The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place

[doversoul1]

I am listening to Lunchtime Concert now, presented by Clemency Burton-Hill who sounds
Knowledgeable (being a violinist herself) and intelligent. Not quite the level of Jonathan Swain but perfectly acceptable as a professional broadcaster (to me).

If she is so dire on Breakfast, it must be the requirement of the programme.

StephenO
I’m not contradicting your post. It’s just happened to come after your post.

[Radio64]

Then, one morning, all was well again. A miracle cure - the wonderful Skellers, calm, authoritative and erudite, actually letting us enjoy the music. Suddenly I began to feel better.

Whereas now 'Skellers' is confined to reading the news headlines.... oh the humility!

I love it when Clemmy says "..or on yer mobile" cos I can hear you all collectively wincing!

[Don Petter]

I am listening to Lunchtime Concert now, presented by Clemency Burton-Hill who sounds knowledgeable (being a violinist herself) and intelligent. Not quite the level of Jonathan Swain but perfectly acceptable as a professional broadcaster (to me).

Except when she said something 'differs to' something else, which made me wince.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Except when she said something 'differs to' something else, which made me wince.

Ah, the "universal" preposition creeping in again.

[vinteuil]

... in which we discover that radio-soixante-quatre is both a masochist -

I love it when Clemmy says "..or on yer mobile"

- and a sadist -

I love it .... cos I can hear you all collectively wincing!

.

I'm no ffreudian - but I wish he (R64) wd grow up.

[Radio64]

... in which we discover that radio-soixante-quatre is both a masochist -



- and a sadist -

.

I'm no ffreudian - but I wish he (R64) wd grow up.

Oh come come, just a bit of bonhomie!

[StephenO]

I am listening to Lunchtime Concert now, presented by Clemency Burton-Hill who sounds
Knowledgeable (being a violinist herself) and intelligent. Not quite the level of Jonathan Swain but perfectly acceptable as a professional broadcaster (to me).

If she is so dire on Breakfast, it must be the requirement of the programme.

Part of the job description, I'd have thought.

You can almost hear the question being posed during the job interview - "Are you prepared to be totally inane, to forget all you know about music and to treat your listeners like not particularly bright infants? If so, welcome on board." Another victim of Radio 3's morning sickness.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I love it when Clemmy says "..or on yer mobile" cos I can hear you all collectively wincing!

No. When Clemmy's presenting, most of us aren't listening.

[Radio64]

No. When Clemmy's presenting, most of us aren't listening.

oooh! You are awful!

[antongould]

Peter Katin on Breakfast this morning playing Clementi on a restored Clementi piano........

And the playlist updated in instantaneously ....... A little scary......

[muzzer]

The 'yer mobile' thing could gain 'meme' status I reckon - whatever that is.......I think she knows she's doing it....Anyway, world peace anyone?

[Nick Armstrong]

I love it

No. When Clemmy's presenting, most of us aren't listening.

Yep...

That fake 'little girl' lithp still does it for you, does it, Radio64?

Amazing.

[french frank]

The problem is that when presenters are chosen for a specific reason, especially to exude a particular type of appeal for a particular audience (and that may be the job they have to do, rather than their natural inclination), that overlooks the inconvenient fact that a - possibly/probably - larger audience will be less than immune to that appeal. They will dislike it intensely.

It seems to run counter to BBC thinking that presentation should not be embodied in the person but perhaps in the relevant qualities/qualifications. In some cases the station is just stuck because it can't find ideal candidates.

[Stanfordian]

No. When Clemmy's presenting, most of us aren't listening.

Eine Alpensinfonie,
I'm certainly not listening to those pitiful inane tweets that she reads out which is nothing short of airwave abuse.

[Lento]

Short "bleeding chunk" from the end of Petrushka this morning irritated me a little: "what was the bleeding point" I wondered?