Kwakunzima, kuxinzelelo kwiinyanga ezimbalwa: USimon Mayo utyhila into engahambanga kakuhle kwi-BBC Radio 2

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USimon Mayo unegama alithandayo. Ligama elihlangeneyo lesiJamani, kodwa ke ungumntu okrelekrele, onesidanga kwimbali nakwipolitiki.

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Kuye, eli gama libandakanya yonke into engahambanga kakuhle ngo-2018 kwaye yajika yaba ngowona nyaka mbi wobomi bakhe bobuchwephesha obunomtsalane kunye nobuhle.

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• USara Cox ukuba abe ngumninimzi omtsha we-BBC Radio 2 yexesha lokuqhuba
• USimon Mayo ushiye iRadio 2 emva kweminyaka eli-17
• Dibana noBob Shennan, indoda engemva kwe-BBC yeyona veki inkulu- kunye nokuhlaziywa kweRadio 2

Akunjalo ngokupheleleyo kwimowudi yokuvuma kodwa enomdla wokucoca umoya, umsasazi, ozimisele ukuba ngumhlobo emva kwemic, ukwindawo eyonwabileyo ngoku kunangomhla wokugqibela ngoMeyi xa abaphathi beRadio 2 benze ukuphuculwa kokudityaniswa kwakhe Umboniso othandwayo ngomnye umboniso othandwayo, ngaloo ndlela ityhefa zombini kwaye iphosa uthungelwano kwisiphithiphithi.

Ubusuku obaqale ngoJanuwari ophelileyo, xa umlawuli weRadio 2 uLewis Carnie wabhengeza ukuba iMayo's Sony iphumelele imbasa yeDrivetime umboniso uza kubanjwa kunye noJo Whiley, omnye umdlalo othandekayo, oza kuncothulwa kumboniso oqaqambileyo awubonisileyo ukusukela ngo-2011. Kwakungelula, kuxinezeleko kwiinyanga ezimbalwa, ngoku uMayo uyavuma, ekugqibeleni ebeka iinwele zakhe ezinwele ngaphezu kongqameko.

Olu tshintsho belucetywe ukuba lusingathe ukungalingani ngokwesini kwiRadio 2, emini evekini yayijongwe ngamadoda amhlophe, aphakathi ukusukela oko uSarah Kennedy waboniswa emva kwentsimbi yesixhenxe ngo-2010. Kodwa lwenziwa ngesixhobo esingacacanga. , kwaye yaqhuba enye yobuso bayo obuthandayo ukuba irhoxe emva kweminyaka engama-36 kwi-BBC. Into yokuba yenze mandundu imeko ayisiyokuthatha kwam; kwakamsinya nje ukuba kukhutshwe ifomathi entsha, iileta ezinomsindo ezivela kubaphulaphuli zaqala ukugaleleka kwiRadio Times.

Abantu babephelelwe lithemba lokuba umlingo womboniso unyamalele, nokuba u-Asyy wayexhonywe izihlangu, kwaye into ende ka-Mayo ye-Confessions yayingasondelanga njengokuzonwabisa ngaphandle kwentatheli yezemidlalo uMat Williams. Umfundi uCharlotte Fitzgerald e-Ilford uthethe ngezigidi xa ebhala, Kutheni ulungisa into engakhange yaphulwe?

UBob Shennan, owayesakuba ngumlawuli weRadio 2 ngoku onguMlawuli weRadio noMculo kwi-BBC, uphendule eyona ngxowa iphezulu yeRadio Times ukusukela oko kwabakho incoko engenakulinganiswa eJamaica Inn ngesitetimenti esingenamoya: Ndonwabile ukuba abasasazi babini abadumileyo beRadio 2 ngoku banikezela Umboniso omtsha kraca evekini, endiqinisekileyo ukuba uza kuba yenye yezona nkqubo zimanyelwayo. Ngokuchasene noko, yagxotha abaphulaphuli. UMayo ubhengeze ukumka kwakhe nge-22 ka-Okthobha. I-solo ye-valedictory solo All-Request Friday iphele iminyaka eli-17 kwiRadio 2 ngomhla wama-21 kuDisemba. Eyakhe, ilayishwe, isicelo sokuqala wazalelwa ukuqhuba.

