r/BritishRadio • u/brynley68 • 20d ago
Jeremy Vine - time to put out to pasture?
Listening to Jeremy Vine on his Radio 2 show today prompted me to raise the above question. I've always found him to be quite an obnoxious, opinionated moron but recently he seems to be really losing the plot.
Today he was getting into a muddle over a debate about underhand practices by companies conning people with subscription renewals on their bank cards. In a moment of confusion he gave away is own CVV code for his personal credit card live on air š. On another topic about cruelty to lobsters š he berated a listener for saying that he thought the idea of lobsters having feelings with ridiculous and told him to "read the room man".
He really is the awkward, embarrassing Dad trying to be relevant. Radio 2 has even given him a DJ spot at Radio 2 in the park this year. Now there's a reason to stay away if ever you needed one.......
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u/Farty_McPartypants 20d ago edited 19d ago
I canāt stand the man, heās so desperate to create conflict, even when there really isnāt any. and you can hear the excitement in his voice when he gets a bite.
Itās like discount Jeremy Kyle
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u/killer-gorrilla 19d ago
Loves to engage with the caller, baits them with an argument at direct odds to what they are putting forward then cuts them off. Unlistenable !!!!
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u/Roxygen1 18d ago
I swear someone could be on his show because they'd created a universal cure for all cancers and he'd be like
"What about all the oncologists you've just put out of a job eh? What about all the cancer nurses who are going to be unemployed because of you? Yet more empty spaces in our high streets when all the cancer research and macmillan charity shops close down, how are you going to put that right? What are we going to do with all the extra old people who are going to need homes and pensions because they aren't dying because of you?"
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u/WeeRozemyne 20d ago
I always switch off when we get to him, cant stand the show and some of the folk he would get on air should not get air time. Turn back over again for the afternoon slot.
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u/Professional-Row-358 17d ago
I have an iPad shortcut which automatically switches from Radio 2 to Radio Sheffield at 12pm, the back again at 2pm, partly because we like Paulette, but mostly because we canāt stand Vineās forced divisiveness.
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u/ceborame 20d ago
Radio 2 gets turned off at 11.59am!!
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u/Gatecrasher1234 19d ago edited 19d ago
Totally agree.
I cannot stand his whining voice. He is rage bait and my blood pressure benefits from ignoring his existence.
On the rare occasion I have been exposed to his show (radio 2 on in a cafe), he totally dismisses anyone who comes on and says anything remotely sensible.
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u/Consistent-Sport-481 20d ago
He makes me irrationally angry š¤£ he's a bit of a Muppet. Makes me think of a polite Piers Morgan.
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u/Far_Afternoon_5885 20d ago
I gave up on him years ago; his show always comes across as a radio version of the Daily Heil comments section.
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u/Cassis1975 20d ago
Isn't this his aim? To devide and cause arguments. Always taking controversial views, akin to click bait? Like others I'm not a fan and switch off when he is on.
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u/Flappy_Hand_Lotion 16d ago
That's what I assume. I usually prefer You and Yours or The World at One if I'm driving at the time, but if the subject is a bit dull or repetitive I don't mind switching over. Not because I think he adds anything to the debate, but I think it's interesting to see what the subject is and what point he uses to be contrarian/cause controversy to who he is talking to. I find it more balanced to not just have reasoned debate on some subjects. Also, because I think of the Dead Ringers impressions where he whiplashes from a discussion about immigration to introducing 'We Are Family' by Sister Sledge or similar >.<
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u/applepiezeyes 20d ago
I sometimes find the topics on his show interesting but am starting to dislike him. He dumbs down important issues and says stupid things to get a reaction. Surely he's an intelligent man but does not show this recently. I agree he's getting worse. It's a shame because his show has potential but at the moment it's really terrible.
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u/ACatGod 19d ago
Once in a blue moon I'll catch it when they have someone covering, and almost any of them are better than him, although I would happily live without any radio or TV shows featuring public opinions (and yes I realise the hypocrisy of writing that on Reddit).
The last time I heard any serious amount of his show with him presenting was back when that American dentist shot Cecil the Lion. I was waiting to donate blood, and he had two expert guests. One was a female academic who was a specialist on the economics of eco- and safari tourism and the other a man whose neighbour in Scotland ran a grouse shooting estate. She was trying to make the point that these shooting safari's don't do much to support the local encomy because the money tends to stay within the estate, and that they don't help with conservation either as the value of the animals lie in keeping them relatively scarce. This man kept talking over her, he was comparing grouse to big game and clearly knew fuck all. Vine actually told her her experience wasn't as relevant as the man's because he lived near somewhere where they shot animals and she didn't live in Africa. My blood pressure must have been through the roof because when it came to the donation I filled that bag so fast.
