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Rachel
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| mark occomore wrote: | | Rachel wrote: | | Did any of you catch the Radio 2 Christmas Quiz- Christmas Day in the evening I think it was...( my mind is a blur)- now that was shouting. It was very disappointing – like living next door to a rowdy pub. Not good radio at all. |
You mean Chris pub is as loud as his voice?  |
No, I mean the R2 Chrismas Quiz was just a massive drunken ego-fest. The only one who didn't shout was Janice Long. |
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mark occomore
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| Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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| ColinB wrote: | | Who is Chris pub? |
Chris owns a pub in Surrey. |
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ColinB
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| Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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| mark occomore wrote: | | ColinB wrote: | | Who is Chris pub? |
Chris owns a pub in Surrey. |
That's not what I asked! |
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| Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 12:35 am Post subject: |
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| Rachel wrote: | | mark occomore wrote: | | Rachel wrote: | | Did any of you catch the Radio 2 Christmas Quiz- Christmas Day in the evening I think it was...( my mind is a blur)- now that was shouting. It was very disappointing – like living next door to a rowdy pub. Not good radio at all. |
You mean Chris pub is as loud as his voice? |
No, I mean the R2 Chrismas Quiz was just a massive drunken ego-fest. The only one who didn't shout was Janice Long. |
Well it was recorded in a pub. A London pub.
Double whammy!
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mark occomore
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| Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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| I would be rather embarrassed seeing all my collegues returning after the festive period. Most regular TV and Radio presenters have returned today. Chris isn't back until the 17th January. He probarly come back wishing everyone happy new year. I know Wogan used to take a few holidays, but at least he would be back straight after the festive period. |
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ColinB
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| Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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| mark occomore wrote: | | He probarly come back wishing everyone happy new year. |
He probarly............ He will definitely be back talking loudly, making silly noises and spouting the usual nonsensical crap whilst talking over everything.
What a knob. |
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Ian Robinson
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| Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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| mark occomore wrote: | | Chris isn't back until the 17th January. He probarly come back wishing everyone happy new year. I know Wogan used to take a few holidays, but at least he would be back straight after the festive period. |
Like most of the population, you seem to have missed "Famous & Fearless" - it's on Channel 4 every night this week and is live from Liverpool. That's why he's not doing the Breakfast show.
It's rubbish, unsurprisingly. |
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ColinB
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| Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Ian Robinson wrote: | | It's rubbish, unsurprisingly. |
Although there's no way I'd ever watch it (the on-air trails were annoying enough), I have seen some very bad notices.
I'm pleased to say!!!  |
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I tuned in by mistake, and for a couple of minutes it was just embarrassing. Then Evans appeared, and it got a whole lot worse. What on earth possessed Clare Balding, who is normally very sensible, to get involved in this rubbish ? 
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ColinB
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| Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:35 am Post subject: |
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| MadeinSurrey wrote: | | I tuned in by mistake, and for a couple of minutes it was just embarrassing. Then Evans appeared, and it got a whole lot worse. What on earth possessed Clare Balding, who is normally very sensible, to get involved in this rubbish ? |
Let me think....... Money? |
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A BBC Breakfast DJ with a live show on Channel Four, is it 1997 again?
History does have a knack of repeating itself, lets hope so........ |
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ColinB
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| kengeo wrote: | A BBC Breakfast DJ with a live show on Channel Four, is it 1997 again?
History does have a knack of repeating itself, lets hope so........ |
Indeed. It proves that he simply cannot resist the chance to be seen and/or heard - even when what he's doing is utter crap. |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:12 am Post subject: |
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| The nice people at the BBC have also delayed the return of The One Show, to allow his participation in this Channel 4 dross. |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:14 am Post subject: |
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| kengeo wrote: | | The nice people at the BBC have also delayed the return of The One Show, to allow his participation in this Channel 4 dross. |
So there is no chance of the BBC listening to the people who pay their wages.....................they grovel to C E 
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ColinB
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| kengeo wrote: | | The nice people at the BBC have also delayed the return of The One Show, to allow his participation in this Channel 4 dross. |
Adrian Chiles was right - parachuting Evans in to do Fridays was just the thin end of the wedge in planning a take-over of the One Show by the Evans-idiot. |
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mark occomore
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| Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| ColinB wrote: | | kengeo wrote: | | The nice people at the BBC have also delayed the return of The One Show, to allow his participation in this Channel 4 dross. |
Adrian Chiles was right - parachuting Evans in to do Fridays was just the thin end of the wedge in planning a take-over of the One Show by the Evans-idiot. |
You don't ' Parachute' a high profile name like Chris Evans into a high profile show like 'The One show' unless they are going to get something out of it. |
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ColinB
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| Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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| mark occomore wrote: | | You don't ' Parachute' a high profile name like Chris Evans into a high profile show like 'The One show' unless they are going to get something out of it. |
Well, in this instance they did indeed parachute The Gobby One into The One Show (without telling anybody on the production or presentation teams who had, until that point, been working well as a production "family") and the result was one almighty cock-up.
