New Royal Navy Advert

[Tilly2]

Is that Sean Bean doing the voiceover?
Mr T and I are in disagreement.

Sorry, can't find a link.

[dannyk13]

In the hope of settling this I have e-mailed Sean Bean's ad agency.Will post any reply I get.

[retrocop]

Well done danny. Lets hope for a reply.I got a bent ha'penny on this.

[AuntPollyGrey]

As an avid fan of Sean Bean, who loves to listen to his dulcid tones I can confidently state that the voice over is NOT Sean Bean. When speaking his native Yorkshire tongue he does not mess about with his vowels, they are pure Yorkshire, unlike the voiceover wannabe who can't keep in his southern twang under control. Southern as in West Midlands of course ;-)

[Tilly2]

Well, Aunt Pol, to me it did sound like the dulcet tones of Sean Bean.

I hope you do get a reply, Danny. Thanks to both you and Barsel for taking trouble to find out.

[AuntPollyGrey]

'unknown' pronounced as 'unknarn' is not sean. He would say unknow-en'.
He would not say 'brayce' he would say 'braece' same with embrayce which would be embraece. Flat vowels.

I would say a sound-a like trying to hide a Birmingham accent

[Hopkirk]

I heard an advert about Brexit on the radio recently.

Who was reading it? Well I'm sure it was Harrison Burns, the policeman from The Archers.

[Tilly2]

You sound very positive, Hoppy. I'm sure you're right.

[jno]

did he say he was arresting quislings in Ambridge?

[Barsel]

danny, I think the guy who I emailed , who does impersonations for a living including Sean Bean would know if it was SB, and he said it isn't Sean Bean and it isn't him either.He would have a better ear for it than any of us. Yesterday @ 23.07 and today @ 11. 49 and 12.01. Lets us know if you hear back from SB's ad agency cos I think then that Tilly will have to concede.:-) x

[hereIam]

Doesn't even sound like him to me.

[retrocop]

Oh dear. Have pity on a pensioner. I might lose a bent ha’penny on this.
I’ll be beggared!!
( Is that How Sean would say it?) :-)

[Tilly2]

Not looking good for us, Retro. Your bent ha'penny and my sixpence look like going down the drain.

[retrocop]

We’re has Beans Tilly :-(

[Spicerack]

Had beans.

[Prudie]

When I was looking for you I did find out that everyone in the advert is an actual Royal Marine (for authenticity). Maybe they used one of their own for the voiceover too.

[Tilly2]

That's interesting, Prudie. Thank you for looking also.
I didn't find that piece of information but I did find out that Sean Bean has been married five times. I had no idea.

Hey Spicey. I haven't had beans for years. They give me dreadful indigestion.