Robert Peston

[SpokeyDokey]

Anyone else want to throw something at the TV screen when this over-acting drawling twonk delivers his economic news?

 

[TVC]

He's also really short.

 

[biggs682]

spooky we were just talking about him

 

[mcshroom]

I try to remember he's had speech therapy for a severe stammer which is the cause of some of it.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I try to remember he's had speech therapy for a severe stammer which is the cause of some of it.

Ah, that would explain his rather individual delivery. Some words seem to go on forever at a variable pitch that doesn't match yer average speech, posh or otherwise.

 

[slowmotion]

Yes, I too heard that his weird delivery was a way of dealing with his stammer. His wife died recently so I can't help feeling a bit sympathetic.

 

[Ian H]

We could do with more eccentricity and individualism in presenters.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Anyone else want to throw something at the TV screen when this over-acting drawling twonk delivers his economic news?

Nope. Quite like him.

 

[Sillyoldman]

He was great hosting have I got news for you, really warmed to him

 

[SpokeyDokey]

They're all at it I'm afraid.

Jeremy Vine is another over-dramatic presenter. Arms everywhere and ridiculous voice. Looks like a Preying Mantis on Speed.

Stammer or not, Pestons delivery ruins what he has to say.

I think they all go to the same am-dram classes - even the weather forecasters are at it. Strange use of emphasis in the wrong place, voice volume up and down and up and down and hands been thrown about willy-nilly.

Cobblers the lot of it.

 

[slowmotion]

They're all at it I'm afraid.

Jeremy Vine is another over-dramatic presenter. Arms everywhere and ridiculous voice. Looks like a Preying Mantis on speed.

Stammer or not, Pestons delivery ruins what he has to say.

I think they all go to the same am-dram classes - even the weather forecasters are at it. Strange use of emphasis in the wrong place, voice volume up and down and up and down and hands been thrown about willy-nilly.

Cobblers the lot of it.

Try listening to a US newsreader and be thankful. They manage to mangle the emphasis on words and phrases so as to make them completely incomprehensible. You might as well listen to a bad speech synthesizer reading from an autocue.

 

[Gravity Aided]

That's because years ago we opted for looks over delivery and acumen.

 

[slowmotion]

That's because years ago we opted for looks over delivery and acumen.

I think that the French seem to have struck the right balance....
[media]
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg89TfgbERk
[/media]

Edit: I'm not much good at French but even I know that she speaks beautifully clearly. Amazing.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Jeremy vine....grrrrrrr i prefer CE to him ,tho i just switch over or off to JV..

peston is a bit odd but ok in small doses,wife dont care for him..

the French girl? Lovely and no idea what she's saying ,dont care either..

 

[Fab Foodie]

Stammer or not, Pestons delivery ruins what he has to say.

On the contrary, I find it holds my attention.