Is this true? Posted Fri Aug 11 23:15:37 BST 2000 by Justin

Apparently, Chris Moyles was doing a Radio 1 Roadshow at some seaside resort the other day, and he'd slagged off the local theatre for putting on a summer season with Bonnie Langford and Bernie Clifton. Bonnie Langford (apparently) turned up ready to chin the fat boy, and only security guards managed to stop her at the last minute. God knows what chaos Bernie and his comedy ostrich would've caused.

Is this true, or an extremely recently-hatched urban myth? I have stopped reading the papers, though, so could probably be fooled by any story at all now.


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Posted By John! on Fri Aug 11 23:48:46 BST 2000:

Yes, I heard that too.

Bonnie always seems so meek.


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Posted By sheep on Sat Aug 12 00:16:59 BST 2000:

Out of the two, I give ms Langford more respect than Chris Moyles.

Populist twat seems too good a term for him.


ahh. Abuse.


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Posted By Justin on Sat Aug 12 00:49:34 BST 2000:

>Out of the two, I give ms Langford more respect than Chris Moyles.
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Me too.


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Posted By Al on Sat Aug 12 01:12:06 BST 2000:

But I'll bet neither of you have seen the last six episodes of 'Trial of a Timelord'. I say, Go Chris!


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Posted By The Myrka on Sat Aug 12 09:53:40 BST 2000:

'Paradise Towers'?


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Posted By Richard on Sat Aug 12 12:22:22 BST 2000:

>Apparently, Chris Moyles was doing a Radio 1 Roadshow at some seaside resort the other day, and he'd slagged off the local theatre for putting on a summer season with Bonnie Langford and Bernie Clifton.

He mentioned this on his show on Friday. Bernie Clifton wrote him a letter saying something like "When you can say you've entertained three generations of the same family, then you can call yourself a man". He got Johnh Culshaw to read it out in a range of comedy voices. Moyles is a complete arse.


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Posted By John! on Sat Aug 12 13:21:08 BST 2000:

Never mind the Sidney Carton heroics. You're not signing on as a martyr yet.

Good old Bonnie.


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Posted By Jon on Sat Aug 12 14:14:50 BST 2000:

"Is this true, or an extremely recently-hatched urban myth? I have stopped reading the papers, though, so could probably be fooled by any story at all now."

You should switch to an R4-only policy, like me... grow up!


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Posted By Al on Sat Aug 12 16:16:34 BST 2000:

>"Is this true, or an extremely recently-hatched urban myth? I have stopped reading the papers, though, so could probably be fooled by any story at all now."
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>You should switch to an R4-only policy, like me... grow up!

For our younger readers: please note, there is nothing "big" or "clever" about listening to Radio 4.


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Posted By subbes on Sat Aug 12 17:57:06 BST 2000:

>For our younger readers: please note, there is nothing "big" or "clever" about listening to Radio 4.


The Moral Maze: Just Say No


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Posted By Justin on Sat Aug 12 20:40:52 BST 2000:

You And Yours

Anything's better.


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Posted By subbes on Sat Aug 12 20:59:29 BST 2000:

Ned Sherrin: The Hidden Menace


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Posted By Peter Ohanraohanrahan on Sat Aug 12 21:08:41 BST 2000:

Your Things.

It's To Do With You.


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Posted By subbes on Sat Aug 12 21:26:03 BST 2000:

John Peel: Not So Cuddly After All.


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Posted By Al on Sat Aug 12 22:03:23 BST 2000:

Radio Four - together we *can* fight this.


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Posted By subbes on Sat Aug 12 23:41:52 BST 2000:

New 4, New Danger


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Posted By Dr. Hackenbush on Sun Aug 13 14:39:30 BST 2000:

Hold on, what about "Just a Minute"? It's great, surely.


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Posted By subbes on Sun Aug 13 14:54:04 BST 2000:

Nicholas Parsons: Ex-Transvestite, Can't Be Normal






(NB: all comments meant purely for humorous intent (I quite liked Just A Minute). i.e. if Dan L comes in and starts having a go at me for not appreciating that people can be 'different', i may let fly with a salvo of nasty words.)


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Posted By Justin on Sun Aug 13 17:33:06 BST 2000:

And of course, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.

Woman's Hour is usually reasonably listenable, and A Good Read (celebs discuss books) is always reliable for deranged guest combinations - my favourite was the one with Simon Bates and Will Self.


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Posted By Jon on Mon Aug 14 07:51:00 BST 2000:

Re: "A Good Read"

It was also good when it had Rob Newman and Some Posh Woman Writer.

And also the one with Griff Rhys-Jones and Paul Merton.

But not the one with Toyah Wilcox and Some Other Loser.


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Posted By sheep on Mon Aug 14 09:44:52 BST 2000:


I'll defend John Peel up to a point (though I'm aggreived that he's denied me a chance to listen to comedy at 11pm on a Monday evening where a revised repeat of his show now lives). It's pleasant to wake up to Radio 4 on a Saturday morning, half asleep and listen to inane ramblings on the radio. Peel's got a good radio voice.


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