swerytd
Monday 30th March 2009 6:49pm
Guildford
7,542 posts
As usual, a few months behind. Just listened to Nick Mohammed in Quarters and The Correspondent.
Quarters was a bit odd. I really like Nick Mohammed's voice -- there's something very easy to listen to about it. Not sure about the sketches -- a bit surreal for me, though there is an excellent one about an air-traffic controller in the second episode. The fourth episode is just one long 15-minute sketch which was bizarre (though I suspect it was recorded at the Edinburgh Festival and is one of his on-stage personas or something).
The Correspondent was very good, though I like Tom Allen too. He strikes me as the sort of person who's trying to annoy you, but just not succeeding. I like the setup and everything being done by text/email/memo/poster. A bit On The Blog-y but I think there's plenty of room for that sort of thing on radio.
Neither was sparklingly brilliant but both were entertaining.
Dan