# Fletcher Mathers

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{{Short description|Scottish actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Fletcher Mathers
| image              = Fletcher Mathers (cropped).png
| caption            = Mathers in 2018
| birth_date         = 1963
| birth_place        = [Scone](/source/Scone%2C_Scotland), Scotland
| citizenship        = United Kingdom
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actress|Voice actress|Director}}
| years_active       = 1989–present
| known_for          = Announcer for [ScotRail](/source/ScotRail) trains
| module             = {{Listen |embed= yes |filename= Fletcher Mathers.ogg |title= Mathers voice |type= speech |description= Her recreation of the [ScotRail](/source/ScotRail) train announcement, recorded in 2018}}
}}

'''Fletcher Mathers''' (born 1963) is a Scottish actress and director who was the announcer for [ScotRail](/source/ScotRail) trains from 2005 to 2025, before being replaced by an [artificial intelligence voice](/source/Audio_deepfake). She has also appeared in [Television series](/source/Television_show), [theatrical plays](/source/Theater_play) and [short films](/source/Short_film).

== Life and career ==
Mathers was born on 1963<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fletcher Mathers - Playwright |url=https://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsM/mathers-fletcher.php |access-date=2025-08-18 |website=www.doollee.com}}</ref> in [Scone](/source/Scone%2C_Scotland), [Perthshire](/source/Perthshire) and was trained at the [Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama](/source/Royal_Conservatoire_of_Scotland) in Glasgow.<ref name="DGWGO">{{Cite web |date=2023-09-23 |title=Woman Walking by Sylvia Dow: Coming to Dumfries & Galloway {{!}} DGWGO |url=https://www.dgwgo.com/dg-arts-news/woman-walking-sylvia-dow-coming-dumfries-galloway/ |access-date=2025-08-16 }}</ref>

In 2005, Mathers recorded announcements for [ScotRail](/source/ScotRail) trains, including the approach for [each stop](/source/ScotRail),<ref name="The National-2025">{{Cite web |date=2025-05-30 |title=I've voiced ScotRail trains for 20 years and was replaced with AI without being told |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/25204424.voice-scotrail-20-years-replaced-ai/ |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=The National}}</ref> with the voice lines being recorded in [Nottingham](/source/Nottingham).<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Voice of ScotRail |url=http://leith.tv:80/stories/1690-the-voice-of-scotrail |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127075659/http://leith.tv:80/stories/1690-the-voice-of-scotrail |archive-date=2015-11-27 |access-date=2025-08-17 |website=URTV Leith }}</ref> Over the next 20 years she recorded occasional additions and updates to the recordings.<ref name="The National-2025" /> In 2025, ScotRail started rolling out a new [AI voice](/source/Audio_deepfake) for their service, replacing older messages recorded by Mathers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-16 |title=ScotRail issues statement on new AI voice announcements |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/25168996.scotrail-issue-statement-new-ai-voice-announcements/ |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=The National }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-03 |title=When AI kills off the ScotRail lady, you know we're all in trouble |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/viewpoint/25207825.ai-kills-off-scotrail-lady-know-trouble/ |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=The Herald }}</ref> Mathers only learned she was being replaced after a friend heard the new synthetic voice onboard.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-12-12 |title=ScotRail launches new AI announcer after row with voiceover artist |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/25693308.scotrail-launches-new-ai-announcer-trains-row/ |access-date=2025-12-13 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> In an interview with [''The National''](/source/The_National_(Scotland)), Mathers said it had been "a bit hurtful that they hadn't informed me that they were changing".<ref name="The National-2025" />

