For as much as they maybe tell porkies, many of the product ambassadors and experts come across better on camera than the 'professional' presenters. If I managed IW, I'd be looking to drop down to one presenter per show where possible, and that presenter (if they could cut it) would be the ambassador/expert. When you watch the likes of Peter S on a watch show, it frequently verges on being totally embarrassing to watch! Same with the keep fit shows, the ambassadors/experts are fine … why the heck do we need the likes of Peter S jiggling about making stupid remarks?!?
Word of advice to IW, get rid of the main presenters wherever possible and just use the ambassador/expert.
Yeah I would agree to some degree with that, drop to one person doing the show, from the "expert" guests i've seen, most of the would make better presenters, but there is also quite a few i wouldn't want or trust. the likes of Simon iles & Alan Ennes may be better presenting material, but their trustworthiness ranks along side Mason & Simon. The watch guy last night actually would do well on his own, he didn't say anything wrong last night, he knows his watches having having been a retailer, very careful with his descriptions so as to keep himself in the clear without contradicting P Simon but i suppose he is new, so didn't want to upset things. Reynolds would be ok on his own, can exaggerate at times, but at least he gives a lot of tech info regarding watches. Rest of the watch experts/guests, sorry no, none of them would get a job if I was in charge.
Agree with the keep fit lass, just gets on does the job, no dramatics or over hyping and has a pleasant demeanor. Oh and the tech Guy Grant, he's into video production, so has a camera presence and knows tech, so he would be ok on his own
I think most of the guests that belong to the companies would probably be ok, and away from the influences of the current presenters, they would probably be more candid about the true quality of their products and of course would have more time for detailed descriptions.
Of course even changing the presenters may not change all the problems as you will still have the backroom clowns feeding advice through their ear pieces.
Oh and one other thing I would do is tell the models their job is to model not to give their biased opinions, so shut up.