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Radio 2’s Ken Bruce says he thinks the BBC management needs culling.

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Urmstongran Tue 21-Jul-20 19:06:42

I like KB.

Sir Kenneth of Bruce! He's the best presenter at the BBC by far - the management should start listening to what he says, he's been there long enough to know what he's talking about.

Zoe Ball and Jeremy Vine both need sacking. Ball is useless and Vine for being the biggest leftie on the BBC.

Whitewavemark2 Wed 22-Jul-20 07:54:38

ug your support if Farage shows us where you are on the political spectrum.

Most people will be to your left.

Pudding123 Wed 22-Jul-20 08:33:19

I think Radio2 needs a complete shakeup,can not stand Steve Wright, he is well past his sell by date .Each time he reads out a listener's text he makes sure they all say 'love the show Steve' he is so cheesy he really makes me cringe.

Galaxy Wed 22-Jul-20 08:39:17

Yes I think radio 2 is really poor at the moment.

wendyann23 Wed 22-Jul-20 09:32:56

Like Ken Bruce, Steve Wright, Tony Blackburn and the Saturday afternoon show Pick of the Pops. No opinion on Jeremy Vine. But Zoe Ball is soooooo irritating. If she says telly box one more time......
Try and remember to switch to Chris Evans now.
Still miss Terry though, He was in a league of his own.

farview Wed 22-Jul-20 09:33:49

Another Ken Bruce fan...also like Tony Blackburn, Sarah Cox and Paul O'Grady...not a Jeremy Vine fan..he sits on the fence instead of giving opinions

CassieJ Wed 22-Jul-20 11:46:34

Ken Bruce is great, I really enjoy listening to him. Steve Wright needs to go as well as Sara Cox.
I can't understand why we have to have Alan Carr and Melanie Sykes on either -- can't stand either of them
Jeremy Vine used to be okay, but he is too full of himself now, doesn't allow anyone else to talk.

Love Tony Blackburn and Jonny Walker. Zoe Ball doesn't bother me, she is better than Chris Evans who again got far too full of himself.

Callistemon Wed 22-Jul-20 11:50:52

Brave man

I really hope that they don't cull him.

Gajahgran Wed 22-Jul-20 11:52:44

I think he is going to be replaced by Simon Mayo. We cannot even have one presenter we like.

Callistemon Wed 22-Jul-20 11:54:02

What!?

I must admit I rarely listen, except when driving which I haven't done much lately.

Poppyred Wed 22-Jul-20 12:07:47

Funny how we are all different. I love Steve Wright, not that keen on Ken Bruce. I tolerate Jeremy Vine just... but when Vanessa Feltz takes over I have to switch off! Her blatant left wing beliefs and the snooty way she speaks to people who don’t hold the same views beggars belief!

Callistemon Wed 22-Jul-20 14:26:55

Shhh! I like Steve Wright too

Not that I listen often

lemongrove Wed 22-Jul-20 14:38:37

I really like Ken Bruce.Can’t stand Jeremy Vine, find him very irritating on whatever programme he is presenting.
Had no idea he was left wing or anything else.

Callistemon Wed 22-Jul-20 14:52:43

He's very excitable.
I like his brother though.

Bridie22 Wed 22-Jul-20 15:16:12

Like ken bruce with his pop master quiz each day, radio is turned to radio whilst Jeremy vine is on.
Sunday is my favourite radio day, Steve wright sunday love songs, then Michael Ball. ..Elaine paige following spoils it...her laugh grates !
Then lovely Johnny and Tiggy walker 70s show, followed by Paul ogrady.

shandi6570 Wed 22-Jul-20 17:34:25

Mostly I miss Simon Mayo, cannot stand his replacement, Sarah Cox.

Jeremy Vine is a person who is clever enough to fit whatever personality is required of him and doesn't mind making an idiot of himself, all for the sake of fame and money. I often wonder why he is so keen on slightly distasteful subjects at a time when most of us are having lunch!!

Have given up listening first thing in the morning, didn't like Chris Evans, neither do I like Zoe Ball so don't turn on till 9.30am.

Yes, love listening to Ken Bruce and Johnny Walker. I also used to enjoy listening to Liza Tarbuck on Saturdays, but she seems to have changed lately.

Such a shame that Radio 2 has been dumbed down, supposedly to attract a younger audience who don't listen to the radio anyway. I need a mixture of music and chat in my life.

honeyrose Fri 24-Jul-20 09:41:46

Love Ken Bruce, Johnny Walker, even Jeremy Vine - who hasn’t been getting a good press here, generally! Cannot abide Liza Tarbuck - she thinks she’s so funny, but isn’t, but that’s my opinion. Those irritating pauses of hers - grrrrrrh! I switch off when she comes on. And as for Vanessa Feltz!! Loves the sound of her own voice and cuts people off when talking to them in a very unprofessional way. She’s also much too wordy! I love the music on a radio 2, although I sometimes feel they are playing the same thing over and over again - there’s so much to go at, why keep playing the same stuff?. I really enjoyed Simon Mayo’s Drivetime show and when they teamed him up with Jo Whiley it just didn’t work. Awkward, clunky, embarrassing almost. Getting used to Sara Cox (it’s taken a while!), but I do get irritated when she says to people “very nice”. Reading this back, I think I need to try some other radio stations!

gillybob Fri 24-Jul-20 09:47:03

Iam64

I loathe Jeremy Vine but he surely isn't a leftie. He's an opinionated, self centred, arrogant metropolitan snob. Hear the way he speaks to people who appear or phone in to his show.
Friends who heard him as an after dinner speaker report he was rude and dismissive about the people who listen and call into his lunch time topical phone in show.

I listen to Johnnie Walker on Sunday afternoon. He plays great music, interviews his guests in a friendly manner and is an all round good radio DJ

Exactly Iam64

I agree with Urms too Ken Bruce is one if the best radio presenters ever.

I mostly listen to local radio these days and some American stations on line (for the music) .