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Taz
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 Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:24 am Post subject: Dermot in for Mr Bruce |
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Any views on how he is doing?
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Lady Boil De Spudswell
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Ok. Not exactly breaking any new ground or setting the world alight. Tragically I suspect LD might now have him in mind to inherit the slot.
Rumours abound R. Hammond is to replace Maconie on Sat afternoons.
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| Lady Boil De Spudswell wrote: | Ok. Not exactly breaking any new ground or setting the world alight. Tragically I suspect LD might now have him in mind to inherit the slot.
Rumours abound R. Hammond is to replace Maconie on Sat afternoons. |
Surely not Lady B ? I always enjoy Ken's show and the thought of Dermot being in this slot on a permanent basis does not fill me with joy to say the least..........
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Lady Boil De Spudswell
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| Taz wrote: | | Lady Boil De Spudswell wrote: | Ok. Not exactly breaking any new ground or setting the world alight. Tragically I suspect LD might now have him in mind to inherit the slot.
Rumours abound R. Hammond is to replace Maconie on Sat afternoons. |
Surely not Lady B ? I always enjoy Ken's show and the thought of Dermot being in this slot on a permanent basis does not fill me with joy to say the least..........
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I agree. No, Kermit is just a hunch. Big tv name, mildly housewife friendly, young, she fancies him. The signs are there I fear.
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Well on Friday, Ken said that we had the " work experience kid" looking after his show.
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Sounds about right - just let him make the tea and keep him away from the microphone. 
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Ken Bruce has had 6 weeks holidays this year so far. We've had two weeks of Alex Lester and two of Mark Goodier followed by two now of Dermot O'Leary. Is Ken starting his pre-retirement wind down?
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| I thought he was pretty good. Less mumbling than usual, and quite lively. He's no Ken Bruce but it was very listenable (and he even dared question Gary Bones's song choices - which is nice). |
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| Ernie-Lets hope so-a change would be good for the mid-morning show. |
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I wasn't impressed but then I'm not a DOLE fan at all. Won't bother to listen until Ken returns unless the radio gets left on by mistake.
As for Ken's holiday's I would guess it's to do with school holidays, last one was around half term time. In any case he's got a long way to go before he catches up to the Togmeister as far as the number of holiday is concerned!
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| He was better than I was expecting, I grant you he's not as good as Ken but I've heard worse. |
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| gfloyd wrote: | | Ken Bruce has had 6 weeks holidays this year so far. We've had two weeks of Alex Lester and two of Mark Goodier followed by two now of Dermot O'Leary. Is Ken starting his pre-retirement wind down? |
Well Mark Goodier has now left Radio 2 for smooth london. They can't keep getting Alex to always get the train to London as it costs the BBC twice, one to cover for him and the train fare. Dermot is one of the young voices on radio 2 and maybe he needs a try at daytime radio and Kens show is more ideal for him. Although I would of chosen Pete Mitchell. It's all about ratings and listener figures.
Although I would love to get down to bottom of how Lesley and her team decide who to cover for holidays, and what is the real reason behind it all? |
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Mark
I really don't think it will just be the cost of a train fare that will decide who will do holiday cover......
There are cheap day returns
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| mark occomore wrote: | | Although I would love to get down to bottom |
Er............... right. OK.
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| Helen May wrote: | Mark
I really don't think it will just be the cost of a train fare that will decide who will do holiday cover......
There are cheap day returns
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Yes Maybe O'Leary charges 3 or 4 times as much per show. If that's the case Alex's train fare plus hotel room might work out cheaper.
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| Come on guys tell us why he's been picked? It's not as if he's cutting edge radio, just listening to him online. He's stumbling over his words a little, nervous Ok, he's trying to cut the links back slightly, but sounds rubbish, and he's sounding like he's hiding behind a wall spying on someone being quite so know one can hear him |
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| mark occomore wrote: | | Come on guys tell us why he's been picked? |
Dunno. I thought you were the one who had connections right at the heart of the business, Mark!!!!! You answer the question!
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| mark occomore wrote: | | Come on guys tell us why he's been picked? |
Because Douglas is going to make him a success if it kills us.
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I think you got it in one there Ernie!!