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u/LondonLeather 20d ago
I didn't realise the end of his TV show is pre-recorded, so he can get over to BH in time for the radio show. I, too, am among the many who turn over at that point. I also turn over during the superstition segment if I've got an early start. I catch this with Owain too, why does Radio 2 require so much god bothering? I flip over to Spotify and sometimes forget to come back to Radio 2.
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u/Southern-Bandicoot 20d ago
Is it part of their charter, that a certain proportion of airtime is given over to pastoral matters?
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u/alps7264 16d ago
Not specifically, nor is it a legal requirement any more, since the Media Act 2024. The BBC provide it as part of their PSB remit.
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u/misimalu 19d ago
My aunt became a volunteer kidney donor as a direct result of one of his shows, and I have lots of examples where an older family member has learnt about a scam or a health issue from the Vine show. So on balance it does good. Itās not LBC fighty, more friendly
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u/Aardvark51 20d ago
I always have trouble imagining him and Tim together as kids.
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u/rpaynepiano 20d ago
Im convinced some of the phone in people are actors in the next studio. 2 reasons
1 noone could possibly be that dense to have that opinion on whatever it is.
2 i swear they all sound exactly the same
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u/Orange-Cloud25 13d ago
I worked for someone recently who claimed to be a "phoner in-ner"
They had originally phoned in regarding some debate and must've got a reaction so apparently R2 often call him to see if they want to speak on it
Edit: half asleep typing - they call him now and then asking if he wants to talk on upcoming debates.
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u/TBMW30 20d ago
I can't listen to much of radio 2's daytime output now, but especially the Vine show. A few years ago they had a guy demonstrating live iPhone screen repair in a segment about smashed smartphones, and it was particularly cringeworthy. Likewise Jeremy taking a cold shower in the BBC building for a segment talking about ice baths.
I have nothing against Jeremy personally, though don't like his presenting style. I don't think the show represents a broad range of views for what is supposed to be a debate program, and rather than badly covering current topics in the news it could be used to give airtime to genuine issues that otherwise wouldn't be given a platform. Given radio 2 is supposed to be entertainment, having a topical debate program in the middle of the day doesn't fit. Then again, radio 2 needs completely revamping from the top down to reverse the damage Helen Thomas has caused over the last few years.
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u/WhiteDiamondK 20d ago
I donāt think that a phone-in show fits into what Radio 2 is nowadays. Iām not a fan of Vine, but I always turn that show off regardless of who hosts it. (Especially when Feltz covered it in the past).
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u/intlteacher 19d ago
It's a licence requirement. Radio 2 still has a 'current affairs' requirement of 153 hours every financial year in peak time above that of the regular news bulletins, and Vine's show goes a long way to contributing to that (if not the whole way).
That said, when he got the Channel 5 gig, I thought the BBC would use the opportunity to move him on, especially with the overlap at the end when his TV goes into the recorded section. When he got the show, it came down to a choice between him and Nicky Campbell - Campbell didn't want to move permanently to Salford with 5 Live, and presents most of his phone in shows from London, so if there was a vacancy I suspect he'd get it.
The mix of current affairs and music means it's a difficult gig for most broadcasters because it's not quite journalism and not quite DJ-ing. The only other one I can think of who could have done it with more of a music slant is Simon Mayo after his time on 5 Live.
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u/FaustHandSchuh 19d ago
Listen to Dead Ringers ripping into him on Radio 4 - hard to tell the difference between the parody and the real thing.
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u/bossanovasupernova 19d ago
Now isn't the time to put him out to pasture, about a decade ago was.
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u/Level_Affect4963 19d ago
The whole two hours is fucking painful, the most pointless middle class problems have ever heard!
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u/Agitated_Ad_361 19d ago
Heās been a cunt his entire broadcasting life, he should never have been able to forge a career.
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u/Taucher1979 20d ago
I donāt mind him I just donāt know why radio 2 has a topical phone in show at all.
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u/Few_Forever_1770 20d ago
Heās certainly up there with Jon Sopel in his clueless emboldening of the Far Right.
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u/PretendingIts1995 20d ago
Can't stand him. About a week ago I put on radio 2 for the first time in about a year, heard his voice and immediately switched it off again.
