Sideways
Boo!
This is to mark the sideways move of Leona McCambridge, who has been my producer on 6 Music for two and a half years. These things happen. It's good for presenters to have the comfort blanket pulled out from under them, keeps things fresh etc. I've been at the BBC for long enough now to know their ruses. Just when you're getting into some kind of rhythm with a programme team (and at weekends, in the studio, Leona is my programme team), it's management practice to "mix things up". Thus, Leona is moving back to the weeks, to look after Gideon, and Jude is coming over to weekends, from Steve's show, to look after me. (I can promise you I don't take much looking after. I do my own photocopying. I don't require links "scripting" for me. I usually refill my own water bottle, and often supply gluten-free biscuits for all. I even nitpick the programme's webpage, which is a joy for whoever has to update it.) Anyway, it's been a gas, and it sure beat working. That's the long and short of what I wish to say on the matter. I shall look forward to working with Jude, but I shall miss Leona, with her apparently fantastic shoes and her microwaved Quorn leftovers and her LA Law ringtone and her constructive criticism and her Gary Davies anecdotes and her occasional misspelled word on the Chart Show running order (Return To Cookie Monster a great favourite) and her military precision and her childlike pouts and her 80s tunes and her salute to the opening credits of The West Wing. All who appreciate good radio - and behind every good show there's a good producer, usually silently going about their infrastructural work - should salute her.
posted by Andrew Collins @ 12:37 PM
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what little I know of radio tells me that Leona does a cracking job.
mind you ... I should probably confess to a dark secret.... you see my kids mis-heard one of the 6Music newsreaders names... Claire Ronacres (sp?) is affectionately known as "Clever Knickers" is our house. It's the way she says it !
sorry if I've brought the tone of this blog down in any way but my kids make quite an impression on me :-) You can blame them.
Hi Andrew. Speaking of producers, what's Frank up to these days?
Aw, I emailled into your show one day (nitpicking over the pronunciation of Fionn Regan's name) and Leona mailed me back a couple of times in a very friendly and lovely way.
I wish her all the best in her new time. Saoirse.
I hope you find your new producer as agreeable, it's sad that a good team has been split up.
Be warned, Ms Adam doesn't take too kindly to pushy types!
Sorry to hear that your safety blanket is being tucked away with the baby booties! But let me just say - Quorn fake chicken is my latest discovery and it is better than actual chicken. If you're needing comfort food - Quorn to sedate the masses!
I've spoken to both Leona and Jude and they're both charming. They're the small cogs that drive the big wheel. Good luck Leona and a big "climb on" to Jude.
"miseryguts"
P.S. The new 6music darts quiz is terrible. What was the producer thinking? Not been thought through properly, nobody on the team can count and they haven't a clue about darts. And no prizes for the winners either. (At least Andrew/Leona gave away the Sunday papers CDs/DVDs!) It would never happen on a Sunday afternoon!
Any chance you could share some of those Gary Davies anecdotes with us?!
I could never break a professional confidence, Anon!
'Climb on' was well remembered. I think it's in keeping with Leona's air of mystery that we have to imagine those anecdotes. I always admired the way she didn't hog the microphone.
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