Sir David Frost was a journalistic legend and an inspiration. The two best interviews he ever did, was the Richard Nixon interview in 1974, and his takedown of Emil Savundra in 1967. He will be missed by us all, but his genius lives on in those recordings.
Well, it seemed to catch the Beeb on the hop. I heard the news on Radio 2 at Noon. Nick Higham's
obituary was inaccurate, stated the Nixon interviews were in 1979, in fact they were (I think !) in 1977.
Does rather point to there being nothing prepared in advance.
I have to ask how do broadcasters prepare in advance for stuff a thing? how long in the planning do ITV/SKY/BBC decide yip said person is old enough to have file?
Was David still actively working
- it says he still worked for Al-Jazeera but it's not clear if he did just the occasional one off or if he still did a regular show?
but I agree with the sentiments - a real icon - I remember his interviewing style and shows fondly.
His Wikipedia page stated he presented a weekly programme on Al-Jazeera called
The Frost Interview
. I believe he was still actively working, as it was reported he was engaged as a speaker on the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship when he died. As many have said, he was a fine interviewer. Peter Sissons speaks warmly of him in his autobiography, saying that Frost was 'scrupulously polite and never had a bad word to say about anyone'. Seventy-four is still relatively young when you think about it, but it sounds like it was peaceful and sudden.
Was David still actively working
- it says he still worked for Al-Jazeera but it's not clear if he did just the occasional one off or if he still did a regular show?
but I agree with the sentiments - a real icon - I remember his interviewing style and shows fondly.
His Wikipedia page stated he presented a weekly programme on Al-Jazeera called
The Frost Interview
. I believe he was still actively working, as it was reported he was engaged as a speaker on the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship when he died. As many have said, he was a fine interviewer. Peter Sissons speaks warmly of him in his autobiography, saying that Frost was 'scrupulously polite and never had a bad word to say about anyone'. Seventy-four is still relatively young when you think about it, but it sounds like it was peaceful and sudden.
He had also done some work for the BBC recently. "When Frost Met Bakewell" and "Frost on Sketch Shows" were shown earlier this year on BBC 4.
Certainly his TV-am Sunday programmes have lived on and set the benchmark for programmes like The Andrew Marr Show.
Andrew Marr's show is a direct successor. Originally, it was Frost on Sunday on TV-am. When GMTV took over, Frost moved to the BBC with the exact same format, Breakfast With Frost. In 2005, that show became Sunday AM, the AM having a double meaning as both morning and Marr's initials. It was later renamed The Andrew Marr Show.
I only spotted a trailer for a Frost program on AJE yesterday or the day before so certainly he was still on their books. I didn't catch this new 'Keith Lemon' version of Through The Keyhole, I presume it's a bit less respectful of it's guests homes then it's predecessor would have been? Less of the book shelf and more of the knicker drawer, that sort of thing?
That was my issue with the trailer the Lemon version going out a few hours after the death was announced. It would be different if it was a straight new series with a different host, but I just thought it seemed a bit disrespectful to be advertising a parody of his show (even one made with his blessing) so soon.
I'm not going to suggest putting out a classic episode in it's place as a tribute in Saturday prime time, there are far better things in his history than a panel game that he should be remembered for, but I don't think scaling back the promotion of Lemon's show would go amiss.
I only spotted a trailer for a Frost program on AJE yesterday or the day before so certainly he was still on their books. I didn't catch this new 'Keith Lemon' version of Through The Keyhole, I presume it's a bit less respectful of it's guests homes then it's predecessor would have been? Less of the book shelf and more of the knicker drawer, that sort of thing?
It was actually not as crude as it could have been and quite a decent version of the show for the era and time slot. The format was still intact and kept to (rather than a knock about Celebrity Juice type thing where it's basically just a mess about with a loose format). There was no more swearing and adult humour than any of the other post-watershed panel shows that are on air these days.
Yes, I am not sure how Steve can describe it as a parody. The basic game was played straight and they had decent guests too. I enjoyed it. It was no more a parody than The Andrew Marr Show is a parody of Breakfast with Frost or Daybreak is a parody of TV-AM.
A warning for stating an opinion? This isn't digital spy.
I haven't seen the first episode, so my comment was based purely on the trailer I referred to and having seen some of Lemon's other shows. If I've been led to a wrong conclusion then I apologise if anybody was genuinely offended but that was my opinion of what I saw.