When I first started watching QVC. the presenters were calm and eloquent - well, apart from Alison Young, but in the main they were. The most jovial was..... oh Lord his name escapes me (it was there a second ago), he left with Debbie Greenwood - chap of colour and always smiling. All knew their stuff, and I cant think of one that 'did my head in' back then. Pippa was the real shouty one of the lot, and sported a crew cut that was a different colour every week. B/A's were thin on the ground, so the presenters usually had to earn their money by talking alone for most of their hourly spot. Even Charlie - who was a newbie, was bearable. Can anyone who remembers 'fragrant' Claudia imagine her sharing a dressing room with Annieliese ???? or Chloe for that matter.
Either I'm getting old and less tolerant, but the presenters are about as far away from 'calm and eloquent' as you could get right now. Even JR has gone off the rails in recent years, Gatling Gun Keenan must be on medication to talk at her current speed, Chloe clearly takes medication before she comes on air to be that 'high', and for my money only Gilly hasn't altered her style of presenting which is her saving grace.
(still haven't remembered that chap's name, don't you just want to kick yourself ?)