Wikio - Emma Clarke

Physics provides answer to airplane seat scramble (3quarksdaily)

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:02:09 GMT

Emma Clarke at CNN: Queues ... the endless airport queues are the bane of any frequent flier's life. If they were not bad enough at check-in, security and the boarding gate, when you get to the plane there's more to...

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The how and why of Music in radio ads. (helping business in flintshire)

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:34:07 GMT

Emma Clarke is a nationally recognised voice artist who recently lost her job from London Underground for having a bit of a laugh! She has a blog and really knows her stuff. This is an article about the use of music in advertising, which really makes you think about stereotypes. Read the full version here. “I guess [...]

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Voice of Tube takes new direction (Times Online)

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:21:02 GMT

She was dropped as the “Voice of the Tube” after she made fun of her own announcements on the internet and was said to have criticised London Underground. But Emma Clarke, who can still be heard telling millions of commuters to “mind the gap”, is now the voice of sat-nav.

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Announcements you'll never hear on the London Underground (kimbofo)

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:46:23 GMT

Emma Clarke used to be the voiceover woman who made those boring announcements telling people to "mind the gap" on the London Underground. Then she made a load of spoof announcements, put them on her website and had her contract terminated. You can listen to them here. I think they're hilarious.

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The voice of 'The Tube' becomes the voice of ALK Co-Pilot (MSDN Blogs)

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:49:50 GMT

Emma Clarke spent eight years as the ‘Voice of the Tube’ on the London Underground. Transport for London failed to see the funny side of a series of spoof messages posted on her personal Internet blog . She has now become the voice of CoPilot® Live™ satellite navigation. If you have CoPilot you can go to ALK's Website to download the announcements, if you don't use CoPilot you can check...

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Previous (coofercat's blog)

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:39:34 GMT

A friend has been pointing me at all kinds of You Tube content, not least this . I heard it on Radio 1 once, but never saw the video (or indeed heard anything else of it). Oh, and also news about Emma Clarke (the "voice of the tube") from a week ago or so. The fake tube announcements might be related, and the fridge magnet game is sort of fun.

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Undermine the gap (Joho the Blog)

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:49:50 GMT

Emma Clarke was the voice of the oddly iconic "Mind the gap" announcements in the Londone Tube. On her blog, she has spoof announcements, some of which are very funny. This may have gotten her fired; the Tube says they fired her because she said using the Tube is "dreadful," ...

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Female Voice-Over (JeremyJacobs.com)

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:26:46 GMT

Over at CP, I’ve posted about voice -over artiste Emma Clarke who was booted out of London Underground for “spoof” annoucements. Emma has a great website and is clearly a talented lady. Bookmark to:

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Mind the Spoof (Copyfight)

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:36:39 GMT

Emma Clarke is known to Londoners and visitors to that city as the voice behind the pleasant-yet-ubiquitous "mind the gap" reminders. On her Web site, she has a set of MP3 spoof files , apparently free for the remix-ready. My personal favorite is the Sudoku one...

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Emma 'Mind the Gap' Clarke Spoof announcements (One mind, many thoughts)

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:01:00 GMT

You may have heard the story this week about how Emma Clarke who does the voice for announcements on the tube has not had her contract renewed. There was speculation that it had to do with her putting up some spoof announcements on her own website. Spoof London Underground Announcements I particular like the very last one, "Here we are again..."

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Tube joke backfires (PR-Inside.com Entertainment News)

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:02:55 GMT

The British woman who makes the announcements on the London Underground has been sacked for mocking the Tube system. Emma Clarke - who warns passengers to "mind the gap" - posted spoof announcements on her own website in which she descried the system as "dreadful" and made fun of American tourists, pervert men, and sweaty commuters. Emma, [...]

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Emma Clarke - poster girl for how good getting fired can be for your career (FunnyBusiness)

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:45:05 GMT

Before this week, few people knew the name Emma Clarke. Today, she's a household name simply because The London Tube fired her. The reasons for that firing vary but the point is, the London Tube has... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Should The London Tube Rehire Emma Clarke? (BlogHer)

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:31:43 GMT

In one of the episodes of Mad Men--the AMC summer series about advertising in the 1960's-- the agency learns they have lost the Dr. Scholl's account. As soon as the news settles in, everyone removes their Dr. Scholl's insoles and throws them in the trash. When you are an agency or vendor providing creative services to a business, it is considered good business to use the client's products. Emma...

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Emma Clarke's Spoof Announcements (British Moon)

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:01:07 GMT

Emma Clarke's Spoof Announcements You've got the microphone. It's a Monday morning. There are hundreds of bored commuters listening. The temptation is simply too much…

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Well You Should See Polythene Pam (Must Be That Time Of Year) (Dohiyi Mir)

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:03:28 GMT

In which NTodd wishes he'd taken the pink pill. (11:22) Features: The Beatles, Emma Clarke, The Matrix, Death Cab For Cutie, eecummings. Subscribe, vote and donate! ntodd (x-posted at Pax Americana)

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London's subway silences "Voice of the Tube" (CTA Tattler)

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMT

In case you missed it Tuesday, the folks who run London's Underground have fired the woman behind the taped announcements for criticizing service. It seems that Emma Clarke had mentioned on her Web site that she stopped using the Tube...

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Passengers traveling on the "Tube," are reminded to leave their sense of humor at the turnstile! (AdHurl)

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:57:10 GMT

Anyone who has ridden the "Tube" in London will be familiar with the voice of Emma Clarke, the lady with the sexy voice who has done the pre-recorded messages, such as "Stand clear of the closing doors," for years. Apparently, she has just been fired from the job for putting out a series of joke messages on her web site. These included such gems as... "We would like to remind our American...

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of voice of "mind the gap" tube message sakced for spoofs (lancerlord)

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:15:24 GMT

Voice of the London Underground Sacked for Spoofs : Emma Clarke, Miss "Mind the Gap" and the voice of the London Underground, has just been fired for posting some spoofs messages on her website . - Examples of messages that she posted: - "Do not drop litter on the train. Please use the tramps provided" (listen to .mp3 ) - "Would the passenger in the red shirt pretending to read a paper,...

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Emma Clarke - the voice of London tube announcments - does some fun stuff on the side (Straddling The Atlantic)

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:30:00 GMT

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Emma Clarke sacked (Underground Goths)

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:01:19 GMT

Emma Clarke, the "voice of the Underground", has been sacked over her spoof announcements on her website (as mentioned previously in this post ). I very much hope that mention of her site in this community did not contribute to her sacking, and I am highly disgusted that TfL have decided to take this action over what was clearly a satirical site and had no direct connection with TfL or...

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