Britain's 100 Favourite Walks.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2018/01/30/britains-favourite-walks-top-100-review-dust-hiking-boots-inspiring/

Apart from the diversity angle what valuable contribution did Ore Oduba make to Britain's 100 favourite walks, presented by that well known walker Julia Bradbury?

[Islay]

// the presenters Julia Bradbury and Ore Oduba//
So was he not a co presenter?
If so that's what contribution he made.

[emmie]

i didn't watch it sadly, but may do a catch up later.
Ore seems a personable guy but since Strictly he is popping up on tv a lot more. Not sure that is a good thing.

[emmie]

i thought he used to be a sports pundit, can someone say that is right or not..

[Mamyalynne]

Yes, a co presenter.

//The ITV show, presented by Julia Bradbury and Ore Oduba, brought viewers the ultimate guide to the beautiful British outdoors.//

It's a bit like asking what Gordon the Gopher brought to the Broom Cupboard.

[elliemay1]

Ore Oduba (born 17 November 1985) is a British television news and sports presenter, currently working for BBC Sport. He is best known for winning the fourteenth series of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing.

[elliemay1]

^ In answer to emmie's query

[Mamyalynne]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ore_Oduba

[Sipowicz]

So, he has experience as a presenter and he can walk, ideally suited!

[Baldric]

Is it 'cause he's Black?

[emmie]

i knew that he did some sort of sports punditry, now he's popped up on some dire gameshow, I took a few minutes to view and decided it wasn't for me.

[Islay]

Of course it is Baldric - I note the OP is not mentioning the other people on the show!!

[Mamyalynne]

He's been on screen in various ways for 10 years, it's just that some of his earlier work wouldn't be what lots of us watched.

[emmie]

don't much like football, so probably didn't know of him till Strictly.

[Mamyalynne]

He started on Newsround, in the link I gave you - a while since I watched that.

[Neveracrossword]

Emmie, Google mentioned that he also did Newsround for a number of years, and 'Claimed And Shamed' (on BBC, about insurance fraud) for a while too.

[emmie]

didn't watch them to be honest.

[Mamyalynne]

Anyway, it would be interesting to know the OP's point of view.

I enjoy these types of programmes and Julia is great and enthusiastic about them - I am sure Ore's pleasant and cheerful personality works fine alongside hers.

[emmie]

will try and catch up...

[sapelesam]

Julia "AirMiles" Bradbury as she's affectionately known in the Sam household.

[anotheoldgit]

/// I enjoy these types of programmes and Julia is great and enthusiastic about them ///

Totally agree Mam, she is to walking what Clare Balding is to racing, but there was no need to have a co presenter, his rare presence was not needed, also the fact that judging by all the ramblers that were shown throughout the programme, rambling the countryside isn't a hobby that black people seem to take part in.