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Brian Perkins

He's the voice of Radio 4, not to mention his lucrative sideline as a sinister crime boss (according to radio's Dead Ringers, that is). Put your questions to Brian Perkins.

After 40 years on air, the Radio 4 newsreader Brian Perkins has retired. But his velvet smooth and gloomily authorative tones will still grace the airwaves, albeit much less frequently, as a freelancer.

Perkins, a New Zealander who "knocked on the BBC's door" when he arrived in London in the 1960s, also spent time as an orchestral bass player.

Today he is something of a cult figure, thanks to his character as a Mafioso-style hardman in the radio version of the impressions show Dead Ringers.

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