Ngoku kukho ukukhanya ekupheleni kwetonela. Ngomhla we-4 ku-Matshi, uMayo uya kuba yincutshe ekumiliseleni isikhululo esitsha sedijithali, iScala (ingqondo yomshicileli waseJamani-osasazekayo uBauer).

Isoyikisa, ngokokushicilelwa kumaphephandaba, ngokwaphula ukungunda komculo weklasiki e-UK, ngokujolisa kubantwana abaneminyaka engama-40 ukuya kwengama-60 abanomdla wokuva ukuba iNkanyezi izalwe njengeLake Swan, uHerbie Hancock njengoHandel. UMayo uya kusingatha umboniso we-10 am-to-1pm, osebenzisanayo, umxholo kunye nokukhokelwa kwinqanaba. Lithuba lakhe, utsho, ukuba abuyele kunomathotholo kwaye abe yinxalenye yobomi babantu kwakhona.

Ukuba uncedo olunhlanu luka-Mayo alonelanga, ukuHlolwa kwakhe kweFilimu emva kwemini ngoLwesihlanu kunye noMark Kermode kwi-BBC Radio 5 Live kuya kuqhubeka ngokungathi akukho nto yenzekileyo. UMayo uza kungqamana namacandelo orhwebo nawoluntu. Ulawulo luyakwazi ukugoba xa lufuna njalo.

UMayo ugcina ityala elinzulu kwi-5 Live. Ukujoyina iindaba kunye nenethiwekhi yezemidlalo kwiRadio 1 ngo-2001 kwamenza umsasazi namhlanje. Njengomntwana owayebiwe imali yakhe yesidlo sasemini, ukhumbula ukugculelwa xa-i-jock ye-pop-adoodle-doo-jock! -Walandela uNicky Campbell kunqunqquthela kwimicimbi yangoku. Kwakukho nentwana ethi ‘Ucinga ukuba ungubani?’ Yayiyindawo yokuthandabuza. Kodwa i-naysaying yamisa mhla iindiza zabetha i-Twin Towers ngo-2001 ngelixa uMayo wayesemoyeni kwaye wayibamba kunye. Ndikhumbula ndijonga kwiglasi ndibona umlawuli werediyo ye-BBC, intloko ye-5 Live kunye nomphathi jikelele uGreg Dyke bonke belapho, bejonge kwizikrini, becinga, 'Ngaba kufuneka siphume?'

IiBros kwizitudiyo zeRadio 1 kunye noDJ Simon Mayo, London, circa 1990 (Getty)

Ucacisa iminyaka yakhe esithoba kwi-5 Live njengowona msebenzi ugcweleyo endakha ndawenza, ngakumbi emva kokuba ndikhulile ndisebenzisa umva kwirediyo yokukwazi ukuya kwirekhodi, ubunewunewu obungavulelekanga kumsasazi wentetho kanomathotholo. Ndandiqonda ukuba abantu bacinga ukuba andinakuyenza, ngoko ke kufuneka ndibengumntu olungiselelwe kakhulu kwela gumbi. Kulungile, siza kwenza isiqwenga semizuzu engama-20 malunga netafile yamaxesha, emva koko undwendwe lwakho olulandelayo luyanyamalala kwaye isithuba semizuzu engama-20 sibe ngama-40. Ke uza kwenza ntoni? Ndihlala ndicinga kudliwanondlebe lonke ndingumbuzo omnye kude nentlekele.

