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In ep 174 of “How Do You Say That?!” sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk, Toby Ricketts joins Sam and Mark in a special as-live episode from the One Voice Conference 2026 in Stratford upon Avon. We talk about commmercial scripts that seem a bit abstract, and do a four handed script that plunges us into a sci-fi crisis! There's a studio/hotel bedroom audience of voice actors, and it's all on video too - so make sure you check our YouTube channel to see us in action - https://www.youtube.com/@howdoyousaythat

The wildcards are chosen by our audience - and there's real peril from ten thousand feet, a real-estate nightmare, and an unusual bird sighting!

Our question this week comes from Ben Wake in the audience, asking about accents you wear like a glove.

Get involved! Have you got a Wildcard suggestion that we should try or an idea for the show? Send it to us via Mark or Sam's social media or email it directly to podcast@britishvoiceover.co.uk

Script 1

Hey. The Earth moves. We respond.

Macro to micro. Systems rebuild, forms transform.

The world's being reshaped. Constantly.

Make sustainability real.

Fifty years. One mission:

Turn imagination into reality.

Where science meets craftsmanship—

Endless R&D. Relentless breakthroughs.

From chemical to physical. From supplier to partner.

We don't follow. We lead trends.

Physical foaming with jet-speed expansion. Efficient and integrated.

Elevating material performance.

More elastic and controllable.

Stable and comfortable.

Strong and recyclable.

All-in-one machine.

Redefining next-gen manufacturing.

Modular, customizable, scalable.

Our platform. Your creativity.

Across industries and possibilities.

We co-create solutions.

This moment. React.

We shape change.

We drive transformation.

WE LEAD NEXT

WE ARE KINGSTEEL

Script 2

NARRATOR INTRODUCTION:

The year is 2367, and chaos reigns. The Earth - dying from climate collapse - is lost forever. Humanity has spread to the stars. Scout ships with minimal crews are sent into the cosmos to seek out viable worlds. The rest of humankind sleeps in cryogenic stasis aboard vast colony ships that will require decades, even centuries, to reach their new homes.

This is the beginning of The Scattering. The Great Human Exodus.

STRICKLAND [yelling]

Stick’s dead, I’ve lost all control, we’re coming in way too hot. Kordek, what have you got back there?

KORDEK [yelling, clearly frustrated]

I don’t know, Strickland, the engine’s going critical, safeties failing. It’s as if the entire system just crashed.

COMPUTER

WARNING…WARNING…

KORDEK [yelling, panic setting in]

Drive failsafes collapsing, containment overrides down, we’ve got an intermix chamber bleed and no way to reroute.

BONAR [yelling, sarcastic]

ENGLISH!

KORDEK [yelling]

We’re about three minutes from becoming a small sun!

BONAR [yelling]

Yeah - well, I’ve got some news on that three-minute deadline! We’re going to crash in one!

STRICKLAND [yelling]

Get to the lifepods! Now. Move, move! Abandon ship. Go!

COMPUTER VOICE

Launching Lifepod. Launching Lifepod.

STRICKLAND

My God, I didn’t honestly expect that to work. I can’t believe we’re alive.

KORDEK

Those life pods are re-enforced titanium alloy, and the inertia ge