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He hasn't changed at all nearly ten years on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ8kXDNCb5Y
There does seem to be a lot of dislike for Julian, in essence I can understand the criticism.
It's nice that ITV feel that the old familiar voices can still be part of the continuity team. But I feel now ITV need to look at revamping the continuity team though and getting some fresh talent in to bring UTV more in line with the ethic of ITV.
It would be nice if they did keep it local though rather than just drafting in the Network announcers. That's a touch that ITV Wales has since lost and it's a shame that no welsh voices do even the local continuity there.
Haha. He's actually marginally less wooden in that clip than he is now. I recall a behind-the-scenes clip from about 10 years ago where I'm almost certain Julian said that he adjusted the weather script to make it sound a little less formal. I suspect the phrases "good and heavy" (to describe the rain) and "good and windy" were his work. From what I've seen of the more recent forecasts, I don't believe he edits the scripts at all.
I wouldn't mind at all if they kept local voices on air - just not any of the lot we have today. As Colm has stated, there's been no fresh continuity talent on UTV for a very long time. And what we've been stuck with is very tired, dull and boring.
If they do stick with the UTV branding, I'll be surprised if Wales doesn't attempt to make a case for similar treatment.
Julian is pretty much pants at presenting the weather. Very wooden and straight off the autocue. How many weather presenters use autocue? And what weather presenter never uses their hand to highlight something on the map? Every one of his forecasts follows the same pattern:
(a) Face camera and read first few sentences off autocue.
(b) Turn to the side and read next few sentences off autocue.
(c) Turn and face camera again and read final few sentences off autocue.
(a) Face camera and read first few sentences off autocue.
(b) Turn to the side and read next few sentences off autocue.
(c) Turn and face camera again and read final few sentences off autocue.
He hasn't changed at all nearly ten years on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ8kXDNCb5Y
There does seem to be a lot of dislike for Julian, in essence I can understand the criticism.
It's nice that ITV feel that the old familiar voices can still be part of the continuity team. But I feel now ITV need to look at revamping the continuity team though and getting some fresh talent in to bring UTV more in line with the ethic of ITV.
It would be nice if they did keep it local though rather than just drafting in the Network announcers. That's a touch that ITV Wales has since lost and it's a shame that no welsh voices do even the local continuity there.
Haha. He's actually marginally less wooden in that clip than he is now. I recall a behind-the-scenes clip from about 10 years ago where I'm almost certain Julian said that he adjusted the weather script to make it sound a little less formal. I suspect the phrases "good and heavy" (to describe the rain) and "good and windy" were his work. From what I've seen of the more recent forecasts, I don't believe he edits the scripts at all.
I wouldn't mind at all if they kept local voices on air - just not any of the lot we have today. As Colm has stated, there's been no fresh continuity talent on UTV for a very long time. And what we've been stuck with is very tired, dull and boring.
If they do stick with the UTV branding, I'll be surprised if Wales doesn't attempt to make a case for similar treatment.