BBC corruption

[steveo]

Monty Don is flogging a cook book in case you hadn't noticed. Miles of free time on Breakfast, stuffing his face on Saturday Kitchen with that (olive) oily car salesman James Martin, and wall to wall BBC radio probably.

Ordinary folk are also invited to go on Saturday Kitchen but I don't suppose they'd let you flog your book

[Jah Lush]

You've got a book to flog and they haven't invited you or you have a huge desire to be flogged on TV.

[steveo]

I'm not in the flogging loop

[mockney piers]

Seriously, chat show guests are flogging things? Oh dear god will someone please think of the children!!!!!!!!!!!

[jctg]

"BBC corruption"

"Ordinary folk"

Shouldn't this thread be moved to the Daily Mail messageboards?

[daizie]

BRIGHTEN up your day by moving at least one of Tony Blair's books to the crime section in your local book shop

[louisiana]

Breakfast?

Saturday Kitchen?

James Martin?

I don't know any of these.

Maybe you have too much time on your hands. :)

[steveo]

Stayed in last night. Never doing that agin.

[RosieH]

For "BBC Corruption" read "any celebrity interview in any newspaper / magazine / on TV ever".

[MrBen]

Access the BBC website from within the US today you'll find huge adverts for Virginia Beach and the Columbia Business School.I guess a global presence doesn't pay for itself.

New York City........:)-D

[reggie]

Good point Steve, I call it bullying. If you are small fry the producer warns you dont try and sell. If you are a celeb they suck up. It's the corruption of celebrity.

[steveo]

Yerp and the bastid probably got a fat fee.

[SeanMacGabhann]

Weird thread

[Narnia]

Ah but before the celebrity became a celebrity, he wasn't a celebrity. He was like you wasn't he? Are you bitching cause he got lucky and you didn't?

[RosieH]

Oh Steve and Reggie, ffs, personal respect for the pair of you aside, you're talking absolute cobblers.

Twas ever thus - Reggie, producers only want celebrities on their shows? Well yah-ha, because they've already proven popular with the punters, so there's every chance that'll make their shows more popular too.

There are opportunities aplenty for emerging talent - the notion of personal responsibility would suggest you use them, rather than slag off producers for giving Joe Public what he wants.

Edited because Narnia said it pithier...

[????]

"There are opportunities aplenty for emerging talent"....absolutely, X-Factor for instance....

*walks away whistling*

[steveo]

Same tired faces shovelling the same old shit: Monty, Jamie, Stephen, the book of the series blah blah. I need a drink

[SeanMacGabhann]

Irony

[steveo]

Ooh get you. I look quite fresh today

[DJKillaQueen]

There are not oodles of opportunities for emerging talent. Programme making is a business, a business that even the BBC have to engage in to keep up with rival broadcasters. Known formats and celebrities guarantee ratings as opposed to taking risks. It's a business I know very well.