I can do no better than to quote jadedoldie who has said, “I have enjoyed this weeks shows, shame they won't stick to this pairing. Tonight's show felt as if we were all in the same room sharing a laugh.”
Me too: I just hope that a combination of Jay Hunt and Jason Manford does not return the show to the erstwhile dumbed down precocious TOS that we all despised.
So then TOS returns on Monday and we still do not know who will be replacing Christine Bleakley. I expect the BBC will try several hopefuls over the coming weeks before settling on a regular.
My worry is that the new improved TOS will offer competent, articulate and charismatic presenters, and that the TOS features will entertain, educate and in inform. Should this happen then what will we have left to discuss on this blog? Apart that is from jadedoldie’s seal skin bikini. On that thought, the weather is gloriously sunny and warm here and I am considering getting a Borat style Mankini. I cannot decide whether to choose one in yellow or perhaps eau de nil. Watch the Daily Mail for further reports and photos. I may even team up with a lady footballer.
They are off on their holidays. We are left with the double excitement of whether England will win the World cup and whether BBC or ITV will win the favours of WAG CB. I cheer for England in the former and ITV in the latter.
Is it the case that England’s poor showing is caused by its players being over paid and generally not very bright, even thick. Importantly, could this explain why CB is now a WAG. It cannot be denied that her attachment to FL has enhanced her career. But then everyone has a right to earn a living as best they can. CB has limited choices.
Over the last few weeks I have started to enjoy the feature items. They have improved in subject, content and style.
On the other hand, the two presenters are often silly and patronising. This irritates me.
Michael Flatley last night came across as supercilious. His mawkish speech about family and fatherhood would go down well with American audiences; but it does not work here. If this incident was staged then the editor should be taken out and shot then the crew will really have something to cry about.
We are told the CB intends to stay with the BBC. Importantly, the BBC will not pay her the inflated fee that ITV had allegedly promised. Never the less she is wise to stay. If CB is prepared to work hard, which frankly I doubt, then the BBC will lick her into shape. The BBC has much that it can teach her [not least how to read an autocue] .CB is well shot of the malign influence of Adrian Chiles, whose motives towards her are suspect.
CB is in the papers most days lately. This suggests to me that she is tipping off the paparazzi as to her whereabouts. To give her her due she has never complained about ‘press intrusion’. She is also bright enough to realise that some people will throw rocks.
She has chosen a path whereby she will earn her living by her association with others and by being famous for being famous.
There is nothing intrinsically wrong in this. She has a right to earn her living the best way she can. What is that old adage in the business: ‘Art for arts sake and money for crissake’. However, I do object to contributing to her wealth through the licence fee. This because she is almost talentless and turns in a consistently mediocre performance. I wish her well and a good job at ITV, or maybe as a housewife – read wag - to some deserving male.
I know nothing of and am not interested in her private life. I have no reason to suspect she is anything less than a kind person and a good friend. I expect she was a capable Floor Manager; but she is pretty much useless as an entertainer. Except of course for those who are celeb obsessed.
I am endeavouring to find something good to say about TOS. This is not easy. I acknowledge that some of the items are interesting. But why must they always be given such an infantile presentation. True, some of the guests are amusing and some of them are even interesting. But this is rare.
However, it seems that I am barking up the wrong tree and have totally missed the point of the programme. It is not about the items or the guests. It is about, and only about, the Presenters. I am supposed to be enthralled and seduced by their alluring on screen partnership. In this I have failed.
Alison Graham, writing in The Radio Times has praised the AC & CB on screen magic. All I can say is that CB & AC are an improvement on Ant & Dec. But they are in the same class.
[The picture above is of CB taken when she was at school]
Having being demoralised by the news from Astroplums that TOS is up for a BAFTA, I sought to cheer myself up with a reminder of the BBC at its best. A few of these shows are pictured above. There are many more.
I cling to the hope that BBC producers will rescue TOS from its bland mediocrity and give us another ‘Nationwide’.
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