to think Simon Mayo's All Request Friday is total bilge?

[bibbitybobbityyhat]

and that listening to ordinary people ringing in (usually from the back of a car on the motorway en route to Aunty Jean's big birthday for eg.) is unutterably dull?

[almostthirty]

And the same songs get requested every week ! I do like the muppet song though!

[bibbitybobbityyhat]

Yes! they seem to have a drawer full of about 20 songs just for this show! Tut.

[ImperialBlether]

Yes, I agree - I hate the regular listeners phoning in, wanting to say hello to people they're actually sitting next to or who they'll be seeing in five minutes' time.

[froomeonthebroom]

wash your mouth out!

I love the cheesiness and have spent ages trying to get on, whilst in the back of a car on the motorway en route to Aunty Jean's big birthday

[treaclesoda]

Ah now, I did hear a teenager earlier requesting Guns n Roses for her granny which did make me smile a little.

But yes, everyone is always off for a lovely weekend with friends and they give me lifestyle envy

[Whochangedmyname]

I like it for all reasons you seem to hate it! Just a bit of harmless fun and I actually really like Simon Mayo. Not often I am lured from R4.

[bibbitybobbityyhat]

I listen to Simon Mayo the rest of the week and turn this drivel off when I can be arsed to get up from my chair

[ImperialBlether]

I love Simon Mayo and feel sorry for him when the person calling is boring. Not as sorry as I feel for myself, though.

And what I hate the most is when children phone up.

[bibbitybobbityyhat]

Oh God yes aaaarg the children! Infact it was a conversation with a girl who didn't appear to know she was being driven to Scotland and who had precisely NOTHING to say which prompted me to start this thread Imperial!

[BankWadger]

Oh the wee children asking for songs that they have obviously never heard of because Mum doesn't want the embarrassment of being caught out on national radio asking for such a dire song having had all decent songs turned down

Never come across a request show that has such a small range of requests

[JolseBaby]

I quite like it. I am gutted that I miss out on Serious Jockin' though - as I used to really love it. So cheesy but great fun!

[HungryHorace]

I just about coped with the girl being driven to Scotland, but I did have to turn over when a giggling bloke was put on air. I'm not sure who picks the callers, but they often get it very wrong!

[treaclesoda]

Serious Jockin'

Steve Wright makes me

All his chittering cronies in the background make me

The 'factoids' make me almost spontaneously combust with

I'm not a fan

[DoreenLethal]

What?

Radcliffe and Maconie are the best thing on radio. FFS.

[EachandEveryone]

Yes I agree love Simon Mayo especially the confessions. Cannot abide Steve Wright. I don't know how he's survived this long.

[DoreenLethal]

And that is why mumsnet flipping around the page is fucking annoying. I click on someone moaning about Radcliffe and Maconie and get someone else moaning about Steve Wright.

Fucking fuck.

[treaclesoda]

Doreen I love Radcliffe and Maconie

I'm not just a moaner, I can say nice things too

[DoreenLethal]

I totally agree with you about Simon Mayo. Hence having a DAB in the car.

[playitagainsally]

Better than Chris Evans with his friday morning celebs who are all promoting something.

[AnnieNoMouse]

I Like SM Mon to thu but find the Friday show dull. And I absolutely cannot bear the Muppet song and all the "little Johnny insists we stop the car to listen to this on the way back from violin practice" dedications that precede it. I generally have to switch off at that point, having only switched on when I know SW is finished - so that's about 5 mins of R2 listening time on a Friday. Especially as I also avoid Chris Evans on a Friday as I'm sick of all his bantz with his show-biz mates.

[whatwoulddexterdo]

Can't abide Steve, love the show , Wright. He talks over the beginning and end of every track as he loves the sound of his own voice. And don't get me started on the serious jocking no g. What fresh hell is that?
I love it when Jonathan Ross fills in, decent music , decent chat

[BennyTheBall]

Can't bear it. I usually only last as long as that wanky Muppet song before I change station.

I've discovered Johnny Vaughan on Radio X - he makes me laugh a LOT.

[LittleRedSparke]

i cant STAND the mind numbing boring, can i just say hello to xxx shite - well just turn around and tell them ffs

and as for the 'confessions' recently - someone on ...Tuesday? wanted forgiveness for having a bad thought! oh my god

[JolseBaby]

But I love Serious Jockin'

It's such a send-up and he plays some cracking 80s and 90s cheese as well.

[PerpendicularVincent]

YANBU. I hate all radio shows for this very reason.

It's either adverts, shite phone ins, or people talking drivel and requesting crap songs. I once listed to Radio 1 and they had a phone in about flip flops. As I have zero interest in what strangers think about summer footwear, it was painful.

And the news. A few weeks ago there was a 25 minute segment on the closure of an independent music venue in Nottingham. I didn't know whether to shoot myself or my speakers.