Wow - in a way I hope Deayton doesn't return, because if he does it'll just remind me how I wish he was still hosting it. Going back to guest presenters after that won't feel right.
Have I Got News For You - With or Without Deayton? Page 8
Quick, stick glue on the chair!
I look forward to seeing this - should it really happen.
That should be a jolly reunion. Hope he skewers the increasingly unfunny Merton for getting him the sack.
It'll definitely be fun to have Angus back, but I wouldn't want it to be a permenant arrangement. Half (possibly up to 80%) of the fun nowadays is the guest presenters.
Would be good to have Deayton back for a series. I reckon now Ian and Paul have both said they don't like him will make for some interesting banter.
Didn't always care for Deayton as a presenter, host whatever but he is a skilled comedy actor with spot on timing, remember One Foot in the Grave. Prefer show with guest presenters and admit to soft spot for Paul Merton (please no one suggest it's a swamp in the bottom of my garden)!
I've not got around to watching beyond Rolf Harris (episode 4 of 8) yet. That's probably quite telling of what my subconscious thinks of the series now.
I bet Angus is glad he gave that interview.
Quote: AJGO @ February 4 2012, 1:31 PM GMThttp://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/feb/03/angus-deayton-affair
That is a really interesting interview. Worth quoting a couple of the lines here:
"I find it baffling that for years and years I got tremendous stick for the amount of money I earned. I was often tempted to say 'If you just cast your gaze to either side of me, there are some other people earning exactly the same as I am. We are on parity.'"
Hislop and Merton were on the same as him? "Yes. And some of them wander in at four in the afternoon of that recording, and other people have been working on it for four days."
Deayton was on £50,000 an episode.
Why didn't he get on with them, then? "We always got on terribly well." That's not what I'd heard. "Yes, well, that's another urban myth," he laughs. "Bizarrely perpetrated by them. Which is odd. Certainly Paul has rewritten history a bit in terms of our relationship."
Fascinating article. Thanks!
An interesting, restrained interview with Deayton, he comes across quite dignified.
Anybody know who the sort hosting on Dave atm is?
Sounds American, teeth and hair.
Could be a new entry on 'Who Do You Fancy?' thread for me . .
Sharon Horgan? (Is what the https://www.comedy.co.uk/schedule/ says.)
She's Irish I think.