Old Codger Fan

The Blue Room was great - I would get up early for it!

Correct! - There's got to be a market for that, right?? - Or - just me??

I've always wanted to do a show called 'From the Forties To The Noughties' ,,,

I've observed in various ways on here already how much more entertaining the stand-in-for-Jack shows are, compared to the actual-Jack shows ... And get shouted-down for it, every time.

If we include R1Xtra, does this make David Rodigan the new Old Trooper?

My mind has been changed. He's alright on his own. Weird but true.

Browsing it now - Gets off to a good start with the 'Whole Lotta Love' theme tune! And Clara doing her (perfectly pleasant) TV voice again (Unlike ... The RADIO one ?? - With the SENSELESS dynamics and rising inflections all over the place ???!!! ) .......

I'm open to having my mind changed, but I reckon it'll be intensely annoying ...

Whisper it, folks, but ... Every time someone stands-in for Jack Saunders, the show has improved. Credit where it's due - Every time JS has stood-in for Clara Amfo, that's also improved matters - but that's quite a low bar!

The popularity of R1 Anthems/ Radio 1 00's among U-35's is mildly depressing, like they've already taken to saying, "Things were better in my day" ......

Whereas driving force should have been ensuring that there wasn't too marked a drop in quality!

^ That bit = Defo. ^

Yep, I found his casual, 'oh by the way' approach quite refreshing ...

She's semi-scripted yes - That's not quite the same thing as 'inauthentic', though.

Yes, that has been touched on before, in other threads - Either go full 'muso' with interesting facts about the making of the records themselves etc ... Or incorporate it into a 'light entertainment' format (shout-outs from someone dancing in their kitchen etc) - The 'hybrid' approach doesn't really work ...

Same - and: of the people who have done it since .... Jordan did it best.

Jordan (from what I've heard of him) really is 'Mr Adaptable', so I'm sure he'd make a success of anything (Jack Saunders, by way of contrast, thinks he's Mr Adaptable, but he really isn't - I do wish he'd pick a lane to swim in).

That's an excellent idea. So excellent, that it will probably never happen ...

You're inches away from saying that Dean needs to be given the boot ...

The Radio Times, plus trial-and-error dial-twiddling over the years! ? Obviously not everything gets my undivided attention, according to whether I'm at work, out & about etc. But aim for an overall sense of quality and variety...

Roughly speaking ~ MON-WED 6am Breakfast, 5Live 7am Chris Evans, Virgin 9am Greg James, R1 10am Vernon Kay, R2 11am James O'Brien, LBC 12noon Jeremy Vine, R2 (breaking for Newsbeat, R1, 12.45pm - and 5Live at 12noon if there are PMQs) 2pm Dean & Vicky, R1 3pm Fi Glover & Jane Garvey, Times 5pm Bush & Richie, Absolute (breaking for Newsbeat, R1 5.45pm) 6.30pm Comedy Show, R4 (occasionally R4 Extra) 7pm Through The Decades, Absolute 7.30pm Huw Stephens, Radio Wales 9pm Specialist Show, R2 10pm Riley & Coe, 6Music 11.30pm Comedy Show, R4 Extra (occasionally R4) 12midnight Night Tracks, R3 12.30am ASLEEP. THURS As Mon-Wed, except: 7pm Jo Whiley, R2 8pm Mollie King Future Pop, R1 FRI As Mon-Wed, except: 2pm Ellis & John, 5Live 4pm Official Chart, R1 6pm Sara Cox, R2 7pm Majestic, Kiss (Sometimes a music feature on R4 Extra at 8.30pm) 9pm Martin Kemp, Greatest Hits 10pm Nick Abbot, LBC 12midnight John Kennedy, Radio X SAT 7am Sounds Of The 60's, R2 8am Radcliffe & Maconie, 6Music 10am Graham Norton, Virgin 12.30pm Comedy Show + News, R4 1.10pm Mark Kermode Film Music, Scala 2pm Pick Of The Pops, R2 3pm Matt & Mollie, R1 4pm Music Planet, R3 5pm Sportsworld, World Service 6pm Stateside (Americana), PlanetRock 7pm Craig Charles Funk & Soul, 6Music 9pm Sounds Of The 80's, R2 10pm Nick Abbot, LBC 12midnight John Kennedy, Radio X SUN 7am Aled Jones, Classic FM 8am Radcliffe & Maconie, 6Music 10am Graham Norton, Virgin 12.30pm Food Programme, R4 1pm Guy Garvey Finest Hour, 6Music 2pm David Rodigan, Radio 1Xtra 3pm Matt & Mollie, R1 4pm Sounds Of The 70's, R2 5pm UK Charts, Capital 7pm 'My Planet Rocks' Feature, PlanetRock 8pm Chillest Show, R1 9pm Desert Island Discs (+ David Attenborough Stories), Radio 4 Extra 10pm Indie Show, R1 11pm Cillian Murphy Limited Edition, 6Music 12midnight Classical Fix, R3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Still sounds out of place to me on his regular spot

I made a point about the difference in a Glastonbury trailer in my OP, so have no idea what Theodore was driving at ...

Listened last night from 7pm. No improvement, to my ears. Had switched over to Jo Whiley by 7.15pm.

Even so, I'd also happily listen to Mark Lamarr doing 'Sounds Of The 50's' in some graveyard hour ..