Will BBC Breakfast move back to London? Salford base ‘can’t attract enough stars on to the show’
Thus cheeps the celebrity obsessed Daily Mail with a story that “stars” and “celebrities” have to be interviewed via (shock,horror) videolink. The Mail claims the situation is so grave that the beeb is considering taking the whole show back to London. Naturally the beeboids deny this saying that everyone who is anyone is simply stoked to travel north, dahling, because the north is so, like, authentic…
Considering the amount of taxpayers money spent in relocating to Salford on what was, essentially, a PR stunt I doubt not even the arrogant spendthrift that is the BBC would dare, at this moment, to go into reverse on this delicate matter. What it does highlight, however, is that they are willing to ‘fess up on something that has been obvious for years – that BBC Breakfast is a platform for PR hucksters and lobbying parasites (I won’t call these “industries” for the same reason I don’t call shoplifting an “industry”)
Do not take my word for it – force yourself to watch one whole edition of the show. At least 80% of the time will be taken up by the presenters pretending to be “interviewing” either some pilchard about their latest book/film/tv series/reality show/therapy etc etc or a lobby hack, replete with furrowed brow and earnest simpering , peddling a sob story based on a dodgy “survey” (never queried by those eagle eyed BBC interrogators) and, naturally, demanding more taxpayers money to solve the “problem”.
Here’s an idea that would clear these bloodsucking nonentities from our screens and save the BBC money at the same time. Between 7am and 9am just have an updated ten minute bulletin every half hour with real news headlines read by just one person sitting behind a chest high desk interspersed with twenty minutes of “the Potter’s Wheel” so much more interesting than some spray tanned mediocrity from “Strictly Come Dancing”…..
How apt that you should suggest “The Potter’s Wheel” given one of the celebrities with something to sell who was on BBC Breakfast today.
So, please could we get the bBBC to move The One Show to Salford?
“Men come screaming, … in white coats
Shake you very gently … by the throat
campo, derbyshire, one called fogarty
they don’t want to, move from Chelsea”
The Breakfast “Show” is indescribably awful from wherever it emanates. It’s reminiscent of Blue Peter in the old days. Patronising lot. Yuk.
Celebrities won’t come to Salford? Says much about the prestige of the BBC, doesn’t it?
It’s not even the “real” Salford…It’s Salford Quays, very up market, at least 2 miles away from the Salford precinct at the side of the east lancs road…It’s next to the Lowry, in the shadow of Old Trafford football stadium.
They aint even on the same side of the canal to the real Salford.
Ha ! Ha ! Knew it. At least it takes the BBC down a peg or two. And anothrer nail in its coffin.