Eddie Mair

[DracoM]

[Barbirollians]

Not a fan - he should have stuck to Radio 5 - he was in the vanguard of the Radio 5ification of Radio 4 with Paddy O'Connell and Fi Glover . All irritating and lightweight.

[eighthobstruction]

I'm finding PM post-Mair very dull, I'm afraid - the first week or so, with Chris Mason and Simon Jack in the chair, made me think there might be hope, but it's lost its distinctive quirkiness under CQ.

Finding it a better listen without Mair....liked Mason, Jack and Sarah Smith....feel Jonny Dymond has habit of getting stuck in aggression mode....

[french frank]

I'm finding PM post-Mair very dull, I'm afraid - the first week or so, with Chris Mason and Simon Jack in the chair, made me think there might be hope, but it's lost its distinctive quirkiness under CQ.

Is PM the R4 equivalent of In Tune? News and what? Sounds a bit hybrid

[Richard Tarleton]

Is PM the R4 equivalent of In Tune? News and what? Sounds a bit hybrid

it's a longer, drive-time version of The World At One - with room for slightly more stuff from outside the immediate hard-news agenda. There had been an increasing tendency to include some more magazine-y things in the last segment of the programme, like Steve Hewlett's cancer diary, or extended interviews with (for example) a woman whose son was on drugs, or something - those I was less keen on. There was also room for more extended background briefings on aspects of Brexit (from the excellent Chris Mason), that sort of thing. Definitely no music.

Eddie Mair did say (in introducing an item on alcohol, I think) that for many listeners he realised the programme coincided with wine-o-clock, but added that in the studio they started a lot earlier.

[kernelbogey]

...Eddie Mair did say (in introducing an item on alcohol, I think) that for many listeners he realised the programme coincided with wine-o-clock, but added that in the studio they started a lot earlier.

Just the EM touch that I miss!

[french frank]

Definitely no music.

Thank you for the résumé. By 'hybrid' I didn't mean with music: I meant hard news and magazine-type features. My view on that type of programme and its presenters is irrelevant since I've never heard the programme and am unlikely to in the future. I was just after information .

[ardcarp]

I gather Evan Davies is to take over PM. Musical chairs at the BBC?

[Stanfordian]

I gather Evan Davies is to take over PM. Musical chairs at the BBC?

As long as we don't have to look at him.

[DracoM]

I gather Evan Davies is to take over PM. Musical chairs at the BBC?

Yes, intriguing choice, possibly right, but I hope with the right mix of seriousness, and sense of humour. And please, pleaase, keep holding politicians' feet to the fire.

[eighthobstruction]

....Evan rarely gets a coherent line of questioning/listening to answer/not interupting....one of the worst I'd say - by far....nice bloke....BASICALLY no politicians bother turning up to be interviewd these days....almost NEVER....[we asked the Ministry of Blaa for a Spokesperson -but none was offered]

[Serial_Apologist]

....Evan rarely gets a coherent line of questioning/listening to answer/not interupting....one of the worst I'd say - by far....nice bloke....BASICALLY no politicians bother turning up to be interviewd these day....almost NEVER....[we asked the Ministry of Blaa for a Spokesperson -but none was offered]

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[LMcD]

It has been suggested that, by leaving the BBC for LBC, Eddie Mair was consigning himself to some kind of near-oblivion. The latest RAJAR figures show that LBC's weekly reach - and this is a national, not a metrocentric, figure - is greater than Radio 3's.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

It has been suggested that, by leaving the BBC for LBC, Eddie Mair was consigning himself to some kind of near-oblivion. The latest RAJAR figures show that LBC's weekly reach - and this is a national, not a metrocentric, figure - is greater than Radio 3's.

That's OK - R3 is "actual-oblivion"!

[DracoM]

That's OK - R3 is "actual-oblivion"!

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