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Hugh Edwards The Best???

(April 2001)

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Bail Moderator
Ok, How do you think is the best news presenter... and why, got any video, sounds, pictures of them doing anything funny??? put them here, let othere enjoy!!!
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Martin Founding member
My favourite BBC presenter would have to be Bill Turnbill from BBC News 24, He is always so funny and brightens up my afternoon.From BBC1 it would have to be Michael Burke or Peter Sisons.Does anyone elsae think George Alligahia(spelt wrong no doubt) talks too fast, if you dont know what I mean try repeating him reading the news and you will soon get lost.
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cat
Bob Friend, best news reader in the world, and by far the most amusing.
I know you will all be predictable and disagree.
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Martin Founding member
cheshirec posted:
Bob Friend, best news reader in the world, and by far the most amusing.
I know you will all be predictable and disagree.


I have a sneaking suspicion hes from Sky am I right? He must be when you like him!
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cat
Actually he worked at the BBC for a long time before joining Sky and won news presenter of the year at the NY Journo awards so :p
And he is very very funny, sadly he is retiring soon, he's 63 now.

(Edited by cheshirec at 9:44 pm on April 14, 2001)
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Davidjb Founding member
Cheshirec you do have a point he is funny and very good at his job. Yes i do sometimes watch sky news. I like sky news at ten. it is a very good news program. better than the bbc ten o clock news. I wish bob friend was still on at night and not at lunchtime.
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cat
Davidjb posted:
Cheshirec you do have a point he is funny and very good at his job. Yes i do sometimes watch sky news. I like sky news at ten. it is a very good news program. better than the bbc ten o clock news. I wish bob friend was still on at night and not at lunchtime.


*Having heart attack*
But he is very funny, it is a shame he is on in the afternoon in some ways, because I see less of him, but when he is presenting Today he is even more funny than ever before.
Just a shame he will be retiring in a few years I suppose.
MV
Mr Voiceover
Hmmm - I thought the point of a newsreader, was in-fact to read the news to the nation, not be a comedy genious.

Somehow I can't quite see Trevor McDonald doing a 10 minute stand-up comic slot, on that little stage next to the desk, after the 20 minute News at Ten! Wink

James
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Davidjb Founding member
yes but a few years is still a long time. he might not retire if he likes his job a lot. anna botting goes well with him, they make a good team. (ps. i have never said news 24 is the best but its look and schedule layout i find is easier to follow)
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cat
Oh for heavens sake!
He is like Fred Dineage for example.
Serious when it is required and hilarious when not.
He doesn't stand there and read the news in front of an audience who clap at the end of every report, just slips in very witty and amusing comments that make watching him and his co-anchor very amusing and interesting, as well as getting the news at the same time.
He is way way more funny than Bill Turnbull, who in comparison looks like he needs prozac.
Laugh for a change!
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harshy Founding member
Steven Cole(Click Online) is a very good news presenter, he's got a really relaxed style, any chance he will make an appearance on News 24?
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Davidjb Founding member
Stephen cole is best suited to world news. he is a good news reader though, relaxed but authoritive.

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