Who would you like to see reporting for The Culture Show?
We've had a couple of comments recently from viewers who feel that we should broaden out the range of people who present our items. In our discussion of the Motown Special, one of garryco's complaints about the choice of Martin Freeman was that he hadn't been around at the time the original records were coming out. We also received an email from Kevin asking "Was it not possible for a documentary about a legendary black music label to have been presented by a black actor/personality?" Interesting thoughts.
We chose Martin Freeman because of his passion for Motown and his engaging (we thought) presenting style, but it would be interesting to hear who you would have liked to have seen on the programme instead. We do screen test people, in fact during the current series you'll spot a couple of new faces.
So who do you think would make a brilliant presenter for the show? Take as an example the show going out on 3 February, which features items on Alfred Brendel, HBO and Cameron Carpenter. Who would be your dream team for that show?
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ellen:
i think that what you are currently reporting is doing that correct...things!
~Dennis Junior~
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When I look at your website I see the faces of lots of middle aged white men and wonder where the diversity is. If you're reporting on HBO I'd love to see the British actor Idris Elba who played Stringer Bell in The Wire. I think he's make a great presenter.
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I'd like to see some contributions by the science fiction writer and political theorist China Miéville. He did a terrific job hosting episodes of Night Waves on Radio 3 a couple of years ago and - just as importantly - is extremely nimble intellectually. CS needs more material on current science fiction - the only genre that really addresses social change at a structural level - but, more importantly, it needs to rid itself of its populist disdain for ideas. With more presenters like Mieville, flip irony and sentimentalism would be a thing of the past on the Culture Show!
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That's a good thought TuringCop. I liked him on Night Waves too and thought that Mieville transformed whatever BBC Four book programme I saw him on a few years ago as well (not the science fiction one, I think he was talking about one of the Brontes).
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