{"id":32,"date":"2006-11-04T02:48:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-04T08:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrianmonck.com\/?p=32"},"modified":"2006-11-04T02:48:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-04T08:48:00","slug":"desert-island-discs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adrianmonck.com\/about\/2006\/11\/desert-island-discs\/","title":{"rendered":"Desert Island Discs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The ‘critics’ versus the public…<\/p>\n

Listeners sail to the rescue of Kirsty Young<\/strong> on Desert Island Discs<\/strong>.<\/em> [Indy<\/a>]<\/p>\n

“…despite the media hoo-hah surrounding her appointment, Young has managed to gain approval from the one group that really matters: Desert Island Discs’ loyal band of listeners. Sources at the BBC say audience figures for her opening five programmes – which have featured interviews with the actress Jane Horrocks, and The Independent’s Robert Fisk – have far outstripped those achieved in the final days of Sue Lawley’s reign.<\/p>\n

Calls and e-mails to the BBC’s “audience line”, in which viewers and listeners can pass comment on programming, have endorsed Young’s style of interviewing by a majority of roughly two to one.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The piece quotes a tabloid article describing Young as “ruthless, disloyal, and chillingly ambitious.” Now you don’t learn everything about a person by sitting alongside them in a newsroom, but I think I saw enough to say that she brilliantly conceals these reptilian traits under a cloak of decency, kindness and good humour. <\/p>\n

Not that my opinion is worth any more than anyone else’s (see Hobbes<\/a>), but I thought she was perfect for the role<\/strong><\/a>, and hearing her only confirms me in my prejudice. <\/p>\n

Looks like the listeners agree, and the radio critics and reviewers didn’t really know what they were talking about. Quelle surprise!<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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