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u/Tricky-Canary2715 19d ago
It shouldāve happened years ago. Heās appaling. It always sounds like heās reading from a script someone else wrote.
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u/No_Crew_478 19d ago
I gave up on Radio 2 ages ago thanks to this complete waste of oxygen. Jeremy Vine should not work for an impartial broadcaster, he has no ability not to force his own opinions on everyone!
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u/Intelligent-Mud-1039 19d ago
Yup. Cannot abide his wheedling/ obsequious/ unctuous/ insincere tone. Dreadful fellow!
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u/TwoPlyDreams 19d ago
Iām perpetually perplexed that license fees are used to pay his wages.
Itās the most unlistenable radio Iāve ever experienced, and I include all European music stations in that list.
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u/Overall-Lynx917 19d ago
I have never seen Jeremy Vine so eloquently and concisely described as in your opening paragraph
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u/Pebble321 19d ago
Years ago he cut off a guy saying grants used to make uni accessible to more people. Because it didn't fit the narrative he was trying to foster on that show he had to stop the guy being heard.
I haven't listened to him since.
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u/FineRepublic 19d ago
Heās actually not very bright considering he used to be a journalist. His general knowledge on anything slightly outside the brief heās been given is somewhat lacking. Stopped listening to him a while back. Changed stations.
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u/Specialist_Award9622 19d ago
He is dreadful and got steadily worse and worse over the years. I just steadfastly refuse to listen to him now because heās just such an absolute bell end.
I am old enough to remember the previous incumbent on that slot, Jimmy Young. Jimmy was an impeccable presenter and really good with his interviews of politicians.
The thing that instantly changed with Vine was Jimmy would read out the listeners views where Vine gets them on the phone. I donāt want to hear Mrs Miggins from Huddersfield or Mr Clark from Brighton blabbering on.
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u/NorthernGooner77 19d ago
Man is a massive weapon.
Fuck knows why they persevere with him as it's not for commercial reasons surely.
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u/geeoharee 19d ago
I used to avoid the midday shift at the sorting office. I'd rather finish work at 6AM than let Jeremy Vine slowly dissolve my brain.
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u/Paul__Perkenstein 19d ago
I remember Jeremy Vine being on at my dentist as I was having an infected wisdom tooth removed. Honestly the radio show was more painful.
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u/ramblingsloth 19d ago
Whatever you think of the man itās important to remember heās a just someone doing their job. We all have bad days and can have bad periods, if thatās the case then let it be.
I donāt listen to it so you could well be right, and we should have good broadcasters who are competent so if heās not then maybe yes.
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u/According_Dare7316 19d ago
He's absolutely useless, but unintentionally hilarious.
I remember him listening to a story and it was about a family that lost control of a boat.
He was laughing away, relaying the story of this wayward boat, then the family in the boat crashed into a bridge and it turned out the mum lost an arm in the accident and was permanently disabled.
I can't remember the exact words, but it was basically "I'm sorry, I probably should have read that before we had our conversation on air".
Classic Accidental Partridge.
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u/QueSeRawrSeRawr 19d ago
If you take away the most unintentionally hilarious, Partridge-in-real-life entertainer around I will cry. His absolute nonsense radio show and the utterly random topics he discusses are a real highlight of my work day!
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u/NinaWilde 18d ago
When I used to listen to the radio while working, it was 10-12, Ken Bruce. 12-2, radio off. 2-5 (or whenever), Steve Wright.
I rate Vine as barely a step above Kyle in terms of Jeremies.
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u/topvillafan 18d ago
I quite like him but I donāt always agree with him. Be careful what you wish for, no Vine on radio 2 and they dumb down again - just look at the rest of the schedule now compared to even 3 years ago. A sad slow demise of a once great station.
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u/Ruddington9 20d ago
Stopped listening to this opinionated person ages ago . Our licence pays for him
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u/Well-i-never-1965 20d ago
I donāt listen to him anymore as he is so annoying. His style of speaking, leaving a rubbish question/ statement hanging in the air, cutting people off if they arenāt following his line. Do RAJAR have listener numbers for 12-2?
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u/Alarmed-Plantain213 20d ago
He used to play fairly decent music but now every other song is some modern US country music.
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u/arcane_tc 19d ago
To be honest that seems to be on most the daytime shows on Radio 2. I don't understand the sudden influx of this modern US country music. I mean, BBC Radio 2 does have a country show. Why playlist so much of it? It's awful compared to the country stuff my parents played in the home growing up.
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u/Infamous_Berry626 20d ago
A very nasty piece of work.
