Sara Cox please just stop!!!

Can't stand her, she's like nails on a chalk board to me.

Me too. I like Sara Cox though.

That song gives my very mild-mannered DP the rage of all rages.

"I've got everything that I need" song - is that the Muppets? I hated the Muppets!

I hate the accompanying music so much I have to turn the radio off til it's finished! I have to do the same with Sarah Cox's jingle

I can’t abide Zoe Ball and is the reason I no longer listen to breakfast radio and listen to podcasts instead. I know she no longer does breakfast but it’s too late for me now and I prefer podcasts. She was the sole reason I moved to Radio 2 after she took over Radio 1 breakfast then she came to Radio 2 breakfast!,,

It’s the shrieking and the faux excitement about everything that really grates along with the ‘I’m mad me and a bit stupid’ persona.

I listen to Absolute Radio or radio X. But I have smooth radio on standby so I don't have to listen to Chris Moyles or Toby Tarrant.
6.30 to 1pm everyday. Smooth radio on standby as the music is none stop.

I really like her 🤷‍♀️.

But I’m northern, so perhaps that makes a difference.

Having said that, I listen to Absolute Radio now because the music is usually better.

oh Vernon has grown on me and I am disappointed when it is not Him

I just can't listen to Vernon Kay.
He's absolutely awful. He just laughs at himself weirdly and is another one who can't just do a quick 30 second snippet and play the next song.
Even something simple like the travel Vernon chats absolute rubbish to Ellie, then you have travel and then more Vernon waffle.

i love the Archives slot that Vernon Kay does
what a difference in speaking the BBC had then!

As a northerner I just wish the BBC would not pander to professional northerners who stereotype groups within our country. Jokes about 'chips and gravy' are as old as 'snippets and flat caps' and to my mind patronize the diverse populations of our northern counties. I put Paddy McGuiness and Vernon Kay in the same group, trading on their northern routes for an artificial authenticity.

This is exactly why l haven't listed to tv or radio ten years plus.
It absolutely bores me to death, and l can't tolerate the presenters constantly talking shit. I'm surprised to be honest anyone bothers listing to it anymore, l enjoy my audio books and Spotify much better.

sigh

I clearly wasn't just talking about your op. Women - and men - in the public eye constantly and consistently have their looks, abilities and personalities criticised and in a public and mass way.

And I could not disagree more. Just because your chosen career path - be it acting, presenting, writing, singing, academia, or anything else -makes you well known, this does NOT justify your own choice to be personal and rude. If a child of mine had a real talent for music or acting and wanted to pursue it, I would NEVER advise them that it was fine and fair for people to target them and publicly disparage them. Again, I'm not necessarily referring just to this thread.

Nothing wrong with not liking or enjoying somebody's work. Nothing wrong with expressing that when appropriate either. But I will never agree that openly and publicly banding together to denigrate somebody is the best choice of behaviour.

you still pay a tv license really why you know paying a tv license and then complaining about the BBC programmers is just ridiculous do yourself a favor save your self cash and stop paying tv licence I never paid for one in my life and refuse to start they came to my door in 2002 and not come near me since and I do watch BBC also get emails from them recommending shows to watch

Did you search for this thread just to add yet another disparaging comment about her?

I understand that she's in the public eye and therefore some people feel her looks, personality, accent, background, morals, ethics, speech patterns and cadence and on and on are up for consumption and comment but really, we have a choice. A choice not to listen. A choice not to rip another person apart.

I don't particularly get on with Mandy at work but I accept that I don't need to and get on with my life. I don't publicly berate her, tear her apart and encourage other people to band together and do the same.

She seems to "fake listen" to people when they ring up and then really hurry them up, can be quite awkward

Thanks I will take it!
Hopefully after 11 months of complaining the OP will find something else to occupy their ire!!

Equally if you don't like others' opinions, you don't need to read the thread.

Here's your thread police badge. ⭐️

Lighten up? It's all Bantz

This thread has been resurrected 😁
I can't Stand all the dedications on R2.
"say hello to us on the way to Scotland to see Granny"

"Say hello to my gorgeous hubby Graham who brings me a cup of tea every morning"

"Say hello to my newborn who loves listening every day" etc etc 🥱
I'm from up't road to Sarah so the accent barely registers, but I'm also really fussy about music and have to be in the mood for it, so it's a no no all the way.
Radio 4 on BBC sounds suits me fine 📻