Jimmy Saville is still alive...

That's Holly but easy mistake to make

I've seen four names bandied about, one of whom is openly gay, one is very guarded about his sexuality, two are not openly gay at all. The main name I've seen falls into the last category.

They should do a This Morning / Surprise Surprise crossover.

thatcher wasn't gay

Phil S does not mention anyone in that clip.

Read in the Guardian yesterday that Savile was apparently interviewed as a possible suspect in the Yorkshire Ripper investigation after an anonymous tip-off.

That Paul Gambaccini really had it in for him

The telegraph has it he 'reveals' in passing the list to DC, but it's not possible to read it, certainly not on youtube and I doubt even on freeze-frame on a HD tele.

Unless you are Jim Phelps, of course.

xp ah yeah sorry Holly. gotcha.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20251939

I can't believe this, but I'm actually agreeing with Cameron about something...

"There is a danger, if we're not careful, that this could turn into a sort of witch-hunt, particularly against people who are gay and I'm worried about the sort of thing you are doing right now - giving me a list of names that you've taken off the internet."

Who watches This Morning anyway? It never recovered after Richard and Judy stopped presenting it.

yeah cameron otm. amazingly.

While there may be some truth in what he said, it does seem a bit disingenuous and maybe a bit of a smokescreen especially with regard to the main name that I've seen journalists and other seemingly in-the-know types tweet about.

That Paul Gambaccini really had it in for him

At a Status Quo press conference Gambo hosted on the same day he broke silence on the whole Saville thing, he called on a white-haired rock journalist I know with the words "Yes, you, the one who looks like Jimmy Saville".

It was a strange version of "All the young dudes" for sure...

"All the young guys and gals"

"All the young dudes,
Jim has fixed it for you-oooou"

Too good/bad to be true, but y'know...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A7IdVLpCQAAuiJx.jpg

genuine LOL

horrible story from creepy ex-radio 2 dj ed 'stewpot' stewart's autobiography but the pay-off is 10/10:

‘I walked up and down the Reeperbahn [Hamburg’s red-light district], ogling the girls in the windows, until I saw a blonde I really liked the look of.

‘With my bundle of marks in a rather sweaty palm, I went through the door and into the boudoir of Tamara, hoping that we weren’t going to be performing in the window as well.

‘It was all over in minutes — she hardly drew breath. “Tamara never comes,” I thought idly as I was ushered out of the door, off to the airport and home to England.’

rieperbahn was the least sexy place i've ever been.

the sex industry in general is disgusting, don't get how anyone could get off on it.

I'm annoyed with myself for giggling at that punchline.

allowed.

George Entwistle resigns as BBC director general

Next DG is going to put up a huge fucking firewall between the corp and news. They'll install an editor-in-chief, for a start.

i sort of imagined "head of news" helen boaden would be editor in chief, guess not?

anyway, so long george "light touch" entwistle, we hardly knew ye

to sum up:

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1281243/astros.gif

^^^ sorry, that means nothing to us brits ..

(well ok, maybe not all, but me .. )

perhaps the addition of "yakety sax" will clarify things for the UK contingent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PXj8m4yZyo

all i can see is some blokes chucking a ball about a field ..

(i tease .. )

Boaden has gone now, too.

the old Louis Theroux ep is on /\BC2 right now, any Australian thread denizens

Just caught the last half. Jesus H crow. What a frightening man.

rpt late tomorrow night iirc - worth catching the start for more context (or on iV1ew now of course)

Why are we g00g13pr00f1ng "ABC"?

Why aren't you?

After all, all the cool kids are doing it.

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boaden isn't gone, she has "stood aside" and expects to come back after the pollard review

and i wouldn't be surprised if rippon expects to come back as well

if he has a show to come back to, of course

ban onimo, vicious doxxing

Isn't the story though that they been trying to shift Boaden for some time now? They wanted to shift her to Head of Audio but she refused. Her expectations may not be met, here.

Rippon's looking prudent compared to the temporary Newsnight editor...

From Ch4's Alex Thompson:
"George Entwhistle's pay-off amounts to about £260 for every working day of his 23y at BBC"

That cushions the sword falling a wee bit.

More like £70 a day if you exclude his pension pot.

This might sound stupid, but does anyone else feel that the BBC are in a 'can't win' kind of situation as regards everything going on?

What should they be 'winning' in this situation?

Breaking news: Detectives from Jimmy Savile investigation arrest man in his 60s in Bedfordshire. More details soon …

can think of one beardy former r1 dj that lives in bedfordshire btw