Claire Balding, why is she on everything?
Badabing1966
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This woman just lately seems to be on everything sports related, I know she comes from a horsey background, but just lately she seems to want to front or present all sports programmes, she's even got some animal programme coming on TV very soon, what the **** does she know about animals, was she a vet in the past, I bet not!!!>:(
Don't get me wrong , I'm sure she is a nice person in real life, but at least try giving other presenters a chance to have a go at doing a show.
Don't get me wrong , I'm sure she is a nice person in real life, but at least try giving other presenters a chance to have a go at doing a show.
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In terms of animals, her autobiography was called "My Animals and Other Family" and she grew up on a farm so I suspect so does know a fair bit about animals.
The country, as a whole, seems to love her for some reason though.
Because lazy TV producers are unwilling to take risks by getting new talent to front their shows and just take the default option of a safe pair of hands instead.
I'm old enough to remember when TV presenters were only able to appear on ONE channel and ONE channel only - which prevented them getting over-exposed.
I think there are very few good presenters these days. It becomes especially obvious when you watch the old gameshows on Challenge with great presenters.
I'd rather see Terry Wogan on everything, at least he's chilled out and actually seems genuinely likeable..
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She ticks *all* the boxes....
1) woman - tick
2) not particularly attractive - tick
3) of a certain age - tick
4) bats for the other team - tick
BBC commissioning agent cums in his pants in excitement at the full house of the box tickers
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Applying Occam's Razor we conclude the answer is
She is only doing the Commonwealth coverage in the evenings.
She has never worked for ITV
She didn't even do the Winter Paralympics for C4 this year
She has no show on Sky Sports, she has an interview show on BT.
Have you considered a career in tabloid journalism?
Because she is a lesbian? Her family is well conected and knows the Queen?
I haven't seen her on tv since the Winter Olympics.
That is why she was lead presenter for Wimbledon, World Cup ...... Oooops, she was not on either as far as I remember.
It is a common thing on TV, in events like the Commonwealth Games she will be on every day so someone is bound to post that she is never off their screens. The same would happen if they used an unknown - experiments in using unknowns usually end in disaster anyway. You get the same on non-sports programmes, a couple of series get shown around the same time with the same person and there are the usual 'never off the screens claims'.
She is very good at her job so it is hardly surprising that she is often used for big events.
She doesn't really bother me. I just simply switch to a different channel (any channel) whenever she's on. If she's on them all I'll just switch off and do something useful like mop my kitchen floor.
Actually, she was the lead presenter on Wimbledon but for Radio 5 after John Inverdale got the boot after his unfortunate comments last year
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/may/22/bbc-john-inverdale-clare-balding-5-live-wimbledon-marion-bartoli
Would you sooner have Sue Barker or the monotonous Hazel Irvine
While my job is worlds apart from hers, the principle is similar. She is merely doing a job.
As for being a safe pair of hands - that is a good thing for multi-event live sports.
She does her homework to atleast try to be up with the rules and competitiors taking part.
She seems very professional in that way.
Why is it an issue for some people that the likes of Balding get a lot of work?
She is good at her job and seems to enjoy it, so comes across as genuine as well as knowledgeable and professional.
As others have said, it isn't like she is hogging the screens all day every day anyway.
Why is this even a problem worthy of discussion?