What did Mayo do that was non fem? I thought he was supportive of Jo Wiley when she received hate mail re. their new format? What have I missed?
He didn't do anything. The big knobs at the Beeb thought it a good idea to stick JW on with him and it didn't work.
I listened to the show a lot and downloaded the Confessions podcast (they were brilliant). Wasn't fussed on the Friday request show, but the rest of the week with his guests was interesting and kept me from imploding at the absolute stupidity I'd see on the roads (not to mention the absolute stupidity of those in charge of roads).
Anyway, for those unfamiliar, Matt was the Sports Guy, along with Bobbie (or whoever was doing the travel), plus other guests like Nige the chef and Deadly (no idea, just liked his underwater noises - you had to be there) who'd pass judgement on the sins of the confessor. Matt took some getting used to as he'd always tend to forgive the naughty and not the accidental confessor, but he was really funny and made the Confessions. I used to love Rebecca's (travel) judgements (I LOVED her voice - could listen to her read the phone book!), but she left.
I've still got some episodes on my phone but no idea if they're still available - have a look. Listen to the older ones compared to the ones with JW. There's just no spark. Plus what is it about female presenters blathering on about their kids (or grandkids - Alison Keenan anyone?)? STFU about your ****** families!
Basically, they took a very entertaining show and completely spoiled it because they bowed to political correctness. After all the fuss about the women in the Beeb getting paid less than the men, instead of just bringing pay into line, they decide to move more women into prime time positions - which I have absolutely no problem with IF the new presenter is up to the job, they don't mess with what is already popular with BOTH sexes AND the new female is actually filling a position, not being trotted on AS a filler. If it ain't broke, DO NOT flaming fix it!
And don't get me started with Sara Cox. I'm cringing at her new segment where she gets someone to ring up a family member or friend to try to get them to say a phrase. Disaster waiting to happen. I have no idea if it's still going as I could no longer take the embarrassing filling in and unconfident presenting style that SC has. I gave her a few weeks to settle in but could stand it no more. She should go to QVC presenter school - at least they're confident with their bluster and unprofessionalism.
Yes, I have PMT so I'm a bit :taphead: Well done if you managed to read all of that little rant, but it's ruined my evenings on the road. Monday to Thursday I could often be seen stuck in a standstill traffic jam laughing my head off. I'd look around and see a few others laughing and knew they were trying to hang on to their sanity with the help of an entertaining radio show for company. Stupid PC knobs!