Simon Mayo Show

[Beebo]

Perhaps someone mentioned that all the peak/drive time presenters were male so the ladies were brought in for balance?

I've not heard much of Cerys Matthews but the bits I've heard she always mentioning Tom Jones. Don't they have 'history'?

Tom Jones saved her life.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44536868

 

[Paulus]

I still can't get any enthusiasm for Jo Whiney. The whole tone of the show has changed. The style of music, the chat, there is still no chemistry between Simon Mayo and Jo Whiney. although they have moved the confession back to it's normal time. I don't tend to listen much anymore.

 

[NorthernDave]

It's improved, slightly, but by nowhere near as much as it needs to.

Jo Whiley is a great broadcaster and I was genuinely gutted when they moved her away from the evening slot as I listened most nights, but it's simply not working alongside Simon Mayo no matter how much they try to dress it up.
I'm also not listening on an evening when JW used to be on as the replacement shows aren't of any interest to me.
The BBC's loss is Absolute 90's gain

A far better move would have been to put Sara Cox alongside Mayo if they had to have two presenters on a show, or, if the BBC really wanted to introduce more women to the daytime line up, put Steve Wright or Jeremy Vine out to grass - Jo Whiley (for example) was excellent on the Radio 1 lunchtime slot back in the day and I look forward to the mornings when Sara Cox sits in for Chris Evans on the Breakfast Show.

Still, it could be worse - at least they haven't foisted the vacuous Fearne Cotton on the nation.

 

[Pale Rider]

It's improved, slightly, but by nowhere near as much as it needs to.

Jo Whiley is a great broadcaster and I was genuinely gutted when they moved her away from the evening slot as I listened most nights, but it's simply not working alongside Simon Mayo no matter how much they try to dress it up.
I'm also not listening on an evening when JW used to be on as the replacement shows aren't of any interest to me.
The BBC's loss is Absolute 90's gain

A far better move would have been to put Sara Cox alongside Mayo if they had to have two presenters on a show, or, if the BBC really wanted to introduce more women to the daytime line up, put Steve Wright or Jeremy Vine out to grass - Jo Whiley (for example) was excellent on the Radio 1 lunchtime slot back in the day and I look forward to the mornings when Sara Cox sits in for Chris Evans on the Breakfast Show.

Still, it could be worse - at least they haven't foisted the vacuous Fearne Cotton on the nation.

A woman presenter I rate is Suzi Perry.

Only heard her do stand-ins on Radio 2 but I think she has or had her own programme on a commercial station.

 

[Dave 123]

If they wanted a daytime woman presenter they should have got rid of the unfunny, outdated idiot that is Steve Wright. Either Sara Cox or Jo Wiley could have filled the slot.

 

[Pale Rider]

Mayo's jacking it in, and Wiley's off to an evening programme.

Not clear if either went voluntarily or was pushed, but it seems BBC management accepts the partnership wasn't working.

So who do we get next?

More talk of more women, so maybe give it to Sara Cox as a consolation for not getting the breakfast show.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45938829

 

[Lee_M]

Mayo's jacking it in, and Wiley's off to an evening programme.

Not clear if either went voluntarily or was pushed, but it seems BBC management accepts the partnership wasn't working.

So who do we get next?

More talk of more women, so maybe give it to Sara Cox as a consolation for not getting the breakfast show.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45938829

Please god no. Sara Cox should be put down.
I like Jo Whiley, but no idea why they had to shoehorn her into a perfectly good drivetime programme, here evening show was great

 

[dodgy]

Please god no. Sara Cox should be put down

Get a grip.

 

[fossyant]

What's this "Radio 2" you speaketh of ?

 

[Drago]

Its a station for young people. Cant be doing with any of that.

 

[Dave7]

So who do we get next?

More talk of more women, so maybe give it to Sara Cox as a consolation for not

I DID like Sarah Cox but now she talks as much as Chris Evans. If only she could just learn to keep it shut a bit more.

