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Ritchie Anderson

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DogRuff · 26/01/2025 21:08

Why? What is he for? It’s like the powers that be on TV desperately wants to make him… something. But he’s got no charisma, no wit, no discernible talent and as proven on WWTBAM just now, very little in the way of brains.

I am quite baffled.

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baffledpuzzledandconfused · 18/03/2025 14:55

Luddite26 · 26/01/2025 22:13

I could do a dissertation on how Radio 2 was stolen from it's listener's!
As a child it was always on I went to radio 1 in 1984 off my own bar Steve Wright etc
Virgin in the 90s then in 1998 I returned home to Radio 2 age 26! Ready to head into the sunset.
But no something happened in the 2010s and I will never return one by one people were picked off and hung out to dry. It is an alien place to me now. I'm younger than Zoe Ball but her shrieking ladish now mumsie anecdotes has never gelled with me.
I like Jo Whiley but when they put her on With Simon Mayo it was excruciating for them both. Then we went off on a classical tangent and I had to turn Ken Bruce off for Scala. I felt pretty homeless being a radio obsessive. I still feel aggrieved by it.
Sorry sometimes it just comes over me.
And breathe.

Exactly the same for me.
I got sick of Chris evans so went to virgin and the arsehole followed me, then I went to radio 2 aged about 27, and he followed me there

Chrysanthemum5 · 18/03/2025 21:46

@Cynic17 I'm ok with regional accents on a national station as it is representing all of the country not just the south east/RP accents.

Mind you I am biased as the owner of a Scottish accent Grin

Luddite26 · 19/03/2025 06:04

Chrysanthemum5 · 18/03/2025 21:46

@Cynic17 I'm ok with regional accents on a national station as it is representing all of the country not just the south east/RP accents.

Mind you I am biased as the owner of a Scottish accent Grin

And your accent was always represented by the great Ken the Bruce!😄

PuppyMonkey · 19/03/2025 07:21

@Cynic17 you don’t like strong regional accents? So what regions are acceptable - the South East?

HauntedBungalow · 19/03/2025 12:17

RaraRachael · 17/03/2025 21:12

Yes she's on Vernon's show too so double the irritation factor. I find on SM's show she really tries to big up her part and get more involved.

I think Vernon flirts with her. It's awkward to listen to. He's like David Brent trying to impress the cool office junior.

Vernon is quite insecure anyway, touchy about being corrected. Add on the creepy way he talks to her and it's a study in low key male fragility. Not at all a comfortable listening experience.

I agree that Trevor said Richie don't seem to gel which is a shame. Trevor is genuinely hilarious when he relaxes into it and he plays good music. His show should be much better than it currently is.

Luddite26 · 19/03/2025 15:26

Vernon Kaye is one of the biggest creeps of his generation. I couldn't believe they thought him worthy of that slot. But hey look how long they harboured Savile.

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