Richard Pearce (born 9 July 1961) is a British

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. Pearce has appeared in over 500 radio dramas and was twice a member of the BBC Radio drama company. He played opposite Sir

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in ''Tales My Father Taught Me'' and in a variety of radio parts ranging from The Mekon in ''

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'' to the last castrato in ''The Angel of Rome''. In 1992 and 1993, Pearce appeared in the BBC Radio adaptation of ''

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'', playing the eponymous hero. His other audio work includes

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's ''

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'' (Renaissance), ''

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'' (BBC), ''

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'' (Naxos), ''The Skull Beneath The Skin'' by PD James (BBC), ''

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'' (BBC), ''

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'' (Penguin), and two of BBC audio's highest selling audio series: ''

'' (in which he voiced the

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) and ''

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'', playing Jeremy Fitzoliver, a semi-regular companion to the

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in two specially commissioned radio serials ('' The Paradise of Death'' and '' The Ghosts of N-Space''). Pearce was the voice of ''Douglas'' in ''Douglas and Vince: The Two Heroes'' (

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), Budgie in '' Budgie the Little Helicopter'' ( ITV), '' Dennis the Menace'' (

), '' Incy Wincy the Spider'' (

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) and '' Oswald'' ( Nick Jr. and Channel 5, UK dub). In addition, he has appeared in '' The Wishing Chair'' (

) as Peter, '' The Faraway Tree'' (BBC) as Joe, as Nadim in '' The Magic Key'' (BBC), '' Numbertime'' (BBC), ''Agrippine'' ( Channel 5), Woof Woof the dog in ''MacDonald's Farm'' ( ITV), and two characters Alexander and Rufus in '' The Forgotten Toys'' (ITV), as well as appearances in '' Shakespeare: The Animated Tales'' (

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). He is currently the voice of '' Spot the Dog'' Pearce provided the voice to audiobooks including ''Arman's Journey'', ''Old Hall New Hall'', ''The Happy Numbers of Julius Miles'' and ''The Girl in White''. His other work includes '' Decline and Fall'', '' The Mekon'', '' Moonfleet'', and '' Testament: The Bible in Animation''. Pearce's voice roles in video games include Bjorn and Trent in '' Everybody's Golf: World Tour.'' In 2017, Pearce produced and designed a tribute to the actress Susan Sheridan featuring

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s recorded by voice actors including

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and

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. Pearce reads Sonnet 14.

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''Official Site''
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