TV Home Forum

News anchors/reporters who just should't be there...

(August 2003)

This site closed in March 2021 and is now a read-only archive
:-(
A former member
these last few weeks and days have been a media storm, testing even some established names (especially in the breaking news industry) . however i have noted that many reporters have not been doing too well, mumbling and fluffing what appears to be complete incomprehensive nonsense. are standards slipping to make news more accessable?

what recent anchors and reporters have really shown themselves up over the recent few weeks and should get off our screens?
RE
Re-it-er-ate
Trevor McDonald
Bill Neely
Huw Edwards
Darren Jordon
Brian Hanrahan
Most of the people on News 24
The One who sounds likes shes got a cold on Central News - Hackmy Ali or something like that.
:-(
A former member
i like old trevor mcdonald, but i have noticed he is incredibly wooden. he has an obvious on screen authority and presents, but it may have been underminded recently by the tonight programme, which is really tabloid trash in all but name. rarly does it investigate any cutting issues.


bring back the fab central tv classic the cook report. now that was cutting edge telly.
DO
dotdotuk Founding member
Terry The Wonder Carcass posted:
bring back the fab central tv classic the cook report. now that was cutting edge telly.


Nah - there are too many of those cookery programmes already Very Happy

All the best,

Henry
CA
cat
Terry The Wonder Carcass posted:
i like old trevor mcdonald, but i have noticed he is incredibly wooden. he has an obvious on screen authority and presents, but it may have been underminded recently by the tonight programme, which is really tabloid trash in all but name. rarly does it investigate any cutting issues.


bring back the fab central tv classic the cook report. now that was cutting edge telly.


Isn't Cook dead?

In which case, it'd be quite difficult for it to make anything other than a return on Most Haunted or Strange But True or Emmerdale.

Could be wrong, but I was under that impression.
CA
cat
c@t posted:
Isn't Cook dead?


Oh no, sorry, he's not. Just his career.

Not sure why I thought that, actually.

Sorry, Roger!
TW
Turnbull and Williams
Two words - Dermot Murnaghan
CO
Corin
Was not the Cook Report discredited for staging some apparent confrontation or other?
IS
Isonstine Founding member
Re-it-er-ate posted:
The One who sounds likes shes got a cold on Central News - Hackmy Ali or something like that.


Arati Halai. I CANNOT stress this enough:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jamesison/kay-c02.jpg
RE
Re-it-er-ate
http://jolnetwork.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/captures/arati.jpg

Yes thats the one i think, bloody awful she is too.
MI
Mikeroberts
Darren Jordon - Hes OK, but should not be on the weekend bulletins IMO. He is better at 1.

Dermot Murnaghan - Should not be allowed on screen for more than half an hour.... Ten?

George Alagiah - NOT co-anchor material. More suited to BBC4.

Michael Buerk - A legendary Newsreader, but should not be allowed near Natasha Kaplinsky. Not a nice scene....
RT
rts Founding member
Re-it-er-ate posted:
http://jolnetwork.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/captures/arati.jpg

Yes thats the one i think, bloody awful she is too.


I don't know what she's been taking, but I want some!

Newer posts