A Face For Radio ...

[andy-hughes]

... is a common expression for those who are not actually sprayed with evolution's aftershave.

There are many radio presenters who have wonderful voices, and (they would happily admit!) faces that don't match.

On occasions, there are TV presenters whose natural charm and good looks tend to obscure the fact that their voice in isolation sounds like a cat sliding down a blackboard.

I have always wondered then, how Mark Lawson ever found and continues a career in either medium - his voice sounds like he is breathing through a straw under water, and his visual manifestation is, shall we be kind and say - unusual?

So how did he find work on radio or TV, and why do they still use him?

[murraymints]

Steve Wright was a surprise to me..

[andy-hughes]

murraymints - // there'll never be another Wogan ! //

I know, makes you wonder if there really is a God after all!!

[Peter Pedant]

// I think all TV recruiters search for blokes unable to sound the letter "r"//

oh..... or oo-arrrh! Lucky we dont have the Indian Empire any more as what a mess they may make of BOR - British Other Ranker
( trooper in a British Regiment in India rather than a regiment of the Indian Army ) . I mean he wouldnt be able to go out onto the street on leave day. ( or perhaps in Lewis Hamiltons pink tutu )

I have it in for - the intrusive post vocalic 'r'
"Westminster rand West Ken." is OK but " Africa rand Australia" isnt

[ after africa there should be a glottal stop and not an 'r')

what suicide bombers shout "Aller riz great!" drives me potty
Gender socio-linguistics apparently - gurlz do it more than boys

just saying

[Peter Pedant]

// // I think all TV recruiters search for blokes unable to sound the letter "r"//

you mean it was really Terry Rogan and we never knew ?

[Bathsheba]

And older people who should know better use v instead of th

Baths
x x

[-Talbot-]

Bathsheba
Well I think what I said was dead funny........


I like it, weally liked it. (how I never got a caweer on TV I will never know)

[baza]

That bloke Peston really winds me up , scruffy and cannot complete a sentence without pausing for breath, he also talks a load of carp. I always thought that reporters report not give their own misguided opinions.

[kvalidir]

Andy- "he doesn't interest me that much".
That's weird, you've posted two whole threads about him; imagine if you were interested in him, the place would be over-run with threads about him!
I'm not interested in Julie Andrews, Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali or 50 Shades of Grey- hence I haven't posted any threads about them. I think posting two threads about someone who doesn't interest you is frankly 'unusual'.

[andy-hughes]

kvaldir - Noted.