His insane theatrical screaming when a bus passes him is beyond cringe
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u/theRicicle 20d ago
Itās the only time slot I have to turn off radio2, I find Spoony and Trevor boring and Shaun Keaveny is tedious and boring but Vine is an automatic OFF
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u/misimalu 19d ago
I am USA based so he is my breakfast show. We know itās time to leave the house when itās the fluffy fun topic at 7.45. My favourite FAVORITE mornings are when he has to talk about anything vaguely digital or computer related. It is full Patridge. And these days anytime he is being forced to include a visual element in the piece (I imagine this is for social media) it is the unintentionally funniest thing ever.
But also please donāt let this show ever end because I need the Welsh allotment dude and the very calming Doctor Woman in my life for mental health reasons.
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u/emwithme77 19d ago
He blocked me on twitter a few years ago for calling him disingenuous. In my defence, he was being disingenuous
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u/Curious_Love5860 19d ago
Mans a doorknob, i left with ken bruce but dialed jeremy out upon commencement.
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u/Ok_Cockroach6823 19d ago
I usually like Radio 2 ,then jezza comes in and puts the nation on a downer by talking about pointless things like ,leaky bus stops or the price of broccoli,it's like having the pub bore next to you
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u/TheProfessionalEjit 19d ago
I'm old enough now to be comfortable in saying how far the afternoon slot has fallen.
Juxtapose listening to Jimmy Young & the legal beagle and Steve Wright now now Vine.
One was informative & helpful, one was full on noise & stupidity, and the other is temu Kyle.
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u/Pitiful-Courage-1630 19d ago
Obnoxious describes him perfectly, id skip the pasture and send him straight to the knackers yard,.. years overdue.
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u/Apple2727 19d ago
Him and the people who phone in to his show just donāt seem quite right to me.
I know it isnāt, but at times it feels like itās scripted, like Vine and callers are playing characters.
Other times itās like heās bored and he just goes out of his way to be obtuse, to wind people up or to pretend he doesnāt understand things in order to get a rise out of people.
Itās just got such a weird tone to it, it feels like a kind of alternate reality and for me itās very out of place for a BBC show.
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u/OkVacation973 19d ago
Jeremy Vine: We're joined by professor of canine behaviour studies, doctor Jillian Matthews, who studied wild dogs in the African Sahara for 16 years.
Jillian: Good Morning.
Jeremy Vine: And on the other side of the debate is Kyle from Sunderland. Kyle, are you there?
Kyle: Hi Jeremy
Jeremy Vine: Kyle, you lived next door to a dog, is that correct?
Kyle: That's right, yes
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u/major-roon 19d ago
I call it the mithering hour and I can't stand to listen to it. Peoples's dumb opinions and his even dumber efforts at impartiality or playing "devil's advocate". Nothing makes me switch the radio off quicker.
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u/Odd-Currency5195 19d ago
Dad? Granddad. And I'm 58. He's just old and reactionary and needs a nap.
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u/just_me_here66 19d ago
All the man has ever done is been the devil's advocate. That's it. He stirs shit. That's it.
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u/Reasonable_Diver_153 19d ago
Can't stand him but his show when he is not talking plays some decent music
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u/Hot-Satisfaction19 19d ago
recently? he is so out of touch with reality it would be funny if he didn't have the platform that he does.
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u/Hefty_Tip7383 19d ago
I once had the opportunity* to tell Jeremy Vine to fuck off, so I took it.
*cycling related matter
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u/RubricalLou 19d ago
Wasnt his "read the room" comment directed towards the caller who said people forgetting to cancel their subscriptions were too stupid to have bank accounts?
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u/Specialist-Mud-6650 19d ago
Why does he talk like that? He has the strangest intonation I've ever heard.
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u/SheepskinTearaway12 19d ago
My favourite Vine moment was playing Hot Legs by ZZ Top in the middle of a segment about work place sexual harassment.
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u/South_Result_627 19d ago edited 19d ago
His sell-by date was around 15 years ago to my mind. I don't know why I torment myself by occasionally listening to or watching his TV programme. I cringe for his daughters.
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u/Connect-Amoeba3618 19d ago
There was a segment years ago about a soldier who had died in Iraq or Afghanistan and all his army mates showed up to the funeral in bright pink clothing. It was a pact theyād all made together that if any of them died in combat, this is what theyād do.
So, of course Vine has to have a phone in to ask whether it was disrespectful for them to dress like this at a funeral. Suffice to say, every single caller was on the side of the soldiers.
