If I hear another announcement - and they happen seemingly at 10 minute intervals throughout every R3 programme - about briefcasing [Archers slang] pop-up studios, residencies, live here at South Bank Centre, And there are lots of cheering, screaming R3 fans outside my glass box' smugnesses I shall scream.
Many, maybe most, regular in-studio programmes do not lend themselves to OB style delivery, and once landed on Planet Sound Frontiers against non-stop bustle and chatter behind the presenters has turned them into a very unsatisfactory listening experience. And the presenters will not stop patting themselves on the back at their bravery, their innovation, and all the 'isn't it excitingly daring' stuff!
For me, this whole South Bank 'residency' has been an unmitigated PR disaster. The terrible shame is that some of the programmes to recall the Third Programme's birth and delivery have been fascinating and eminently worth doing, but the ongoing, inward looking, self-congratulation simply embarrassing.
I thought R3 had more self-respect and dignity than this.
Many, maybe most, regular in-studio programmes do not lend themselves to OB style delivery, and once landed on Planet Sound Frontiers against non-stop bustle and chatter behind the presenters has turned them into a very unsatisfactory listening experience. And the presenters will not stop patting themselves on the back at their bravery, their innovation, and all the 'isn't it excitingly daring' stuff!
For me, this whole South Bank 'residency' has been an unmitigated PR disaster. The terrible shame is that some of the programmes to recall the Third Programme's birth and delivery have been fascinating and eminently worth doing, but the ongoing, inward looking, self-congratulation simply embarrassing.
I thought R3 had more self-respect and dignity than this.
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