Originally Posted by radamfi:
“Iain has been quite open about his battles with depression on social media and on his BBC 3CR shows, and he did seem particularly low last weekend.
That call became the most notable part of the show. However, the first half hour was great radio particularly for us radio geeks. He discussed how he liked and disliked some parts of the talkRADIO schedule, pointing out the the fact that he disliked some parts was a good thing as it means there is something for everyone. He singled out Howard Hughes for particular praise. He also talked about the general lack of calls across the station (apart from his show) but said calls will come as people start to find the station. He reiterated his love for speech based radio, the presenters he respects, what he likes about the genre and even quoted Nick Abbot later in the show.”
“Iain has been quite open about his battles with depression on social media and on his BBC 3CR shows, and he did seem particularly low last weekend.
That call became the most notable part of the show. However, the first half hour was great radio particularly for us radio geeks. He discussed how he liked and disliked some parts of the talkRADIO schedule, pointing out the the fact that he disliked some parts was a good thing as it means there is something for everyone. He singled out Howard Hughes for particular praise. He also talked about the general lack of calls across the station (apart from his show) but said calls will come as people start to find the station. He reiterated his love for speech based radio, the presenters he respects, what he likes about the genre and even quoted Nick Abbot later in the show.”
Indeed he did, and Friday night's are going to be a bit of a tricky one from now on, because he's in direct competition with Nick Abbot from 10pm to 1am on LBC. I often try to catch that one, the only show that I put LBC on for. Who can resist that droll and dry humour he has. Iain has also namechecked Ian Collins, his other direct competition on LBC. I used to listen avidly to Collins but in the past couple of years I've gone off him a bit and don't tend to bother with his shows anymore, as they tend to be part of the very samish news cycle merry-go-round. The fact that Iain Lee's show isn't of that kind is very refreshing.
I caught a glimpse of Dr Nookie in a Carry On during Easter Monday and was impressed when later I heard him say he'd be getting Jim Dale on as a guest.
