Kay wrote:
In article , Stan The Man
writes
If he is seen often, that is partly because his programmes are
repeated often; and partly because he's the best at the job.

The best person to front 'Last Night of the Proms'??

Well, it takes all sorts.

I thought about this at the time; and decided that for such a merry
low-brow occasion he was by no means a bad choice. These days people
get so few chances to dip their toes into "classical" music that
anything which dispels the "élitist" image must be a good idea.
(Hell, it could have been Bill Oddie or Sandi Toksvig!)

He _is_ intelligent and likable and non-stuffy about everything; I
just wish they'd train more people that way instead of relying on an
over-exposed handful.

Mike.