Ukutshintshela kwiRadio 2 ngoJanuwari 2010 kwaba sisiqabu: Ixesha lokuqhuba yayingumboniso endandihlala ndifuna. Emva kokuba egqibe iminyaka engama-50, wakwazi ukuya kwirekhodi kwaye enze ngokomxholo wethoni yakhe yiPrince Buster eyalelayo: Zonwabise, liphelile ixesha kunokuba ucinga.

Kunyaka ophelileyo yayingu-annus horribilis wakhe. Ndingayingqina into yoxinzelelo ebelubeke kuye. Ndaqala ukudibana noMayo ngo-1993 kwiRadio 1 xa uMark Goodier waqesha uStuart Maconie kunye nam njengendawo yokubonisa isidlo sakusasa ngelixa wayesekhefini likatata. NgoJuni ophelileyo, kwiiveki ezimbalwa kwifomathi entsha yeDrayivu, mna naye savela kumsitho apho ababhali babuzwa imibuzo malunga neencwadi zabo ezintsha, ezantsi kwendlela ahlala kuyo emantla eLondon kunye nenkosikazi yakhe uHilary, oonyana ababini kunye nentombi.

Ukuguqula isandla sakhe ukuba sibhale, uMayo wayenyusa inoveli yakhe yesihlanu, iMad Blood Stirring- eyakhe yokuqala yayijolise kubantu abadala kunasebantwini abadala. Umamkeli-zindwendwe wethu, u-David's Hepworth we-RT, wathetha ngombandela wokuphendula kumdlalo omtsha weRadio 2 kodwa uMayo wala ukuzoba.

Emva koko, wabuza ukuba ndiyayithanda na intlanganiso yokuxoxa ngomahluko phakathi kosasazo lwentengiso noluntu. (Ndandinamava omabini, ngelixa wayeyindoda ye-BBC ngokukodwa ukusukela oko wajoyina iRadio Nottingham ngo-1982.)

Saqala ukudibana rhoqo kwigumbi elinye leti-Soho. Incoko zethu bezizezabucala kodwa akazukukhathazeka xa ndinokuxela ukuba indlela aziphatha ngayo ihambe phakathi kokuphoxeka, ukubonakalisa kunye nomsindo ngendlela ebephethwe ngayo. Isandulelwe likhondo lakhe lomsebenzi njengomnye wabafo abalungileyo, kwabonakala ngathi amadlelo amatsha abizwa.

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Lo moya mtsha wokufuduka kwiRadio ye-BBC ukhumbule ukuhlala komlawuli weRadio 1 ojongwa kwikamva uMateyu Bannister, othe wenza izinto ngcono ngokuzenza mbi ngakumbi xa ucoceko lwentwasahlobo lucoca abaphulaphuli abazizigidi ezihlanu kodwa baphucula iRadio 1 yabaphulaphuli abancinci. UMayo ukhumbula ngo-DJ Dave Lee Travis owayengcangcazela ngokurhoxa emsebenzini (Utshintsho lwenziwa ngokuchasene nemigaqo yam). Ngokwahlukileyo, eyakhe kwi-2018 iya kuba nde kwaye ikhutshwe.

Abalandeli bebengaphantsi kokuchukunyiswa yiRadio 2 yokubhangiswa kukaSimon Mayo noJo Whiley (Imifanekiso ye-BBC)

Ngaba uyayikhumbula intlanganiso xa abaphathi bacebisa utshintsho kwixesha lokuqhuba? Yayingeyiyo intlanganiso, yayingumnxeba ovela kwiarhente yam usithi utyelelwe nguLewis Carnie owayesithi, 'Ukubonisa ngokudibeneyo ikamva.'

Ke, ithengiselwe wena njengento elungileyo? Andizange ndiqiniseke ukuba kulungile kangakanani, kodwa ewe. Ndandinenkxalabo yokuba baya kukhupha umbonisi-ntetho kwingxowa kwenye indawo, kwaye ndathi kufuneka ibinguJo. Kudala ndimazi, kwaye neentsapho zethu bezikunye kunye ngeholide.

