A good presenter

[underthecountertenor]

What a fine presenter [Ian Skelly] is. His stand-in for Petroc Trelawny this morning was a model of professionalism and restrained good humour, rounded off by his spontaneous roar of laughter in response to the gun shot at the end of the last track played (finale of the Toy Symphony).
At the risk of sounding chauvinist, I would be very happy if, of the current crop of Breakfast presenters, Skelly and Trelawny were to alternate during the week, with Martin Handley as permanent a fixture as his time allows at the weekends. For me, Sara Mohr-Pietsch has never seemed to be able to find the right, or even an authentic, 'voice' for the programme (even though her talents are amply displayed elsewhere, for example on Hear and Now), and the same applies to Clemency Burton-Hill at weekends.
Of course the programme is plagued by supposedly audience-friendly 'initiatives' which have been discussed at length on these boards, and over which the presenters may well have little control. But I have the impression that Skelly, Trelawny and Handley manage to deal with these far more successfully than the other two. Yet Skelly seems to be sidelined. I wonder why.

[Norfolk Born]

I agree, he's one of the best.

[Suffolkcoastal]

Just a pity for the poor man that he was dumped with a programme of regular breakfast regurgitations. Let us hope that he will be allowed to introduce more interesting fare by the Dear Leader.

[Caliban]

Just a pity for the poor man that he was dumped with a programme of regular breakfast regurgitations. Let us hope that he will be allowed to introduce more interesting fare by the Dear Leader.

I look forward to hearing tomorrow how he deals with the second-hand soggy Shreddies

[James Wonnacott]

He does that same silly "on ninety to ninety three FM, on line and on digital radio" nonsense as the silly girl does. It has been suggested on here that it's in the house rules to say it but PT never does.

[VodkaDilc]

He does that same silly "on ninety to ninety three FM, on line and on digital radio" nonsense as the silly girl does. It has been suggested on here that it's in the house rules to say it but PT never does.

Probably in the same rule book as the even more irritating one which makes them preface every mention of "News" or "Proms" with "BBC". Unnecessary and infuriating!

[cloughie]

Just a pity for the poor man that he was dumped with a programme of regular breakfast regurgitations. Let us hope that he will be allowed to introduce more interesting fare by the Dear Leader.

In your breakfast dreams, Suff!

[Oddball]

At the risk of sounding chauvinist, I would be very happy if, of the current crop of Breakfast presenters, Skelly and Trelawny were to alternate during the week, with Martin Handley as permanent a fixture as his time allows at the weekends. For me, Sara Mohr-Pietsch has never seemed to be able to find the right, or even an authentic, 'voice' for the programme .

Well I'm just wondering whether your views are those of the majority of Radio 3 listeners, or the views of an influential minority intent on foisting their tastes on the rest.

[underthecountertenor]

Well I'm just wondering whether your views are those of the majority of Radio 3 listeners, or the views of an influential minority intent on foisting their tastes on the rest.

My views are my views, which I felt moved to express on hearing Ian Skelly's (to my taste) refreshing presentation style. Whether they coincide with the views of the majority of Radio 3 listeners or those of a minority, whether influential or not, I cannot say. I certainly have no influence and I'm not about foisting anything on anyone. I thought I had expressed my views pretty moderately, so don't quite understand why you have felt the need to go on the offensive.

[Oddball]

I thought I had expressed my views pretty moderately, so don't quite understand why you have felt the need to go on the offensive.

Yes I respect your views under thecountertenor, which are based on sound musical judgements.

But my tastes are not coincident with yours, and I often feel bored/ uncomfortable after listening a while to those presenters you mention.

That is why I asked a genuine question - do your views represent those of the majority? If so , I guess we can look forward to hearing much more of Ian Skelly, and I will probably depart in the general direction of Radio 6. If not, I'll probably hang around.