Paul O'Grady

Well that's good - I don't understand why they kept the 'new' tag past the first series. AFAIK, it was only added when it was revealed that ITV were going to air repeats against the Channel 4 show.

Richard & Judy just confirmed they're back in 2008.

Haven't all competitions been dropped now? So presumably there will have to be changes in that area

Also with Antony Cotton doing silly endgames every night on his show, will Paul still do them. Most ideas will already have been used

All will be revealed soon I suppose. One can only presume the Paul signing to Channel 4 for another 2 years story is true with all the changes..

Couldn't Richard and Judy have stayed for another 3 weeks instead of ending this Friday?

They could have finished on 14th September and then Paul is back on 17th. Instead we have 3 weeks of a rather muddled up schedule with Deal or No Deal at 4:40pm.

I think they made a bit of a mistake there?

did there think Paul was going to have another heart attack?

I agree. It would of been better than what is on for the next 3 weeks.

Maybe they had plans like most people do? Just because it's TV doesn't mean they should drop everything...

like writing that book!

Yep

From Digital Spy:

"O'Grady gives chat show two more years

Paul O'Grady thinks he will quit his Channel 4 chat show in two years.

The star said he could see himself getting fed up with the work and wanted to try other things.

"I think I’ll give it another two years and then I think that’ll be it," he declared. "I’d never be able to say ‘Oh, I’ll just do little bits’ as it’s all or nothing with me.

"I’ve enjoyed it but I wouldn’t want it to become just a job. That’s why I don’t do panto anymore – I did that for eight years and then stopped.

"There’s got to be a reason to do something. It’s not for the cash. You do it because it’s fun and it’s the same with the TV show.

"So I’ll see how I feel in two years. If I’ve got it in me, I’ll carry on. But there are lots of other things I’d like to do."

O'Grady said he was currently writing his autobiography and hoped to have it out by Christmas."

Some of the guests on the new series are: (from radiotimes.com)

Monday 17th- Brenda Blethyn
Tuesday 18th- Enrique Iglesias & Liza Tarbuck
Wednesday 19th- Christian Slater
Thursday 20th- Griff Rhys-Jones and Jamelia

Interesting that ITV are allowing Paul O'Grady back to The London Studios.

I understand that they didn't want to leave TLS, but ITV were unhappy about Paul jumping ship from ITV to C4, so made it impossible for TLS to provide studio facilities, meaning the first C4 shows were made at BBC TV Centre instead. AIUI the production team found the West London location less convenient...

However - interestingly - the Alan Titchmarsh show, on ITV, IS being made at BBC TV Centre...

Swings and Roundabouts I guess...