I haven't said anything on this blog so far about the Jonathan Ross / Russell Brand debacle. It all kicked off when I was in Uganda, on a trip where I spent much of the time talking to pubescent girls, living in extreme poverty, about their daily fears of rape, both on their walks to and from school and from their own teachers, and how they feel forced into de facto prostitution when their own families can't or won't give them food, soap or other essential needs, and the only way they can get them is by having sex with older, richer men. Perhaps understandably, I felt that the British public and media could really do with opening their eyes and looking around if they wanted to find something to get offended about.
All of that said, I can't help but be amused by reading in today's Guardian that following Jonathan Ross's standing down from the British Comedy Awards, Angus Deayton would be taking over presenting duties. That's Angus "cocaine and prostitutes" Deayton. Three cheers for cleaning up television!
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The point in your opening paragraph was also made by Charlie Brooker in Screenwipe last week - who pointed out even C4 news was at it after minutes of nonsense on Sachs-gate (including a further showing of the video "We'd like to apologise for the terrrible attacks, Andrew Sachs" with Ross doing a BIng crosby in the background) "In other news, thousands of refugees in the Congo". I found it sickening and bemusing. Your post emphasises the bizarre tastes of our media (shown again with the Sergeant nonsense last week).
BUt I was drawn in by your headline. There was me thinking it was a reference to the god-like radio genius that is Danny Baker taking over Ross's Saturday slot on Radio Two. I've never listened to Ross, but Baker is as wonderful as ever judging by Saturday's outing. Inanimate objects that make musical notes. His usual checklists of oddities (people with names that sound a but like someone that's famous). And his immense generosity of spirit and warmth both to his co-presenter Zoe Ball, and to those that phone in. He listens. he's interested, and he laughs at their funny stories. If Baker gets a decent network slot permanently on the radio Sachs-gate may have served a useful purpose.
Ooh, I didn't know that about Danny Baker taking over the Ross slot. I used to listen to him every morning on GLR (which ages both me and him.) Sadly I never listen to the Saturday morning show as I'm always at yoga, but fingers crossed it leads to, as you say, a decent, permanent slot.
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