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andy-hughes | 14:33 Sun 12th May 2013 | Radio

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BBC Radio Stoke presenter Paula White was taken off air during her final lunchtime broadcast before she moves to a weekend slot.

She was incoherent through alcohol (which she denies)was replaced after thirty minutes of rambling and playing wrong material.

The great thing is - she is STILL on the 'listen again' section until Friday - go for it - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01817jp.

The Archers

Jack Wooley

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jno

the fleetsh all lit up...

jno

oh, the page wasn't found! :-(

ladybirder

Page not found andy.

sunny-dave

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01817jp

jno

ah, a rogue full stop, thanks sunny dave.

ladybirder

No, 3 hours is just too much.

jno

I'vee tried jumping around through it but all I can hear is him.... has she been edited out?

jno

ah, try listening at about 8 minutes, ladybirder

mushroom25

she only lasted 30 minutes or so - there's a 6mn "edit" of the best bits on the daily mirror website.

sunny-dave

Start about 7 minutes in - 10 or 15 minutes from then will give you the flavour (skip the music) ...

Robinia

Ooooh not her, she used to be on in my area (Derby)....she called people 'hun' if I remember correctly, drove me mad.

ladybirder

Got it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WGvIMcoBoY

jno

they must have exiled her to Stoke after that, Robinia, only it didn't take

ladybirder

Wow she's really well oiled. How embarrassing.

andy-hughes

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She is one of those people who adopts a 'radio' voice that is utterly unlike the way anyone speaks, ever. It's all swooping up and down the vocal scale in a style that Terry Wogan would blush at!

Sadly, a lot of BBC stations think individuals like this produce 'local colour' - which is the sort of snooty London-based patronising that gives local radio a bad name.

We have had a selection of thick-as-a-brick locally born presenters who appeal to a narrow pensioner listener demographic, and they keep finding them!

No sure what Paula's future on the station will be now - we wait with bated breath, but since this has made the nationals, I can't imagine the local bosses will be too impressed.

jno

the BBC can be quite forgiving, which is all to the good, as most of us make idiots of ourselves once in a while. She might be given a little gardening leave, though. It was unprofessional behaviour but (presumably) it was a one-off.

ladybirder

Good job she's not a brain surgeon then.

mushroom25