On Nov 26, 11:38*am, "Roger Smith" wrote:
Isn't she awful! *We are in for a blustery old day today and a chilly old
start tomorrow (BBC News 24 at 11.30).

I don't think I took in what she said about the actual weather.

I think we need a few articulate old presenters on TV if real forecasters
are too expensive.

Roger

Yes, I'm getting into a right old state about it as I head
through the afternoon period. I get all my BBC forecasts from Radio 4
and radio presentation is in some ways more difficult than TV,
something you would have thought the BBC would have recognised.
Laura Tobyn doesn't seem engaged with the subject, somehow, and
sounds a bit like a robot, or a dentist's receptionist (ooh, snobby
old git). Having said that, she is better than Tomas Schaffernacker
(spelling?) who still manages to waffle and confuse, despite the new
format. He sounds nervous and frankly a bit wet. Neither should be
doing this job - they are simply unsuitable. The best by far is Peter
Gibbs who sounds as if he is delivering information about something he
really knows about and wants us to understand.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.