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SOME gamey, old familiars returned to radio this week, the roue of the autocue among them. In fact, before Des Lynam sold his anchor skills to television, it was radio which gave him legendary status. Now he's back in Des at Wimbledon (Radio 5 Live, Monday to Friday), seamlessly combining informed quips with the cavalier intimacy he wears like a club blazer.
There's something quaint about Lynam's chat-up style. "Shall we talk a little women's tennis?" he asked Tracy Austin playfully on Tuesday;See the full content of this document
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In Buchan's Footsteps the Radio Week
this is a man who could fill the Shipping Forecast with innuendo. He began his Wimbers coverage for BBC radio in the 1970s, and, although Lynam gives the impression of not taking anything seriously, it's a ruse, one of the secrets of urbane...
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