The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place

[teamsaint]

If you did, you'd probably catch up with a few of BBM's chosen titbits!

Fortunately I pedal off after the 9 o'clock transition into some sort of adult programming...

The attempts to grapple with Petroc's Sugar Puffs are prompted simply by a desire to have a bit of music around during the morning routine. Switching to a recorded TTN (or this month, the Heffer Saturday afternoon prog) is an easy alternative.

Well , don't we all.
But well meant advice, I'm sure !

[Nick Armstrong]

Well , don't we all.
But well meant advice, I'm sure !

[Sir Velo]

Well, bouquets as well as brickbats. Fair play to SM-P this morning. A caller complained how little Delius was played and asked SM-P to play "anything" by Delius. Expecting the inevitable La Calinda or First Cuckoo how delightful to hear Susan Britton's magical evocation of A Late Lark.

[Sir Velo]

Do R3 presenters have any training in presentation and enunciation? This morning, SM-P played the waltz from Shos' 2nd jazz suite for Jazz Band but gabbled out the title such that Lady V thought it was a "sarabande" and expressed surprise at this unknown neo-classical expression of S's sensibility!

[AndyJW]

Do R3 presenters have any training in presentation and enunciation? This morning, SM-P played the waltz from Shos' 2nd jazz suite for Jazz Band but gabbled out the title such that Lady V thought it was a "sarabande" and expressed surprise at this unknown neo-classical expression of S's sensibility!

They should have training in the use of silence! I heard a bit of "the show" this morning and we heard (in my opinion) the iconic recording by Dame Myra Hess of JSB's 'Jesu Joy' and without any space at the finish it ran into some marimba music! Dreadful! And also SMP dosn't give the poor news readers a chance to finish, coming in with the weather. Why can't the news readers give the weather as well? I'm being Mr Grumpy!!!! Andy

[Sir Velo]

They should have training in the use of silence! I heard a bit of "the show" this morning and we heard (in my opinion) the iconic recording by Dame Myra Hess of JSB's 'Jesu Joy' and without any space at the finish it ran into some marimba music! Dreadful!

I confess to not understanding the rationale behind musical selections. The idea of having sopranos warbling raucously, or Wagnerian overtures blaring at 6:45 a.m. is not my idea of a gentle introduction to the day. Tis the musical equivalent of cold showers.

[mercia]

I believe there's some weird convoluted reason why the newsreader doesn't tell us the weather, but I've forgotten what it is

[AndyJW]

Totally agree

[AndyJW]

I believe there's some weird convoluted reason why the newsreader doesn't tell us the weather, but I've forgotten what it is

I'd love to know! Is it a union thing?

[antongould]

There was a spell a while back when SMP did the news and the weather and then the readers returned....

[salymap]

I confess to not understanding the rationale behind musical selections. The idea of having sopranos warbling raucously, or Wagnerian overtures blaring at 6:45 a.m. is not my idea of a gentle introduction to the day. Tis the musical equivalent of cold showers.

Even as a woman I can't stand shrill sopranos or straining tenors [for the high notes ] in the morning.

Piano solo or chamber music is my choice, to ease me into the day. I'm afraid I usually switch to CFM or R4,or OFF.

[mercia]

I'd love to know! Is it a union thing?

possibly - I have a feeling it somehow saves them a bit of money doing it this way -

[Nick Armstrong]

I can't stand shrill sopranos or straining tenors [for the high notes ] in the morning.

Piano solo or chamber music is my choice, to ease me into the day.

Totally agreed....

[Old Grumpy]

SMP dosn't give the poor news readers a chance to finish, coming in with the weather. Why can't the news readers give the weather as well?

The news readers used to do both the news and the weather. I think it changed to the present format when the news suddenly became the "BBC News".

I'm being Mr Grumpy!!!! Andy

Well that makes two of us then!

OG

[teamsaint]

sadly , if you want to see just how self obsessed the BBC is, tune into the countdown to the hourly bulletins on News 24.