Losing my Wimbledon virginity

Nice to hear you involved in the Wimbeldon coverage Helen, you were good on the London Marathon and Epsom Derby coverage.

Shit, another Blue Peter presenter the bbc seems to owe a living and heading this way

This woman has the worst voice I have ever heard on radio. Her exchanges with Jeff Tarango the other night on the first podcast were nothing short of embarrassing.



The BBC seem to think dumbing down a sport by bringing in a rogue presenter somehow opens it up to people who have no previous enjoyment of a sport. Please don't let her loose on anything else.



This is her prize for canoeing down the Amazon with her thirty helpers at licence payers' cost, presumably. When she leaves Blue Peter her destination of choice is Radio Five Live, no doubt.

Carrie, this is the BBC's mistaken view that if someone "achieves" something it must make them popular and capable of doing anything else.

Phil Tufnell wins I'm a Celebrity so let's make him presenter of 5live cricket

Darren Gough wins SCD so he becomes the next presenter of 5live cricket

etc, etc.

Totally agree. Dumbing down at its worst. Bring back Pat Cash. At least he is knowledgeable about Tennis and Tarango and him had a lot of banter between them.

"...he's made me giggle all day" what self indulgent piffle this is. Is this the BBC or Hello Magazine?



"To be honest they were loving the sunshine and the banter. Maybe someone had spiked those free cordials being handed out? But I really don't think so. Each and every one made sense."



Why do these type of trival twitterings get such a huge play now on 5Live? Profoundly disappointing.



Has anyone spotted Eleanor? What has she done wrong?

Eleanor? She's old.



The whole coverage is a turn off. Good job I have plenty of cricket to WATCH with proper commentaries and no goofy half wits who don't know what they are talking about.

"Eleanor? She's old."

No, she's Oldroyd.

5live needs to get a set of balancing scales and put a helium balloon on one side and any new presenter on the other.

Just answering ryanw's question, I didn't mean I thought that. She could run rings round most of the presenters on any station of the BBC. Her depth of historical and general knowledge comes from a Cambridge education, unlike some people who now grace the airwaves far too much. If she didn't love sport broadcasting so much she could do any kind of programme - rather like Clare Balding has done.

I agree with you, it was just my attempt at a play on words.

What a suprise a Blonde uses " Losing my Wimbledon virginity" as the title of her blog.



Her next blog will probarly be titled " Losing my Wimbledon virginity:Part 2 "



Honestly, where are the standards!!

Ever wondered why you could never get a ticket for Wimbledon? Thousands go to BBC staff. Livesey's text reader said last night she'd been, but couldn't remember who she'd seen

Wondered who this quite dreadful Helen person with the AWFUL voice was. Not much clearer though as haven't watched Blue Peter for yonks. Am at a loss as to why she is being used? Not a single attribute as far as I can make out. Clare Balding summed up how I (and I suspect a lot of listeners felt) with her heartfelt comment to Simon Mayo today (26/6) ..."Oh I do miss you...". We do too, Clare.

I think Helen is doing fine, there is no problem with her voice, it is fine.



The only down side is the end of the best named podcast - Tarango & Cash!

David, I have never disagreed with you before, but there are just so many things wrong with this, starting from a person who can barely speak properly and doesn't know what she is talking about, to losing a knowledgeable feedback session from two professionals instead of this very drab and totally lacking in connection attempt to attract Blue Peter viewers year olds to the station. Tarango is wasted. I guess he still earns his money though, whoever he is trying to talk to, on such a poor piece of podcasting. I even heard her trying to give a report to Eddie Mair on Radio Four.



It is so, so poor.

I think Five Live covers sport and news very well, but sometimes there are moments of broadcasting mediocraty that have me shouting at the radio. I refer to the dreadfully awful Helen Skelton. Is there no beginning to her radio presenting talents? I have my doubts. Her voice rips my eardrums to shreds;horrific. Maybe a middle-aged, male, 5Live producer had seen the voluptuous HS on Blue Peter and was so taken by her 'talents' that he immediately offered her job under him. A degree in Broadcast Journalism she may have, but this should not be a prerequisite to allowing a bland, dumbed-down annoyance to be inflicted on the BBC masses. BBC 3 or ITV 2 would be a more appropriate place for her to parade her dodgy wares.

Was listening to 6 Love 6 tonight (30th June) and this Helen person was croaking out the text messages - she sounded SO bad that John McEnroe not once but twice asked whether she felt cold, wanted to borrow a jacket (assuming that her croakiness was down to an ailment and not her actual normal voice). I don't know who thought that this was a good voice for radio but whoever it was should be fired. It's an aural nightmare.

I think 6-love-6 is well past its sell-by-date. It may have had novelty value once but I'm tired of -

every caller telling McEnroe how great he was and how much they enjoyed watching him

every caller's location being mispronounced

if the question is longer than a sentence McEnroe switches off and goes on to the next caller

etc, etc.

Better to have Henman/Stich/Overend instead.

Good grief! I assumed this woman had a cold aswell, as her awful voice sounds so hoarse and is unlistenable.



Frankly, what with the egotist that is Richard Bacon - a man who has NO interest in Sport whatsoever - I have generally given 5live's Wimbledon coverage a wide berth this year, as it was just too annoying.



On top of that, Sheila Fogarty was on Centre Court for the Breakfast Show this morning....and ofcourse was being advised where she could sit to watch the matches in the afternoon. About as unjustified as when Jane Garvey from Drive was sent to Istanbul to interview fans before the Champions League Final with Liverpool FC.



Just give out free tickets to all and sundry BBC, and if it's abroad, pay their airfare and hotel bills. Sickening!