Douglas Arthur Smith (11 February 1924 – 15 October 1972) was a British radio announcer and comedian who spent 25 years with the BBC. He began his broadcasting career with the BBC European Service (now the World Service) in 1946 and later worked as an announcer and newsreader on the Home Service and the Third Programme. He is probably best remembered as the formal announcer on Beyond Our Ken (1958–1964), its successor Round the Horne (1965–1968) and the short-lived Stop Messing About (1969–1970), where his "BBC accent" was used to comic effect. In this role, he advertised Dobbiroids (a fictional product for horses) and the huge number of naïve sound effects he made to assist in the development of humorous and often bizarre plots. Smith performed "Nobody Loves a Fairy When She's Forty" in an episode of Round the Horne. Many of his roles were portrayals of inanimate objects, e.g., volcanoes, "and I, Douglas Smith, play the part of the volcano",
Douglas Arthur Smith (11 de febrero de 1924 – 15 de octubre de 1972) fue un anunciante de radio y comediante británico que pasó 25 años con la BBC. Comenzó su carrera de radiodifusión con el Servicio Europeo de la BBC (ahora el Servicio Mundial) en 1946 y más tarde trabajó como anunciante y lector de noticias en el Servicio Home y el Tercer Programa. Es probablemente mejor recordado como el anunciante formal en Beyond Our Ken (1958–1964), su sucesor Round the Horne (1965–1968) y el cortometraje Stop Messing About (1969–1970), donde su "accento de la BBC" se usó para efectos cómicos. En este papel, publicó Dobbiroids (un producto ficticio para caballos) y el gran número de efectos sonoros ingenuos que hizo para ayudar en el desarrollo de tramas humorísticas y a menudo bizarras. Smith interpretó "Nobody Loves a Fairy When She's Forty" en un episodio de Round the Horne.