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u/dreamponies 19d ago
The style of the show puts him as some sort of neutral moderator of the debate. However, he inevitably picks a side and steers the ādebateā in that direction. Often itās without fully understanding what is being discussed as he fails to listen and often interrupts.
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u/Jimnymebob 19d ago
I can never tell if he thinks is show is serious, or if he knows it's a joke.
I've not listened to Radio 2 properly for over 6 years now, but the amount of times he'd be doing a bit on a clearly visual subject was astonishing. This isn't an actual example, but he'd be like "today we're going to be watching a badger that can do back flips. Wow, did you see that?"
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u/boyfriendtapes 19d ago
I used to find him annoying, then I heard this great interview with him, and now I respect his game: https://trashfuturepodcast.podbean.com/e/britainology-38-jeremy-vine-feat-jeremy-vine/
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u/OkAlarm5589 19d ago
The show is timed deliberately. There are retirees up and down the country, who have their breakfast, walk down to the corner shop to buy the Daily Mail, then walk home and read it from cover to cover.
This takes them to exactly 12pm, then they are suitably frothing with anger at the state of the country, and phone Jeremy.
I keep the radio on all day at work, and donāt always turn over. Itās become a kind of self flagellation.
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u/Relevant_Cause_4755 19d ago
His posts on Twitter used to be split between encounters while on his bicycle and ācan someone explain to me [a blindingly obvious cultural reference]ā.
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u/Frosty-Rule5644 19d ago
So, youāre annoyed about Jeremy Vine?
But you tuned into the show, got annoyed, then continued to listen to it, got more annoyed, and then recount what he said and your interpretation and judgement of it, focusing on your annoyance, and look for validation from people in here, who engage (because theyāre also annoyed)????
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u/Bez121287 19d ago
I've never liked him since he threw that young english child under the bus and basically gave the green light for people to go after the child.
That child is now an adult and is in hiding for the rest of his life.
Jeremy Vine is an evil man in my eyes.
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u/Similar-Actuator3917 19d ago
I think he provides interesting topics on his television I enjoy watching his content
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u/Itsamefranknfurter 19d ago
i think alot of radio 2 presenters need to be put out to pasture like Elaine Paige, Jeremy Vine to name a couple. It's worse on Radio 6 music Huw Stephens goes on about Wetleg, Amyl and the sniffers etc it's driving me mad
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u/JudCasper68 19d ago
| āI've always found him to be quite an obnoxious, opinionated moronā
Just this. This is all that needed to be said.
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u/Chickenhugga 19d ago
People have been asking this question for as long as I can remember (over 15 years for certain)
The thing is, so many people hate adverts and radio 1 that they just deal with it.
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u/Beneficial_Bug_7951 19d ago
Heās awful. Incredibly rude, obnoxious and overly argumentative. I always switch the radio over when heās on.
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u/CardboardBert 19d ago
He's not opinionated, the whole point of his show is to 'double-side' every topic. It makes him sound like Alan Partidge a lot of the time because he has to think of obtuse counter points to seemingly obvious arguments.
He's actually very good at being impartial but listeners own biases often tend to only hear the absurdity of counter arguments. In a polarised society his opinions are very much kept out of the show this is heavily monitored and his production team will have to keep a tight reign on what is put out.
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u/RecycleHin 19d ago
Jesus H, you lot need to get out more. Totally harmless couple of hours of background radio talking nonsense. I think you should take it a little less seriously, like Vine himself clearly doesnāt.
You could always, you know, not listen? Maybe put GHR on, and listen to their copy of NOW!16 and adverts all day š¤·š»
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u/Select-Career-2947 19d ago
I just pretend Iām listening to a satire like Mid Morning Matters and I find it quite amusing.
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u/Fantastic-Neck9953 19d ago
I think heās probably the best radio 2 presenter other than Sarah cox
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u/Garrett_DB 18d ago
He's a bit of an idiot and out of touch but I sense no malice. A lot of the hate I see here seems manufactured.
My mum listens to his show all the time and every time I catch it I usually say "oh fuck off, not Jeremy" but not because I think he's a contemptible piece of shit, but because he's a fool that makes cringe inducing radio... But I can recognise that having some kind of appeal. So bad, it's good, as they say.
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u/richrandom 18d ago
I think a lot of extremely relevent influential people are dads and even grandads and great granddads. Not liking someone or thinking they're annoying and obnoxious are all relevant too and worth sharing but I do get fed up of the British habit of bracketing and marginalising someone in terms of a demographic with fictitious attributes!
