BBC TV Presenter for the Coronation

karmalady

I loved GBnews coverage today and especially the knowledge and commentary given by David Starkey. I did switch around at first but only lasted a few seconds on other channels. Disliked BBC1 intensely

Starkey is so genned up on the history of the royals that he doesn’t even have to stop and think when someone asks him a question. His memory for facts and dates is remarkable. I admire him very much.

I always use subtitles, not because of deafness but because they help me understand peculiar accents and poor speech.

I like KirstyYoung’s voice and her soft accent.

I like Kirsty Young, as others have said, her voice is soft and warm, not all Scottish accents are. I can hear her perfectly well, as can DH who wears two hearing aids. Can’t stand David Starkey even if his knowledge is encyclopaedic!

One hearing aid heard her ok.

Starkey is regarded, by his peers as a mediocre (to be polite) historian, and he is indubitably a racist. He lost his publishing contract as a result.

Another one here who can't stand Starkey. Dreadful man.

Add me to the list please. Starkey is an abhorrent man with racial views that shouldn’t be held in a modern world, let alone broadcast.

Richard Dimbleby was right for the times in which he commentated great events of State but he would be too unctuous for the present day.

And here’s a “dreadful woman”

www.tyla.com/news/bridgerton-adjoa-ando-itv-balcony-comments-331577-20230507

So sorry if all the royals are white Adjoa. Imagine if we said the balcony was “too black.”

I have to admit to not even knowing who was commentating as I watched the coronation with my friend. I wanted to watch the ceremony, people coming into the Abbey and noseying at what they were wearing, and the balcony appearance. I'm not at all interested in talking heads, though I did find India Hicks interesting to hear.

I prefer the documentaries and the factual stuff rather than interviewing randoms on the street and lining up people in sofas.

I wish people wouldn't be so rude about people's accents

I like Kirsty Young but Huw Edwards is sooo dreary. I do miss the incomparable Richard Dimbleby whose voice and diction were perfect.

BBC did at least let us listen to the glorious music without waffling on.