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KenBarrie

Leslie Hulme, better known as Ken Barrie (Born 9th January, 1933 - Died 29th July, 2016) was an English voice actor and singer who served as the narrator and voice actor of Postman Pat.
He was born in Tunstall, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire in England.
In the first series in 1981 he voiced all the characters, serving as the narrator. Starting with Postman Pat takes the Bus, Carole Boyd did the voice acting for all the female characters and children, while Ken voiced all the male characters and Granny Dryden.

A singer by trade, Ken sang the famous theme tune and the various songs in "Postman Pat", as well as the theme tune and songs for "Charlie Chalk", another Ivor Wood TV series.

In 1986, Ken narrated, voiced the characters and sang a parody of the theme for a Postman Pat spoof called "Postman Pete" for Bobby Davro on the Box.

When Ken wasn't recording dialogue for the TV series, he was narrating special audiobooks. He originally narrated the audiobooks for the first thirteen stories written by John Cunliffe. Between 1987 and 1991, he narrated new audio stories such as Postman Pat and The Dinosaur. (The latter was also the last one he did all the voices on.) Between 1993 and 2000, he narrated the original audio stories again, but with Carole Boyd doing the female voices this time.

In 1989, Ken also sang two Christmas singles, "The Christmas Pudding Song" and "The Christmas Tree", produced by Bryan Daly who also composed the Postman Pat theme song.

In 1992, Ken sang a parody of the Postman Pat theme for an advertisement of HP's Postman Pat Spaghetti Shapes.

In Season 6, Ken's role of Pat was taken over by Lewis MacLeod as Ken felt it was time to hand over "Pat’s postbag", but he continued to voice his other characters. In Season 7, Ken stepped down from the show completely.

After a short battle with liver cancer, Ken Barrie died at his home in Denham, Buckinghamshire on July 29th, 2016.

Voices

Songs

  • Postman Pat
  • The Farmer's Song
  • Handyman Song
  • Mobile Shop
  • Jess the Cat
  • Miss Rebecca Hubbard
  • Tuba Song
  • Clap Your Hands (TV version)
  • Seaside Special Song
  • Pancake Race
  • Carnival Time
  • Out There
  • Village Fête
  • Tinsel and Fairies
  • Postman Pat's Secret
  • Ghostie Song
  • Miss Hubbard's Lost Bicycle
  • Promises
  • Balloon Song
  • Transformation: Winter to Summer
  • The Camping Song

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