John Sachs (born 3 May 1957) is a British

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and commentator. He narrated the original series of ''

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'', and was a longtime DJ on London's radio station

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. Sachs spent 12 years on Capital FM, where he won Variety Club ILR Presenter of the Year and Silver at the World Radio awards in New York. He has also worked at Jazz FM,

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, and Y100 in Florida, United States. His television credits include ''Gladiators'', '' 4 Square'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He has worked on a variety of television and radio adverts. He was also a presenter on

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in Swansea, Wales. Sachs founded Talking Heads Productions in 1993, making television and radio commercials. He has been the voice of Disney Videos UK – voicing most of the previews from the company until the early 2000s, along with HIT Entertainment from 1997 to early 2000. Along with his brother William, John is the adopted son of ''

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'' actor

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/ref> He also has a half-sister Kate. In 2020, he became the voiceover for ''

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'' on

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John Sachs Official Website
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