Whether he's chatting about privacy laws or a rabbit's bottom, the presenter handles his callers with aplomb
One of the most cheering stories from last week's Sony awards was a double gold for Jeremy Vine (Radio 2). His lunchtime show is easy to knock for its populism, but it's terrific radio all the same. And, for anyone who has tried just a few minutes of live radio, it's a show whose comfortable air is to be marvelled at: yesterday it went from privacy laws to rabbits via Irish ancestry and a GP who talked God to patients.
Vine sounds entirely himself, and friendly, and that's what the best radio is all about. It didn't matter, especially, that three callers supposed to argue the case for privacy laws didn't deliver. Instead, Vine chatted with interesting callers and that gave the programme its zing. "It's not like he's selling secrets to the Russians," Roy in Pembrokeshire said of a footballer with an injunction.
I loved the rabbit chat. One woman sounded as if a rabbit chomping her finger off had ruined her life; another provided too much information ("If your rabbit's got a sticky bottom . . .").
I don't quite know how Vine takes this all in his stride, but he does. I like his laughs at the more absurd moments, but mostly this is a presenter who takes his lead from callers, and makes the most of them.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/may/24/radio-review-jeremy-vine
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