Miss(Fit) Jo Whiney

[thesshhh]

What will it take to get her off Radio 2’s drive-time? She is sooooooo dull. More dreary than Dermot O’Dreary. Anyone out there actually like this show?

[Theland]

If she is heterosexual, white and has all her limbs, she needs to be replaced asap.

[fiction-factory]

Do you believe all this stuff Theland or are you trying to wind people up for a laugh?

[gingejbee]

Quite simply....if everyone who tunes in stopped listening completely (as I have done)...I think the "powers that be" would have a re-think.

[fiction-factory]

I rarely listen to Radio 2 but when I listened to the new Wiley and Mayo show I thought it sounded very forced. Simon Mayo seemed to do fine on his own before. I don't mind Jo Wiley but she's more of a serious music presnter (6 Music type) rather than the sort of light fun/chatty type needed for daytime radio 2

[gingejbee]

^^^precisely, f-f, she's completely mis-placed...ie in the wrong place!

[andy-hughes]

This has been debated previously.

The BBC will be aware of the mass of hostility that has greeted the inclusion of Jo Whiley onto Simon Mayo's Drivetime.


Sources infer that neither presenter was in favour of the change, forced by the bright idea that 'diversity' needs to come before simple analysis of the suitability of changes, and the audiences' reactions to them.

The BBC now has to grit its teeth for a sufficient time to look as though they abandoned the show for reasons other than its utter and compete miserable failure for minute one of broadcast.

[murraymints]

please don't "fix what aint broke " Radio 2.... hopefully normal service will resume...

[Prudie]

Theland that did make me laugh - if that was your purpose

[emeritus]

I have stopped listening. It will be interesting to the next raja figures.

[Georgiesmum]

Bring back Simon Mayo back on his own how it was. I will start listening to it again .

[andy-hughes]

I suspect you are far from alone in that approach.

[dance2trance]

I like the new Jo chat show about babies and picking your children up from ballet class etc. and the intimate details of her life such as fights she has with her husband (she is going off him), how her children have differing views and how clever they are, her dyslexia problems it is all so sweet and lovely. All 'grandma and slippers'. It is her show after all - she said so the other day - so stop moaning.

[lankeela]

She has such a boring voice too - but my biggest grip with most of these shows is asking people to email in with what they are having for tea, what they are doing eg decorating the spare room or the even worse topics such as things you bought that were a disaster - really - who wants to be bored by such mundane things - I am sure the presenters really don't give two hoots what someone has had for their tea.

[douglas9401]

Maybe if they changed it to 'what are you having for dinner'....?