About Sue Rodwell
Eileen Atkins has
played many leading roles in the theater, in both classical and contemporary
plays. She won the Evening Standard Award as Best Actress for her performance
in The Killing of Sister George. She
has also appeared on television and in film, including in The Cranford Chronicles, Waking
the Dead, David Copperfield, and Gosford Park.
About the Narrators
James Langton, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, trained as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and later as a musician at the Guildhall School in London. He has worked in radio, film, and television, also appearing in theater in England and on Broadway. He is also a professional musician who led the internationally renowned Pasadena Roof Orchestra from 1996 to 2002.
Nicola Barber, is an Audie Award and Earphones Award-winning narrator whose voice can be heard in television and radio commercials and popular video games such as World of Warcraft. She is also an Audie finalist in the prestigious category of solo female narrationfor her work on Murphy’s Law by Rhys Bowen and Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth. She has performed on the stage in New York City and at a number of top regional theaters in the United States. Her film and television roles include The Nanny Diaries with Scarlett Johansson, and Law & Order’s 2009 season premiere. Originally from England, she currently resides in New York, a multicultural background that enables her to bring a broad range of accents and characterizations to her role as a full-time voice-over actor.
Jim Barley has worked as an
actor, stand-up comedian, and theater performer for over forty years. He starred
in the title role of the 1980s BBC comedy-drama Jossy’s Giant and continues to work in comedy at the Comedy Store,
the Edinburgh festival, and other venues.
Stephen Thorne trained at RADA and played several seasons with the Old Vic Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford and London. He has worked extensively in radio, with over two thousand broadcasts for the BBC, including Uncle Mort in the Radio 4 comedy series and the part of Treebeard in The Lord of the Rings. His television work includes EastEnders, Boys from the Bush, Death of an Expert Witness, and David Copperfield.
Jim Barley has worked as an
actor, stand-up comedian, and theater performer for over forty years. He starred
in the title role of the 1980s BBC comedy-drama Jossy’s Giant and continues to work in comedy at the Comedy Store,
the Edinburgh festival, and other venues.
Jim Barley has worked as an
actor, stand-up comedian, and theater performer for over forty years. He starred
in the title role of the 1980s BBC comedy-drama Jossy’s Giant and continues to work in comedy at the Comedy Store,
the Edinburgh festival, and other venues.
Howard Ward is an English actor who has taken
leading roles at the Royal Shakespeare Company, appeared on numerous television
programs and in over fifty BBC Radio productions, and regularly voices TV and
radio campaigns. He has also narrated several series for National Geographic,
Discovery Channel, and BBC Channel Four.