[Oboogie]

A French speaking African? Not a chance.

Edit: alright, not French speaking...but I bet he understands a few words.

[Youngian]

Reminds me of the story published by Popbitch a good while back of a flight from London to Belfast which Holmes was on and getting a lot of "fan attention" whilst Michael Fassbender was on the same flight whom no one said a word to right up to grabbing a taxi after departing.

Mark Lemar witnessed similar getting off a coach with some celebs. Shane Richie was mobbed while no one recognised Gary Oldman.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

I see that Simon McCoy is Tweeting his support for Max Verstappen in today's F1 decider.

Very patriotic. I wonder if there is something about Lewis Hamilton that he doesn't like?

[Youngian]

They’ve walked a long road from Andrew Neil

[RedSparrows]

'Real Britain' being a minority of grumbling idiots in the corner of a pub asking why the trans community have taken away their jobs.

[Andy McDandy]

When I was a kid I used to read the Times. My parents got it. I noticed that in their birthdays column, there was a distinction between broadcaster and presenter. David Attenborough was a broadcaster, Noel Edmonds was a mere presenter.

Sic transit gloria mundi...

[Youngian]

Radio DJs were upgraded to presenters due to any old arm waving twat calling themselves a DJ.

[Bones McCoy]

'Real Britain' being a minority of grumbling idiots in the corner of a pub asking why the trans community have taken away their jobs.

Darren's craft corner.

[MisterMuncher]

It's nice they're having cartoons now, though.

[Cyclist]

I'll just leave this here

Fledgling news and opinion channel GB News suffered from a major technical fault on Sunday morning. Hardly anyone noticed until a video of the fault was uploaded by the broadcaster.


https://rxtvinfo.com/2021/gb-news-suffe ... ical-fault

[Bones McCoy]

I'll just leave this here

Fledgling news and opinion channel GB News suffered from a major technical fault on Sunday morning. Hardly anyone noticed until a video of the fault was uploaded by the broadcaster.


https://rxtvinfo.com/2021/gb-news-suffe ... ical-fault

Facebook was awash with conspiracy:

The Marxist BBC has cut off there electricity.

And so forth.

[The All New KevS]

When I was a kid I used to read the Times. My parents got it. I noticed that in their birthdays column, there was a distinction between broadcaster and presenter. David Attenborough was a broadcaster, Noel Edmonds was a mere presenter.

Sic transit gloria mundi...

Reminds me of the running gag on Wogan's breakfast show for years regarding John Marsh (of Janet and John infamy) - John is not a journalist, he's a newsreader.

Speaking of radio, I see GBeebies Radio is on it's way in the new year. Considering Talk Radio is already a thing, is there the market for two complete lunatic fuckwit radio stations? And why do I worry about Dacre sitting there thinking "This gives me an idea...."

[Boiler]

Speaking of radio, I see GBeebies Radio is on it's way in the new year. Considering Talk Radio is already a thing, is there the market for two complete lunatic fuckwit radio stations? And why do I worry about Dacre sitting there thinking "This gives me an idea...."

Well, the Mail tried TV in the mid-90s and it went nowhere. One of my colleagues worked for it.

https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/ ... dies/41018

(See also: Live! TV)

Thing is... radio is cheap. These days, all you need to do is to buy a slot on a DAB multiplex and off you go. Someone else has done all the hard work where transmitters are concerned.

[satnav]

Looking at the broadcaster who regularly appear on GB News it is probably fair to say that most of them have good faces for radio.

[Youngian]

The existing formats are suitable for simultaneous radio broadcast. Didn’t FiveLive and BBC1 do that with Victoria Derbyshire Live?

[Samanfur]

Definitely. I was an audience member during that period.

[Spoonman]

According to BARB, no show on GBeebies between 20-26 December was seen by more than 50,000 viewers...

1 HEADLINERS (MON 23:00) 47,100
2 FARAGE (WED 19:00) 46,100
3 GB NEWS LIVE (SUN 11:00) 46,000
4 GB NEWS LIVE (FRI 09:00) 44,100
5 TONIGHT LIVE WITH DAN WOOTTON (MON 21:00) 41,800
6 MARK STEYN (FRI 19:00) 40,800
7 TONIGHT LIVE WITH DAN WOOTTON (WED 21:00) 39,600
8 DEWBS & CO (MON 18:00) 39,000
9 GB NEWS LIVE (SUN 11:59) 39,000
10 DEWBS & CO (WED 18:00) 37,700
11 DE PIERO: THE REAL ME (FRI 17:20) 37,200
12 GB NEWS LIVE (FRI 17:00) GB News 36,900
13 THE BRIEFING: AM WITH TOM HARWOOD (MON 09:00) 35,900
14 FARAGE (MON 19:00) 34,600
15 HEADLINERS (TUE 23:00) 34,200

[RedSparrows]

WE SPEAK FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO VOICE
THE SILENT MAJORITY

Every. Single. Fucking. Time.

[Youngian]

Even the odious Dan Wooton can improve Farage’s viewing figures by over 15%.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Farage was only on 3 times that week, and gets 2 of those in the top 15, so he's a relative star of the network.

Then again that's like saying Extras is a relative star of the England batting line up at the moment. Can GB News sign up Joe Root?