On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 11:03:53 +0100, Graham P Davis
inspired by Deep Thought wrote:

Nigel Morgan wrote:



Over 50 years ago, on the Home Service near eight o'clock in the morning,
the weather forecast used to last five minutes and was a script read by an
announcer - similar to the Shipping Forecast. However, nearby in the
schedule was Programme Parade, a five-minute programme of radio highlights
for the remainder of the day. So what's new?

The fact that nowadays instead of getting five whole minutes we get at best
about 45 seconds of dumbed down waffle that's more often wildly inaccurate than
not! These days trumpet blowing, endless political speculation, mudslinging and
arguing over meaningless statistics (remember children there are lies, damned
lies & statistics!) are deemed far more important on Radio 4 at this time of the
day than religion & weather - even though thuoghts of a spiritual nature and an
accurate weather forecast are of FAR more use and value to those setting out for
work/the rat (sorry school) run than the endless political drivel that pours out
from Radio 4 at that hour.

Other highlights of the morning were Lift Up Your Hearts - the 5-minute
God-slot, and the Radio Doctor.

Yes I can remember these, and can you remember "Five-to-Ten" on the Light
Programme?

I remember the latter answering a worried
mother that her son would eat nothing but beans on toast. He told her not
to worry as baked beans were full of nutrition and roughage (they didn't
talk about being "high in fibre" in those days). So Mums were worried that
kids were into "junk food" in those days - except it wasn't junk.

Could this explain the significant rise in the amount of very windy weather we
now get in comparison with the 50s & 60s? ;-) That combined with the
never-ending "sex scandals", sensationalist junk food & political garbage we get
forced down our throats by the media these days!

burp!

Nigel

Aagh! Every time I learn something new... it pushes something old out of my brain!