Nicky Campbell leaving 5 Live Breakfast

[redrabbit]

Thank fking Christ.

A third rate Alan Partridge pastiche crossed with a dildo (plastic jock). About five years overdue.

I'm not a fan.

[anonymoususer]

Someone told me he was adopted.
I'm not sure where they got that from as he has never mentioned it

[redrabbit]

anonymoususer said:

Someone told me he was adopted.
I'm not sure where they got that from as he has never mentioned it

[JmatthewB]

And he's a vegetarian

[V8covin]

He was good on Watchdog all those years ago

[Genuine Barn Find]

I recall seeing him on some late night friday debating show when i was a teenager (1999’s). It was very ‘shouty’ if i remember.

[Brave Fart]

He has an incredibly annoying habit of doing word association whilst presenting.
Example: "on the line now we have Mary, and perhaps she will be quite contrary, but we welcome all views on Your Call, and when I say views I actually mean opinions since you can't actually see us - just as well given the socks I'm wearing; jock socks I suppose........Mary? Hello? Oh she's gone. Right. Brian? Tell me about the Life of Brian................"

He is moving to the Your Call slot full time, so I guess the higher ups like him. Could be worse, could be Jeremy Vine.

[redrabbit]

He's been moved to a talk radio slot which will suit his skills perfectly, i.e. conversing with other over-opinionated / under-informed bores. I suspect it's a holding pattern before easing him out altogether, like putting senior managers onto 'special projects' in other industries.

[Fallingup]

Why don't they just shoot him. Like they do with old horses.

[Insert Coin]

What is he 60? Called ‘Nicky’, cringe.

[Nickp82]

What’s the upper age limit for being called ‘Nicky’? Just in case I have missed it already as have been toying with adding the Y.

[redrabbit]

Nickp82 said:

What’s the upper age limit for being called ‘Nicky’? Just in case I have missed it already as have been toying with adding the Y.

9

[MXRod]

Who ?

[Promised Land]

Genuine Barn Find said:

I recall seeing him on some late night friday debating show when i was a teenager (1999’s). It was very ‘shouty’ if i remember.

You lived in the Midlands area then?

Central Weekend Live, a debate type of show with lots of confrontations, on set bouncers to keep the crowd in control too.

[Steve vRS]

Good. I stopped listening to the breakfast show and went to Radio 4. The Today program has a left wing bias but Nicky Campbell has stopped trying to be impartial.

[Argybargy]

I thought old Nicky was quite entertaining. A bit too clever for his own good perhaps but a good broadcaster.

It is unfortunate that some of his other colleagues haven’t been sent upstairs to ‘Radio Quiet’ or wherever they send unwanted presenters.

My nominations:-

Laura ‘how arrrrrr ya?’ Whitmore

Nihal ‘Mr Woke’ Arthanayake

Stephen ‘witless’ Nolan

To name but three. Somewhere in its recent past, Radio 5 somehow forgot that its role was to entertain as well as inform. Instead, it fills its schedules with presenters who are only too eager to push the tiresome woke agenda. I just feel I’m being lectured at half the time and it’s a massive (literal) turn off.

Oh well, at least Colin Murray is back on and Adrian Chiles is still about.

Bring back Phil Williams...

[LukeBrown66]

Thank God for this

The most patronising son of a gun on morning radio ever, the amount of times I try, listen to this cretin and turn off is astounding, I cannot stand the man, he is so smug, patronising, preaching. Holier than thou.

My best morning commute ever was listening to him squirm the morning after Brexit, it was so good I sent him an email to tell him so! I laughed all the way to work!