A Keighley girl has become the voice of the North in the BBC's futuristic new Millennium exhibition.

The Yorkshire tones of Bront Middle School student Charlotte Copperwaite, 10, can be heard in adverts for the massive Futureworld display.

She also presents a "virtual" weather forecast with computer-generated events such as meteor showers behind her.

Futureworld opens tomorrow at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford and will tour the UK for the rest of the year.

The exhibition features computer-generated replicas of sets for top BBC programmes as well as the prehistoric stars of Walking With Dinosaurs.

The hi-tech interactive displays show how the digital age will transform the way information is presented, and allows visitors to compete in a "virtual" game show.

The BBC wanted children from across the country to record their voices to promote the exhibition.

Charlotte's voice was chosen from several tapes sent to the BBC by her drama teacher Penelope Jay, who runs Keighley theatre school Stage-Skope.

Charlotte, of Sladen Street, travelled to London with her father Andrew for a recording and filming session.

Charlotte's mother Lorraine says: "She loved every minute.

"She's got bags of confidence. She wants to be an actress and singer."

Charlotte has previously performed a solo song in a school Christmas show as well as playing a spider in Stage-Skope's production of James and the Giant Peach.

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