Wednesday, 29 April 2009
Huw Edwards - Why?
I only ask because I caught 'The 10' (as they portentously call in in BBC circles) and there was the Welsh dunce - a man barely capable of reading an autocue convincingly - out in Basra doing John Simpson's job, despite the fact that The Man Himself was there, reduced to a brief interjection. If the BBC carries on like this, flying dud anchor men out to the four corners of the Earth at the drop of a hat - at vast expense and to no purpose - it is only accelerating its (by and large) richly deserved demise.
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I heard that from next week they're getting Jamie Theakston to do live reports on Swine Flu, using a big cardboard chart called a Swine-ometer
ReplyDeleteWet lettuce with a hint of Welsh accent, prefer four's noos, staffed entirely by the inmates of an asylum on day release.
ReplyDeleteHe has a far pleasanter voice - and accent - than most telly people.
ReplyDeleteI agree dearieme, and it's nothing to do with the fact that my own mother, still drawing breath on a Wicklow hillside, has a similar Monmouth lilt. Also, since Huw changed his tailor and lost a bit of weight, he is a bit easier on the eye.
ReplyDeleteI accept that Auntie still feels the need to head south in the search for ratings. I just hope that they will call it a day....about now
Nice voice and accent, yes - but he's still a dunce, a totally clueless broadcaster, way out of his depth outside a newsroom (or even inside, when he's trying to do a one-to-one). The likes of Simpson and Justin Webb must be fuming when Huw's flown out.
ReplyDelete"The likes of Simpson and Justin Webb" are manifestly twats: Huw may just be a plonker (for all I know).
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