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Peter Dickson (born 23 June 1957) is a British television announcer, radio presenter and voice-over artist.〔(7 November 2010). (X FACTOR 2010: US SHOW TO HAVE 'BRITISH BALLS AND SWAGGER' ), ''Daily Star (United Kingdom), Retrieved November 19, 2010〕 He is best known as the former voice of E4, as well as the announcer for ''The X Factor'', ''Britain's Got Talent'', ''The Price Is Right'', ''Family Fortunes'', ''All Star Mr & Mrs'', ''Live at the Apollo'', ''Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow'' and ''Chris Moyles' Quiz Night''. One of the most prominent TV voice artists in the world today, Dickson has been the voice for hundreds of award winning television shows, radio programmes and advertisements. ==Career== Dickson was educated at Belfast Royal Academy in his home city of Belfast, Northern Ireland. He later graduated with a BA Hons degree in psychology from Queens University, whilst being a member of the University Air Squadron. He was a reporter and journalist at the BBC later moving to the presentation department at Radio Ulster. From there he moved on to BBC Radio 2 as a newsreader and music presenter; At 17 years old he was the youngest News reader in the history of the BBC. During the 1980s and early 90s, Dickson worked alongside Steve Wright on his Radio 1 afternoon and morning shows. He created, wrote and voiced many household name characters for Wright's award winning programmes. In 1990, he launched Melody Radio in London, where he presented the breakfast show for three years. He has contributed to two series of ''Quote Unquote'' for BBC Radio 4, read the morning story on Radio 4. Playwright Dennis Potter invited Dickson to play cameo parts in several of his TV Dramas. More television beckoned with Harry Enfield in his award winning Tiger Aspect series ''Harry Enfield and Chums''. Various on screen character roles followed in the first two series of ''Steve Wright People's Show'' for BBC One. Bruce Forsyth called Dickson to voice the famous "Come on Down's" and prize descriptions for seven series of ITV's ''Bruce's Price is Right'' and he was on board for ''Family Fortunes'' starring Les Dennis and Patrick Kielty's Channel 4's ''Last Chance Lottery Live''. He has also contributed to 11 series of the award winning BBC One panel game ''They Think It's All Over'' presented by Nick Hancock, ''Catchphrase'', ''TV's Naughtiest Blunders'' and ''Safe'' for ITV and the cult animation series ''Monkey Dust'' for BBC in which he played himself. His other TV credits include ''Never Mind The Buzzcocks'', roles in ''Holby City'', ''Noel's House Party'' and ''Live & Kicking'', ''The 10%'ers'' and ''The Unknown Soldier'' for Carlton TV. He has featured on Griff Rhys Jones' ''Crystal Balls'', ''Tales from Fear'' for Cartoon Network, ''Sing It Your Way'' with Denise Van Outen and Ian Wright, and ITV's ''Year of Promise'' with Carol Vorderman. Dickson has written for the BBC Two comedy series ''The Fast Show'' and ''Play Your Cards Right'' for ITV. Jerry Springer also made sure Dickson was "up front and full on", on his ITV Friday Night hit programme, and his subsequent ''Late Night With Jerry Springer'' for Five which ran for two series. He was the voice of the BBC's ''Test the Nation'' live specials and has featured in ''Little Britain'', ''The Paul O'Grady Show'' on ITV and the ''New Paul O'Grady Show'' on Channel 4. He provided the live commentary for Cirque de Celebrite and introduced ''An Audience with Joe Pasquale'', and voiced a Westlife special on ITV. In 2006, Dickson became the brand voice of youth channel E4, adopting a style based on that of Patrick Allen, whom he succeeded. He has since used the Allen voice on many programmes. In 2011 and in 2012 he was the host of MTV's three big end-of-year video chart shows. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Dickson (announcer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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