@meljoann The only one that I can think of isn't even a main character - there's a necromancer in What We Do In The Shadows who sounds maybe Lancastrian?

@meljoann I had a phase of catching adverts for new Harry Potter audiobooks online (can't remember where). They were saying "Harry Potter like you've never heard it" and I was imagining RFK Jr as Ron Weasley, Brian Blessed as Hermione, Joe Pasquale as Harry, Alan Carr as Dumbledore.....

But I get your annoyance. There's a thing in advertising that "northern" accents (usually some generic Yorkshire / Lancashire crossover) are better trusted with focus groups.

@etherdiver Oh, and I've snipped a couple of samples from some old video games, haven't worked with those yet.

@etherdiver I sometimes use the free Music Radar samples packs, mainly for drums and sound effects, then I'll usually snip sounds and spoken word stuff from films, TV, news, documentaries and YouTube, anything really. I've used an online text-to-voice generator when I've wanted more control over what I want. Haven't done any foley stuff yet, I've not exhausted everything just yet.