TomTom has just released a handful of new "fun" voices for its navigator devices. In order to support charity event Children in Need, the satnav firm has teamed up with the BBC to offer travel directions voiced by Terry Wogan, Alan Dedicoat, and Radio 2's traffic presenters Lynn Bowles and Sally Bozeman.

The last two, with their pedigree in traffic announcements, will surely make any information sound bad, but Dedicoat is the voice of the balls on the National Lottery programmes so he at least stands a chance of making a string of M-, A- and B-numbered roads sound interesting - even if drivers rarely prove to be winners.

And Terry Wogan just stands a pretty good chance of directing everyone to the quaint Cornish town of Helston, which provided him with a hit record many moons ago.

Altogether in the Floral Dance then?

14 Oct 2008