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29/03/2008, 11:29 DZ Joined on 23/09/2005 London/Languedoc Roussillon Posts 259 Giggles Have any of you heard this live on Radio 4 yesterday morning - it certainly brightened up my day!  I only felt sorry for the presenter... http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7310000/newsid_7318200/7318249.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&asb=1&news=1&bbcws=1    Report

29/03/2008, 11:33 cooperlola Joined on 05/05/2006 72 - Sarthe - home of les 24 heures du Mans Posts 6,315 Re: Giggles Less sorry than I felt for this chap!  (not for the prudish, btw - although this recording's been "doctored" a bit - you have to imagine what actually went out on air.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsIuT-Pdi70 Actually, I like Charlotte Green a lot - she has the perfect radio voice, imo. Healthcare Issues Site    Report

30/03/2008, 16:03 Martinwatkins Joined on 23/08/2004 W Devon/NE Perigord Posts 877 Re: Giggles Charlotte was a fairly senior news group SM (studio manager) when I joined as an SM.    I had the honour of once doing the six o'clock R4 news with her as my "senior".    Very kind and professional she was to me as a relative newbie. We were all delighted when she got a permanent job in R4 pres,  must be 24 years ago now!! For sheer voice-joy I'd choose Corrie Corfield (who joined as an SM a couple of courses after me),  with Harriet Kass and Charlotte close runners up.    Report

30/03/2008, 21:34 DZ Joined on 23/09/2005 London/Languedoc Roussillon Posts 259 Re: Giggles Cooperlola - thanks for the very funny video clip! Martinwatkins - interesting information!  Did you ever get the giggles when on air? Have a good week ahead, everyone.    Report

30/03/2008, 22:37 Cathy Joined on 07/03/2006 Mostly near Bordeaux; Sometimes near Bristol Posts 1,685 Re: Giggles Oh Martin. You must have a lots of interesting stories to tell.  You can reveal all here! My favourite voice is 'Boggie' (John Marsh). Cathy ----- Your children won't remember you ironing their pyjamas but they will remember you reading them a bedside story.    Report

31/03/2008, 8:51 Martinwatkins Joined on 23/08/2004 W Devon/NE Perigord Posts 877 Re: Giggles As an SM I was never "behind" the mic (we were the bods the other side of the glass doing the technical bits) - that's what Charlotte did before she became an announcer.    But there does seem to be something about a microphone that acts in a similar way to N2O. It's all a long time ago,  but John is a very competent organist,  and certainly back in the 80's the pres teams were an extraordinarily nice bunch of people.    John was (I seem to remember) a R4 newsreader for many years before he went to R2.    Report

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