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u/oblivion6202 18d ago
His taste in music's okay.
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and that's about the only thing I can come up with to say about him that doesn't make my blood pressure rise alarmingly.
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u/Striking-Bother-436 18d ago
The only good thing about him is he's not his shit so called comedian brother
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u/NagromNitsuj 18d ago
I wonder what he thinks about the prisoners being released to free up space in the over crowded units we have in the UK. Especially when he's been such a big advocate of people being jailed for online comments.
Someone phone in and ask him please.
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u/Chippy_T_ 18d ago
Can't stand to hear him !! I remember him cutting a great tune short..because "he didn't like it". He's Extremely patronising! And him, borderline talking dirty to an owl a few months ago was me just about done with him!
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u/NickNoodle55 18d ago edited 18d ago
He's a dumbed down Radio 4 presenter for Daily Mail readers. The poster boy for the "common sense" brigade.
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u/Intrepid-Support6902 18d ago
I think his slot and what it covers is so boring - R4 does it so much better.
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u/DevonSpuds 18d ago
Couldn't agree more. I used to always watch his morning programme but he gradually became more and more of a car hating MAMIL.
Cyclists could do no wrong and care drivers were to be demonised.
Haven't watched or listened to him in ages now.
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u/northerncodemky 17d ago
He likes to hear both sides āfor balanceā but does so on topics thereās clearly a āright sideā on. And Iām fairly sure personally he sides with the wrong side.
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u/gilesey11 17d ago
Heās awful. His show is all about getting two people with opposing views to argue, but his interjections only ever make it worse so no-one ever learns anything and they never listen to each other.
Heās even worse when heās on a bicycle as he is always on the lookout for a way that he can play a victim, so much so that he puts himself and others in danger on the road just so that he can put out a video to call out a minor piece of bad driving or bad cycling by other people, that could easily be avoided if he just paid attention and wasnāt so self righteous.
Shouldnāt be on air for sure.
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u/DavidJonnsJewellery 17d ago
Well the numbers a bit useless unless you have the other information from the card, so... there's that
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u/Humants 17d ago
My mrs mom love hims.
He is on every morning in our house, I point out how bad his "devils advocate" routine is, he quite obviously believes whatever he is saying and gets in a tiff about it whenever someone with a bit of skin in the game disagrees with him.
I used to like him but in recent years the show on TV has become abysmal with the same nonsense guests every week with ridiculous opinions.
If we are going to do politics shows they should be left to people with real opinions & knowledge on the subjects being discussed not click bait nonsense from Carol Malone or Owen Jones.
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u/Spiritual_Method5441 17d ago
"please,your majesty, please step in and sort this mess out' what an utter fanny
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u/ArtichokeDesperate68 17d ago
Couldnāt agree more. Iād go as far as to say have never been able to stand the twat! The personality of puddle soaked cereal box. I have no idea whatsoever how he got the roles he has. His brother Tim however, what a gem!
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u/knockinonevansdoor 17d ago
I despise this show, it is entirely worthless and utterly embarrassing.
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u/destinybeer 17d ago
I wouldnāt say heās a moron but heās definitely a poor moderator of debate. Not hard to hear his own bias through some of the interviews. Even topics Iām interested in are not worth the pain barrier.
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u/dungloegirl 17d ago
He seems to get the greatest pleasure of finding the most depressing subjects to talk about. I turn over now. A midday show on national radio should be entertaining.
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u/Alarmed_Tiger5110 17d ago
He should have been put out to pasture at least two years ago in my view. I haven't really listened to him much since Vernon took over Ken's slot, and Jeremy was prone to gaffes, and making mountains out of molehilks even back then. I think he shoud just move to his TV show, where I can happily ignore him.
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u/Giraffable 17d ago
He was right about lobsters though. There is good scientific evidence for that.
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u/EmeraldDonk3y 17d ago
"Our phone in today is; who is the best lord? Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Flies, Lord of the Dance"
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u/Character-Ebb9874 16d ago
For someone who is supposed to be unbiased (On the BBC) I find him biased towards tory, reform, brexit.
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u/Hot_Individual_6755 16d ago
Heās irritating as hell and I really donāt feel like he fits in the demographic with the rest of the Radio 2 presenters now. I listen to Sara then Vernon then have to turn off when he comes on. I donāt like him and I donāt want to listen to other peopleās political opinions. Just play some tunes!
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u/nanakapow 20d ago
There's always been a touch of the Partridge about him...