The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place

[antongould]

All I would say is that if there are days next week when Skellers reads the Breakfast news I will send a grumpy email to Lord Stockton .....

[Nick Armstrong]

Rumpole's favourite Elizabeth Alker .....

[muzzer]

GM is v good imho and I'm looking forward. As noted recently on this thread, it seems clear that the powers that be have been taking on board quite a lot of the long term criticism voiced about presenters.......this is, also imho and ymmv, a good thing.

[Old Grumpy]

All I would say is that if there are days next week when Skellers reads the Breakfast news I will send a grumpy email to Lord Stockton .....

You may be able to tell him in person if he attends the Radio 3 jolly just North of his demesne.

OG

[antongould]

You may be able to tell him in person if he attends the Radio 3 jolly just North of his demesne.

OG

Too far from Fenwicks .... if you have coffee with him feel free to pass on my views ......

[BBMmk2]

What in heaven's name is Nancarrow on for today?!?!?

[french frank]

GM is v good imho and I'm looking forward. As noted recently on this thread, it seems clear that the powers that be have been taking on board quite a lot of the long term criticism voiced about presenters.......this is, also imho and ymmv, a good thing.

It's interesting as to what irritates and what doesn't. Some presenters project their personalities just a little bit too far forward, as if - as in pop music radio - they are an essential part of the programme. That really doesn't work for Radio 3. Skellers is probably felt to have a very warm, attractive personality but he doesn't oversell himself.

So for a CD sequence programme there's less need for highly specialist knowledge of the music. For Radio 3, there may be a parallel with the training of newspaper subeditors who (in my day any road) were not accepted for training until they were 28, had a good experience of journalism (mutatis mutandis broadcasting) but above all a very wide general knowledge of a bit of everything. Their job was to check on anything they didn't know.

It's about professionalism not personality (nor, necessarily, about music qualifications).

[LeMartinPecheur]

What in heaven's name is Nancarrow on for today?!?!?

Brilliant early-morning invigoration of course!

BBM: take it, it's good for you

[Old Grumpy]

Too far from Fenwicks .... if you have coffee with him feel free to pass on my views ......

I think I've seen "da man", but not to talk to.

OG

[antongould]

I think I've seen "da man", but not to talk to.

OG

Oh well done .... did Shippers play one of your requests .... ?????

[Nick Armstrong]

GM is v good imho and I'm looking forward.

Early start today, and I was glad (cue music...): I agree muzzer, Georgia Mann is excellent. If I may quote anton, IMVVVHO. From my first hour or so of hearing her, an ideal pitch of voice for radio, no intrusive tics or self-regarding mannerisms, and sounds entirely on top of her subject and her script.

Look forward to more.

[french frank]

Early start today, and I was glad (cue music...): I agree muzzer, Georgia Mann is excellent. If I may quote anton, IMVVVHO. From my first hour or so of hearing her, an ideal pitch of voice for radio, no intrusive tics or self-regarding mannerisms, and sounds entirely on top of her subject and her script.

It was John Drummond (I believe) who first introduced the idea that 'presenters' should write their own scripts. Fine, if they really do know their subject and have been employed to share their knowledge and insight. But for the average CD sequence programme like Breakfast, better to have an excellent 'radio voice' and a skill in reading a script in a natural manner (and accurately!). As Cormac Rigby said, the job of the presenter (actually, I expect he said 'announcer') is to serve the music - pretty much what the late Peter Allen, of Live from the Met, said.

[Old Grumpy]

Early start today, and I was glad (cue music...): I agree muzzer, Georgia Mann is excellent. If I may quote anton, IMVVVHO. From my first hour or so of hearing her, an ideal pitch of voice for radio, no intrusive tics or self-regarding mannerisms, and sounds entirely on top of her subject and her script.

Look forward to more.

[Stanfordian]

It was John Drummond (I believe) who first introduced the idea that 'presenters' should write their own scripts. Fine, if they really do know their subject and have been employed to share their knowledge and insight. But for the average CD sequence programme like Breakfast, better to have an excellent 'radio voice' and a skill in reading a script in a natural manner (and accurately!). As Cormac Rigby said, the job of the presenter (actually, I expect he said 'announcer') is to serve the music - pretty much what the late Peter Allen, of Live from the Met, said.

Yes presenters must know something about their subject. Last week at Cheltenham horse racing festival Victoria Pendelton was doing some features and she said "these are the stables, where they keep the horses."

[oddoneout]

Yes presenters must know something about their subject. Last week at Cheltenham horse racing festival Victoria Pendelton was doing some features and she said "these are the stables, where they keep the horses."

Perhaps she's only previously encountered them in their 'desirable residential conversion' state?