Sean Connolly :: Actor & Voice Artist :: News Blog
News from the actor & voice artist best known for voicing 10 characters in Aardman’s Oscar, Golden Globe & BAFTA nominated ‘Shaun the Sheep Movie’ also playing Hector the Llama in the 2015 Christmas Special INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARD WINNING ‘Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer’s Llamas’. He plays Ambridge Fire-Starter - Keith Horrobin in ‘The Archers’ and in the audio world of ‘Doctor Who’ he has played a Sontaran! He also voices EZRA in the CBeebies hit animation 'JoJo & Gran Gran'.
Sean Connolly :: Actor & Voice Artist
Tuesday, 30 July 2024
SINS OF THE FLESH wins at the SCRIBE AWARDS 2024 + MAHABHARATA NOW gets a REPEAT OUTING on BBC R4 ...
Thursday, 22 February 2024
Doctor Who - The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles - Everywhere and Anywhere - SINS OF THE FLESH - OUT NOW!!
(from left
to right) Alexandra D'sa (Lilly), Sean Connolly (McIntosh), Maddison Bullevent
(Carmen), Brad Shaw (Jason), Safiyya Ingar (Valarie), Jacob Dudman (The Doctor)
The Doctor / Harry JACOB
DUDMAN
Valarie Lockwood SAFIYYA
INGAR
Carmen MADDISON
BULLEYMENT
Lilly ALEXANDRA D'SA
McIntosh SEAN
CONNOLLY
Jason BRAD SHAW
Cyberleader / Cybermen
NICHOLAS BRIGGS
Thursday, 23 November 2023
HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY DOCTOR WHO ... A small selection of memories.
Monday, 30 October 2023
Celebrating World Audio Drama Day 2023 ...
Sunday, 15 October 2023
WARHAMMER DAY 2023 - marking it's 40th Anniversary with a TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE - my WARHAMMER JOURNEY!!
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Friday, 13 October 2023
'Mahabharata Now' - Episodes 3 & 4 - The saga continues on BBC Radio 4 on Sunday 15th & 22nd October 2023 ...
I am delighted to be a small part within this RADIO ADAPTATION of 'THE MAHABHARATA', an epic that comprises one hundred thousand stanzas of verse divided into eighteen books, or parvas. It is the largest single literary work in existence. In Episodes 3 & 4 - Yash and Padma arrive in Manchester to begin their four year exile. I pop up as the WAREHOUSE SUPERVISOR in Episode 3 and in Episode 4 I can be heard playing a myriad of characters ...
You can listen to 'MAHABHARATA NOW' on Sunday 15th & 22nd October 2023 at 3pm on BBC RADIO 4 ...
As previously mentioned across some of my socials, the recording session was an extraordinary happening, bringing a whole new meaning to the idea of 'remote' recordings. The UK-based cast recorded from LONDON at THE SOUNDHOUSE studios, linked up to the MUMBAI cast some 4,500 MILES AWAY. It all worked a treat, amazing really with the added bonus that the productions carbon footprint would be tiny by avoiding those long plane flights!!
'MAHABHARATA NOW' was written by Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle, produced by Helen Quigley and Andrew Mark Sewell and the director was Jatinder Verma ...
Here are the full production credits ...
Cast:
Dhruv: Neil Bhoopalam
Yash: Tavish Bhattacharyya
Padma: Ira Dubey
Shaks: Vivek Madan
Karthik: Sukant Goel
Gopi: Mina Anwar
Nyra: Abir Abrar
Swati: Rina Fatania
Emmi: Ayla Wheatley
Landlord: Dean Harris
Andy: Kenny Blyth
Warehouse Supervisor: Sean Connolly
Other characters played by Abir Abrar, Omkar Kulkarni, Devika Shahani Punjabi and Prerna Chawla
Sound Supervisor (Mumbai): Ayush Ahuja
Sound Design and Post Production: Wilfredo Acosta
Original Music: Imran Ahmad
Written by Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle
Producer (Mumbai): Nadir Khan
Producer(s): Helen Quigley and Andrew Mark Sewell
Director: Jatinder Verma
A B7 Media production for BBC Radio 4
It promises to be an enthralling couple of episodes, can't wait to hear it for the first time this Sunday ...
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Acting website at www.seanconnolly.co.uk
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