David Sheppard
Playful, Imaginative Communications
About David…
David is an accomplished broadcaster and media professional with more than 20 years’ experience.
He is highly skilled in communicating with audiences on air, on stage and through the page.
Available for radio and podcasts, voiceover and writing projects, live events and consultancy.
An accomplished presenter and producer who inspires, delights and builds audiences.
A dependable and versatile voice for imaging, corporate narration and on-board systems.
An experienced host for corporate events and an engaging speaker for groups large and small.
A creative wordsmith and copywriter who connects through the page, screen or script.
News…
At any given moment, it's a pretty safe bet that somebody, somewhere is hearing one of David's announcements on the UK transport network.
For World Voice Day, David confirmed the long-held theory that he is, in fact, sitting inside the speaker wherever you hear him...
Watch the film and find out more about David’s on-board voiceovers for Great Western Railway, the Flightline coaches at Heathrow Airport, Reading Buses, FirstGroup and more.
The Voice Inside the Little Box
A Dickie-Bow In Demand
David has been confirmed as host for the prestigious Knowledge Exchange Awards, celebrating partnerships between academics and industry professionals in 2024. He has recently hosted A Night With The Stars for Reading Buses at the Hilton, compèred the Confederation of Passenger Transport dinner and conference in Newcastle, hosted awards at The Celtic Manor Resort in Wales, the Yorkshire Star Awards in Sheffield and long-service awards for Babcock International in Plymouth. David is also looking forward to hosting events in London, Lincoln, Exeter, Portsmouth and Newport later in the year.
If you need an experienced and dependable host for your event, do get in touch…
David has launched a brand new podcast. The Bus Inspectors follows a nationwide project to grade the UK’s 10,000 historic buses and is presented and produced by David on behalf of the National Association of Road Transport Museums.
It’s not just about the buses themselves, but people, places and the past.
Episode 1 looks at the appeal of heritage transport, changing interests and the need to grade the nation’s historic fleet while Episode 2, launched in May, tells the very human story behind the buses.
The Bus Inspectors Podcast
David has settled into his new studio, where he is able to record, produce and stream high quality audio. Safely sheathed in rubber gloves, here’s the moment last year when he switched on power for the first time. Can you guess the first words to be spoken?…
Since the film, the studio has been finished to a high standard with equipment from Neumann, Allen & Heath and Rode, plus a few favourite broadcasting heirlooms to make its master feel at home.
The New Studio