OT : Brian Matthew dropped from Sounds of the Sixties

[johnpoole]

I'm not listening to it, but the new show probably fits in better with the rest of Radio 2's output - I recall an interview with Brian Matthew in Record Collector magazine a few years ago in which he was quoted as saying that they had to resist those in charge of the station who wanted more hits on SotS. A similar thing happened with the 1950s which once had a show with Mark Lamarr who was welcome on the station when he was regularly appearing on TV, not so much afterwards.

This is a good internet radio show for folks who like pop/psych obscurities from the mid 60s -

cometothesunshine.podomatic.com/
www.cometothesunshine.com/

[robchapman]

it has been announced erroneously by the BBC that Brian has died. They later retracted this but he is in fact still critically ill, so fingers crossed and prayers that this thread does not conclude in the way that most of us feared it will. In the meantime I assume the BBC has a vacancy for a new Press Officer!

[John Green]

Apr 5, 2017 13:41:13 GMT robchapman said:

it has been announced erroneously by the BBC that Brian has died. They later retracted this but he is in fact still critically ill, so fingers crossed and prayers that this thread does not conclude in the way that most of us feared it will. In the meantime I assume the BBC has a vacancy for a new Press Officer!

Story 'retracted' www.theguardian.com/media/2017/apr/05/bbc-retracts-report-of-sounds-of-the-60s-host-brian-matthews-death which is reminiscent of foreskins.

[robchapman]

For the BBC not to have offered a full and unequivocal apology (rather than a mere 'clarification') was pretty gutless of them I thought given the distress this will announcement have caused Brian friends family and loyal listeners.

[Kev Hunter]

Unless the BBC have cocked up again, it would appear that Brian has signed off for good this time:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39541162

[robchapman]

Yes sadly it appears to be true this time. Somehow appropriate that it was a Saturday wasn't it? RIP legend of my Saturday mornings since I was a nipper.