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matt baker and alex jones and chris evans (June 2010)

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Charlie Wells Moderator
I assume this was the reason Chris was presenting the One Show last night. A shame really as I enjoyed watching Jason present. I imagine Matt Alright is most likely to cover for now as Watchdog has finished and Matt Baker is busy with Strictly.
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DVB Cornwall
Some people might be regretting opening their mouths now, like these reflections on the abilities of Manford, made at the time of his appointment ...

Controller of BBC One Jay Hunt says: "Jason looked instantly at home on The One Show sofa. His intelligence and humour strike just the right tone for the programme and he is an exciting addition to the team."

The One Show Editor Sandy Smith is thrilled to have Jason on board and adds: "Jason's strength is his likeability, his natural warmth and his quick wit. He's intelligent and curious about the sort of subjects discussed every day on The One Show and is equally at home with the light-hearted and the serious issues."

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19-Nov-2010 @ 14:24
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watchingtv
Sky UK EPG Synopsis says Next week:

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If it has Britain talking then it will be talked about on the One Show. Alex Jones, Chris Evans, Matt Baker and the team present the stories that matter across the country
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rob Founding member
Not surprising really, but Manford has deleted his Twitter account.
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Michael
[i]Some people might be regretting opening their mouths now....


Are any of those observations less valid now because he's been doing private legal stuff in his own time which has absolutely nothing to do with his on-air abilities? Are we living in the 1940s?
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DVB Cornwall
If in public life some decorum has to be expected, some level of self control has to be followed. You can't have a presenter doing the sort of thing that he's admitted to, as a presenter of a primetime programme.

The two I've quoted have clearly been shown to have either misjudged his character or been fooled into believing he was something he wasn;t.
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noggin Founding member
If in public life some decorum has to be expected, some level of self control has to be followed. You can't have a presenter doing the sort of thing that he's admitted to, as a presenter of a primetime programme.

The two I've quoted have clearly been shown to have either misjudged his character or been fooled into believing he was something he wasn;t.


Not sure I agree. Neither of the statements make any 'wholesome' claims - and much of the other sentiments will still stand to many.

He may have been silly, and what he has done may be distasteful, but just the same, to many, what he has done will not be seen as seriously as if he had actually been sleeping around.
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Michael
If in public life some decorum has to be expected, some level of self control has to be followed. You can't have a presenter doing the sort of thing that he's admitted to, as a presenter of a primetime programme.

The two I've quoted have clearly been shown to have either misjudged his character or been fooled into believing he was something he wasn;t.


But this isn't public life, it's his own, private life. It had no impact on his ability to present the One Show, and it certainly wouldn't impact upon the way he performed the role and how he presented himself in it. It's not like he's Russell Brand or Jonathan Ross; he hasn't made his name as a presenter by promoting sleazy behaviour.

To be honest, I expect there are a lot more television personalities, some a whole lot more "wholesome" than Manford, who have occasionally locked themselves in their hotel rooms and pressed the PayTV button on their hotel television. Is this so different just because he's using the internet, talking to willing webcam girls who are probably making a mint out of his desires? It's just Frank Bough all over again.

This country's media has a very weird attitude to sex; perhaps even moreso than America. We peddle it to our young, use it to sell products, drop double entendres all over the place and plaster topless girls all over our biggest selling national newspaper. Yet when one individual decides to do something private, legal and probably very common amongst his peers, he is crucified by that very newspaper. I don't get it. Abi Titmuss appears naked in a sex tape with a Blue Peter presenter and she appears on Come Dine With Me, Shakespeare plays and presents shows on national radio and MTV. Double standards much?
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noggin Founding member

Matt Baker, Matt Alright and Chris Hollins have all done it in the past, any of them would be great replacements, although as has been demonstrated over the past year, the presenters are largely irrelevant to the success of the programme.


Only one of the three has been partnered with Alex though - the other two have been less regular of late. I don't think Chris Hollins impressed at all during his stand-in period, and Matt Alright might be a bit of a marmite presenter.
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noggin Founding member
I assume this was the reason Chris was presenting the One Show last night. A shame really as I enjoyed watching Jason present. I imagine Matt Alright is most likely to cover for now as Watchdog has finished and Matt Baker is busy with Strictly.


Think Matt Baker already announced Mon-Wed next week, with Chris Thu & Fri. Suspect Matt Baker and Chris Evans will continue until a permanent replacement is announced. Matt and Alex have made a good on-screen pairing, and since the Friday show stopped being stunty and returned to something similar to the Mon-Thu shows it has been a good watch. (Matt and Chris's experience seems to put Alex more at ease and lets her relax a bit I guess)
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DVB Cornwall
Sorry, Nobody in his position has a 'private life'. In most jobs anyone who did similar in a public position, would be asked to leave having fallen foul of bringing into disrepute grounds.
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noggin Founding member
Sorry, Nobody in his position has a 'private life'. In most jobs anyone who did similar in a public position, would be asked to leave having fallen foul of bringing into disrepute grounds.


I don't dispute that, and don't dispute that he's right to have gone. I just think you are making more of the statements from earlier than the year than is necessary.

If I'm honest I suspect that Jason made a good pairing for Christine, but when she followed Adrian, he was probably less ideal on the sofa... Christine and Matt Baker made a great pairing.

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