Talk:Simon Mayo

Marketing fluff
"Twenty years later, Simon presents the daily Drivetime show on BBC Radio 2 - and the confessions segment is back. Now those guilty listeners who missed their chance first time around have joined with a whole new generation of sinners in begging for clemency from Father Mayo. Their confessions are as hilarious as ever."

really? please.

--93.97.113.11 (talk) 14:40, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Bit too sycophantic???
This article seems a bit too sycophantic??? I'm sure it's generally accurate though. Thoughts? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Treasurebum (talk • contribs) 14:23, 9 September 2005

Indeed with "one of the most recognised and respected voices of radio in the UK" is a bit much. I know plenty of people who think he is an annoying and patronising git! Steve 02:22, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

A bit sycophantic? Come on - this is clearly written by his PR people. If he's so well loved and successful how come the entire article's been written by the same person and this is only the second comment made on it. This page really needs changing but I fear no one will care enough to do it - I'm not going to! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Danbt79 (talk • contribs) 07:45, 24 March 2006

Yeah, it's PR puff. Being a Christian, Mayo should get his PR to edit this. After all, vanity is a sin in the eyes of G_d. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.92.8.113 (talk • contribs) 12:40, 6 April 2006

An 'academic' degree from Warwick Uni? What other kinds of degrees are there? hecould have been given an honoury degree. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.92.8.113 (talk • contribs) 12:40, 6 April 2006

You're all very brave, not putting your names on your comments (apart from Steve!). As it turned out, I wrote it. I'm not his PR and my wikipedia record suggests I can gauge what is right and not right for an article. If you think it's sycophantic that's your prerogative; I'm not sure it is. And I've never met or spoken to Simon Mayo. Bentley Banana 16:45, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I must admit I thought someone at the Beeb had written it when I read it, mainly because of the fawning tone. Much better than a lot of other biographies on here though. Dw290 12:14, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm not from England and don't know him, except from the BBC streamings of the daily Mayo show, and I also don't know if the facts presented here are correct, but "annoying and patronising" Are you fucking nuts? Every single time I've listend to him, he is trying his damdest to be impartial and objective- Even if I think the guest is a total lunatic, Mayo treats him with respect and doesn't let his own bias shine through. And here is a hint for you, usually when people feel others are patronising towards them, is because they are insecure. IceHunter 02:53, 12 November 2006 (UTC) (and can we please get another letter than ~ for signature)

Worthing?
I have a copy of the old On This Day in History book, where in the introduction he mentions the history lessons he used to sit through when he was at Worthing High School, but this article makes no mention of him ever having lived or been educated in Worthing? Angmering 09:10, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Religion
I heard him for the first time this week and its clear he is one of those people who is a "christian" before everyting else. That self-righteous tone does come through on his shows and is kind of irritating. We are supposed to be a secular country and i've yet to see or hear Atheism biased broadcasting from the BBC because presumably that would offend those who believe. A good part of radio 2 and 4 output seems to be pro Christian and now radio 5 ? The logic that its OK to run down Harry Potter but not God when neither exist is hardly conducive to an intelligent free thinking secular society  ? mikecsmith 03:05, 10 Sep 2008 (UTC)
 * Dose this have anything to do with the article? --Nate1481 11:06, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I fail to see how this has anything to do with the subject matter. Furthermore, England has an established Church; this is not a secular state.  Attention to spelling and grammar wouldn't go amiss.  23:06, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

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Duplication of educational info
The Early Life and Personal Life sections of this article contain duplication of the subject's educational info. They should probably be combined and de-duped PointOfPresence (talk) 16:14, 22 February 2019 (UTC)