Amanda Byram

dixiefly · 08-01-2012 11:06am #1

Amanda is a presenter on Something For The Weekend which is on BBC 2 at the moment. very easy on the eye.

Any chance she could be brought back to RTE. I was thinking that RTE should be looking to develope presenters like her, Claire Byrne etc to be the next generation.

Anyone think that Amanda or maybe Claire would be a good option for theLate Late when Ryan calls it a day?

artful_codger · 08-01-2012 3:52pm

why do RTE need to recruit Irish presenters? Don't we live in the EU which entitles us to employ the best and brightest from other countries such as the UK? I'm fairly sure Irish television viewers won't go into convulsions at the sound of a foreign accent, like that cute footie presenter on TV3. RTE is insular to the point of incestuous.

juan.kerr · 08-01-2012 3:55pm

artful_codger wrote: »

RTE is insular to the point of incestuous.

Because they employ Irish people?

artful_codger · 08-01-2012 4:00pm

juan.kerr wrote: »

Because they employ Irish people?

because they ONLY employ Irish people. Imagine if the BBC took the same approach, they'd have lost out on some great broadcasting talents like David Frost, Eamon Andrews, Terry Wogan, etc.

juan.kerr · 08-01-2012 4:05pm

David Frost was born in Kent. Wogan started out on RTE as did Eamonn Andrews.

artful_codger · 08-01-2012 4:21pm

juan.kerr wrote: »

David Frost was born in Kent. Wogan started out on RTE as did Eamonn Andrews.

Jesus Wept. The point is that Wogan and Andrews would have not have been given a job by RTE if they weren't Irish, not then and not now. BBC/ITV/Channel 4 demonstrate a bit more of a culture of merit and openness. RTE need to start casting the talent net further than the environs of South Dublin.

juan.kerr · 08-01-2012 4:59pm

Amanda Byram has worked in the UK and US so presumably she has some talents to offer. Castleknock is not South Dublin (and don't give the usual guff on this topic please).

artful_codger wrote: »

Jesus Wept. The point is that Wogan and Andrews would have not have been given a job by RTE if they weren't Irish, not then and not now. BBC/ITV/Channel 4 demonstrate a bit more of a culture of merit and openness. RTE need to start casting the talent net further than the environs of South Dublin.

The point is still invalid regardless of Jesus weeping or not. The UK broadcasters hire a few token Irish. Wow, just like they hire a few token Welsh and Scottish. In the case of Wogan and Andrews they came from RTE, so it's not like they plucked them from complete obscurity. Same with Craig Doyle.

How many of the UK presenters come from outside the UK and Ireland?

The ridiculous crusade for multiculturalism in Ireland really pisses me off...

Cardinal Richelieu · 08-01-2012 6:14pm

dixiefly wrote: »

Amanda is a presenter on Something For The Weekend which is on BBC 2 at the moment. very easy on the eye.

Any chance she could be brought back to RTE. I was thinking that RTE should be looking to develope presenters like her, Claire Byrne etc to be the next generation.

Anyone think that Amanda or maybe Claire would be a good option for theLate Late when Ryan calls it a day?

Did you ever listen to Claire Byrne on Newstalk with Ivan Yates? She is a true blonde, everything in an interview is black or white to her, so many times Ivan Yates had to dig her out of holes.

Amanda Byram has one of those weird American media accents that grates on your ears. Perhaps rather than female eye candy we should be considering women who would be capable interviewers.

mathepac · 08-01-2012 6:31pm

Cardinal Richelieu wrote: »

... Amanda Byram has one of those weird American media accents that grates on your ears. Perhaps rather than female eye candy we should be considering women who would be capable interviewers.

Is this the ditz that used to do that Tarzan-type challenge thing co-hosting with the Hamster? Accent mid-Atlantic to Dublin to semi-Brit during the same show. Her figure is a moveable feast too, variuos bits glued on and taken off again. Mutton dressed as mutton IMHO including the glow-in-the-dark flourescent teeth. Keep her whoever has her, along with Seoige. We have more we can send. Oi, Kenny, Turbidity & Co, anyone for the one-way tickets to BBC Outer Hebrides?

artful_codger · 08-01-2012 7:14pm

juan.kerr wrote: »

In the case of Wogan and Andrews they came from RTE, so it's not like they plucked them from complete obscurity. Same with Craig Doyle..

Yet again, you've completely missed the point. Whether they have come from obscurity is not the issue. The issue is that the BBC have no problem hiring competent broadcasters born in other countries. RTE clearly do.

juan.kerr wrote: »

The ridiculous crusade for multiculturalism in Ireland really pisses me off..
..

don't worry Jeremy, i'm sure nobody in RTE will upset your monoculturalist sensibilities by forcing you to look at a black person on the TV, or have a protestant announce the Angelus. Jesus you sound like a bitter taxi driver lol.

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