Tim Gudgin

Tim Gudgin

Tim Gudgin (1929–) is a British radio presenter and voiceover artist. He is currently best known for reading out the football results on the BBC sports programme "Final Score". He took over this job in 1995, after the death of Len Martin. He had previously worked on the programme announcing the rugby and racing results.

He has broadcast with the BBC since 1952. His voice has been heard on the BBC Radio 4 quiz "Quote... Unquote", "Housewives' Choice", "Top of the Form" and "Friday Night is Music Night", amongst others.

Gudgin is a Crystal Palace supporter and lives in West Sussex.

Tim is also a fan of The Fall and recently persuaded Mark E. Smith to read the football scores [ [http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/03/01/fighting_sailors_filthy_dunkin.html Guardian Unlimited: Sport blog: Fighting sailors, filthy dunks and the genius of Jean-Pierre Papin ] ] .

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