Introduction
Since 1982, James Bryce has done over 300 broadcasts for
the BBC and other organisations, and indeed had one year with the BBC radio
drama company. He teaches radio technique at Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, and can
regularly be heard as a voice for trailers for BBC Scotland.
Madeleine Smith
James also appeared (with Jimmy Campbell) in a BBC special on the notorious Glasgow poisoner. You can
hear his voice in a 50-minute retelling of the story at the site dedicated to Madeleine Smith:
www.fix.law-firm.co.uk
Recent radio
A significant amount of James' work is for radio;
here are some of the recent programmes he has been involved in
Radio 3
The Switch
Radio 4
McLeavy
The Whole of the Moon
Jimmy Murphy Makes Amends
Magician's
Daughter
They call it Jazz (for which James also wrote a song)
Radio 7
Boxer and Doberman
Catch My Breath
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Vocal work by James Bryce
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James is a specialist in voice-overs and talking books,
with a huge number of assignments to his name,including adverts, corporate videos and training films. An example of his
voice work can be heard here
(music & lyrics by James Bryce).
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Full list of work
Drama includes...
| Macbeth | Silver darlings | Oedipus |
| Romeo and Juliet | Rodney Stone | The King Must Die |
| A Man for All Seasons (Roper) | Sir Thomas More | Luther (Von Egk) |
| Boris Godunov | The Secret Agent | Fueneovejuna |
| Hamlet (Laertes) | Trelawney of the Wells | Keep the Aspidistra Flying |
| Micah Clark | Jekyll and Hyde (Hyde) | Cap and Bells (Ciampa) |
| Les Miserables | Secret Sharer (Michaelis) | Misadventures of John Nicholson |
| Weir of Hermiston | Children of the Dead End | The Archers |
| Waverley | Sunset Song | The Leopard |
| Greenvoe1 | Havisham | Daniel Deronda (Grandcourt)2 |
| Baltasar and Blimunda | Adam Bede (15 part series) | Xmas at Dingley Dell (Sam Weller) |
| Carver (James V) | The Gigantic Boar (George III) | . |
Readings for programmes include
| Bookshelf | Time for Verse | Kaleidoscope |
| Enquire Within | Usual Suspects | Traveltime |
| Poetry of Scotland | The Irawaddy Flotilla | The Beast That Can Talk |
| John Muir (6 parts) | . | . |
Various readings, including works by...
| Robert Burns | Kenneth White | R S Silver |
| George Mackay Brown | Nigel Tranter | Desmond Tutu |
| Seamus Heaney | John Banville | James Kelman |
| Alasdair Gray | Louis de Bernieres | J G Ballard |
| Rousseau | Ian Rankin | . |
Short stories include...
| The Boatman | Markheim | Confessions of a justified sinner (10 parts) |
| Rob Roy (10 parts) | The Fanatic (10 parts) | The Ghost Riders of Pittenweem |
| Readings for "Storyteller" | . | . |
Advertising companies include...
| The Bridge Alliance | McCann Erilson | Strathearn | |
| Struthers Morgan | Viewplan | Mearns & Gill |
| John Morgan | Scot FM | AT & T |
| Faulds | Radio Works | Lightworks |
| Waterside | Picardy | Leith Agency |
| RED | REL | Grey |
| Murricane's | Marr's | Adpartners |
Advertising includes...
