Top ten favourite broadcasters?

[beanheadmcginty]

They can be specialists, but principally known for broadcasting/presenting. Mine are (in order, 1 being the best):
1. Alan Whicker
2. Tony Hart
3. David Attenborough
4. Terry Wogan
5. Danny Baker
6. Keith Floyd
7. Brucie
8. Antoine de Caunes
9. Sarah Greene
9. Clarkson (sorry, but his old non-racist actual car stuff is good)
10. Floella Benjamin

[DrGreggles]

I'd go along with about half of those, but my first thought upon seeing the thread title was of one name from my childhood:
Johnny Ball

[Jasha]

Gotta have mad uncle Dan Cruickshank

[a duncandisorderly]

michael palin

dara o'briain

[Sebastian Cobb]

Fred Dinage
Terry Nutkins

[Pearly-Dewdrops Drops]

Collaterlie Sisters

[touchingcloth]

BBC1
BBC2
BBC4
ITV
Channel 4
Channel 5
Dave
BBC Parliament
More 4 +1
Kerrang

[a duncandisorderly]

More 4 +1

nice. that really is the remains of the smell of the steam off the turd.

[touchingcloth]

nice. that really is the remains of the smell of the steam off the turd.

Yes. The technical term is "Come Dine With Me".

[Jerzy Bondov]

Chris Jarvis

[beanheadmcginty]

Great shouts on Dinenage, Ball and Nutkins. Just remembered David Bellamy too. Got a lot of time for Nick Owen as well.

[dr beat]

nice. that really is the remains of the smell of the steam off the turd.

I remember that episode of Come Dine with Me. That menu really did backfire.

[dr beat]

Although there's also the episode where the woman brought her snake out and it did a tod on the table.

[shiftwork2]

Fred Dinenage is Southern England's only actual achievement in 1000 years.  Brilliant broadcaster.

edit: aaaand it turns out he's from Birmingham

[Jasha]

Got a lot of time for Nick Owen as well.

Currently presents Midlands Today. Great example of smooth under pressure when reading the news with a story about a guy dieing after being stabbed at the weekend then into a bloke being sentenced to prison after child images were found on his computer (photo of bloke appears on screen). Into a vt piece about a horse sanctuary before Nick has to apologize for an incorrect photo being shown during the paedo sentencing report "unfortunately we appear to have displayed a photo of the man stabbed to death during our court report, now Suzi when's it going to stop raining?"

[Absorb the anus burn]

James Burke.

Jacob Bronowski.

Paul Coia.

[beanheadmcginty]

Coia! Used to bloody love Catchword. Holness was a real gent as well wasn't he?

[sevendaughters]

Jonathan Meades, John Berger, Aleks Krotoski, Kenneth Clark, Brian Sewell, Gay Byrne, Terry Wogan, Hazel Irvine, Dick Cavett, Richie Benaud.

[beanheadmcginty]

Krotoski just made me think of Bits, which then made me think of Vids and that fantastic Welsh bloke who co-presented. He's on the list.

[BlodwynPig]

Hugh Scully

[Dex Sawash]

#teamjoeyridgleseptic

[Mrs Wogans lemon drizzle]

Nicholas Witchell
Judith Chalmers