Vanessa hints at TV return
06/04/06 11:44 Coffee machine moments
Vanessa Feltz has had an interesting career. Starting
on Greater London Radio, moving into the first of the
'confessional' shows on television - I hate 'em - and
just about cracking up on Celebrity Big Brother, she
had become a bit of a turn-off for me.
So it was with some surprise that I noticed, a bit more than a year ago, that one of my favourite broadcasters on BBC London in the afternoon, whose name I never quite caught, was none other than Vanessa Feltz. Intelligent but still populist interviews, authors of whom I'd never heard, a lot of interesting stuff would come up and she'd sound fully engaged. Prejudices duly swept away I've been following her career ever since, and although I preferred the harder-edged news debate Jon Gaunt brought to the slot she now occupies on BBC London, she's done a good job of it so far.
And now she hints that there may be a TV comeback in the offing. A short while ago I would have dreaded such a thing. Now I'm really hoping they'll give her a Davina-like slot and remind her of those afternoon shows in which she proved a damned good and intelligent listener as well as speaker. Such a revamped show could be the unexpected hit of the year.
So it was with some surprise that I noticed, a bit more than a year ago, that one of my favourite broadcasters on BBC London in the afternoon, whose name I never quite caught, was none other than Vanessa Feltz. Intelligent but still populist interviews, authors of whom I'd never heard, a lot of interesting stuff would come up and she'd sound fully engaged. Prejudices duly swept away I've been following her career ever since, and although I preferred the harder-edged news debate Jon Gaunt brought to the slot she now occupies on BBC London, she's done a good job of it so far.
And now she hints that there may be a TV comeback in the offing. A short while ago I would have dreaded such a thing. Now I'm really hoping they'll give her a Davina-like slot and remind her of those afternoon shows in which she proved a damned good and intelligent listener as well as speaker. Such a revamped show could be the unexpected hit of the year.
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