David Sheppard (broadcaster)

David Thomas Sheppard (born 6 November 1981), sometimes known as Shep,[1] is an English broadcaster.

David Sheppard
Born (1981-11-06) 6 November 1981
Reading, Berkshire, England
Occupation(s)radio presenter and voice-over artist
Career
ShowDavid Sheppard
Station(s)
  • BBC Radio Devon
  • BBC Radio Cornwall
  • BBC Radio Guernsey
  • BBC Radio Jersey
NetworkBBC Radio
Time slotlate night
CountryEngland
Websitewww.davidsheppard.info

As of 2022, he currently presents a nightly regional show for BBC South West, networked across BBC Radio Devon, Cornwall, Guernsey and Jersey.[2]

He has presented regular shows on BBC Radio Berkshire,[3] and Oxford and hosted a long running afternoon show on BBC Radio Devon.[4] He has also worked at BBC Radio Solent and Bristol, mostly presenting regional programmes for the South and West.

From 2018 he became the male voice of Great Western Railway,[5] heard on trains and stations throughout the network.[6] Other voiceover credits include BBC1 and BBC2 television, BBC Radio 1, Kerrang!, Vue Cinemas and Brilliant TV.

He studied at University of Oxford and University of Bristol, beginning his radio career at the latter in 2001 while running Burst Radio, the student radio station.[7]

Other Appearances

Sheppard's addiction to coffee was documented in a BBC2 television documentary The Truth About Food, in which he and former Tomorrow's World presenter Maggie Philbin were tested for the effects of caffeine deprivation.[8]

From the age of 16 he was also a daily contributor to BBC Radio 2's Wake Up to Wogan, under the guise of the Assistant to the BBC's (then) Director-General, Greg Dyke.

Sheppard owns several vintage vehicles[9] including a coach which he has restored himself, and is a trustee and director of the Thames Valley & Great Western Omnibus Trust.[10]

References
  1. "Listen to David Sheppard on TuneIn". TuneIn.
  2. "BBC Local Radio - David Sheppard". BBC.co.uk.
  3. "Southampton Weather - BBC Radio Berkshire". SouthamptonWeather.co.uk.
  4. "New line-up for BBC Radio Devon". 5 January 2010.
  5. "Is this Oxfordshire schoolboy the best train announcer in Britain? You decide!". Oxford Mail.
  6. "Devon schoolboys among stars of GWR train announcements". InYourArea.co.uk. 23 July 2020.
  7. "ABOUT US". BURST Radio.
  8. "BBC - Science & Nature - Caffeine and the Brain". www.bbc.co.uk.
  9. "The red brigade", The Guardian, 9 April 2005
  10. Bayley, Jon (9 March 2018). "Have 'A Day Out in 1968' on fully restored buses". PlymouthHerald.co.uk.
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