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SantaFefan · Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:50 pm Post subject:

That's just the people passing in the corridors showing their appreciation....

Laughing

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Now the dozy cow is talking about nasal excretions, nose hoovering and the like ........... oh Lesley, what have you done ? Is it your theory that if you throw around enough excrement some of it is bound to stick?

SantaFefan · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:31 am Post subject:

Yes, Snot Sucking to be be precise... great stuff eh?

I've just emailed my complaint to the show.
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MadeinSurrey · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:31 am Post subject:

So glad I'm not listening, sounds delightful Rolling Eyes

Lesley Douglas, are you ashamed of yourself?
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Gnasty Gnome · Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 313 Location: West Wales

Tried listening several times this week.

None lasted more than ten minutes, before the "irritation override" kicked in.

Sorry dear, you're not suited to this slot.

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BTW, to cheer you all up a tad I see that Aled Jones is sitting in for Ken next week. Hoorah! No more of the current talentless bint, hence we can listen to radio full time in the mornings again. Very Happy

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I'm not a big fan but to be honest a dead frog would be an improvement on Davina ............

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Since when did this show become a phone-in?!

If that's the case, can we have Danny in next time?!
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Highlander · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 348 Location: Scotland

From Scotland on Sunday today:-

"Listeners turned off by 'childish' Davina"

http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/entertainment.cfm?id=1355232007

Extracted....

"The BBC said it had received 156 objections from listeners who felt McCall was an unsuitable replacement for Bruce, but in a statement it defended its choice of stand-in.

"While we fully recognise the strength of feeling that listeners have for Ken Bruce in his regular slot we feel that Davina McCall, who has a great deal of experience in broadcasting, is a suitable stand-in," it said.

"Davina has a chatty style of presentation, in keeping with fellow Radio 2 presenters, such as Chris Evans and Dermot O'Leary."
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I particularly like this comment after the article:

"There is no substitute for the estimable Ken Bruce. Davina McCall is the epitome of trash TV and radio vacuity."

Says it all really.

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I notice a name hasn't been attributed to that statement and funny how they've only named the ones who seem to make people switch off the most
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mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

I didn't think she was that bad in small doses. They have got to learn, but jumping around didn't give off a good first impression. They are looking for some high profile broadcasters who are different from the rest who have covered for Ken and the rest in the past. 156 complaints an't bad compared to how many actually listen to the network. Kate Thronton got some bad comments when she covered for Sarah a long time ago, but returned. I do think they really should stick to who are well known voices on the network, but shame one was on holiday and the other went to another network. Remember this is Radio 2 and are trying out something different. Is it two fingers to the listeners, again?

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Simply put Radio 2 should stick to professional DJs who have a love of and great knowledge of music past and present. Simple really - well, it is if your name isn't Lesley Douglas who seems to have this fixation with celebrity 'big names'.

We need more professional, knowledgeable presenters along the lines of Bob Harris, Ken Bruce, Stuart Maconie, Mark Radcliffe, etc.

Curiously enough Mark Radcliffe is the only DECENT DJ who Lesley Douglas has signed up since she was put in charge.

Then again, should we completely blame Douglas? Is she simply the unwilling puppet of her bosses - perhaps it is they who are responsible for Douglas's approach? Or perhaps they simply hired her knowing she would mostly go for the 'celeb' approach?

Behind Geddon's Wall · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:32 am Post subject:

"Davina has a chatty style of presentation, in keeping with fellow Radio 2 presenters, such as Chris Evans and Dermot O'Leary"

The 3 stooges.
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gfloyd · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:53 am Post subject:

Davina is nothing like Chris.
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Arcader · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 220

True, she's far easier on the eyes (just rather harsh on the ears).

Ian Robinson · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:23 am Post subject:

SantaFefan · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:29 am Post subject:

Clapton? what about Clapton? Confused

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Ian Robinson · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:37 am Post subject:

SantaFefan · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:29 pm Post subject:

Blimey, he's older than me... nice one Eric. Laughing

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gfloyd · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:58 pm Post subject:

SantaFefan · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:59 pm Post subject:

Didn't work with Kermit.... Laughing

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So do people here feel that Aled Jones is doing a better job than Davina? I approve, but you still can't beat Ken (well, not unless he's into that kind of thing ........ Wink

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Ian Robinson · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:54 pm Post subject:

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At least Davina played some better music than Ken.
Ken never plays a rock and roll track, or a sixties track, or a glam track or an easy listening track etc etc etc.
Not liking Davina is fair enough but bumming Ken Bruce up to be great is just plain wrong.
Take for instance two artists, Elvis Presley and Nina Simone, I guarantee the only songs you would have heard from either of them in the last five years on Kens show is "A Little Less Understanding" and "I Got Life".
Both of those solely played because they were remixed which made them "really cool."
Also take Tracks Of My Years, someone picks out great records and Ken always says what fantastic records they are or great vocals or superb arrangements. But I could count on the fingers of no hands how many times Ken plays them after that.
I find it much more annoying when somebody a lot older than me with a chance to play great records from whatever era keeps churning out the same Coldplay, Keane, Athlete drivel day in day out.

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The records played had nothing to do with Davina, the producer is responsible for the selection.

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Ian Robinson · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:24 pm Post subject:

And it was the same producer as Ken regularly has. He may changed things to match Davina but looking at the playlists on the R2 site it seems to be pretty much the same stuff as usual.

Going by Thursday and Friday I can't see any rarely-played 60s, easy listening, or glam tracks. No Elvis or Nina as far as I can see (and Ken has played far more by those artists than just the 2 songs mentioned above). But I can see plenty of Athlete, Keane, Dire Straits, Roxy Music and Hot Chocolate. The same old artists and the same old songs that are always played, mostly from the late 70s/early 80s with a bit of disco thrown in. That's the Gary Bones way.

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gfloyd · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:58 pm Post subject:

Ken Bruce has shown an amazing lack of ambition. He is basically doing the same job now that he was doing 20 years ago. If he doesn't know how to play a few records and find a few stories to read out of the tabloids by now then he will never learn.
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Mark Mayhew · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 2897

Ernie-Absolutely spot on.

Also could not the same thing be said about Sarah Kennedy, Terry Wogan and Steve Wright

The sooner the existing Radio 2 daytime schedules/presenters are changed the better imho.

The only daytime show that sounds fresh to me is the Chris Evans show which I enjoy when I get to listen in.

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