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Re: New vs Old

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DaveFeb 27, 2007
 

 
Yes indeed - although I don't watch a lot of TV,
especially on Saturday evenings which are the big ratings times,
should I accidentally flick onto BBC 1 it appears to be a 50/50
chance if its Graham Norton (poached at high price from Channel 4)
or Julian Clary hosting 'Dancing With The Stars' (which I believe
Julian won the first year - someone cirrect me if I'm wrong) or some
other terrible, tortuous Saturday night extravaganza the terrestial
stations appear to believe the people of Britain want.

--- In just-a-minute@..., Dean Bedford <dbedford@...>
wrote:

>
>
> On Wednesday, February 28, 2007, at 10:38 AM, Dave wrote:
> > You're surely not talking about Saturday night, prime time TV

Julian

> > Clary one of the highest-pay-cheques-on-the-BBC are you? All the
> > others would surely jump at the chance. Personally I wouldn't miss
> > Julian from JAM, he adds little beyond the same joke over and over
> > again - the joke being that he's gay ... how often can one man
> > reveal the fact in double-entendre and still get a laugh?
> >
> > Also, it a bit more than a 'five nights a year' if you're
> > travelling from London to Manchester or Edinburgh or Glasgow and
> > staying overnight in these places (no choice if you're travelling

by

> > train these days). London shows will become fewer and fewer as the
> > BBC is prized out of London at long last, so it wont just be a

case

> > of a 45 minute walk from Great Portland Street!
>
> I am very surprised to hear Julian gets one "one of the highest pay
> cheques on the BBC". If he is again a big big star, I'm delighted.
>
> On the travel yes, thats a factor, but actually they don't travel

as far

> as Scotland or the north of England all that often. Apart from

Edinburgh

> they haven't been in Scotland now for three years - and before that

not

> since 1999. At Edinburgh, Clement apart all the panel are already

there,

> though your point would still apply to say Tony Hawks.
>
> Anyway - even if we say 8 nights out of 365 - my point was only

that

> being a regular on JAM isn't the sort of commitment that would
> dramatically change your lifestyle. If the producers wanted Julian

or

> Tony on more often, they'd work around their schedules as they

obviously

> do with Nick, Paul and Clement.
>

 
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