Ross leaves the BBC

[Rookie]

BBC News - Jonathan Ross is leaving the BBC

guess the Daily Mail wins

 

[Trigger]

Can't say I'm weally that disappointed.

 

[Wozza]

I'm sure Norton can pull in the A-listers...

 

[TrickyOne]

No great loss there then, maybe now we can all look forward to the licence fee being reduced as we won't have to foot his over inflated wages!!

 

[Hungry Joe]

Overrated, overpaid, undertalented. No great loss.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Overrated, overpaid, undertalented. No great loss.

Word.

With a slight reservation about his Film stuff - but there are other people who can do that.

 

[Tooting Gull]

BBC News - Jonathan Ross is leaving the BBC

guess the Daily Mail wins

The licence payer wins. It won't be hard to find better chat-show hosts or film critics on a fraction of the money. I thought he was OK on the radio, to be fair. And I'm sure he has other stuff lined up. Maybe presenting the ski-jumping on Eurosport.

 

[sten_super]

No great loss there then, maybe now we can all look forward to the licence fee being reduced as we won't have to foot his over inflated wages!!

Hahaha. Ross gets paid £6m a year by the Beeb. Out of a total expenditure of £4.3 BILLION. On a full colour licence (£143.50) that would mean a cut of 20p. Fantastic.

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

The licence payer wins. It won't be hard to find better chat-show hosts or film critics on a fraction of the money. QUOTE]

Won't it though?


Ross isn't very good, he's a one trick pony.

BUT
who are the other contenders?

Norton? Piers Morgan!? Davina? Alan bloody Tichmarsh?!

 

[Hungry Joe]

Word.

With a slight reservation about his Film stuff - but there are other people who can do that.

Indeed - he is a decent film buff but there are far better critics and presenters, Mark Kermode for example.

 

[Bluejuice]

I do kind of like him but he's clearly being paid too much for someone who is essentially a civil servant (paid for out of taxpayers money). It's hardly like he'll be short of work, he can easily make a nice living doing the rounds on all the celebrity panel quizzes

 

[Tooting Gull]

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Won't it though?


Ross isn't very good, he's a one trick pony.

BUT
who are the other contenders?

Norton? Piers Morgan!? Davina? Alan bloody Tichmarsh?!

Fair point, we don't know who's coming through but there aren't a host of obvious alternatives. It's a big failing not to have produced another decent chat-show host since Parky in his prime, as Ross certainly wasn't.

 

[User removed 4]

I'm sure Norton can pull in the A-listers...

He's certainly funnier.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Bring back Danny Baker ................

 

[Twinkle Toes]

Indeed - he is a decent film buff but there are far better critics and presenters, Mark Kermode for example.

Beat me to it Joe. Get him in!

ps Jonathan Woss? No big loss.

 

[Tooting Gull]

Bring back Danny Baker ................

Very true. I went to see one of his Saturday night shows being filmed, it was excellent. But like a lot of real talents, he can't be tamed and makes senior execs very uncomfortable, probably why it wasn't on longer.

I think I'm right in saying his current radio show is the first one where his 'own people' aren't with him, and it does make a slight difference. Bit like having Bob Booker forced on you as a No2, possibly...

 

[TrickyOne]

Hahaha. Ross gets paid £6m a year by the Beeb. Out of a total expenditure of £4.3 BILLION. On a full colour licence (£143.50) that would mean a cut of 20p. Fantastic.

Fair play, but as they say at one of the big supermarkets, "Every little helps"!

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

Bring back Danny Baker ................

Was wondering if his name would appear.

BBC - Podcasts - The Danny Baker Show

Cracking interview with Elton John last week, worth a listen.

 

[Buzzer]

Overrated, overpaid, undertalented. No great loss.

As always, HJ speaks sense.

 

[R. Slicker]

Bring back Danny Baker ................

I think DB is the best radio presenter ever but he always appears to me, a bit lost on TV.