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mark occomore
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:10 am Post subject: Radio 2 Guardian Review |
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Elisabeth Mahoney Writes:
Check out the Radio 2 website (bbc.co.uk/radio2) and you will see the glaring duality at the heart of the station. Next to a photograph of recent signing Russell Brand, all intense eyebrows and unkempt hair, sits an image of Lesley Douglas's altogether tidier latest signing, Alan Titchmarsh, whose new show - Alan Titchmarsh With Melodies for You - begins on January 28.
This confirms Douglas's penchant for bringing household names from television into radio (Brand, Dermot O'Leary) or back into radio after a break (Chris Evans), but also the wildly different programming habits on the station over the weekend. Saturday appears dedicated to hooking younger listeners (Jonathan Ross, Brand, O'Leary, Pete Mitchell), while Sunday brings calmer pleasures for the more mature listener, in age or taste (Elaine Paige, Malcolm Laycock, David Jacobs). It's hard to imagine any one listener sampling happily across the two days, and it's an interesting move by Douglas to preserve the distinct Sunday mood. It wisely maintains the air of a station with something for everyone.
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Has she nicked my quote at the end? Elisabeth has been reading my messages on the old message board Couldn't agree more " Something for everyone" |
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Ian Robinson Site Admin
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 3608 Location: Chorley, Lancashire
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:27 am Post subject: |
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Hmmm. This is the exact sort of media arse-kissing that Lesley Douglas loves, yet I'm not sure Elisabeth Mahoney actually listens to Radio 2. I mean, Pete Mitchell for younger listeners? That's just daft! |
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quickssandra
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 158 Location: Scotland
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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She's the same age as me (44).
She's also a Geordie (same as me)
Therein the similarity ends!
How she's stayed Controller I will never, never know.......
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Helen May
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19374 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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quickssandra wrote: | She's the same age as me (44).
She's also a Geordie (same as me)
Therein the similarity ends!
How she's stayed Controller I will never, never know.......
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I bet she's a Mackem though QS
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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Cherskiy
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 3701 Location: near Amble, Northumberland
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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Helen May wrote: |
I bet she's a Mackem though QS
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Yep, she just says she's from Newcastle to avoid any lasting shame - I mean, who in their right mind would admit they were a Mackem? _________________ Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
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mark occomore
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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Greg Dyke might return to the BBC and take over as Radio 2 controller? Just a thought as Tim and Steve were talking about it today ( Friday), about the report how Greg tryed to get his job back. Tim said 'he might return somewhere one day, meaning they might work with him one day? |
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Cherskiy
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 3701 Location: near Amble, Northumberland
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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Can't see that, personally. _________________ Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
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Ian Robinson Site Admin
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 3608 Location: Chorley, Lancashire
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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Dyke's a TV man, isn't he? And he'd never come back to the BBC for such a (relatively) low position. |
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Cherskiy
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 3701 Location: near Amble, Northumberland
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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Ian Robinson wrote: | Dyke's a TV man, isn't he? And he'd never come back to the BBC for such a (relatively) low position. |
Exactly - whilst it's quite a high-profile postion in terms of the audience numbers and market share in the UK, Lesley Douglas isn't exactly a household name, is she? And who knows what celebrity dross he'd drag in to R2? _________________ Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
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Ian Robinson Site Admin
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 3608 Location: Chorley, Lancashire
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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Cherskiy wrote: | And who knows what celebrity dross he'd drag in to R2? | He's a boxing man - so maybe he'd sign Chris Evans and Chris Moyles - for the same slot! |
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Behind Geddon's Wall
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 1553 Location: Kingston Upon Hull/ The Cloud Factory
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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Could it be any worse than the dross brought in recently? _________________ Geddon
You simply mustn't blame yourself -- the days were perfect
And so were exactly what I was born to spoil
For I am the Rider to the World's End
Bound across the cinder causeway
From the furnace to the quarry
Through the fields of oil |
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Toggy tea slurper Guest
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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I would be surprised if Greg went back to the BBC after the way he was treated but stranger things have happened. |
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