They got something out of it, OK. Bad PR, and a show that has been irreparably damaged since that egotistical idiot has joined the presentation team.
One day, it's all going to turn sour on Evans, and I sure hope that it does sooner rather than later because I'm sick of the sight and sound of him. The prat. |
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Ian Robinson
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| ColinB wrote: | | They got something out of it, OK. Bad PR, and a show that has been irreparably damaged since that egotistical idiot has joined the presentation team. |
Actually, ratings were very high in the months before Christmas - the same or above Chiles levels. Except on Friday  |
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ColinB
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| Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Ian Robinson wrote: | | Actually, ratings were very high in the months before Christmas - the same or above Chiles levels. Except on Friday |
I can believe it. The morale among the production staff at White City has been very low and this actually shows on screen. I know two people who are based at WC and they told me that many people on The One Show were very angry at the announcement that The Gob was being dropped in on Fridays. Chiles and Bleakley were part of the family and were well liked.
What I don't understand is why the senior management at the Beeb (and, now, Channel 40) are so smitten with the idiot. Still, his time will come........ again. |
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mark occomore
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| Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:22 am Post subject: |
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| mark occomore wrote: | | You don't ' Parachute' a high profile name like Chris Evans into a high profile show like 'The One show' unless they are going to get something out of it. |
| ColinB wrote: | | Well, in this instance they did indeed parachute The Gobby One into The One Show (without telling anybody on the production or presentation teams who had, until that point, been working well as a production "family") and the result was one almighty cock-up. |
How do you know the bosses at The One Show weren't told? Chris is a stand-in Monday - Thursday and a regular friday co-host. He was also covering Matt Baker who was on strictly come dancing. |
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ColinB
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| mark occomore wrote: | | How do you know the bosses at The One Show weren't told? Chris is a stand-in Monday - Thursday and a regular friday co-host. He was also covering Matt Baker who was on strictly come dancing. |
I didn't say the "bosses" weren't told of the idiot's appointement - I said "the production team". Remember that the team consists of over 100 people. |
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mark occomore
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| Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 11:09 am Post subject: |
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| ColinB wrote: | | mark occomore wrote: | | How do you know the bosses at The One Show weren't told? Chris is a stand-in Monday - Thursday and a regular friday co-host. He was also covering Matt Baker who was on strictly come dancing. |
I didn't say the "bosses" weren't told of the idiot's appointement - I said "the production team". Remember that the team consists of over 100 people. |
I guess the team were told in meetings. Or unless they were living in another part of the world, and cut of from any communications. |
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| Quote: | | I'm sick of the sight and sound of him. The prat. |
Seconded...But prats a bit too polite.
The One Show was a regular part of our evenings viewing, it did have a bit of kudos and professionalism with Bleakley & Chiles, now its like watching Tiswas, making it must miss TV, all because the prat (sic) wanted a part of it. |
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ColinB
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| mark occomore wrote: | | I guess the team were told in meetings. Or unless they were living in another part of the world, and cut of from any communications. |
BBC employees (especially those on freelance contract) are kept in the dark about most things these days, Mark. I would have thought you could have deduced that for yourself! |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:01 pm Post subject: From Chris Evans Book. |
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I’ve been reading Chris Evans second autobiography and towards the end he mentions a secret radio deal that was put on the table to him.
For those who haven’t read it the story goes that when Evans was doing his Saturday afternoon Radio 2 show (about 5 or 6 years ago I think) the head of another major radio organisation offered him a big job. The meeting took place in secret, and Evans was told that if the meeting or the offer ever got leaked they would deny it ever happened and that he was one trying to boost his profile and career. The job involved him replacing someone who was already doing the job and had no idea he might be about to fired, and the job its self was to host a show which was once iconic but was not so much these days. Evans said 'that he was happy at the BBC' - ' but when the money they were offering was discussed it was too big of a deal for him to at least not considerate it' Afterwards he spoke to the head of Radio 2 who was so keen to keep him she offered him a 5 times a week show on Radio 2 (drivetime) and the potential to take over from Wogan on breakfast when he decided it was time to go. This kept Evans at Radio 2 and the rest is history.
