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==== ''BT'' "Speaking Clock" voices ====
There have been five permanent voices for the speaking clock.  Temporary voices have been used on special occasions, usually with BT donating the call fees collected to charity.

'''Permanent voices'''
# [[Jane Cain|Ethel Jane Cain]], first permanent voice: from July 24, 1936, to 1963.
# [[Pat Simmons (speaking clock)|Pat Simmons]], second permanent voice: from 1963 to April 2, 1985.
# [[Brian Cobby]], third permanent voice: from April 2, 1985, to April 2, 2007.
# [[Sara Mendes da Costa]], fourth permanent voice: from April 2, 2007, to November 9, 2016.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/6516195.stm BBC News: Speaking Clock gets a new voice] Retrieved on 20 October 2008</ref>
# Alan Steadman, fifth permanent voice: from November 9, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dundee man is new voice of BT speaking clock|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-37928543|access-date=1 January 2017|work=BBC|date=9 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Speaking Clock Alan Steadman says Dundee still has time for the city's dialect|url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/dundee/338106/speaking-clock-man-alan-steadman-says-dundee-still-time-citys-dialect/|access-date=1 January 2017|work=The Courier.co.uk|date=29 December 2016}}</ref>

'''Temporary voices'''
# [[Lenny Henry]], comedian, temporary voice for [[Comic Relief (charity)|Comic Relief]]: from March 10 to March 23, 2003.
# Alicia Roland,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/club/your_reports/newsid_3188000/3188550.stm | work=BBC News | title=I am the new speaking clock voice | date=2003-10-13 | access-date=2010-05-23}}</ref> 12-year-old schoolgirl, temporary voice for the children's charity [[ChildLine]], from October 13 to October 20, 2003, having won a [[BBC TV]] ''[[Newsround]]'' competition and stating, before announcing the time, "It's time to listen to young people".
# [[Mae Whitman]], temporary voice as part of a deal to promote the [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] production of ''[[Tinker Bell (film)|Tinker Bell]]'', for three months from 26 October 2008 until 2 February 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7689425.stm |title=Tinker Bell Voices Speaking Clock |work=BBC News | date=2008-10-24 | access-date=2010-01-04}}</ref>
# UK celebrities [[Kimberley Walsh]], [[Cheryl Fernandez-Versini]], [[Gary Barlow]], [[Chris Moyles]], and [[Fearne Cotton]] for [[Comic Relief (charity)|Comic Relief]] charity: from 3 February to 23 March 2009.<ref>[http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=63975&d=254&h=260&f=3 BT provides celebrity climb sponsorship], [[Marketing Week]], January 16, 2009</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/arts_entertainment/stars+replace+pips+with+raspberries/2920687 |title=Channel 4 News - Latest UK & World News &#124; Videos &#124; Special Reports - Channel 4 News |publisher=Channel4.com |access-date=2013-11-13}}</ref>
# UK celebrities [[David Walliams]], [[Gary Barlow]], [[Chris Moyles]], [[Kimberley Walsh]], [[Fearne Cotton]] and a mystery voice for [[Sport Relief]] charity from 7 March to 9 April 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/ShowArticle.cfm?ArticleID=6BC73284-CA32-4F61-8E59-D1C706B03742 |title=BT news releases |publisher=Btplc.com |access-date=2013-11-13 |archive-date=2013-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113231733/http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/ShowArticle.cfm?ArticleID=6BC73284-CA32-4F61-8E59-D1C706B03742 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sport Relief 2020 {{!}} Comic Relief|url=https://www.comicrelief.com/sportrelief|access-date=2021-05-20|website=www.comicrelief.com|language=en}}</ref>
# [[Clare Balding]] temporary voice for [[Comic Relief (charity)|Comic Relief]] from 12 February to 15 March 2013 (with the help of a barking dog, time announced as "at the third woof".)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.btplc.com/news/articles/showarticle.cfm?articleid=%7B7fee9b29-3193-436a-9122-1cc70b740b8d%7D|title=Error|website=www.btplc.com|access-date=2013-02-20|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090551/http://www.btplc.com/news/articles/showarticle.cfm?articleid=%7B7fee9b29-3193-436a-9122-1cc70b740b8d%7D|url-status=dead}}</ref>
# [[Davina McCall]] temporary voice for [[Sport Relief]] from 27 January to 23 March 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://home.bt.com/news/bt-life/davinas-7-day-challenge-11363870332171|title=Davina's 7 day challenge|website=BT.com}}</ref>
# [[Ian McKellen]] temporary voice for [[Comic Relief (charity)|Comic Relief]] from 24 February to 13 March 2015.<ref>{{cite news | first=Becky | last=Gamester-Newton | title=Sir Ian McKellen unveiled as voice of Speaking Clock | url=http://home.bt.com/news/bt-life/sir-ian-mckellen-unveiled-as-voice-of-speaking-clock-11363958986096 | access-date=2 March 2016 | work=BT | date=13 March 2015}}</ref>
# [[Jo Brand]] temporary voice for [[Sport Relief]] from 22 January to 30 March 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://home.bt.com/news/bt-life/jo-brand-is-new-voice-of-bt-speaking-clock-11364034461425|title=Sport Relief: Jo Brand is new voice of BT Speaking Clock|website=BT.com}}</ref>