Page 11 | Sara Cox please just stop!!!

outdooryone · 10/09/2024 15:09

Sarah Cox = DJ love child of Steve Wright and Lisa Tarbuck.

And I cannot stand either of their DJ'ing...

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YorkshireMedusa · 10/09/2024 15:04

greglet · 10/09/2024 14:44

I really like Jo Whiley, Zoe Ball, and Sara Cox. Probably because they were so cool when I was young (I’m 40 next year), and they've stayed cool as we've all grown older!

I also like Rylan and Romesh. Don't mind Michael Ball.

I can't stand Liza Tarbuck or Elaine Page (especially that 'hyuck hyuck' laugh she does).

Scott Mills and OJ Borg are booooooring.

Elaine Paige and Liza Tarbuck both do the same cackly laugh!

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greglet · 10/09/2024 14:44

I really like Jo Whiley, Zoe Ball, and Sara Cox. Probably because they were so cool when I was young (I’m 40 next year), and they've stayed cool as we've all grown older!

I also like Rylan and Romesh. Don't mind Michael Ball.

I can't stand Liza Tarbuck or Elaine Page (especially that 'hyuck hyuck' laugh she does).

Scott Mills and OJ Borg are booooooring.

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YorkshireMedusa · 10/09/2024 14:21

Demonhunter · 10/09/2024 14:13

All those mentioning Scott Mills, come to Team Spoony! Let R2 know! #scottout #spoonyin

Scott Mills is a million times better at breakfast than afternoon. Spoony is great. I remember when Sara Cox did the R1 breakfast show and Scott used to cover there too and got so many positive comments.

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cutiechops · 10/09/2024 14:21

Let R2 know!

How? I agree Spoony is much better but lots of others seem to like Scott. I find him dull and that birthday game is pants!

Demonhunter · 10/09/2024 14:13

All those mentioning Scott Mills, come to Team Spoony! Let R2 know! #scottout #spoonyin

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YorkshireMedusa · 10/09/2024 13:01

oakleaffy · 09/09/2024 20:09

There was another thread just up about a female Comedian where people were saying they didn't like the style of comedy - It was pulled immediately, yet this one criticising another woman is allowed to stand?

Would Sara Cox not be equally upset if she saw this- or is the other comedian's feelings considered more important, @MNHQ

Criticism of a presenting style is fine. We all like different things. It's zero to do with Sara Cox being a woman. I don't like Rob Beckett's show because of his style of chat either. I don't like Liza Tarbuck or Elaine Paige's shows either. Not fussed on Jeremy Vine. I don't understand the criticism of Richie Anderson. Someone upthread called him a very unkind name and he's not a woman. (Not defending that, name calling is horrible. Note I've not done that with Sara Cox, I've talked about the way she comes across on the radio. I like Jo Whiley, Edith Bowman, Chris Hawkins, Cerys Matthews - all a long winded way of making the point that it doesn't matter if it's a lad or a lass, if they're annoying on the radio they just are.

I don't want to hear nonsense suited to the under 12s (ie Scooby Dooby Doo x30) on a show aimed at adults.

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StillCreatingAName · 10/09/2024 12:14

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PointsSouth · 10/09/2024 11:51

YorkshireMedusa · 09/09/2024 16:41

I've heard her put on a weird voice and repeatedly say, 20+ times, Scooby Dooby Doo in said weird voice. Turned off and 10 minutes later went into a shop that had Radio 2 on and she was still doing it. FFS she's paid a fortune for that nonsense and we're paying through the licence fee.

This 'I pay her wages' outrage always irritates me.

You don't pay her wages any more than someone further down the thread who likes her. Or myself, who has no opinion because I don't listen to the radio.

What you do do, certainly, is contribute a teeny-weeny amount to the BBC, who then provide everything from the Shipping Forecast to Wimbledon Tennis to Only Connect to numerous radio stations to international news on TV and online to David Attenborough documentaries to one-off drama to long-running series to educational programs to CBeebies.....and so on and so on and bloody hell there's loads of it.

Unless you read or watch or listen to not a single thing the BBC produces, the fact that you 'pay for it' is completely irrelevant to your not liking Sara Cox who, incidentally, plenty of people do like, as one can tell from the listening figures. In which, by the way, you're included.

redtrain123 · 10/09/2024 10:10

oakleaffy · 10/09/2024 09:21

It makes no sense.

It's a bit hypocritical.

One can freely write about disliking a female Radio 2 presenter, but others saying they don't like the style and content of a woman comedian, and that is pulled.

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Yep, I agree.

“i don't know about the woman comedian as I didn't see the thread. We are allowed to have opinions on celebrities and shows, it's how they're expressed that matters.”

I don’t really see any difference in the comments made about Sara Cox, to those about Rosie Jones. They’re both disliking their ‘acts’, rather than them, per se.

Nagatha · 10/09/2024 09:45

She puts on the most annoying babyish voice. I think she does it to make herself seem kind of soft and welcoming but it’s just so cringey.

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YorkshireMedusa · 10/09/2024 09:36

oakleaffy · 10/09/2024 09:21

It makes no sense.

It's a bit hypocritical.

