Amol Rajan interviews Sheila Hancock
Amol Rajan interviews Sheila Hancock
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Bonefish Blues

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245 months

Friday 19th January 2024
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Just watched this, worth looking out on iPlayer. She's a remarkable woman, and he can interview a bit too.

SpudLink

7,547 posts

214 months

Friday 19th January 2024
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Watching it now. She’s just told the smart watch story.
She’s brilliant.

biggbn

29,643 posts

242 months

Friday 19th January 2024
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Fantastic TV. I hope I am half as cogent and charismatic when I'm 90!!!

Bonefish Blues

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245 months

Saturday 20th January 2024
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biggbn said:
Fantastic TV. I hope I am half as cogent and charismatic when I'm 90!!!
Not sure I am now hehe

rdjohn

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217 months

Saturday 20th January 2024
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A good 45min of terrestrial TV. Something of a rarity these days.

I do think Amol Rajan is a very good interviewer. Asks open questions and listens to the answers. It seems a simple method, but one that very few seem to follow.

SpudLink

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Saturday 20th January 2024
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rdjohn said:
A good 45min of terrestrial TV. Something of a rarity these days.

I do think Amol Rajan is a very good interviewer. Asks open questions and listens to the answers. It seems a simple method, but one that very few seem to follow.
Seems like he’s actually interested in what they have to say.
Broadcast journalists generally aim to get a good quote, or catch the person out with a ‘gotcha’ moment.

Bonefish Blues

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Saturday 20th January 2024
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He has an air of a modern Parkinson, having reflected on the programme.

sir humphrey appleby

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244 months

Saturday 20th January 2024
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A rather tenuous link but a good friend from school and college married one of her and John thaws daughters, the wedding and reception was at their house in the Cotswolds. Spoke to her a few times during the day and evening after a few glasses of wine and she was just a very warm and engaging lady who had a lot of time for the rough lot friends of her new son in law. It was a great party!!

rdjohn

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217 months

Sunday 21st January 2024
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Bonefish Blues said:
He has an air of a modern Parkinson, having reflected on the programme.
I agree, we caught a compilation of Parkinson programs over Christmas. He really was the king of chat show interviewers. So very high praise for Rajan.

P1ato

351 posts

150 months

Sunday 21st January 2024
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Amol Rajan is great: he clearly does a lot of research. He uses notes during the interview, but in a very relaxed and natural way.

Sheila Hancock is brilliant, and a wonderful role model for my daughters and their generation. She has a remarkable determination and drive, whilst also being caring and hilarious at the same time.

Edited by P1ato on Sunday 21st January 16:50

Kamov

652 posts

33 months

Sunday 21st January 2024
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Amol is great in anything he does, safe pair of hands, all his interviews are great, Bill Gates one, he even dares ask Greta Thunberg some awkward questions.

I was going to skip the Hancock one, but I'll watch it now.

henrycrun

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262 months

Sunday 21st January 2024
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Used to be available on BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p09nx2kq

Have they changed the programme title ?

Kamov

652 posts

33 months

Sunday 21st January 2024
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henrycrun said:
Used to be available on BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p09nx2kq

Have they changed the programme title ?
All available on iPlayer

Randy Winkman

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211 months

Sunday 21st January 2024
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It was good and the stuff about class/accent particularly interesting. Also how John Thaw declared undying love for her.

On accents it always amuses me when you see old documentary clips with the hilariously posh accents from the interviewers.

Just remembered that it was a shame that near the end when she was talking about her outlook on life she did go into a bit of a depressing "the state of the world today" thing. Not uncommon amongst elderly people but sad when they are people that grew up in the second world war so have presumably seen much worse than we have now.

Edited by Randy Winkman on Sunday 21st January 15:54

henrycrun

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262 months

Sunday 21st January 2024
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Kamov said:
henrycrun said:
Used to be available on BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p09nx2kq

Have they changed the programme title ?
All available on iPlayer
The radio versions were typically 20mins longer