Yes, I do realise it's irredeemably naff. But we've watched it ever since it started, mainly because it's on when we are cooking/eating and we have banned soaps from the house.
The BBC do look like they may be about to cock it up, but to be honest the strength of the show isn't particularly Adrian Chiles, nor the synergy between him and Christine Bleakley (which would be nowhere near as big a loss as when his ex-wife Jane Garvey left Peter Allen on Radio 5).
The strength of the show is it's format - half an hour, spectating guest, and lots of small little articles by a host of sub-presenters.
It's the latter who are the real stars of the show. Losing Carol Thatcher and Hardeep Singh Kohli was a little careless but they still have the show's real star - Gyles Brandreth. And that definitely was a sentence I never imagined writing.
And as back-up you get Phil Tufnell on art and John Sergeant on sheds. You couldn't make it up.
Chiles and Bleakley make what they do look pretty simple. Chris Hollins this week is proving that's not the case!
About Me
- Gary
- In my twenties I was a failed poet. In my thirties I wrote a book on gambling which was very nearly published. In my forties I wrote a small book about moving from London to Shropshire, which remains unpublished. Into my fifties and the quest continues...
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