I was on BBC Radio Cambridge this morning.  I knew they were going to call my mobile at 7:30am to speak to me so I set my alarm clock in time to be up and ready for the call.  It didn’t go off.  The first I knew of things was when my phone rang, at 7:30 on the dot.

I picked up the phone, suddenly very alert.  The lady I’d arranged the interview with told me I’d be live on air in 2 minutes.  All fine except I couldn’t get the first-thing-in-the-morning croak out of my voice! I’m sure all the listeners could tell I’d just woken up.  On top of that, the DJ asked me all the technical questions about tax, insurance etc and I wish I could say I answered them articulately.

I’d say that one ranked quite high on the list of bad radio interviews!