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[News] BBC2 Simon Mayo Show
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Weststander
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Didn't realise that. Billy Idol did too, but three years ahead of Mayo.
No, sadly our journeys never matched the splendour of his phone in guests.Did you phone Simon tell him how far you were driving and ask for a request?
JC Footy Genius
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- Jun 9, 2015
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The Beeb should have asked Nadiya Hussain if she has any interest in music #diversityequalityjackpot 
I don't mind Jo Whiley but I don't think she does well on this slot. I listen to R2 a fair bit in the mornings and think they do quite well when they get cover in for the hols except when they replace OAP, Scotch, Ken Bruce with hip, urban DJ Trevor Nelson who is frankly an awful DJ, stuttering and whispering his way through Popmaster.
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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Amazes me she's on there. Radio 2 will never be a 'cool' radio station, and her and R2 seem like odd bedfellows, but I guess she falls between the cracks, not deemed cool enough for Radio 6 (although how Craig Charles ever got his R6 gig I'll never understand)
Brian Fantana
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Jute?
Of course they are paying them. Just not as much as men doing the same job. Well, not until they get found out, obviously.
Absolutely. He should have said, “a completely shit female dj”...
Obviously I’m joking about the misogyny.
Not about Wiley though, she’s absolutely shithouse...
Not about Wiley though, she’s absolutely shithouse...
Westdene Wonder
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When i was told that a new person was being injected into the program i thought that Joe Whiley was a member of Simons team it was a couple of days later when i was informed that Jo was in fact not a member of the team, if Lisa Tarbuck became a team member then no problem for me
Bob!
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- Jul 5, 2003
- 11,630
The houses were Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Vikings.
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I liked the simon mayo show but with jo on it, all the fun seems to have gone.
Super Steve Earle
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Oh dear. A serious thread about the demise of the best show on R2 and it's been hijacked by all sorts of diversions. It was a great show ruined in the name of political correctness to meet the latest targets to put more women on the air. No doubt the controller who did it will be praised for his bravery rather than disciplined for rank stupidity while the ratings plummet.
Didn't Billy Idol go to Durrington High? Or am I confused....
To be fair to her, Jo Whilley is the best female dj on radio 2 but, theres not a huge amount of competition.
Zoe Ball,and Sara Cox, are both very average, and I can't even listen to Lisa Tarbucks trailers ,she annoys me so much, she's even worse than Jeremy bloody Vine. ( And not as funny as her Dad, who's about as funny as toothache himself)
Zoe Ball,and Sara Cox, are both very average, and I can't even listen to Lisa Tarbucks trailers ,she annoys me so much, she's even worse than Jeremy bloody Vine. ( And not as funny as her Dad, who's about as funny as toothache himself)
Bob!
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Worthing High School for Boys was right next to Durrington Station
Nitram
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- Jul 16, 2013
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There was a Durrington Tech not a High School. Worthing High School though was in Durrington, by the station at least it was when I went there. Apparently same time as Simon Mayo but I was in a different class to Jutes, Vikings. Hope that clears it up. Don't remember Billy Idol either.
Jutes had a very good 5 a side football team with the year's best footballer 'Chalky' White, Vikings had a good rivalry with them. Enjoyed playing them.
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AmexRuislip
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Jo Whiley is brilliant at what she does.
An actual dj that knows about the music she plays, and is cool in a way that doesn't detract from herself.
There's too many so called djs, that rely so much on their egos.