Yvonne Antrobus

Yvonne Daphne Antrobus is a British novelist, abridger, radio dramatist, and actress.

Writing

She has made over 100 abridgements and dramatisations for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 and for independent audio publishers, including Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre, The British Journalist by Andrew Marr and Days From A Different World by John Simpson. She was awarded the Abridgers' Silver Award by the Audio Book Association in 2003 for Churchill by Roy Jenkins. In 2009 BBC Radio 4 broadcast her series Diary of an On-Call Girl, based on the blogs and book by 'WPC Ellie Bloggs', the anonymous blogger who is also a serving British police officer.
Antrobus has written two crime novels: True to Form and Cut in the Ground.

Acting

Among Antrobus' television appearances are Dixon of Dock Green, Redcap, Emergency Ward 10, The Benny Hill Show, The First Churchills, Z-Cars, Steptoe and Son, The Protectors, Wessex Tales, Within These Walls, Thomas & Sarah, The Bill, The Chief, and On Dangerous Ground.
Her other work includes appearances in London's West End, in productions such as Noises Off. She is a winner of a London Theatre Critics' Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Her film credits include Dr. Who and the Daleks, The Pleasure Girls and Mister Quilp. While being interviewed for the 1995 documentary Dalekmania, she revealed that she had been unavailable for post-synchronisation work on Dr. Who and the Daleks, so her voice had been dubbed by another, unnamed actress.