Claire Balding is an excellent link and played to the uninitiated in her role on BBC..the lowest common denominator so to speak..(Willie Carson mainly!) I'm sure she'll have more latitude on C4 regarding racing matters....Oddy fancies her which is good enough in my book. Petito doth protest too much as well...big crush there also I think
ha! i didn't mean misty films of claire balding! far be it for me to encroach on oddy's territory. and anyway, you calling me a thespian? she's a decent presenter i agree, it's the way the programmes have to show misty gallops and they're a bit short on facts sometimes. i'll make a special effort to watch C4 racing now, just to see if it's better than i remember. i promise, claire balding doesn't send me to the fridge. well, not usually. have i got away with that?
There'll be more latitude in the arse department that's for sure - I'm sure hers is bigger than mine (and that's saying something) Dex she is a 10-pinter, minimum.
My âmole in the mediaâ advises that Clare Balding will from January present the âRadio 2 Breakfast showâ on a Sunday morning whilst she has also just been handed the job of presenting a prime time new Saturday night quiz on BBC1 which will air sometime in 2013. If she does well at these gigs you really do have to wonder how long she will stick with presenting the old gee-gees as her earnings, exposure and associated spin-offs in the general media would be far, far greater. Iâve given my views on C4âs new team several times and I think it poor that Alastair Down, John McCririck, Derek âThommoâ Thompson, Mike Cattermole and especially John Francome are going. They bring far more to the table (in terms of opinions and knowledge) than the likes of Clare Balding, Richie Persad, Nick Luck and the Plunkett mare. At least the lovely Ems is being retained but probably in a reduced role unfortunately. As for Mick Fitzgerald...dear oh dear. Heâs got the presenting style and personality of a zombie and manages to annoy me everytime he appears on the old magic tellybox. Who can forget his famous lines on Grand National day which had me screaming at the screen. âAh now Nicky Henderson actually has a poor record in the Grand Nationalâ. âWell that wouldnât have been the case had you not fallen off Fiddling the Factsâ, hollered I. âAh now mares actually have a poor record in the Grand Nationalâ, he said not 60 seconds later. âWell that wouldnât have been the case had you not fallen off Fiddling the Factsâ, shouted I for a second time.
I'm going to take a general view and as far as I can see they are replacing all the "characters" which is a real shame. I think the most noticeable difference will be at the Cheltenham festival - Alastair Down or Rishi Persad. Hmmm....
Agreed Steveo and Dex Imagine Rishi doing an interview after the Supreme Novices "Well done Ruby is that your first winner of the meeting this year" - Ruby smiles and replies "Aree you taking the piss you little arab" - CHELTENHAM RACISM SCANDAL !!!!!!!!!!!
Oddy, is that how many she has to have or you... Do you mean we will miss the Francome/Thommo doulbe act... You Tosser...!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v3DfpVwZlA
just seen a picture of the new girl Gina Bryce.not bad at least she will be an improvement on Lesley Graham
Just looking at what some of the posters on the Beeb website have to say about the C4 changes and this one made me laugh, well, laugh at the stupidity of it... 24. psgm 24 MINUTES AGO I don't see why channel 4 should have anything to do with a "sport" that's only reason for existence is to allow violence towards animals and gambling! If they do it "for the sport" why don't they ever have heats? Horse Racing has always been barbaric, and should go the way of the DODO. God almighty, clueless or what...!!!
Have heard JM on Fivelive and LCB this afternoon; what has happened to the Thatcher loving and free enterprise proponent. He sounded like an employee rights loving 'leftie'. How the 'mighty' have fallen. Schadenfreude at its best!! I wonder if he has contributed to a pension during his 'fat' years or will he be required to live on 'socialist' monies for his remaining years. Will never forgive him for his ridiculous and unsympathetic views on the people of Liverpool (should be thankful that racegoers visit Aintree and piss in the resident's gardens) and individuals who have gambling problems which he expressed in an 'open-ended' Channel 4 discussion programme many years ago.
Glad Mc and thommo are gone. Shame about Francome and the Cat. Could take or leave Alistair Down Of the newbies, I agree with others re Rishi as he's bloody awful. If they must have soemone form an ethnic minority canlt we have Princess haya? That would get me out of bed on a saturday morning!
I can vouch for Gina, she's lovely. Whether you old dinosaur's emoticon-0109-kiss like it or not, it is only right that there is a decent % of female representation on the team. You can't argue with their credentials either: Clare - grew up in a racing yard, rode as an amateur Alice - horsey through and through, married to Olympic medal winning eventer William Fox-Pitt Emma - same as Clare (though I admit I'm not her biggest fan) Tanya - at least she is knowledgable about one aspect of racing I'm a big fan of Clare's, I know her mother through my job (lovely, lovely lady) and have met her father on several occasions (dirty old man tried to crack on to me!).
Sounds a bit harsh PN. Maybe he's just got good taste and couldn't resist. Unless you mean "creepy" dirty.