 

[gbb]

All those changes, not for the good, and Steve Wright is still there, churning out the same garbage year after tedious year.
At least they could have taken the opportunity to get rid of him.

Oh Jesus it's getting so tedious. I'm resisting the temptation to say getting...no g, but it's not even remotely funny.
That and his old self back slapping, self congratulatory ability to say...'did you see what I did there ?'
Yes Steve, very droll...i'll decide if it was good, not you, you...(resisting the urge to swear)

 

[Smokin Joe]

Oh Jesus it's getting so tedious. I'm resisting the temptation to say getting...no g, but it's not even remotely funny.
That and his old self back slapping, self congratulatory ability to say...'did you see what I did there ?'
Yes Steve, very droll...i'll decide if it was good, not you, you...(resisting the urge to swear)

There are very few good female presenters on radio 2. Sarah Cox isn't too bad, Ken Bruce's old sidekick Lynn Bowles is very good on her Radio Wales show and would be my choice for Drive Time, but the rest are dire.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Was never a fan of Radio 1: annoying DJs and (mostly) shite music (preferred Capital Radio).

However I did hear a few of the 'Confessions' on the Simon Mayo Show, with this one in particular, which always makes me chuckle when I think about it.

Dear Simon,

This confession goes back to 1964. I was fourteen years old and living near Guildford. The person to whom I must confess is my sister, June, who to this day thinks her pet hamster, Hammy, disappeared by escaping from his cage in our dining room. Wrong.

At this time, I was very engrossed in radio-controlled model aircraft and I used to go to a local cricket ground with a friend to fly my latest acquisition, a three-channel 60" wingspan 'KeilKraft Matador'. The actual cricket pitch made a perfectly smooth take-off and landing strip for the aircraft and I soon became very proficient at the controls.

Now there was a television programme called 'Tales of the Riverbank' for younger viewers which featured a hamster which, amongst other things, used to be seen driving a jeep and a boat. So I thought, I wonder if Hammy would like a flight on my aeroplane?

On further discussion with my friend, we duly selected a shoe box complete with holes in both ends and transported Hammy and my aeroplane – which had a large cockpit area, plenty of room for Hammy – to the cricket ground. We popped him in, complete with carrots, and, after starting up, taxied him down the runway ready for take-off.

My friend and I lay down on the ground when he went past to get a proper perspective of his size and make the whole flight more realistic. We could see Hammy sitting up looking through the cockpit window. After three or four circuits of the playing fields I landed him and he was still looking out through the cockpit having obviously enjoyed the whole trip.

This little treat for Hammy was repeated on several more occasions. Until one day, after having taken off, the aeroplane was coming towards us, nice and low for a flypast when I suddenly noticed a distinct slackness in the controls. I made the aircraft turn and bank away in a large arc and on its second flypast, I lost radio control altogether. Hammy passed for the last time over our heads, still gazing intently through the front screen, obviously still enjoying himself unaware of the pending disaster.

My continued efforts of frantically prodding the controls for some response were alas to no avail, the aircraft and Hammy continued to climb steadily away into the sunset until it was literally in the clouds and then out of sight. After the shock of losing my aeroplane my thoughts turned to my sister. She adored Hammy, what was I to do? After some thought, I staged a 'breakout' from the hamster cage. That wire is really tough stuff when you try to chomp it with wire cutters to look like it was teeth but, with a little sawdust scattered on the floor, the stage was set.

The final result was very convincing and imagine my relief when my father told my broken-hearted and by now sobbing sister that it was quite common for hamsters to gnaw through wire in this fashion and that Hammy had probably gone out the back door and is now living back with nature.

I'm very sorry and I am glad to have told someone else about the poor hamster's demise.

Yours sincerely,

Keith

This made me laugh but the idea of a 14 year old boy owning a 5' radio controlled plane in 1964 makes me think he must have been incredibly wealthy. In fact so wealthy he would have been damn near royalty.

Then I thought, Prince Charles would have been around 14 in 1964 and he has a little sister....