Brian Perkins (born 11 September 1943[1] in Wanganui, New Zealand) is a former senior newsreader on BBC Radio 4.
[2] After his retirement, he continued to work as a newsreader on Radio 4, but in a freelance capacity, and also provided formal readings for the comedy programme The News Quiz.
His imitation often refers to himself as "Big Daddy Perkins" and frequently badmouths BBC colleagues, hinting that he's given out various punishment beatings to those who had earned his ire.
The real Brian riposted with a claim that he'd put Peter Donaldson's feet in concrete and thrown him into a canal.
In the 2007 Ten Years of Blair special of Dead Ringers, Perkins was portrayed as the Godfather of not only the BBC but the entire nation, acting as the British head of state.