It is Keith Wilson's voice that can be heard in the background of a scene in the Bond film Skyfall. It can still be heard, at Paddington for example. The recorded voice is that of Keith Wilson, their industrial sales manager at the time (May 1990).
At least 10 stations were supplied with announcers manufactured by PA Communications Ltd. Another announcement was recorded by voice artist Emma Clarke. Sayer’s was not the only voice cautioning passengers to “mind the gap,” but it is arguably the most familiar one." For 15 years before that, the voice on the Piccadilly line was that of Archers actor Tim Bentinck, but is now Julie Berry's. When he died, in 2016, The New York Times, one of many newspapers worldwide to report his death, said "Mr. From 2005 the voice of Phil Sayer was heard on the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines. While Lodge's recording is still in use, some lines use other recordings. Lodge read the phrases to line up the recording equipment for level and those were used. According to the Independent on Sunday, sound engineer Peter Lodge, who owned Redan Recorders in Bayswater, working with a Scottish Telefunken engineer, recorded an actor reading "Mind the gap" and "Stand clear of the doors please", but the actor insisted on royalties and the phrases had to be re-recorded. The equipment was supplied by AEG Telefunken. A concise warning was also easier to paint onto the platform. As data storage capacity was expensive, the phrase had to be short. London Underground chose digital recording using solid state equipment with no moving parts.
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The phrase "Mind the gap" was coined in around 1968 for a planned automated announcement, after it had become impractical for drivers and station attendants to warn passengers.
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