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Linda Barker - THREE shows on ITV?

(August 2003)

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KA
Katherine Founding member
Has anyone else read this in the papers, apparently Linda Barker has agreed terms with ITV to present THREE SHOWS for them, one of course being a makeover show. Surely Linda Barker overkill here?

Um, ITV..... in Linda Barker's case, a great deal less is a great deal more.....

Linda - Surely you don't need the money?
WH
Whataday Founding member
Well, it'll mean they won't be able to show those awful Currys adverts as much.
GS
Gavin Scott Founding member
Katherine thats not a fair swipe. She's as entitled to her crack of the whip as anyone else, as God knows her chance will be fleeting. She's come off the back of a successful reality gig and would be a fool to waste the opportunities. These 3 programmes (what 6 episodes each maybe?) could be TX'd over the next 12 months. Not that over-saturated, surely?

Carole Vorderman, anyone?
SE
Square Eyes Founding member
3 shows !!!! Surely that's enough to get an ITV ident out of her. I mean it's 3 more shows than Gerri Halliwell.

Gavin is right, it's her turn now, people have already complained of Carol Vorderman / Davina McCall overkill. At least it's a different face, until we get sick of it.
KA
Katherine Founding member
Gavin Scott posted:
Katherine thats not a fair swipe. She's as entitled to her crack of the whip as anyone else, as God knows her chance will be fleeting. She's come off the back of a successful reality gig and would be a fool to waste the opportunities.

Oh heck, that reality show....... we'll never get her off the screens now.... I know that she's entitled to a fair go at anything, but people will be sick to death of seeing her soon!!

AND she's got income from a whole range of interior design products too!!
GS
Gavin Scott Founding member
Katherine posted:
AND she's got income from a whole range of interior design products too!!

AND very well she should have too. She's worked for it. Don't begrudge her success Katherine, it makes you sound like a Sun reader.

Now I must admit, her work isn't to my taste. I'm much more a Llewellyn-Bowen man, with a touch of Ryder-Richardson. She lives in Glasgow, don't you know. Wink
KA
Katherine Founding member
Gavin Scott posted:
Katherine posted:
AND she's got income from a whole range of interior design products too!!

AND very well she should have too. She's worked for it. Don't begrudge her success Katherine, it makes you sound like a Sun reader.

It's more her presentation style that gets me. Lord knows the woman can't to some extent change her voice but it, with her laugh just grates against my eardrums (auditory hypersensitivity issues). I have to watch any show she does muted and with subtitles.

ITV is welcome to her, my ears can relax now.....
TW
Turnbull and Williams
Well, I think it'll work REALLY REALLY WELL!!!
KA
Katherine Founding member
Turnbull & Williams posted:
Well, I think it'll work REALLY REALLY WELL!!!

"Well, I've changed that black and white corporate BBC style to this nice Neo-Georgian yellow and blue ITV effect with Art Deco lamps and zebra throw which I think is really, really REALLY nice!!"
TW
Turnbull and Williams
Katherine posted:
Turnbull & Williams posted:
Well, I think it'll work REALLY REALLY WELL!!!

"Well, I've changed that black and white corporate BBC style to this nice Neo-Georgian yellow and blue ITV effect with Art Deco lamps and zebra throw which I think is really, really REALLY nice!!"


Hahahahaha!!! Just imagine if she was let loose in the BBC Newsroom - "I've replaced the desk with a massive green balloon, I've covered these boring chairs in raffia and I've used grass and leaves to border these huge plasma monitors, which I think works REALLY REALLY WELL!!!" Although to be honest I think she's already made her mark on BBC News - those squares on the wall on Breakfast must be her doing!
KA
Katherine Founding member
Oh my God Linda, you've turned ITV into a gay Klingon's boudoir!!!
JE
Jez Founding member
Square Eyes posted:
3 shows !!!! Surely that's enough to get an ITV ident out of her. I mean it's 3 more shows than Gerri Halliwell.

Gavin is right, it's her turn now, people have already complained of Carol Vorderman / Davina McCall overkill. At least it's a different face, until we get sick of it.


The reason we have Geri idents is cos she was on Popstars the Rivals - she as great on that and I love her idents!

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