I only uploaded this image as I really fancied Mel in the 90’s.
The BBC and Just a Minute.
With the death of the seemingly immortal Nicholas Parsons, that classic radio show, Just A Minute, is bereft of a host.
Who better to take on the reins than Giles Brandeth. For a long time he’s been a star player on the show. He’s funny and very quick. He’s intelligent and well educated, articulate with a broad cultural sensibility. Yes, he’s a bit of a pompous ass, but likable for all that. He’s also one of the funniest after dinner speakers I have ever had the pleasure to listen to. He was the favourite and the natural successor to Parsons.
So what did the BBC do? They appointed that dreary, unfunny, talentless woke lesbo gobshite, Sue Perkins.
It’s clear why Brandreth didn’t get the job. He’s a straight white male and, horror of horrors, a former Conservative MP.
My guess is that Just a Minute is primarily listened to by people over 40. It’s probably a favourite of 50 to 80 year olds who remember the days when BBC radio comedy was good. In trying to appeal to a younger woke audience through that talentless non-entity and ocean going cunt Perkins, I suspect Just a Minute’s days are numbered. I’m certainly not going to bother any more.
If the BBC can’t respond to its core audience isn’t it time we defunded it? The BBC is still about jobs for the old boys. It’s just that the definition of old boys has changed. They are no longer old or boys. Now it’s jobs for gays and/or effniks. No one else need apply.
There. I said it all without hesitations, repetitions or pauses. Just one thing more to add – cunts!
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-wasn-t-gyles-brandreth-chosen-to-host
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