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The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place
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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostSurely it isn't the presenters who are the issue; it's the format.
Ag - not certain that IS would want to live with you. Can't say about LF - I suspect she's spoken for.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by MLF View PostIs it just me or is Mr Skelly not the answer to the great breakfast conundrum? Even in the current breakfast show format this morning was a pleasant experience.
I do detect a reduction in the number of tweets read out or alluded to. I did like the way IS gave out the email, txt and postal addresses this morning and then (almost as an afterthought) observed that one could tweet (no address given). I do also like his somewhat dry sense of humour (ref: #3203 above).
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Originally posted by Old Grumpy View PostEr, no - quite like the format, especially with this week's presenters at the helm.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Think you're right there Frenchie. The Dear Leader has had a little panic and has brought in some presenters to temporarily cover up the worst Breakfast excesses. A case of 'tweeting? what tweeting, as you can hear this rarely happens its all been a complete fabrication by those nasty people at for3'. The moment the focus has turned away, I expect we'll be back exactly where we were before. In the meantime Innessential Classics seems to becoming even more like 'Breakfast extra' or here are the same old warhorses from Breakfast moved en-masse to another programme to make Breakfast sound temporarily more appealing.
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Originally posted by Suffolkcoastal View Post... The Dear Leader has had a little panic and has brought in some presenters to temporarily cover up the worst Breakfast excesses. ...
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MLF
Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostSurely it isn't the presenters who are the issue; it's the format.
However, even the splendid RC cannot save Essential Classics. Come 9am, he should be given free reign.
Personally, the highlight of weekday Radio 3 for me is that glorious 25 minutes after the evening concert. It is that segment plus CD Review which inform my buying habits.
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Originally posted by antongould View PostI could live quite happily with IS and LF..........
Alright jokes well made but I think you know what I mean......scary amount of audience participation from Our Boy this morning but IMHO at least all interesting stuff and an excellent phone in....
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So much depends on voice delivery, i.e. microphone technique (skills).
This morning I was struck by the newsreader's voice: she adopts an intonation, speed and diaphragm-driven voice that mimics the newsreaders' on local and commercial radio and on R1. I find it gratingly unpleasant. (Cf Catriona Young, and discuss.)
I think Martin Handley is one of the best Breakfast presenters: (a) he has a pleasant class-neutral voice (ok, I admit it's almost RP); (b) he manages to surf the dotty programme conventions (texts &c &c); (c) he's a musician and knows whereof he presents.
Martin Handley, Ian Skelly, Louise Fryer, Jonathan Swain, Susan Sharpe and John Shea would be my Breakfast Presenters' Dream Squad.
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Originally posted by kernelbogey View PostMartin Handley, Ian Skelly, Louise Fryer, Jonathan Swain, Susan Sharpe and John Shea would be my Breakfast Presenters' Dream Squad.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Is this love for IS, LF, and the TTN boys (Shea and Swain), all of which I share, being conveyed to the appropriate authorities?
Where might one send such praise, in order to try and persuade others that herein lies the potential for a breakfast show of champions?It loved to happen. -- Marcus Aurelius
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