What Is Wrong With The Bbc These Days?

[vulcan42]

BBC2 especially, with Steve Wright who takes any interesting subject and reduces it to trivia and yesterday on the Jeremy Vine programme they had a man on explaining, in great detail, how he washes himself during the hot weather. Also J V (in the studio) has helped a gardener ( in Wales) to pull carrots. I always thought children's programmes started at 5pm.

[Ken4155]

I was listening yesterday and they were explaining how we should be keeping cool in hot weather. Not exactly the beeb's fault that some old guy came on and gave us his 'cooling down' routine in such detail. And the Welsh gardener is a regular feature. I really don't see the problem, vulcan, switch off or tune into another station for an hour or so. That's what i do every Sunday when Elaine Paige comes on with her Stage Musical numbers:-)

[hc4361]

Terry the gardener is fantastic! The Beeb has a history of this sort of thing - remember Archie Andrews the ventriloquist puppet on the radio - Educating Archie.

[Zacs-Master]

The JV show does have some rubbish on it. Finding interesting things to discuss day after day must be difficult. They used to have experts (financial, cookery, law etc) on the Jimmy Young show and listeners phoned in with their questions, which kept it fresh.

[Baldric]

Jeremy Vine, good on Politics, naïve on most other subjects, main problem is he thinks he's as funny as his Brother!

[hc4361]

There are regular experts on the JV show - Martin Lewis for financial advice, Dr Sarah Jarvis for medical; Terry Walton for gardening; Professor Stott on environmental sciences; Barbara Want for family, child care and life issues;Lucy Berry the resident poet can be interesting.

The current regular feature What Makes Us Human is thought provoking. I agree some of the people who phone in can be a bit of a trial but I think on the whole JV handles them very well.

Not all of the topics interest me but there is usually something in each show that I find worth listening to. And he does play some great music

[Bazile]

//Jeremy Vine, good on Politics, naïve on most other subjects, main problem is he thinks he's as funny as his Brother!//

Who is hi brother , baldric

[vulcan42]

Ken4155, it is the fault of the BBC when J V asked the man to explain how he washed. Yes, I could switch off but seeing as my licence fee is part funding the radio I would prefer them to improve rather then having such puerile programmes.
I agree with Baldric, Jeremy Vine is naive on some subjects which I find surprising. All my friends who went to university as he did, have a full and rounded education.

[Mamyalynne]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Vine

[BlueScorpion]

Tim Vine

[SeaJayPea]

In my opinion, Jeremy Vine is as funny as his brother.

Only problem is - that's "not very much".

[Ken4155]

vulcan; i maintain it is not the fault of the BBC. It is the fault of JV for asking the guy to explain how he washed.

[Peter Pedant]

for real stupidity try Vicgtoria Darbyshire at 09 15 every day !

I am not sure if her researchers can read to be honest
there is one who spells governor for example without enough o's

[Ken4155]

^^^

But i'll bet the researcher spells her name correctly, unlike some:-)

[Tizzi24]

I like Jeremy, but can't stand his brother who's a rubbish comic.

[cupid04]

'Not going out' has gone down hill since Tim Vine left. I like Tim Vine!

[gingejbee]

What is wrong with radio listeners these days?
They expect every item on every programme to appeal to them.
It's just not possible.