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...Who has been on-duty for BBC One and Two recently - I felt like mentioning this separately, after hearing her on BBC Two tonight. To carry over a few comments from the BBC One topic:
When I read the above comments, I agreed completely - but it's only tonight that I realised how poor she comes across as an announcer in general. Whether a CA is pleasant to listen to or not can be a subjective thing, but in this case, I honestly can't find anything positive.
On occasions her annos come out as quite lifeless; it makes her sound like she is either reading from the script without any sense of character, or as if she's lost enthusiasm. And while I have nothing against the BBC moving away from RP voices, the accent when combined with said delivery just does not work.
The most surprising thing is that sometimes, she seems physically unable to speak clearly enough - at least twice this evening during junctions she sounded as if her throat was sore - announcing into Sport Mastermind earlier, toward the end of the script I thought she was about to lose her voice! If she naturally struggles, that's not good at all.
I'm just confused at how she has been given these positions on both of the BBC's main channels when, IMHO, her fellow announcers comparatively are on a different level.
Jonny posted:
She has been around for a few weeks now and I am not too keen on her announcing style either. I think I'm correct in saying she is the CA who introduced the new series of TopGear as being 'exclusive to BBC One'.
cylon6 posted:
She sounds like a BBC Three announcer to me, her style doesn't work for me, but she could improve.
TV Times posted:
I am surprised as the BBC Announcers are normally of a high standard yet she sounds totally out of place - her style and pace is just not suited to BBC One. How on earth she passed any audition process is beyond me.
When I read the above comments, I agreed completely - but it's only tonight that I realised how poor she comes across as an announcer in general. Whether a CA is pleasant to listen to or not can be a subjective thing, but in this case, I honestly can't find anything positive.
On occasions her annos come out as quite lifeless; it makes her sound like she is either reading from the script without any sense of character, or as if she's lost enthusiasm. And while I have nothing against the BBC moving away from RP voices, the accent when combined with said delivery just does not work.
The most surprising thing is that sometimes, she seems physically unable to speak clearly enough - at least twice this evening during junctions she sounded as if her throat was sore - announcing into Sport Mastermind earlier, toward the end of the script I thought she was about to lose her voice! If she naturally struggles, that's not good at all.
I'm just confused at how she has been given these positions on both of the BBC's main channels when, IMHO, her fellow announcers comparatively are on a different level.