Regulars seems to be:
Emma Boydell
Annie Connolly
Natalia Ferrara
Sally Jacks
Rob Lamarr
Shona Lindsay
Mike Mason
"Disingenuous Gen" Genevieve Ni Reamoinn
"Pocket Sized" Mark Ryes
"Dirty" Peter Simon
Simona Stankovska
Joanne van der Merwe-Mahon
Jessica Woods
Then there's:
Jeremy Edwards - only started this week, who knows how long he'll stick around for
Lindsey Gundersen - not seen her for a while, hopefully she comes back, if for nothing else than to give Natalia a day or two off
Heather Jayne - really liked her and thought she was one of the better presenters, but not seen her for a few weeks
Carrie Herrington - tends to only be on with Natalia in the morning, don't know if they're grooming her to be a "beauty presenter" or what
Carys Speake - not seen her for even longer, guessing she probably no longer works here
Boydell: Articulate and personable. Interesting background as a barrister (apparently). clearly an educated and an intelligent person. Unfortunately, tends to exaggerate about watches she is selling. This for me was very apparent on the previous version of the channel when she used to appear as the “watch expert”. If she was working in a culture where an informed choice to potential buyers was the key for her employer, then I think she could be a very good presenter.
Connolly: Haven’t seen her in any great detail. comes over as relatively sincere. again, in an environment where facts and accuracy are key and not indirect comparisons and general products hysteria – she would be a very good presenter.
Ferrara: No idea.
Jacks: I think more than enough time has been wasted on how annoying she is on-air.
Lamarr: He is the pick of the bunch for me. He says he has worked in shopping television for many years, yet he seems to actively avoid some of the more cynical sales tactics the ones who move from channel to channel engage in when I have seen him. He explains products in an honest and a down-to-earth manner. I think he is the nearest thing to the perfect shopping television presenter I have ever seen on any channel and comes over as a personable and a decent guy.
Lindsay: She comes out with too much rampant, unqualified BS about products she presents for me to want to review her further. I imagine she is a really good singer and theatrical performer. And for a shopping television presenter, she makes a great vocalist.
Mason: As has been said, a very interesting fella. If you write him off as superficial, you are making a big mistake, because I think he is far from that. Comes over as extremely cocky and bigs himself up, but then he is a contradiction, because he can also be quite disparaging about himself also. A lot of his sales techniques I dislike intensely, but the television channels he works for obviously don’t. I imagine he has worked on shopping television for, is it 20 years plus? People are clearly keen to take him on to work for their channels, so he must be doing something right. I would like to see him on a channel with workable margins, factual selling policies and selling better quality products in a bigger space. I think that’s where he comes into his own. He clearly likes branded goods, and that for me, would be where he would be most effective and enthusiastic, You imagine Paz WAS really him.
Gen: I never have much time for people with two accents. Gift of the gab cannot be questioned though.
Ryes: Cannot abide him or his pseudo sincere style of selling. He’s clearly an intelligent guy though.
Simon: There really is nothing much new to add. 1975 comes on every time he does. Full of ludicrous claims and contradictory information, both personally on air and about the products. I’ve always thought he would make a fascinating subject for a Play for Today type BBC production about a performer once of note, but now having hit more ignominious times career profile wise.
Simona: I’m very impressed with what I’ve seen of her. Guided in the right direction. I think she has the right personality to be a very personable and articulate shopping television presenter.
Heather: I think she has a lovely personality and describes the goods in a very down-to-earth and information providing way. Least, as much as she is allowed to do in that environment. It would be nice to see her as one of the mainstream presenters rather than only briefly as things stand. I imagine she has fingers in other pies, so to speak, and that’s the reason why.
Silly Girl: I’m afraid I find her extremely annoying. I think she provides on a regular basis claims about prices elsewhere that are very hard to back up. I think also she uses family analogies about product connections far too much, to the point where it becomes infuriating and lacks any credibility. I remember when I first saw her on the previous version, she looked like she had a lot of potential to present in an informed choice way. I’m afraid I don’t see that in her anymore.
Van…Der…Mer..Mew..Meu…The South African woman: I heard her speak on the previous version about 10 years ago for about 10 seconds. I’ve not heard her since.
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