Ngaba iRadio 2 iyacinga ukuba ukubamba ngokubambisana ikamva? Hayi Uqikelelo lwam kukuba bekukho uxinzelelo lokwenyani oluvela phezulu malunga nokuphucula inani labasetyhini ngexesha lasemini. Kwaye bajonge unomathotholo endiwenzayo kunye nenyani endiyisebenzisileyo noMark [Kermode] iminyaka emininzi, kwaye bacinga, 'Angangayinika.' Kuba xa ucebise njalo… kwabanye endisebenza nabo , Bayazi ukuba ngekungasebenzi.

Ngaba ibikhona ingqiqo yokuba ayisebenzi, siza kuyibuyisela umva? Hayi ngekhe, nanini na. Baye batyala imali eninzi kwezopolitiko kutshintsho.

Beningamaxhoba esigqibo esibi. Ndicinga ukuba ixhoba ligama elingalunganga. Mna noJo sisebenze nzima kakhulu ukwenza loo mboniso ube mnandi kangangoko.

Kukweli nqanaba apho umlandeli weSpurs uMayo edlala umdlalo wakhe webhola ekhatywayo: Xa uGary Lineker waya e-Barcelona ngo-1986 phantsi komphathi uTerry Venables, wayeyinto enkulu. [Wafaka amanqaku angama-21 kwimidlalo engama-41 kwisizini yokuqala, kuquka ne-hat-trick ngokuchasene ne-Real Madrid.] Emva koko uJohan Cruyff uthathe indawo kwaye wamdlalisa ngaphandle kwesikhundla, emsa ngasekunene kwebala, kwaye wayengonwabanga . Kwaye wagqibela ngokufudukela eSpurs.

Nokuba iScala iya kubonelela uMayo ngokulingana nokuphumelela iNdebe ye-FA ye-1991 isabonakala, kodwa uya konwaba. Mna noJo besisadlalela iqela, sobabini uyanyanzelisa. Kodwa besidlalwa ngaphandle kwendawo. I-Scala indinika ithuba lokudlala kwindawo. Phakathi kwamawaka ee-tweets kunye nee-imeyile, omnye umfo wathi ixesha lokuqhuba 'yeyona radiyo ilula neyonwabisayo awakhe wayimamela'. Khange abenangxaki ukuba ndiye phi ngokulandelayo, wayefuna nje ukuba ndibenguye kwakhona.

Ndiza kuqhubeka kunye (neflegi) umboniso wefilimu kwi-5Live noMark Kermode kwaye, ngaphaya koko, ezinye izinto ezenziwa ngonomathotholo zifuna! Kodwa okwangoku lusizi nje lokushiya. Irediyo 2 ibeyindawo entle kum-irediyo yam eyonwaba endicinga ngayo. Abaphulaphuli bethu abaqhelekanga kakhulu.

-Simon Mayo (@simonmayo) Okthobha 22, 2018

UChris Evans, ukushiya kwakhe iRadio 2 kuncede ukucima ukungavisisani ngokwesini, wanika uMayo umsebenzi eVirgin. Wandikhwaza wathi, 'Uyafuna ukusebenza apha?' Ndathi, 'Sele ndithethelwe.' Uthe, 'Ndinabaphulaphuli abazizigidi eziyi-8.7.' Ndathi, 'Ndiphi Ukuhamba asinabo kwaphela abaphulaphuli. Siqala kwiqanda! '

Amakhadi abonakala ngathi afike kakuhle. U-Evans unendawo yokudlala entsha, iZoe Ball's kwisidlo sakusasa, uSara Cox ukuDrayivu kwaye iRadio 2 ekugqibeleni ibubufazi. Kodwa yayilutshintsho olubi.