Mathers has also worked in television, appearing in the series ''[Taggart](/source/Taggart)'' in 1990<ref name="The National-2025" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Episode 2, Season 6 : Death Comes Softly - Taggart |url=https://digiguide.tv/programme/Drama/Taggart/33261/season-6/episode-2/Death-Comes-Softly/460550/ |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=digiguide.tv}}</ref> and [''Shetland''](/source/Shetland_(TV_series)) in 2013.<ref name="BBC">{{Cite web |title=BBC One - Shetland, Series 3, Episode 3 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06z8zjs |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=BBC }}</ref> In theatre, she was in ''[The 306: Day at Station Hotel, Perth](/source/Oliver_Emanuel)'' from 2017,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Radcliffe |first=Allan |date=2017-05-15 |title=Theatre: The 306: Day at Station Hotel, Perth |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/theatre-dance/article/theatre-the-306-day-at-station-hotel-perth-56ht7wxst |access-date=2025-08-17 |website=www.thetimes.com }}</ref> ''Sylvia Dow'' and ''Secret Wrapped in Lead'' in 2023,<ref name="DGWGO" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-24 |title=A Secret Wrapped in Lead -Loaningdale Arts |url=https://corrblimey.uk/2023/07/24/secret-wrapped-in-lead-loaningdale-arts/ |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Corr Blimey }}</ref> and ''Maiden Mother Mage'' in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gaelic culture in July 2025: Maiden Mother Mage |url=https://list.co.uk/news/gaelic-culture-in-july-2025-maiden-mother-mage-46845 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=The List}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-18 |title=Review: Maiden Mother Mage gives voice to ancient princess and saint |url=https://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/25323910.review-rebecca-sharps-maiden-mother-mage-culross/ |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Dunfermline Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Maiden Mother Mage |url=https://list.co.uk/event/maiden-mother-mage-340283 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=The List}}</ref>

Mathers also directed the play ''Katie Morag'' with actress [Sally Reid](/source/Sally_Reid), in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Robert Dawson |date=2008-04-22 |title=Katie Morag at Citizens Theatre, Glasgow |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/scotland-travel/katie-morag-at-citizens-theatre-glasgow-bwxc059gw5c |access-date=2025-08-18 |website=www.thetimes.com}}</ref> Mathers was the star of the 2010 short film ''Choices,'' which was nominated for the [2010 British Academy Scotland New Talent Awards](/source/2010_British_Academy_Scotland_New_Talent_Awards).<ref name="BAFTA">{{Cite web |title=New Talent Awards Winners in 2010 - Awards - Scotland - The BAFTA site |url=http://www.bafta.org/scotland/awards/new-talent-awards-winners-in-2010,1156,BA.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824135702/http://www.bafta.org/scotland/awards/new-talent-awards-winners-in-2010,1156,BA.html |archive-date=2010-08-24 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=www.bafta.org }}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{{Incomplete list|date=December 2025}}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Television
! scope="col" |Year
! scope="col" |Title
! scope="col" |Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!1989
|''[The Play on One](/source/The_Play_on_One)''
|Brenda
|Govan Ghost Story
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=1989-03-07 |title=BBC Programme Index |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ca0b411399e849f3bab6a89bbe22ff91 |access-date=2025-08-17 |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
|-
!1990
|''[Taggart](/source/Taggart)''
|Lillias Blacklock
|Series 6, Episode 2
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref name="The National-2025" />
|-
!1991
|[''City Lights'' (1984 TV series)](/source/City_Lights_(1984_TV_series))
|Miss Goole
|Series 6, Episode 7
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
!1994
|''[Doctor Finlay](/source/Doctor_Finlay)''
|Fiona Sturges
|Series 3, Episode 1
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
!2012
|''[Dani's House](/source/Dani's_House)''
|Grandma Judith
|Series 5, Episode 12
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
!2013
| scope="row" |[''Shetland''](/source/Shetland_(TV_series))
|Bridal Shop Owner
|Series 3, Episode 3
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="BBC" />
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Theatrical plays
! scope="col" |Year
! scope="col" |Title
! scope="col" |Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!2007
|''Katie Morag'' 
|
|Director
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
!2017
|''The 306: Day at Station Hotel, Perth''
|
|Written by [Oliver Emanuel](/source/Oliver_Emanuel)
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
!2023
|''Sylvia Dow'' 
|
|
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
!2023
|''Secret Wrapped in Lead'' 
|
|
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
!2025
|''Maiden Mother Mage''
|
|
| style="text-align: center;" |
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Short film
! scope="col" |Year
! scope="col" |Title
! scope="col" |Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!2010
|''Choices''
|The Woman
|
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref name="BAFTA" />
|-
!2017
|''Do Not Disturb''
|Carla
|
| style="text-align: center;" |
|}

== References ==

{{reflist}}
== External links ==
{{IMDb name|2194564}}
Category:1963 births
Category:Living people
Category:Scottish stage actresses
Category:Scottish television actresses
Category:Scottish voice actresses
Category:People from Scone, Perth and Kinross
Category:Actresses from Perth and Kinross
Category:20th-century Scottish actresses
Category:21st-century Scottish actresses
Category:Alumni of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Category:Scottish theatre directors
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