Discussion
Travs said:
I listened to it when he started but, in my view, it became more about him than the listener. I spent many years listening to the Breakfast Show in the car but latterly chose almost anything else.
Definitely this. I used to listen to him in the earlier days but found his increasing narcissism incredibly irritating. Top Gear didn't really help my opinion of him either.Mr2Mike said:
Travs said:
I listened to it when he started but, in my view, it became more about him than the listener. I spent many years listening to the Breakfast Show in the car but latterly chose almost anything else.
Definitely this. I used to listen to him in the earlier days but found his increasing narcissism incredibly irritating. Top Gear didn't really help my opinion of him either.r11co said:
Blackpuddin said:
Hilarious to see his quote 'you've got to shake it up' before the announcement that his next job is exactly the same as his current one, presumably for more money. Good riddance.
And there was me thinking all that 'keep on climbing' stuff was a hint at a new, brave project. Instead it's a retrograde step, reducing his exposure drastically (but probably for more money) because his ego can't take the criticism. If he'd just decided to retire and pass the baton, citing his growing family I would have seriously respected the decision.
Just wondering how long it will be before 'TFI Friday' re-re-launches.
Maybe the BBC will actually do something radical and bring in someone new. Or at least promote someone from within their wider network, as suggested above. The cosy and apparently inviolate cabal of BBC 'DJs', or presenters as they should perhaps be known, desperately needs a big dose of disruption. Or a shake-up, as Evans might have put it without a hint of irony. 'Some of us are mountain climbers'. Bluurggh.
Mr2Mike said:
Definitely this. I used to listen to him in the earlier days but found his increasing narcissism incredibly irritating. Top Gear didn't really help my opinion of him either.
Completely agree. I liked him at the start, but he slowly started to grate. After TG he just annoyed me, so I switched to local radio (The Breeze - playing your relaxing feel good favourites). Sara Cox could tempt me back though.Just a guess:
Evans' Agent: "Hello, BBC, it's time to talk about Chris' next contract. How about a cost-of-living-with-15-Ferraris increase of 15%?"
BBC: "Are you mad? In this climate? His next contract is sub £1m, or nothing. And he needs a female sidekick with equal billing."
EA: Click, brrrrrrr..... [dialling noises] "Hello, Virgin?...."
Evans' Agent: "Hello, BBC, it's time to talk about Chris' next contract. How about a cost-of-living-with-15-Ferraris increase of 15%?"
BBC: "Are you mad? In this climate? His next contract is sub £1m, or nothing. And he needs a female sidekick with equal billing."
EA: Click, brrrrrrr..... [dialling noises] "Hello, Virgin?...."
SpeckledJim said:
Just a guess:
Evans' Agent: "Hello, BBC, it's time to talk about Chris' next contract. How about a cost-of-living-with-15-Ferraris increase of 15%?"
BBC: "Are you mad? In this climate? His next contract is sub £1m, or nothing. And he needs a female sidekick with equal billing."
EA: Click, brrrrrrr..... [dialling noises] "Hello, Virgin?...."
Very very likely. Evans' Agent: "Hello, BBC, it's time to talk about Chris' next contract. How about a cost-of-living-with-15-Ferraris increase of 15%?"
BBC: "Are you mad? In this climate? His next contract is sub £1m, or nothing. And he needs a female sidekick with equal billing."
EA: Click, brrrrrrr..... [dialling noises] "Hello, Virgin?...."
Next will be Norton which is a crying shame.
If people don’t like Evans switch off simple - 9 m listeners proves he has the draw
suffolk009 said:
RVVUNM said:
Sarah Cox next please
I really hope so.Look at 6 Music.
Cox wasn't exactly popular on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show, and lost over 1m listeners in her brief 3 year stint.
Sounds like an ideal replacement for Evans.
Edited by RJG46 on Monday 3rd September 15:51
WestyCarl said:
Blackpuddin said:
I think that after his TG disaster he has finally realised that he is nothing more than a one-trick pony – and not a very good trick at that.
I wish I had "one not very good trick" that could earn the money he has........Been wondering what all the fuss was about since he turned up on Radio 1 Sunday Afternoons all those years ago.
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