One can freely write about disliking a female Radio 2 presenter, but others saying they don't like the style and content of a woman comedian, and that is pulled.

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That's a very hackneyed response isn't it? I've wobbled my head - no, still won't be listening. Didn't help.

@oakleaffy I don't like Sara Cox on the radio because I think much of the style and content of her show is childish and immature. She's better on the TV. I don't know her as a person and I might like her if I did, I don't know. It's not because she's a woman, it's because she often acts silly on the radio and I feel it's annoying. Yesterday was nails down a blackboard. Scooby dooby doo over and over. It's not children's radio.

I don't know about the woman comedian as I didn't see the thread. We are allowed to have opinions on celebrities and shows, it's how they're expressed that matters.

I'd have felt just as annoyed if a male presenter had done the same thing. I can't stand Rob Beckett's Sunday afternoon show either. I've never seen him in any other context and don't dislike him as an individual but I don't like his show. @Dolliesdisasterousdayout It's very strong to talk about hatred. It's irritation and annoyance, not hatred.

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oakleaffy · 10/09/2024 09:21

Dolliesdisasterousdayout · 09/09/2024 21:15

I love her and don’t understand the daily mumsnet hatred towards her.

@oakleaffy I’ve reported posts in the past but apparently the Radio 2 djs hatred is allowed.

It makes no sense.

It's a bit hypocritical.

One can freely write about disliking a female Radio 2 presenter, but others saying they don't like the style and content of a woman comedian, and that is pulled.

user7853156780 · 10/09/2024 08:44

NotOnlyFedUpButAlso · 09/09/2024 21:53

Wow. Do you not like 70s music or not like Johnny Walker? His show is one of the last that shows real musical intelligence. Walker is a consumate professional, compare him to the drivel that the non-professional DJ ("entertainers") spew out and its chalk and cheese. When he goes - and he's very ill - it's another nail in the R2 coffin.

You do you, I like who I like, you like who you like, but its genuinely sad to see that people want people like Johnny Walker to stop broadcasting.

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No, I don’t like 70’s music. It’s dreary. Nothing against JW personally but its too dull for words. And 15 years before I was born…

MargaritaPracticallyCan · 10/09/2024 08:20

Sara Cox is brilliant - a genuinely lovely, warm, relatable presenter who does a great job.
If you don't enjoy her show, there are other options, but why the need to be mean about her accent, the words she chooses or the music she plays?
She's a delightful human being who, alongside her job and raising a family, does incredible work for charities.

Theordinary · 10/09/2024 07:40

I just can't listen to Radio 2. It's all shit. Radio 4, Absolute, X or Classic Fm on rotation depending on what mood I'm in. The only thing I've ever caught on Radio 2 worth a listen is Craig Charles, just because he has good taste in music.

piefacedClique · 10/09/2024 06:59

Oh Christ! Liza tarbuck…. She’s a whole new stratosphere of annoying. Like nails on a blackboard

SnowFrogJelly · 10/09/2024 01:00

Give your head a wobble

😂

SnowFrogJelly · 10/09/2024 00:59

Don't like Sara Cox but love Jo Whiley
Radio 6 music is much better

StillCreatingAName · 10/09/2024 00:44

What a grubby thread, why don’t people think twice before starting such nonsense topics. It’s not mandatory listening, so if you don’t enjoy it, turn it off and spare us all from your efforts to pull someone down publicly whilst you enjoy anonymity as you type. Give your head a wobble @YorkshireMedusa

Anisty · 10/09/2024 00:31

LOVE Sara Cox - I find her sharp, funny and great company when cooking the tea. I'm from the North so her voice sounds perfectly fine to me.

Also love Vernon Kay.

Cannot stand Scott Mills; he's no replacement for Wrighty. I switch to Virgin at 2pm each day. Can't stand Zoe Ball either. Love Liza Tarbuck, Rylan and EP.

Radio 2 is always on in my house, except for 2 til 4 pm. I'm not up early enough for the Ball. But, Chris Evans I do like on Virgin so i'd go to him instead. If i was up.

RenoDakota · 10/09/2024 00:11

And I just bought tickets for Tony's Sounds of the 60s show. Very excited about that!

RenoDakota · 10/09/2024 00:07

DonnaSummet · 09/09/2024 22:49

Love Denmot on a Saturday morning, he's just pure calm heaven to listen to

I totally agree with you. Really love Dermot. And the little chat he has with Tony Blackburn beforehand is an absolute delight. Both very gentle and very funny men.

Knittwit · 09/09/2024 23:52

I’ve logged in specifically to talk up Sara Cox. I love her - she’s like a warm hug.

Sciencestyle · 09/09/2024 23:51

Radio 2 has made some dubious choices in recent years, I migrated over at about 30 from R1, now 45, it was great back then Terry, Ken, Jeremy Vine, Wrighty, Simon Mayo and then different eclectic stuff in the evenings, such as for example Desmond Carrington, who was a gent from a completely different era of broadcasting c 1950!

Sadly Terry, Steve Wright and Desmond are no longer with us, to be fair Vernon is settling in OK, but Scott Mills, I'm sure he's a nice fellow but I can't get used to his show😕