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| she's had the experience before.... |
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Well, I listened to a bit of the show out of curiosity. He should have taken TW's advice during their link - "Leave, as soon as you can!". At least when he's on a Saturday afternoon he's hidden away where practically no-one's listening.... oh, it was just embarassing to listen to.
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| Did I hear him play a Pete Mitchell jingle this morning? What was that about? |
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| Ian Robinson wrote: | | Did I hear him play a Pete Mitchell jingle this morning? What was that about? |
Trying to shift the blame
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| I wonder if she will over expose him on us like they did with poor old Richard? Or have they learnt that lesson? |
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| Ian Robinson wrote: | | Did I hear him play a Pete Mitchell jingle this morning? What was that about? |
I missed that one it must of been the after the 11am news? |
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| mark occomore wrote: | | Ian Robinson wrote: | | Did I hear him play a Pete Mitchell jingle this morning? What was that about? |
I missed that one it must of been the after the 11am news? |
Yes, I think it was. My colleagues were being particularly noisy at that point so I didn't hear it properly. |
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| Mind you there is a variety of talented radio broadcasters out there who she could bring too the network, but half of them are busy with other projects, or on commercial radio, and wouldn't work for the BBC anymore, or either. |
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| Lady Boil De Spudswell wrote: | Ok. Not exactly breaking any new ground or setting the world alight. Tragically I suspect LD might now have him in mind to inherit the slot.
Rumours abound R. Hammond is to replace Maconie on Sat afternoons. |
Hammond has been signed up to do a series of bank holiday specials fron good friday to august -interestingly t his is what Evans was originally signed up for before getting his saturday show but I don't think Richard will be taking over the saturday slot before the autumn,and he is stil recovering from his terrible accident so may not feel up to doing a regular show |
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| mark occomore wrote: | | Mind you there is a variety of talented radio broadcasters out there who she could bring too the network, but half of them are busy with other projects, or on commercial radio, and wouldn't work for the BBC anymore, or either. |
Yes there are. Why should it be a requirement to be a TV 'celebrity' to get a job on Radio 2 or 6 music? As I've said previously, someone must have given these celebs their big break on TV & radio.
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| I wonder if Ken will take over breakfast and Dermot mid mornings freeing up for X Factor and big brother? I hearing Terry saying this morning he's hosting the Sony awards with Gambo this year. |
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| Ken has already done a stint on breakfast, another might not appeal. |
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| Terry made a comment in the handover this morning. Don't listen to the critics. |
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Well, I was something of a captive audience for Dermot at work this morning - I'm afraid his style and delivery fails to register enough with me. The only thing I did pick up on was after he played a Mika track and started going on about South By-Southwest - based on what he was saying, I felt it had been a missed opportunity to interview/plug unknown acts, not British ones appearing there which had already been hyped to death in this country.
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| Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:11 pm Post subject: Dermot in for Mr. Bruce |
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My sister was injured in a car accident. Will R2 give her a job too?
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| Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: Dermot in for Mr. Bruce |
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| pickle wrote: | | My sister was injured in a car accident. Will R2 give her a job too? |
I twisted my ankle once.... Can I have Steve Wright's gig???
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Hell, you could break a fingernail and be in for his job, using injury as a criteria....
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| Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:40 pm Post subject: Re: Dermot in for Mr. Bruce |
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| pickle wrote: | | My sister was injured in a car accident. Will R2 give her a job too? |
Seeing as Lesley has just replaced Andrew Collins with a student DJ on 6Music, anything's possible! |
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| Cherskiy wrote: | | Hell, you could break a fingernail and be in for his job, using injury as a criteria.... |
I promise not to play endless jingles, talk over the records or sing along, and I will never do really rubbish Mick Jagger And Keith Richards impressions... Oh, and I'll pronounce words properly and not speak down to the audience like they're 4 years old.
And positively no performing seals will be allowed in the studio.
But most importantly................
I'd do it LIVE!
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| PJ in Kent wrote: | | Cherskiy wrote: | | Hell, you could break a fingernail and be in for his job, using injury as a criteria.... |
I promise not to play endless jingles, talk over the records or sing along, and I will never do really rubbish Mick Jagger And Keith Richards impressions... Oh, and I'll pronounce words properly and not speak down to the audience like they're 4 years old.
And positively no performing seals will be allowed in the studio.
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I'd do it LIVE! |
Don't forget the Elaine Paige and Parky impressions. |
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