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mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

After his stint with Junior Choice Ed is back on Pop Master. Is he coming back I wonder?

Lord Evan Elpuss · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land

I certainly hope so. Here's Ed & Andy Fairweather-Lowe doing Popmaster.
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SantaFefan · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:12 am Post subject:

I wondered that too. Why else would Ed be hanging around the BBC? I don't think he'd come in just to do Pop Master.
Anyway I sincerely hope he is coming back; Sundays aren't the same without Ed's diversity! Very Happy

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iwarburton · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 2133 Location: Northumberland

Hear, hear!

Ian.

Ian Robinson · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:24 am Post subject:

It's interesting that he's at the BBC in London as I don't think that's where he lives anymore, and Junior Choice came from Birmingham (where he popped into Stuart's show).

gazmando · Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Posts: 560 Location: Huntingdon

It would make my year if Ed came back.
I really used to love his show when he was on weekday afternoons.
I'd love to see Ed back in his old slot and hear some music from the 50's to now, delivered in Ed's warm style

mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

Ed presented on Spectrum FM Spain he used to present the show live from a shed on a golf course. I think he eventually agreed to present it from Birmingham studios?

iwarburton · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 2133 Location: Northumberland

Have now heard the one-off Junior Choice edition on Listen Again.

WHY was this man taken off the air?

He should be reinstated at once.

Ian.

mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

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Scott_Nelson · Guest

Now Michael Parkinson is leaving Radio 2, they have the opportunity to bring back Ed Stewart and allocate him a Sunday morning request show.

Lord Evan Elpuss · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land

gfloyd · Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:11 pm Post subject:

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firewirefred · Guest

In Johnnie Walker's book he tells of how he agreed with Lesley Douglas that the sunday show would be more "reflective and spiritual" in tone in order to reflect the Sunday feeling, but they quickly realised that even on Sunday people are dashing about and there's still a need for a 'drivetime" feel to the show, and that's why they changed the style to reflect this. His show sounds much better now and he sounds his old self. In fact, I'd say it's the best drivetime show of the whole week.

Scott_Nelson · Guest

Lesley Douglas was wrong to axe Ed Stewart. His popularity on Junior Choice recently was amazing. People were so glad to hear him back on his rightful home.

I hope there are plans to bring Ed Stewart back now Michael Parkinson is leaving.

firewirefred · Guest

I doubt it will happen. Johnnie Walker recently intimated that he didn't see much of a future of "his old gang" on Radio 2 much longer. Clearly, Ms D. has other ideas - more rentagobs and egos-on-legs I fear.

Scott_Nelson · Guest

Rent-a-gob Brand being moved from Saturday nights to Sunday mornings at 11am would not surprise me. It's a sad state of affairs what is going on at Radio 2. People moaned about Jim Moir but at least the station sounded half decent when he was in charge. Nowadays all we get are egotistic loud-mouthed bigots.

firewirefred · Guest

Jim Moir was one of the "old school" long-time staffers at the BBC who had an instinctive feel for broadcasting and audiences - as did many people in the BBC right up to the mid-late 90s. Now it's just run by MBA grads and kids with Media Studies degrees. As people like Moir are either pensioned off, leave voluntarily (as have many, many really good and skilled people) or made redundant (as have many more!) we'll see a BBC that is even weaker and more vulnerable than it is already.

Scott_Nelson · Guest

This would explain why Lesley Douglas has brought egotistic celebrities to Radio 2 to the expense of professional broadcasters. Chris Evans, Russell Brand, Dermot O'Leary, Elaine Paige, Lulu, Davina McCall, Ricky Gervais...if these are the future of Radio 2 then will the last person please turn out the lights.