Too Long Didn’t Read - Radio 4 Friday

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Bugger me but this is AWFUL! So unfunny and the presenter has a really grating voice.

Can’t be believe this is meant to be the replacement for the Now Show 🤨

Bring back the News Quiz and Dead Ringers please R4!

Oh, yes, I find her voice so screechy, I feel like I'm being screamed at. I have it off.

Totally agree. Today was the last is the series, thankfully. Next week The News Quiz is back.

Awful. The material just isn't funny and the delivery is poor because it's garbled / screeched. The guests were low energy and unfunny too.

(I am ok with it. It's growing on me. And they had a bit the other week where they mentioned her voice being a bit shrill and there was this APPALLED reaction from the R4 audience)

I knew what this would say before I opened the thread.

It’s TERRIBLE. I work in tax and was looking forward to the first one as I’ve worked with the expert guest before - but while I was listening I checked THREE times that this was actually the Friday night prime comedy slot show as I couldn’t believe it.

I made DH power through the first one with me and we won’t be listening again. We love The Now Show/The News Quiz/Dead Ringers and this just isn’t even a patch.

I've not listened because I had a feeling I'd not like it.
There's another programme that I should enjoy but I find the presenter's delivery too annoying. It was on this morning at 9.30. My loss, I suppose.
Also, I find the jingles on podcast are often so irritating that I switch off the radio.

I'm cross with myself because I find it's mainly women's voices, but it is only a few of them. There are about the same number of male presenters who I switch off.

Indeed it’s rubbish. I actually think subject and experts are interesting but the programme is really bad. I think the BBC are hampered as they can’t pay the presenters as much. Also supposed to introduce new talent. That’s probably happening online now anyway.

Seriously the only thing I think is worse than this the Olga Koch OK Computer programme so having her on as well made it even more awful.

I also have an irrational dislike of the "(name of comedian) everybody!" that she is constantly shouting.

I like it! I like the guy on it (Phil?) I think he's really funny. I also like Olga Koch. Clearly, I'm their audience