The duo's new show was awkward and lifeless ? it felt like telly without the pictures
Richard Keys and Andy Gray arrived at talkSport yesterday, ready to pick over the weekend's football for almost three hours; about 10 minutes was given over to rugby. There was no mention of their sexist off-air comments or the departure from Sky that followed, but some nods to the tumultuous past few weeks crept in. "Gentlemen, indeed, this is most strange," Keys said to Hawksbee and Jacobs at the handover.
And it was a strange listen: awkward and lifeless, really. That may have been nerves, but this show felt like a telly format without pictures. With images, this intense scrutiny of score-lines has a pace and narrative, but without them it's a bit like listening to paint dry.
Heaven knows how they will fill 15 hours a week. This might make sense on a Monday morning after a dramatic weekend of games, but by mid-week you imagine it will be wilting. It would help if they chatted to listeners, rather than endless player and manager pundits interspersed with rigid references to audience interaction (Keys: "We are making a note of your thoughts"). The show also suffers by feeling a bit cheap, with endless references, read by Keys, to the sponsor's best deals ? a third off ceramic tiles from Wickes.
A must listen? Do me a favour, love.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/feb/15/radio-review-richard-keys-and-andy-gray
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