But my question to you guys is – what big job in radio was Evans offered and turned down?
I guess it could have been Johnny Vaughan at Capital Radio when Tarrant left.
It was the best option to stay at the BBC.
What do you think? |
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I should think you're right there, Mark. I can't think of many high-profile commercial radio jobs (apart from Christian O'Connell but he took over Evans' slot anyway).
I think Chris Evans would have been a superb replacement for Chris Tarrant on Capital - not least because I wouldn't have to listen to him there! |
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It might have been best for Mr Evans but unfortunately not for the poor sods who don't have a decent breakfast show to enjoy on Radio 2
There again we're talking about a man with a huge ego so it's not surprising he decided as he did
Can someone else please make him an offer he can't refuse NOW 
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| I reckon it's all BS coming from Evans. All he's doing is bigging himself up to try and make himself look more important (and, of course, desperately wanted) than he actually is. The story's probably a lie. |
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| I was thinking at the time GMTV was going through a tough time, but it's seems by reading it a Radio job. The BBC was the better option with commercial radio going through changes. ( That was my view and not others ) |
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Very interesting Mark.
Your original on this latest story is virtually word for word similar to a posting on Digital Spy posted by someone called No Entry2K. |
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mark occomore
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| Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Mark Mayhew wrote: | Very interesting Mark.
Your original on this latest story is virtually word for word similar to a posting on Digital Spy posted by someone called No Entry2K. |
My entry. I have been reading Mr Evans book. Yes it's interesting. At the time Neil Fox and Steve Penk were up for the Capital breakfast, but both moved on. |
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| I wish Chris had gone for the big job offered to him at the time-my money would have been the Breakfast Show on Capital. |
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ColinB
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| Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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Marko, you post all this stuff on Digital Spy as well? Is it that important to you?
Jeez......... |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:46 pm Post subject: Re: From Chris Evans Book. |
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| mark occomore wrote: | | For those who haven’t read it the story goes that when Evans was doing his Saturday afternoon Radio 2 show (about 5 or 6 years ago I think) the head of another major radio organisation offered him a big job. The meeting took .... |
Ha, ha, Mark, you didn't write that 
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mark occomore
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| Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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| ColinB wrote: | Marko, you post all this stuff on Digital Spy as well? Is it that important to you?
Jeez......... |
Yes, Very interesting which Radio job he had the offer for. |
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| mark occomore wrote: | | ColinB wrote: | Marko, you post all this stuff on Digital Spy as well? Is it that important to you?
Jeez......... |
Yes, Very interesting which Radio job he had the offer for. |
Well, I can't be the only person on the planet who doesn't give a stuff which organisation was bidding for his services (if, of course, the story is true - because I don't think it was). If it is true, perhaps they'd care to renew their kind offer please???
Let's face it, Evans is a knob. I wouldn't spend a second of my time (or a penny of my hard-earned) reading his so-called "autobiography". The picture on the front is enough to frighten off my neighbour's cats - which actually gives me a good idea. I wonder if the remainder shops have any?  |
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| mark occomore wrote: | | Mark Mayhew wrote: | Very interesting Mark.
Your original on this latest story is virtually word for word similar to a posting on Digital Spy posted by someone called No Entry2K. |
My entry. I have been reading Mr Evans book. Yes it's interesting. At the time Neil Fox and Steve Penk were up for the Capital breakfast, but both moved on. |
Steve Penk? As if! |
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| There's no point at all reading a biography until after the subject matter is dead. Otherwise you'd never get the full story. It should be the law not to publish biographies until after death. They'd all end in the same way then, so there'd be no point reading any of them. |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:35 am Post subject: |
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| Rachel wrote: | | There's no point at all reading a biography until after the subject matter is dead. Otherwise you'd never get the full story. |
I agree. The whole point of an autobiography is to get the full story of the subject's life. It should therefore be unlawful for people to compose their autobiography until they've snuffed it.
That will, of course, lead to a degree of predictability in the last sentence in each case: "I'm signing off now because I'm not feeling well". |
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It always makes me laugh when so-called "celebs" publish their "autobiographies" (which, of course are no such thing - they have been ghosted ) often at the age of 20-something. I believe the latest X-Factory product has done this - anyone on here read it yet
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