You Say That?!"About our guests: Katy Maw has been voicing for about a quarter of a century after becoming a classically trained actor in London. She works daily, predominantly on corporate & commercial scripts & has voiced literally thousands of local & National radio ads over the years and she works across all other mediums of voicing, like e-learning and...

There's very festive "How Do You Say That?!" coming your way on Boxing Day!

In ep 152 of “How Do You Say That?!” sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk, Rhiannon Moushall joins Sam and Mark to talk about getting a God complex and trees in the run up to Christmas! We work out how to sell something to a board of directors, without over selling it, and discuss how voiceover styles change over the years - and will probably come back into fashion! We find out about japanese gaming characters... and try to play a particularly ruthless ruler... a meglamaniac you might say... but one who presents as a little girl! In the wildcards, we go all wild west as Sam gets behind the bar as a Saloon Madame... Rhiannon gets festive with a nasty Elf on the shelf and Mark embodies a harrumphing Reindeer that's terrified of heights! Poor Santa!Our VO question this week is all about how collaborative as an artist you need to be when recording video games.Get involved! Have you got a Wildcard suggestion that we should try or an idea for the show? Send it to us via Mark or Sam's social media or email it directly to [email protected] 1We’re not just responding to change — we’re leading it.Our students show us every day what dedication looks like.They study in spare moments.In busy moments.In life-changing moments.And no matter where they start, they know they’re not alone.Because an entire university walks beside them.As we look to the future, our mission remains as powerful as ever.To make learning accessible, flexible, and truly open.Script 2The enemy of my enemy is my friend, so out of courtesy, I present to you this corpse as a gift.For the sake of order, I am known by many titles: ‘Flamebearer’ who ends wars, ‘Tyrant’ of The Dawn, ‘Empress’ of the holy city, and ‘Imperator’ of the The Hunt. But in light of your unique identities, I’ll allow you to address me by my real name… Sylvia. On behalf of my people and this land, greetings, ‘Traveller’.We'd love your feedback - and if you listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, hit the follow button today!**Listen to all of our podcasts here - you can also watch on YouTube, or say to your smart speaker "Play How Do You Say That?!"About our guest: Rhiannon Moushall is an award-winning actor who trained for musical theatre, but fell madly in love with VO, especially voicing games. She can be heard in ‘Honkai: Star Rail’; ‘Warframe’; ‘Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader’; ‘Planet Coaster 2’; the upcoming ‘Cliver Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival’; and the recently released ‘Foolish Mortals’. She’s also voiced national commercials for brands like Shopify, Microsoft, and Tampa Bay Tourism, alongside audiobooks, eLearning materials, countless IVR prompts, and a few animated series. Rhiannon's Website @rhiannon.moushall on Instagram Rhiannon on YouTube Resources: Click here...

Short trailer for Episode 152 of "How Do You Say That" sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk featuring Mark Ryes, Samantha Boffin and Rhiannon Moushall.Mark's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/britishvoiceovermark Sam's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/samanthaboffin

In ep 151 of “How Do You Say That?!” sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk, Pete Nottage joins Sam and Mark to talk about the ins and outs of TV continuity, as we learn the tricks from someone who trains new announcers! We hear from a teacher in the far distant future, avoid the mad professor, and add Joyce Grenfell to create a bit of strictness. There's a driving calamity, a caffeine infusion and a hi-5 pie chart! Sam brings her Mrs Claus to the festive table, there's a man with a fit of the giggles and a cracker going bang!Our VO question this week is all about how much freedom you get as a continuity script writer to bring in your own personality.Get involved! Have you got a Wildcard suggestion that we should try or an idea for the show? Send it to us via Mark or Sam's social media or email it directly to [email protected] 1Now - observe. What you see is a typical classroom. Notice the chairs: separate, rigid, identical. Students sat in them for hours at a time. Yes, I know—barbaric. And despite having access to global knowledge networks, they still memorised dates… on paper. Yet in their own chaotic way, they were innovative. They pushed the boundaries of medicine, climate science, artificial intelligence - and they weren’t afraid to imagine futures they’d never see. But the 2020's were also an age of fear.Script 2It's definitely not a mint that's been left on your pillow - checking in for RAMSAY'S HOTEL HELL at ten to three. First, it's psychological, it's stylish, it's Dame Diana's final role and it's made by Edgar Wright - four reasons to stick around for our network premiere - LAST NIGHT IN SOHO. Expect very strong language and violence.We'd love your feedback - and if you listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, hit the follow button today!**Listen to all of our podcasts here - you can also watch on YouTube, or say to your smart speaker "Play How Do You Say That?!"About our guest: Pete Nottage can be described as a voiceover, a continuity announcer, a presenter, a very tired dad and the living and breathing embodiment of a midlife crisis. It just depends who you’re talking to! He’s been one of the voices of Channel 4 in the UK since 2005, spending nearly twenty years crafting the art of saying “Countdown is next” in increasingly creative ways! He was one of the launch voices of More4, 4Seven and 4Music, spent a decade as the station voice of BBC 6Music and was the station promo voice of Manchester United TV for an awful long time, which is quite an achievement when he knows precisely boff-all about football. He’s been the literal voice of the earth at the Science Museum and drove around the world’s capital cities for a Smart Car web series. He's also been a vocal advocate for fair pay in the creative industries and has spent more than two decades making British broadcasting just a little bit warmer, a little bit funnier, and occasionally a lot more chaotic. Pete's Website @pete_nottage on Instagram Pete on YouTube...

Short trailer for Episode 151 of "How Do You Say That" sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk featuring Mark Ryes, Samantha Boffin and Pete Nottage.Mark's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/britishvoiceovermark Sam's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/samanthaboffin