David Sheppard | |
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Born | Reading, Berkshire, England | 6 November 1981
Occupation(s) | radio presenter and voice-over artist |
Career | |
Show | David Sheppard |
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Network | BBC Radio |
Time slot | late night |
Country | England |
Website | www |
David Thomas Sheppard (born 6 November 1981), sometimes known as Shep,[1] is an English broadcaster.
As of 2022, he currently presents a nightly regional show for BBC South West, networked across BBC Radio Devon, Cornwall, Guernsey and Jersey.[2]
He has presented regular shows on BBC Radio Berkshire,[3] and Oxford and hosted a long running afternoon show on BBC Radio Devon.[4] He has also worked at BBC Radio Solent and Bristol, mostly presenting regional programmes for the South and West.
From 2018 he became the male voice of Great Western Railway,[5] heard on trains and stations throughout the network.[6] Other voiceover credits include BBC1 and BBC2 television, BBC Radio 1, Kerrang!, Vue Cinemas and Brilliant TV.[citation needed]
He studied at University of Oxford and University of Bristol, beginning his radio career at the latter in 2001 while running Burst Radio, the student radio station.[7]
Sheppard's addiction to coffee was documented in a BBC2 television documentary The Truth About Food, in which he and former Tomorrow's World presenter Maggie Philbin were tested for the effects of caffeine deprivation.[8]
From the age of 16 he was also a daily contributor to BBC Radio 2's Wake Up to Wogan, under the guise of the Assistant to the BBC's (then) Director-General, Greg Dyke.
Sheppard owns several vintage vehicles[9] including a coach which he has restored himself, and is a trustee and director of the Thames Valley & Great Western Omnibus Trust.[10]