The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place

[seabright]

Michael Tanner is spot on when he comes to Elizabeth Alker. I haven't listened to a Saturday morning Breakfast since the first day her unbelievably silly voice came over the air-waves ...

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-do-radio-3-presenters-adopt-the-tone-stupid-adults-use-when-addressing-children-

[antongould]

Michael Tanner is spot on when he comes to Elizabeth Alker. I haven't listened to a Saturday morning Breakfast since the first day her unbelievably silly voice came over the air-waves ...

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/...sing-children-

Thank you very much.....

[antongould]

Michael Tanner is spot on when he comes to Elizabeth Alker. I haven't listened to a Saturday morning Breakfast since the first day her unbelievably silly voice came over the air-waves ...

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/...sing-children-

“Ian Skelly, co-author of a book with Prince Charles and reminiscent of old-style uncles, cracking semi-jokes and chuckling at them afterwards, though it’s unlikely that anyone else is. “ ........ oh no ....... !!!!!!

[antongould]

Michael Tanner is spot on when he comes to Elizabeth Alker. I haven't listened to a Saturday morning Breakfast since the first day her unbelievably silly voice came over the air-waves ...

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/...sing-children-

Presumably this chap is Lord Charles Moore’s butler ........ ??????

[Nick Armstrong]

Presumably this chap is Lord Charles Moore’s butler ........ ??????

I agree with most* of what he says, and have never been in service....

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*I might have spared Mr Skelly and replaced with Ms Molleson

[teamsaint]

I agree with most* of what he says, and have never been in service....

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*I might have spared Mr Skelly and replaced with Ms Molleson

We’re all working for the man , Cals. Well not pensioners, obvs.
Anyway, I find Breakfast( just about) bearable with some presenters, and unbearable with others. Same goes for Essential Classics, although as background to activities such as working for the man.

This proves beyond doubt that the presenter and their style is of critical importance.

[muzzer]

“Tasteless and insufferable”. Ouch. No one is disagreeing though.

[cloughie]

I do feel maybe we are hounding a presenter because of one of many incompetent decisions by BBC management in making an unsuitable appointment. Another incompetent decision was the formula of the programme being totally unsuitable for its audience.

[Leinster Lass]

I agree with much of what's been said regarding Saturday's Breakfast programme - but would I listen if Martin Handley, whom I admire, were to present the same choice of works? I think I probably would. It's almost as though the 2 weekend editions are aimed at very different audiences. On the plus side, the arrival of EA has meant that I've had the opportunity to play quite a few CDs which have been unjustly ignored for far too long.

[Frances_iom]

Possibly she is the only one willing to get up at the crack of dawn in Salford without having to be paid an excessive amount to travel up from London - gone are the days when presenters had a bed in the erstwhile Langham hotel (in late 60s its was home to BBC management + HR) 200 yards or so from BH

[french frank]

gone are the days when presenters had a bed in the erstwhile Langham hotel (in late 60s its was home to BBC management + HR) 200 yards or so from BH

Ah, yes, I remember it well! Roger Wright bought be a coffee there (he had camomile tea) and he walked out in exasperation and left me sitting there . That was nearly 15 years ago, and I'm still trying to explain what's wrong with Breakfast

PS Erstwhile?

[Frances_iom]

PS Erstwhile?

It was a hotel pre war then acquired by the Beeb and used by management during the 60s when I briefly worked for Beeb but sometime later with the building of the White City centre it was sold and again became a hotel - ? I assume it was such when you were stood up by Roger - the road in front with an awkward pedestrian crossing was known as 'Promotion Alley'

[french frank]

It was a hotel pre war then acquired by the Beeb and used by management during the 60s when I briefly worked for Beeb but sometime later with the building of the White City centre it was sold and again became a hotel - ? I assume it was such when you were stood up by Roger - the road in front with an awkward pedestrian crossing was known as 'Promotion Alley'

Oh, I see. Not erstwhile hotel, erstwhile official Beeb base; now unofficial. Demotion Alley in my case!

[Ein Heldenleben]

It was a hotel pre war then acquired by the Beeb and used by management during the 60s when I briefly worked for Beeb but sometime later with the building of the White City centre it was sold and again became a hotel - ? I assume it was such when you were stood up by Roger - the road in front with an awkward pedestrian crossing was known as 'Promotion Alley'

It was also home to Radio training , the Langham studios ,equipped with Neve desks , where amongst other things the John Peel sessions were recorded . He would join the band for a pint before his programme in ( one of the BBC) clubs . It also had a cheap salad bar where in the 80’s most Fridays John Peel’s producer John Walters , who was a good jazz trumpeter , would do a free session with his band. There were beds where some on night shifts could get a few hours kip - most radio ( except R2 ) was off air 01.00 to 06.00 in those days. Sleep was not guaranteed - there was a ghost that several people claim to have seen ....
It’s now a £500 a night luxury hotel and most BBC staff couldn’t afford a tea there...

[Leinster Lass]

I'm not the greatest fan of the 'Sounds Of the Earth' sequence on Sunday's 'Breakfast', but today's was truly magical - waves crashing onto a Norfolk beach, Roderick Williams singing 'Sea Fever', Charles Trenet singing 'La Mer' and an extract from Frank Bridge's 'The Sea' - what's not to like? I think Martin Handley is also to be commended for taking time to express so powerfully his obvious concern for locked-down and isolating choirs.