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  • kernelbogey
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 5735

    Give me Ian Skelly mispronouncing Europa Galanta any day!

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    • kernelbogey
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 5735

      Have they ever given John Shea a crack at Breakfast? He'd be brilliant at that time of the morning - very witty asides on composers.

      (Mind you, after presenting TTN it would be a long stretch in the studio .)

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      • french frank
        Administrator/Moderator
        • Feb 2007
        • 30205

        Originally posted by kernelbogey View Post
        Have they ever given John Shea a crack at Breakfast? He'd be brilliant at that time of the morning - very witty asides on composers.
        Or even a regular daytime presence on any programme (he might not fancy early mornings in Salford).
        Don't blame the presenter for having to plug the BBC's Eurovision Song contest - though Radio 3 listeners could tune in tonight to La Cenerentola, followed by Hear and Now, instead.
        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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        • Suffolkcoastal
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 3290

          The smooth seductiveness of certain presenters is another example of copying CFM (where would RW have been without CFM to copy?). I can't forget one of the presenters of CFM's 'Smooth Classics', who pronounced it regularly in the most seductive tones as 'sssssmmoooooovvff classssseeekssss', like some chocolate advert om TV.

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          • aka Calum Da Jazbo
            Late member
            • Nov 2010
            • 9173

            it did my head in .... this morning before cd review i did a Meldrew; i could not believe it ... it would get the sack on any regional radio station it was so POOR ... never mind inappropriate dumb insulting tedious &c
            According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.

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            • Eine Alpensinfonie
              Host
              • Nov 2010
              • 20568

              Originally posted by french frank View Post
              Yes, the new presenters for Breakfast tend to be based in the north (so handy for Salford), but insofar as they have presenting experience of other BBC radio stations (we've had Radio Merseyside, Radio York, Radio 5 Live) - they have the mix of relaxed chattiness or 'drivetime mateyness' and (often fluent) script-reading which gives the impression of the much-prized 'authoritativeness' but which somehow is hard to believe in.
              Well if they want northern presenters, there are plenty of us on the forum.

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              • Nick Armstrong
                Host
                • Nov 2010
                • 26514

                Originally posted by muzzer View Post
                The "line from Salford" appears to have gone down. What a merciful release. If only temporary.
                Originally posted by muzzer View Post
                Any particular 'That Man"? The Beeb is entirely to blame. Out There In The World there are plenty of Northerners who don't sound as if they're presenting Seaside Special wearing a comedy nose. But no, why not just help perpetuate stereotypes, Auntie.
                Spot on muzzer. And I'm glad you appreciated my early outing in my balaclava with the industrial wire cutters...
                "...the isle is full of noises,
                Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                • antongould
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 8774

                  Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
                  Well if they want northern presenters, there are plenty of us on the forum.
                  I doubt if my Geordie accent would, it would seem, be appreciated?

                  Where does the "norf" start today?

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                  • Sir Velo
                    Full Member
                    • Oct 2012
                    • 3225

                    Originally posted by kernelbogey View Post
                    (Mind you, after presenting TTN it would be a long stretch in the studio .)
                    Except that TTN is recorded during the day.

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                    • Eine Alpensinfonie
                      Host
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 20568

                      Originally posted by antongould View Post
                      Where does the "norf" start today?
                      Watford, if you live in London. But for you, maybe Darlington.

                      For me, it's Hull.

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                      • Nick Armstrong
                        Host
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26514

                        Originally posted by Sir Velo View Post
                        Except that TTN is recorded during the day.
                        I think that was what the wink was about...
                        "...the isle is full of noises,
                        Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                        Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                        Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                        • french frank
                          Administrator/Moderator
                          • Feb 2007
                          • 30205

                          Originally posted by teamsaint
                          If R3 absolutely have to bring in people who are presenters rather than specialists, they really should give this bloke a try.

                          He is, in my opinion, a really professional presenter, has an obvious love of music, (albeit pop and rock )', and has a knack of being both engaging and somehow authoritative.
                          Not sure what 'somehow authoritative' means. And I know these bios have to sound laid back and slightly self-deprecating (and mention which football club you support), but the idea of greatly preferring to talk in between records and meet famous people, rather than become a maths teacher ... (other choices are available) :-/
                          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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                          • Sir Velo
                            Full Member
                            • Oct 2012
                            • 3225

                            Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                            I think that was what the wink was about...
                            You and I know it but it never ceases to amaze me how many people are still under the impression that messrs Swain and co are imprisoned in the bowels of Broadcasting House during the wee small hours. Maybe it's Jonathan's five o'clock shadow and soporific tones which does it...

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                            • Black Swan

                              Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                              Spot on muzzer. And I'm glad you appreciated my early outing in my balaclava with the industrial wire cutters...
                              Job well done. Caliban, don't forget to repeat tomorrow.....

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                              • french frank
                                Administrator/Moderator
                                • Feb 2007
                                • 30205

                                Which reminds me (because Donald Macleod used to be The TTN Voice), was that DM's voice that took over this morning when the link to Salford went down? If so, what was he doing in the office on a Sat'dy? Or was it someone else ... ?
                                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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