I am listening to Saturday’s Breakfast. Elizabeth Alker is certainly not Catriona Young but I don’t find her anything as irritating as a certain regular R3 presenter (or two). Yes, she has that particular manner of speaking prevalent in her generation (she is 38) but she does give an impression (I get an impression) that she knows what she is saying*, maybe not as knowledgeable as the TTN Three but enough to present this programme. And I think she sounds sincere. All the same, I don’t think I’ll be listening to Breakfast. I like to hear whole works. Back to TTN.
*if she is reading a script given to her, she reads it well.
Afterthought: If Breakfast were a more seriously music based programme, I would prefer a trained voice and not just good enough, friendly voice.
TS: I don’t know how the BBC recruits presenters or how freelance broadcasters work but I suppose the difficulty maybe what position the potential presenter is being offered, for example, two mornings a week will not attracts those who are looking for a full time work. But as you say, some of the current full-time presenters’ positions could (should) have been open to public competitions. Is S M-P the only one who came in by winning the place?
*if she is reading a script given to her, she reads it well.
Afterthought: If Breakfast were a more seriously music based programme, I would prefer a trained voice and not just good enough, friendly voice.
TS: I don’t know how the BBC recruits presenters or how freelance broadcasters work but I suppose the difficulty maybe what position the potential presenter is being offered, for example, two mornings a week will not attracts those who are looking for a full time work. But as you say, some of the current full-time presenters’ positions could (should) have been open to public competitions. Is S M-P the only one who came in by winning the place?
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