Adrian Chiles finally found out

[tonym911]

… with the demise of Daybreak, or Daybroken as it perhaps should now be called.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16032...

[jbudgie]

Daybreak was absolute rubbish---that's why it failed.

Typically all it gave us was X factor and 'celebrity' type news -- dumbing down of the worst kind.

Tasmin Khan is rather nice to look at though!!.

[Halb]

Greg Dyke did say he thought Chiles was a good presenter. Just not suited to morning telly.

[Nicholas Blair]

Halb said:

Greg Dyke did say he thought Chiles was a good presenter. Just not suited to morning telly.

Having a laugh surely, he's dreadful.

[Randy Winkman]

Why do people move from perfectly good, well paid jobs at the BBC, to commercial television?

[Halb]

Randy Winkman said:

Why do people move from perfectly good, well paid jobs at the BBC, to commercial television?

Greed?

[Cupramax]

Randy Winkman said:

Why do people move from perfectly good, well paid jobs at the BBC, to commercial television?

In Chiles case it was the small matter of a £6 million contract and presenting their football.

I used to watch GMTV, it was painless dross to wake up to. Daybreak was an utter car crash from the beginning, they tried to mend something that wasn't broken in much the same way as the kull that hapened to the Radio 1 presenters in the 90's. I now watch BBC breakfast with the added bonus of Susanna Reid to ogle.

[Simpo Two]

Cupramax said:

Daybreak was an utter car crash from the beginning, they tried to mend something that wasn't broken in much the same way as the kull that hapened to the Radio 1 presenters in the 90's.

And the same with R4 some years ago - some young career-minded 'on message' woman - ah yes, Liz Forgan - thought that she needed to replace all the good solid stuff with PC crap. No dear, you can live past 40, and things that are over 4 minutes old can still be good. In a world that changes every nanosecond, people need some constancy. 'Sailing By'? Yes please.

[slippery]

jbudgie said:

Tasmin Khan is rather nice to look at though!!.

You are spot on, stops me in my tracks every time!

[SC7]

slippery said:

You are spot on, stops me in my tracks every time!

There may or may not be topless pictures of Tasmin Khan on the Internet.

[sparkythecat]

Halb said:

Greg Dyke did say he thought Chiles was a good presenter. Just not suited to morning telly.

He also described him as being laconic, laid back and miserable

[Halb]

sparkythecat said:

Halb said:

Greg Dyke did say he thought Chiles was a good presenter. Just not suited to morning telly.

He also described him as being laconic, laid back and miserable

Which is why he isn't suited to being a morning presenter

[tonym911]

I can see him collecting my bins but I refuse to watch him on my TV screen. Everything he's been put on has turned to dust, he's a master of no trades that I can see. His 'laconic' style is down to the fact that he's not sharp enough to react to what's unfolding in front of him. I've never seen anyone consult a cribsheet more shamelessly and more regularly than him. Hopeless.

[P-Jay]

Cupramax said:

they tried to mend something that wasn't broken in much the same way as the kull that hapened to the Radio 1 presenters in the 90's.

Sorry can't agree with that, the 90's kull was the best thing that ever happened to Radio 1. Radio 1's job is to cater for the youth of the day, but it had been allowed to grow up with its audience instead of handing them over to Radio 2.

Christ in 1994 I was 17 and listening to Oasis belting out 'Supersonic' whilst Simon Bates was still knocking out 'our tune' mid-morning everyday.

[maxrider]

P-Jay said:

Cupramax said:

the same way as the kull that hapened

Sorry can't agree with that, the 90's kull

It's 'cull'

[Simpo Two]

tonym911 said:

I can see him collecting my bins but I refuse to watch him on my TV screen. Everything he's been put on has turned to dust, he's a master of no trades that I can see. His 'laconic' style is down to the fact that he's not sharp enough to react to what's unfolding in front of him.

He used to present a business programme (Working Lunch); he seemed pretty good at that and it was a surprise when he moved to present pap.

[P-Jay]

maxrider said:

P-Jay said:

Cupramax said:

the same way as the kull that hapened

Sorry can't agree with that, the 90's kull

It's 'cull'

You're quite right, I thought it was but Cupramax's post managed to bluff me!

[Cupramax]

P-Jay said:

Cupramax said:

they tried to mend something that wasn't broken in much the same way as the kull that hapened to the Radio 1 presenters in the 90's.

Sorry can't agree with that, the 90's kull was the best thing that ever happened to Radio 1. Radio 1's job is to cater for the youth of the day, but it had been allowed to grow up with its audience instead of handing them over to Radio 2.

Thats alright, I wasn't asking you to. You only have to look at the way Radio 1 listening figures have gone downhill since to see they were changing things for the sake of change. Commercial radio grew and filled the void that Radio 1 once played to. Radio 2 as it is now didn't exist and has only become new yoof in recent years, they were still playing to the silver brigade at that time. I remember hearing AC/DC played on Radio 2 about 12 years ago one evening and thinking how bizarre it was .

Oh, and kull...