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Natasha and Dermot OR Sian and Bill? (March 2005)

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NA
nat210790
Who do we all prefer - Natasha and Dermot or Sian and Bill on the sofa in the mornings?
ST
South Today
Love Bill and Sian. Really would love to see them on the sofa all the time!
LO
LONDON
You can't beat Bill and Sian. The chemistry between the two of them is fantastic. Its one of the best pairings on tv.
IT
itsrobert Founding member
Personally, I preferred Jeremy and Sophie. Natasha and Dermot are too wooden, and Bill and Sian are sometimes a little over the top. I think Jeremy and Sophie were a good blend of the two current pairings.
LO
LONDON
I always thought that Jeremy and Sophie could not stand each other.
MA
marykate
Natasha/Dermot - i absolutely love Natasha, i think she's sweet etc the only reason she gets critisism is because she's with Dermot and the two just don't bounce off each other and have no rapport at all - it's a bit of a shame.

Natasha gets my vote every time. Having said that as the vote choices were Nat/Derm or Bill/Sian i've had to go for Bill/Sian - they're wicked.
MI
Mikeroberts
itsrobert posted:
Personally, I preferred Jeremy and Sophie. Natasha and Dermot are too wooden, and Bill and Sian are sometimes a little over the top. I think Jeremy and Sophie were a good blend of the two current pairings.


Yes, I agree with you there, if I could choose any possible pairing it would be Jerremy and Sophie, then Bill and Sian. Sophie and Jeremy provided a good balance of seriousness and banter. I think Bill enjoys the banter a little too much on breakfast, but he shows he can be a good heavyweight anchor when on the six.
TW
Turnbull and Williams
Am I allowed to go with Bill & Natasha? The best of both worlds in my opinion - I sometimes find Sian a little overbearing, Bill and Natasha seem more balanced as a partnership.

But with the options available here, I had to vote for Bill & Sian.
JW
JamesWorldNews
Neither.

Moira and Moira for me.
R2
r2ro
I personally think Dermot and Natasha would do better at weekends on Breakfast with the more newsier format of Breakfast and Bill and Sian on weekday Breakfast which contains more entertainment.
On subject of the poll, Bill and Natasha would be the best as Natasha seems more relaxed with Bill but with the options it has to be Bill and Natasha.
SI
simpfeld
Bill works really well on Breakfast. He often has an unusual view on things such as when he wanted a christmas tree put up in his house with no decorations for a few weeks. I really liked the other day when Natasha gave him into trouble for being sexist.

You never quite know what he's going to say next. And he always stirs it up just a bit. Great with either Natasha or Sian. Though Natasha always seems a bit more shocked about the things Bill says so she can be more entertaining.

I don't think Breakfast is as heavy news as it was even a few years ago. I kind of go back to Today for more heavy news on Radio 4 and Breakfast with Bill and who ever if I want lighter entertainment.

I think Bill would potentially be a great HIGNFY guest (or maybe guest presenter). He might be great or might find it really hard I can't decide.
TE
TELEVISION
It was a shame yesterday, someone emailed in to make fun of what Natasha was wearing, then Bill joined in. I think she was a little annoyed. Evil or Very Mad

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