Originally Posted by Si_Crewe:
“Just to pick up on that.
I must say, I never really warmed to Jake Humphrey.
He was certainly a competent broadcaster but he always seemed a bit "bland" to me, like he'd have been just as happy presenting the Antiques Roadshow or Pet Hospital as he was in F1.
Suzi certainly does sometimes make it entirely obvious that she's relying on stuff that's coming through her earpiece but, y'know, I guess I'd rather have somebody who seems to have a real passion for motorsport rather than somebody who doesn't seem to have any genuine interest, even if they are a very slick broadcaster.
The one thing it does demonstrate is what a rare jewel somebody like Murray Walker is.
It's very lucky (for the commentator, the fans and the TV companies) when you can keep a person in the same sport for years so that they can build up an intimate personal knowledge of that sport and draw on it in their commentary rather than relying on the earpiece.
Crofty could, quite easily, be "the next Murray Walker", if it wasn't for the fact that he has a really annoying habit of trying to deliberately create artificial excitement, rather than just being genuinely excited and letting that show in his commentary.
All IMO, of course.”
“Just to pick up on that.
I must say, I never really warmed to Jake Humphrey.
He was certainly a competent broadcaster but he always seemed a bit "bland" to me, like he'd have been just as happy presenting the Antiques Roadshow or Pet Hospital as he was in F1.
Suzi certainly does sometimes make it entirely obvious that she's relying on stuff that's coming through her earpiece but, y'know, I guess I'd rather have somebody who seems to have a real passion for motorsport rather than somebody who doesn't seem to have any genuine interest, even if they are a very slick broadcaster.
The one thing it does demonstrate is what a rare jewel somebody like Murray Walker is.
It's very lucky (for the commentator, the fans and the TV companies) when you can keep a person in the same sport for years so that they can build up an intimate personal knowledge of that sport and draw on it in their commentary rather than relying on the earpiece.
Crofty could, quite easily, be "the next Murray Walker", if it wasn't for the fact that he has a really annoying habit of trying to deliberately create artificial excitement, rather than just being genuinely excited and letting that show in his commentary.
All IMO, of course.”
I've not touched the BBC coverage since Sky picked F1 up so can't comment. All I can say is that I used to love Suzy on the Gadget Show.
WRT BIB... isn't that the nature of broadcasting these days, though? There's a danger of over-exposure perhaps with Sky, especially on a Friday with 4 hrs of generally pretty bland free-practice so there's a need for a narative, a story to carry through the weekend, even if that's artificially created or over-egged by Sky.
Something I've noticed and I may be completely off the mark here but Damon Hill has really opened up recently. He seems much more comfortable and charismatic then he used to be. At the same time Herbert and particularly Brundle seem to be getting a bit (as someone else said) arrogant or argumentative. They seem to tend to agree with each other but disagree with Damon. I just wonder if there's a kind of 'seniority' battle going on between them with MB playing the senior broadcaster card, DH playing the former WDC card and poor old JH stuck in the middle! It's probably all in my head.




But the loss of Jake Humphreys was what killed a dream team.