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Post by Billy OReilly on Jul 31, 2005 11:00:27 GMT -5
Sorry! I got my name mixed up with the topic.
Genuinely saddened to hear this news at the end of The World This Weekend and I’d like to thank Mr. Cox for presenting what I regard as one of the most consistently high quality news programmes in the history of R4. I’d single out Mr. Cox’s interviews with US politicians as my own personal favourites.
One amusing memory of the programme was when someone wrote to Feedback because Mr Cox had used – quite rightly - the word ‘crap’ on the programme. The editor informed listeners that he would be speaking to Mr Cox about this issue. How interesting that Sir Christopher Bland used the word bollo*cks some time later on DID and not a word of disapproval was uttered. Everyone knows that R4 is run along the lines of a public school, so I had a picture in my imagination of Mr Cox entering his editor’s office with a copy of ‘Yellow Pages’ stuffed down the back of his trousers!
I wrote to Mr Cox just once and he replied with an incredibly detailed letter by return of post. These are the kind of broadcasters I admire and I wish Mr Cox every happiness for the future.
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Post by Crusoe on Aug 1, 2005 4:56:51 GMT -5
Genuinely saddened to hear this news at the end of The World This Weekend and I’d like to thank Mr. Cox for presenting what I regard as one of the most consistently high quality news programmes in the history of R4. I quite agree, Billy. He struck me as a broadcaster who always sounded authoritative without seeming pompous. I hope that they manage to find an equally good replacement.
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Post by Billy OReilly on Aug 1, 2005 9:32:01 GMT -5
Genuinely saddened to hear this news at the end of The World This Weekend and I’d like to thank Mr. Cox for presenting what I regard as one of the most consistently high quality news programmes in the history of R4. I quite agree, Billy. He struck me as a broadcaster who always sounded authoritative without seeming pompous. I hope that they manage to find an equally good replacement. A hard act to follow Crusoe. I noticed Mr. Henry asking where he'd gone on the R4 boards, but no response.
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Post by Crusoe on Aug 1, 2005 10:26:19 GMT -5
I’m afraid that doesn’t surprise me, Billy. Responses can be few and far between on Radio 4 messageboards and responses form programme-makers are almost non-existent
But you’re right: Mr Cox will be a hard act to follow.
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Post by The Law of Gauss on Aug 1, 2005 14:43:27 GMT -5
Responses can be few and far between on Radio 4 messageboards It isn’t difficult to understand why this is so. Tyrant Tactics At The BBC
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Post by Billy O Shea on Aug 7, 2005 1:26:03 GMT -5
I think you're referring to Mr. Cox's interview with J.K. Galbraith in this posting. The issue of the New Paradigm conerned us all - trade deficits of $57bn dollars suggest the concept of the New Paradigm was utter nonsense.
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