Almost like the X Factor...
Would any of you like to be the first to record a Listener's Inheritance Track feature for us? Terribly simple - you tell us the story of two songs - one which you have inherited from your parents and the other being the one that you would leave to the next generation.
If you listen to the show you will know what i mean. It would only take 20 minutes to do, and we'll get you into your nearest bbc studio to do it. And it would be fun and lovely and all of that. and then we mix it up a treat and wha-hey, your'e on the radio.
Please contact Saturday Live if you want to apply. Or just fill in the form below.
I'll look forward to hearing the finished products.
Are you having a crackin' Friday? hope so. i'd chat with you all longer but there is a meeting coming up about tag lines for the show. it's with a group of 大象传媒 executives. Collective noun for this group, i think, is a 'struggle'....
best and all
fi
Fi,
I have no idea what your programme is about. I just chanced on it while looking thru' the 大象传媒 website. I was struck by your beauty, honestly, which is why I am writing this! Dear lord, it is a sin to be so good looking. All the best for yourself and your programme.
(I am sure you think by now that I am crazy)
Ferdie
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I love, love, LOVE John Lewis!
Complain about this postJohn Lewis no longer sell ladies handerkerchives.
Complain about this postI e-mailed them a few years ago to no great effect, perehaps your programme can raise theprofile of this issue.
The staff at 3 stores with whom I have also raised this problem have said many people have complained about not being able to chose hnkies individuall, but it does not seem to have got back to the buyers.
I like coloured ones-not the silly ones that are in the presentation packs.
The haberdashery in John Lewis is now but a shadow of it's former self and as such is much mourned by just about every female friend of mine. It used to be the starting point for a visit to JL in Oxford Street, usually the reason for going there at all, though it was never the only department we ended up shopping in - we always got seduced by other shopping opportunities in the store.
Then there came a time when - tragedy - half the haberdashery floor (back half of the ground floor) had suddenly been given over to clothing. Not only that, they were men's clothes (poor darlings couldn't navigate beyond the ground floor, presumably), and therefore useless as a shopping opportunity! What a slap in the face for the women lusting after the now missing bolts of luscious fabric and all the other things they used to sell when they had the space, things that you didn't see anywhere else. I remember the feeling of being slighted even now...
Eventually the even more pared down department was split over 2 floors and hidden away. When was there a general decision to remove haberdashery departments from department stores? The store in my own town (Guildford) closed down for months for a refit and re-opened without one at all. Those of us with a haberdashery-habit were forced to go underground (aka internet shopping) but somehow it isn't the same).
JL is still probably my store of choice for all he reasons you mentioned, but I don't visit very often now - it just isn't the same.
Complain about this postThe programme came alive at last in the John Lewis feature - both Fi and Katherine Whitehorn were talking about personal experiences which though ordianry are important. That is what this Saturday morning show should concentrate on. Perhaps it could make its USP - no politics or world shattering events or pundits or book pluggers, only ordinary people. They can be famous people but talking about going shopping or their hobbies or small everyday things or their childhood or whatever as long as it is things that bring them closer to us mere mortals not things that make them seem from another planet.
Complain about this postWe already have Broadcastign House Start the Week & Mid Week - this needs to be different. It should have a flavour of Home Truths and Ma Ramotswe with the edge of Fi Glover. A mixture of John Lewis, TJ Maxx, B & Q, Poundland and the local hardware store.
Get it?
Deborah
I have just realised I meant Peter Jones , not John Lewis , that is where I love going>
Arabella .
Complain about this postI'm from New Zealand. I've been here seven years. My accent is a continual source of amusement to my friends - and yes, especially when I say 'egg'.
Complain about this postNot done this before but just want to say good to hear Fi Glover's voice again after her departure from Broadcasting House.
Complain about this postGreat sense of humour and wit.
Hope the show continues and is a great success.
Liked the bit on John Lewis reminded me of my long gone days in London and wandering around the store sometimes on business sometimes just, well, wandering around.
Good luck,
Cheers,
Gerry.
What a great show and an admirable replacement of 'Home Truths' which in my opinion and with respect to the presenters since, began to get a bit tired after John Peel passed away.
Anyway, I love the mixture of 'real life' chat about things we can all identify with combined with the informal discussion of important topical subjects such as we had this week with the man who witnessed a nuclear explosion. A fascinating account of his extraordinary experience and excellent answering of the questions from listeners, even if the answers were serious cause for concern.
Fi Glover's deadpan delivery of sardonic humour with her delightful voice is also a joy to listen to.
Hope this programme will be a permanent fixture to the Saturday morning line-up!
George
Complain about this postMy one lasting image of John Lewis. Just prior to Xmas. The Bramhall and Cheshire "ladies who lunch" all dolled up, just got out of their beamers. The shutters in front of the store starts to rise. At least 3 of the designer dressed shoppers roll, commando style, underneath the ascending gate in order to be first in the store. I kid you not. Never been there since, although the therapy was starting to help!
Paul
Complain about this postI'd love to do the Inheritance Tracks feature as I think I could do an interesting and entertaining job of it.
The track I have inherited is "The Laughing Policeman" I can't remember who is by or when it was recorded but I can tell you it was an old 78 and I was addicted to it as a child. I think it is worthy of being an inheritance track because it is impossible to stay grumpy, angry or in any way unpleasant when you listen to it - by the end of the second chorus you are just helpless with laughter. God knows the world needs a good laugh - I would use it to rehabilitate prisoners, end the Middle East conflict not to mention, Iraq, India and Pakistan and so on.
The track I would pass on would be Don MacClean's "American Pie" his version, not the ghastly Maddona remake. It is the complete history of pop music and youth culture in one song - so enough said, it's obvious why it should be an inheritance track, it is the track of tracks. Oh and it was the first album I bought aged 14 and I had to ask my brother's permission to play it on his "Dansette" record player. I've still got it tucked away in a safe place, ready and waiting, should vinyl ever make a comeback.
Complain about this postDaddy used to drop us (Mummy & us 3 girls) off outside Bon March茅 (Liverpool's John Lewis) first thing on a Saturday morning.
Complain about this postOur first stop was the pattern department where Mummy would browse the Vogue, Simplicity, McCalls catalogues for a suitable design for one of us.
Next stop was the Materials department where we found the most amazing collection of colours and types of materials everything from ticking; (Mum was complimented on her ticking suit by one of the assistants in the materials dept) to cottons silks, wool.
In Haberdashery we found the necessary coloured cotton reels, zips, buttons etc.
Tired out we then took the lift up to the 4th floor to the restaurant where we met up again with Daddy for lunch.
Then we took all our packages back home where everything was unpacked, material pulled, put on the floor, pattern pinned, cut out, machined on the treadle German sewing machine, pressed and modelled to murmurings of "Lovely, it really suits you". Then the frock was taken out for its first outing to a Saturday night date.
Oh what joy!.
am not hatin the mcdonald bruvs yhh..its just each week they stay someone good has to go!! like nikkita and robert they were good! the people left in the show is soo good so there would be competition except the mcdonald brothers! allow the sad vote man they THINK they are GOOD ukno so allow pushing them to carry on coz they are boring and they can't sing
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