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FenellaTheWitch said:
I was doing a long drive the other day and flicking between Radio 2 and Greatest Hits. Greatest hits were busy promoting their competition to win 250k whilst Sarah Cox was busy trying to drum up excitement over the chance to win a Sarah Cox mug. It did make me chuckle.
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I'd rather have a mug than a pencil - she's given those out as prizes before. Apparently it's the taking part that counts!
 
I feel a little bad for Sarah. The mid afternoon and drive time shows used to get a lot of guests and special features. Since she took over, the budget appears to have gone and she must entertain the public with some mugs, fluff and a bit of string.

I don't mind all the daft games and audience participation, it gives the afternoon shows something to make them different. I think all the celebrity guests now end up on the One Show rather than radio 2
 
TheStrawberryThief said:
I feel a little bad for Sarah. The mid afternoon and drive time shows used to get a lot of guests and special features. Since she took over, the budget appears to have gone and she must entertain the public with some mugs, fluff and a bit of string.

I don't mind all the daft games and audience participation, it gives the afternoon shows something to make them different. I think all the celebrity guests now end up on the One Show rather than radio 2
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Zoe gets all of the good guests that R2 books. I agree with your point though. Sara is my favourite presenter so it doesn't bother me that it's just her and the silly stuff - she has the personality to carry it off. Most of the games are naff (eg Letter Getter!) but she's not trying to pretend otherwise so it's OK. Callers always sound really happy to have a chat with her and she's fantastic with them.
 
So it turns out that when Scott Mills took those few weeks off to do wedding prep, a while back, he was actually filming Celebrity Race Across The World (with his then fiancé, now husband.)
 
I think he spoke about that before his actual wedding! It seemed to be the weeks before his wedding, then he got married then he came back.
 
The 21st century folk music series Radio 2 has been doing is brilliant. I am listening to it now and some of the stories are making me very emotional.

For those who do not know about it, it is something they stated doing last year. They find 5 people with extraordinary stories and pair them up with a folk musician/group who writes a song about them.

Last year, my old GP was one of the people selected as a subject for a new folk song ( I think it was called ' Doctor Boro', and was about how he came here to work as a young GP and has seen many changes over the years, many difficulties for the area etc but he love for Middlesbrough FC has always lasted).

This year all the songs are related to the sea or lifeboats. I ended up crying listening to one of the stories about a couple who nearly drowned after the tide came in and left them stranded.

The whole thing should be on bbc sounds ( live performances of the songs on the iplayer) , I highly recommend it for anyone looking for something a little different.
 
TheStrawberryThief said:
The 21st century folk music series Radio 2 has been doing is brilliant. I am listening to it now and some of the stories are making me very emotional.

For those who do not know about it, it is something they stated doing last year. They find 5 people with extraordinary stories and pair them up with a folk musician/group who writes a song about them.

Last year, my old GP was one of the people selected as a subject for a new folk song ( I think it was called ' Doctor Boro', and was about how he came here to work as a young GP and has seen many changes over the years, many difficulties for the area etc but he love for Middlesbrough FC has always lasted).

This year all the songs are related to the sea or lifeboats. I ended up crying listening to one of the stories about a couple who nearly drowned after the tide came in and left them stranded.

The whole thing should be on bbc sounds ( live performances of the songs on the iplayer) , I highly recommend it for anyone looking for something a little different.
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What a good recommendation - thanks. I'll definitely seek that out.
 
Another good little programme is one called Growing Solo on Radio 4 (Sundays at 12.15pm and Sounds). Only 15 minutes long. It's about a man who is living entirely off what he can grow on his small holding in Somerset for one year. And that includes absolutely everything apart from salt.
He is obviously in a position of privilege in that he has the land and time to do this, but still interesting and he is very likeable.
 
FakeSmile said:
I like Vick but not with Katie and Jamie, the dynamic is off. You could tell she was actually friends with Jordan so it worked better.
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I used to like her, but she seemed to change when she got "her" ranch in Ibiza and I feel she constantly belittles Jamie. I know he's a bit naive maybe, but even so.
 
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