Teenager impressive talent imitating famous voiceovers including tube announcements and Jet2 adverts

A teenager has an impressive talent for imitating famous voiceovers - including tube announcements.Show more

Tommy Sargent, 18, shocked friends when he first showed them his impressions of the London Underground voiceovers.

The Cardiff journalism student found he could perfectly replicate all the station announcers for trains and tubes around the UK - even the ones in Welsh. announcement.

After branching out to other impressions too - one of his most popular being of a Jet2 advert - he has to convince people he's not the real deal.

Tommy said: "I've been doing these impressions for so long that I can't even remember which I did first.

"My mum always talks about how I would sing 'Washing Machines Live Longer With Calgon!' in naptime at pre-school - maybe I was destined to work as a voice artist?

"I replicate voices that you wouldn’t really pay much attention to normally - until you hear it and think, 'Hang on! I hear that every day!'

"Since people found out about my impressions, I get asked all the time.

"A lot of them are impressions and I can't take credit for them - but it's lovely being able to entertain people by doing something unique."

Tommy, who did acting as a child, said he has been doing impressions of different voices as far back as he can remember.

He boasts an impressive catalogue of train announcer impressions - including Southeastern Railway, Scotrail and Northern Railway.

He has even done an impression of a Transport for Wales announcement - where he recites the announcement in both English AND Welsh.

But things really kicked off for him after posting his unique talent on TikTok - where he woke up the next day to more than a million views on his video.

He said: "I posted the train videos originally because I thought some of my friends who know I try voice-overs would find it funny.

"I certainly didn't expect to wake up to such a large following!

"To me, voice-over is just another form of acting so I wanted to branch out a little - it's always good to try new things."

He has now also done an accurate impressions of Jet2 Holidays, as well as Sainsbury's and McDonalds - and often has to remind people he's not the actual voice in their adverts.

His latest step has seen him branching out to do parodies of famous tunes - including re-writing the words of a Dua Lipa song to encourage people to get their Covid-19 vaccination.

While his train announcer videos are the most popular, he confessed his favourite is his Jet2 impression.

He said: "It's very funny to me that people now recognise me from my voiceover videos.

"Most often I'm asked in random places, like in the queue to McDonalds at 3am after a night out in Cardiff.

"I've been asked to do impressions of cartoons like Spongebob Squarepants and Rick and Morty - someone's even told me I do a decent Granny Pig from Peppa Pig."

He juggles his impressions alongside his degree as well as being in the process of writing a book.

But he is also now in talks with companies who want him to record their automated telephone voice.

Reflecting on his rise to fame, he said: "It's lovely to be able to entertain people by doing something unique.

"I’m always happy to stop and tell you to 'Mind The Gap' if you ask me to!"