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University Challenge voiceover praised for effortless pronunciation

Roger Tilling, the voiceover host of University Challenge, has been praised for his work on a recent episode which featured a Thai contestant with the surname Akarapongpisakdi.

Video transcript

- Let's start the question. Shortly after becoming the first home player in 44 years to win an Australian Open Singles title, who announced her retirement?

[BUZZER]

Akarapongpisakdi.

- Ash Barty.

- It is Ash Barty, yes. Three questions for you. Work on China in the 1970s. In 1970.