Clair and RoMo mentioned Sarah Kennedy on the Wogan thread. She does polarize people, doesn't she?
I remember her on Game For A Laugh, and always thought she was a bit of a blue stocking. I was unaware she was on Radio 2 until I started listening to it, and when I went to find the face behind the voice, I was quite shocked at how she'd aged. Rumours of a love of the sauce may well be true.
Some say she's a racist. Some say she's right-wing. These things might be true, judging by some of her comments. I hear a bit of her every other day when it's my turn to get up and feed the cat, which is around 6.50am. I find her pleasantly irritating, and I'm shocked at how she gets away with her startlingly strong opinions. She's possibly the only person on national radio to really say what she thinks - now that may be good or it may be bad. You decide.
However, 'Bunty', as she styles herself, does have a huge following, much like Wogan, with her love of cats, her 'much beloved', her time on forces radio in the far east, the showtime showtune section, etc. (I had to go on Wikipedia to find out the meaning of SWs, which stand for Steve Wrights - as in, people writing into him telling they love the show, so shorthand for those saying they're loving her show is SWs). But I think she might talk about the very same things every day and doesn't realise it, while the audience is too tired to care. It's just a voice, and quite a soothing sing song one at that, which at that hour washes over you. She's probably too pickled to care.
So do I like her? Not really - some of the things she's said have been BNP-worthy - but as far as radio shows go, it's quite compulsive, even for the 15 or so mintues I hear it. Don't make me sit through a whole one though.
But I just wonder how she's lasted so long. Does she know where the bodies are buried?