| Sunday Post | Glasgow Herald | Kwik-Fit |
| Scotrail | Dewar's | Black Bottle whisky |
| Evening Times | Dunfermline Building Society | Gleneagles Hotel |
| Direct Holidays | Scottish Provident | Scottish Equitable |
| British Telecom | Daily Record | Calton Bingo |
| Scottish Blend | Scottish Power | Scottish Office |
| Tennants | Jetstream | National Cash Registers |
| Bell Laboratories | Total | Tunnocks |
| Scottish Centre for Falconry | The Government | BP |
Talking books (most available from Isis Publishing)
Campbell Armstrong
| The Bad Fire | Soundings | SOUND2512 |
| The Last Darkness | Soundings | SOUND2662 |
| White Rage | Soundings | SOUND2924 |
| Butcher | Soundings | SOUND3452: 13 hrs |
Tessa Barclay
| Farewell Performance | Soundings | SOUND 2513 |
Gerald Hammond
| Dead Weight | Soundings | SOUND 2407 |
Joyce Holms
| Mr Big | Soundings | SOUND 2425 |
| Bitter End | Soundings | SOUND 2600 |
| Foreign Body | Soundings | SOUND |
| Thin Ice | Soundings | SOUND 2994 |
| Payment Deferred | Soundings | SOUND 2990. |
| Bad Vibes | Soundings | SOUND 3043 |
| Hidden Depths | Soundings | SUND 3216 |
Quintin Jardine
| Autographs in the Rain | Isis | IAB 010811 |
| Gallery Whispers | Isis | IAB 020307 |
| Murmuring the Judges | Isis | IAB 0111002 |
| Skinner's Ghost | Isis | IAB 00112 |
| Thursday Legends | Isis | IAB 010412 |
| Headshot | Isis | IAB 020702 |
| Fallen Gods | Isis | IAB 031002 |
| Stay of Execution | Isis | IAB 040901 |
| Lethal Intent | Isis | IAB 050911 |
| Death's Door | Isis | ICD 071004: 13hrs |
| Aftershock | Isis | . |
Peter Kerr
| Snowball Oranges | Soundings | SOUND 2470 |
| The Cruise Connection | Soundings | . |
| Manana Manana | Soundings | SOUND 2589 |
| Thistle Soup | Soundings | SOUND 2771 |
| Viva Mallorca | Soundings | SOUND 3046 |
| A Basketful of Snowflakes | Soundings | SOUND3314: 10hrs |
| The Mallorca connection1 | Soundings | . |
| The Sporran connection1 | Soundings | SCD 359: 9½hrs |
| Fiddler on the Make | Soundings | . |
| The Gannet has Landed | Soundings | . |
Alanna Knight
| The Gowrie Conspiracy | Soundings | SOUND 3207 |
Bill Knox
| Blood Proof | Isis | IAB 971209 |
| Deadline for a Dream | Isis | IAB 980308 |
| Death Bytes | Isis | IAB 990704 |
| Death Department | Isis | IAB 980603 |
| The CounterFeit Killers | Isis | IAB 970908 |
| Deep Fall | Isis | IAB 001213 |
| Litle Drops of Blood | Isis | IAB 000612 |
| Sanctuary Isle | Isis | IAB 011111 |
| The Taste of Proof | Isis | IAB 020911 |
| The Man in the Bottle | Isis | IAB 030106 |
| Children of the Mist | Isis | IAB |
| The Crossfire Killings | Isis | IAB 041002 |
| A Killing in Antiques | . | . |
| Penalty Shootout | . | . |
Jack London
| A Piece of Steak/The Mexican | Colophone | COL 2002 |
Peter MacDonald
| Corners of my Mind | Soundings | SOUND 3268 |
Angus McVicar
| Heather in my Ears | Soundings | SOUND 1059 |
| Salt in my Porridge | Soundings | SOUND 1033 |
| Rocks in my Scotch | Soundings | SOUND 1077 |
Gwen Moffat
| Quicksand | Soundings | SOUND 2570 |
Sally Rena
| Sea Road West | Soundings | SOUND |
James Robertson
| Scottish Ghost Stories | Soundings | SOUND 1591 |
Ian Campbell Thompson
| The Hired Lad | Soundings | SOUND 2823 |
Nigel Tranter
| Tinker's Pride | Novelsound | ISBN 18998410803 |
Peter Turnbull
| The Man With No Face | Soundings | SOUND 1785 |
Roderick Wilkinson
| Memories of Maryhill | Isis | IAB 001012 |
Mary Withall
| The Poppy Orchard | Soundings | SOUND 1754 |
| The Flight of the Cormorants | Soundings | SOUND 2463 |
Glover Wright
| Blood Enemies | Soundings | SOUND 976 |
Scotland talking series
| The Massacre of Glencoe | Scotland Talking | ST1 |
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