Ewe, uMayo uyanqwala, ewathathela ingqalelo amazwi akhe ngononophelo njengonozakuzaku. Ayisiyondlela ebendiyile ngayo. Umboniso wokuba ixesha lokuqhuba liba lelona phawu lubalaseleyo lokuba ndingubani njengomntu kwaye ndinike iRadio 2 awona manani aphezulu okuphulaphula awakhe aba nawo. Andicingi ukuba ukucinga ngokwaneleyo kuye kwangena kwimpembelelo enokuthi ibekhona.

Ngaba bekunzima kuJo whiley kunawe? (Kamva uxelele iMail ngeCawa, intlungu yayingapheli, yonke iyure yemihla ngemihla. Kwakunzima kuthi sobabini, kodwa ngezizathu ezahlukeneyo. UJo wayifumana intonga kwi-intanethi kuba wayethatha ityala kwifomathi entsha. Kwakungekho sikweni kwaphela. Ndathi kubaphathi, 'Ungaze uphinde uyenze loo nto.' Umfazi wam wathi ndandithetha kakhulu emoyeni xa ndandibonisa uJo kunokuba ndim ndedwa. Yazisa elinye icala kum. Unomathotholo buqu. Ijikeleza imo yomoya kunye nemood, kwaye andiqondi ukuba akukho kuthandabuza ukuba besiceliwe ukuba senze izinto ebesingazimiselanga kuzenza. Kwaye yabonisa emoyeni, kwaye oko ngokuqinisekileyo kwenza umsebenzi onzima. Akukho mbuzo. Yayinoxinzelelo. Ndaya ejimini rhoqo.

Undibonisa uluhlu lokudlala olonwabileyo asebenzela kulo ngamaxesha eengxwabangxwaba- ibandakanya Xa inqanawa isihla ngeCypress Hill, Ndiyayithanda LA nguRandy Newman, Ndisebenza kuHola wendlela nguBruce Springsteen noBach's Partita No 1 kwiflethi kaB - kodwa uqukumbela ngobungangamsha, Umbulelo omkhulu endinawo emva kweminyaka engama-36 ndibugqitha ubunzima beenyanga ezidlulileyo.

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Uyavuma ukuba akaphoswa kukuba umvuzo wakhe utyhilwe kumaphephandaba minyaka le (£ 340,000- £ 349,000 kwinani lokugqibela ngoJulayi, ngaphezulu kukaVanessa Feltz, ngaphantsi kukaNick Grimshaw), okanye ukusilela kwembali kweCorporate ukunxibelelana netalente . UMayo undixelela ukuba ngo-1998, wafunda ukuba umboniso wakhe we-BBC1 Confessions wawungavunyelwanga xa wayesenziwa ngumthengisi we-ice-cream eDartmoor.

Nangona eneminyaka engama-60 evuma ukuba akayisebenzisi kakuhle loo nto yokwaluphala (Yiyo loo nto uKermode ehlala esithi ndinxiba okomntu ofikisayo), angakhuthazeka ngokuzimisela njengombhali opapashiweyo, inoveli yakhe yesithathu yabadala-abadala etyholwa Ukuboniswa kukaHarry Potter kunye nombhali oqalekisiweyo woMntwana uJack Thorne, kwaye uya ePerth kule nyanga ukuya kubona incwadi yabantwana bakhe yokuqala iguqulwe yaba ngumdlalo weqonga weABC e-Australia. Ndithathele ingqalelo ukugxila ekubhaleni, uyavuma, kodwa unomathotholo yinto endiyenzayo.

Emva kweeyure ezimbini zokubeka irekhodi ngqo, siyaqaphela ukuba lihambile ixesha kunokuba sicinga. Njengokuba sipakisha sihamba, ngolunya uthathela ingqalelo ilifa lakhe: Ndiza kukhunjulwa njengomntu owazincama ngenxa yesizathu esihle- kwirediyo yasemini ebhetele! Emva kwenye ikhefu elicingisisayo kwaye ngoncumo olumangalisayo: Ndiyathemba ukuba banombulelo.

Inkqubo kanomathotholo kaSimon Mayo kaScala iqala nge-4 kaMatshi 2019