Danny Baker: Classic or Dud

Had kinda guessed what was wrong with him when he said something on his show last week about having to take time off at short notice over the coming months.

His current Radio 5 Saturday morning show is definitely a favourite. Alan Davies covering for him this week was unbearably awkward.

the b&w tv show he made in the early 80s about heavy metal and air guitarers was brilliant. plus i've only ever read good things about him by the people who knew him so he gets a lifetime good guy pass from me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3wI-AjvwPU

his last show for a while... http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00c25ws/Danny_Baker_with_the_original_Candyman_for_one_night_only/

i think this dude is so awesome, btw.

Via Twitter:

The call I have been waiting for just happened. Turns out I won. I'm all clear. I'm well again.

Y*A*Y!!!!!

Aw, I can't say I'm a fan, but right now this is just the best news ever! Thanks for flagging it up, Ned.

Yer welcome!

Okay someone tell me why the UK Twitter crowd is going on about him right now. All I can gather is that he's been sacked but has two hours to himself to rip into the BBC right this second...?

A week before he's entered into the Radio Hall Of Fame, he's discovered that his daily show on BBC London is to be axed.

I think he's a treasure, and while I don't often get a chance to hear his show, he is a great radio personality. His breakfast show on BBC London was a wonderful way to wake up, and is much missed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QolgU8thhJ0

daaaaannnnnyyyyyyy baaaaaakkkkkeeeeerrrrrrrr

I understand he is tearing BBC London a new one live on the air, although I haven't actually heard it.

BBC London's not on iplayer, is it? Or is it?

here?

aha! cheers!

there's always this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18493582

wow cool, a guy bigging himself up while slating the bbc, awesome. there's just not enough criticism of the bbc lately.

even moyles left with less self-congratulation than this

hmm. kinda think that's an insight-light take on the situation myself.

why, because you happen to be a fan of his? he just said how much he earns and described himself as the best broadcaster in britain. do you have the bbc budget to hand?

note the bbc did him the honour of quoting his side of the story in their news report.

placed prominently on their front page

do you still work for the bbc, lg?

not anymore.

note the bbc did him the honour of quoting his side of the story in their news report.

well, that's reporting 101, isn't it?

i just think it's one word against another, they won't even comment on him saying it's about money. i'm not claiming the beeb is run in some perfect way, but this sort of pile-on is just pretty unfair. and it's a bit unfair of him too, he's been given a good career by the beeb and it's not as if he'll be destitute and jobless now.

I hate unfair Beeb-drubbing as much as the next guy (who isn't owned by Murdoch) but I'm really quite disappointed by this news, as I think Danny's a great broadcaster, and I'd much rather the corporation spent their money on him than spunking it on another stupid and expensive brand ident ad campaign. I mean, there's nuances here beyond Baker being an anti-BBC egotist really, aren't there?

yes, definitely. i can understand laying into the bbc, i mean, self-flagellation is so inherent to being part of it (or having once worked there) like, half the time you feel you are working against the bbc not for it.

all of that said, when someone so public comes out and slates it, using the language he has used, it is instantly interpreted in that "oh bloody bbc bosses" way that kind of fuels the same distaste for the entire organisation.

i don't know why i'm defending them, i will never, ever, not hold bitterness about the way i had to leave one job in bbc. NEVER! it's a calm bitterness now but it's still there.

that said I'm not announcing this to thousands of people.

Erm, you might be...

I am probably overestimating the readership of this thread.

it's nowhere near the same. and i'm not going into detail nor am i calling them "weasels" etc etc etc.

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-05-21/richard-branson-im-giving-danny-baker-my-record-collection

30,000 unsold Hatfield and the north albums arriving at the prodnose door...

oh i assumed this was the thread where i called him a pompous unfunny sack of shit

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D6D9o_TXsAAP1xc.jpg:large

wouldn't expect any better from a Millwall fan, but surprising that this smug, self-satisfied prick has decided to jump on his own grenade in such a fashion.

holy fuck

he quickly deleted it and said he didn't see the racist connotations because his mind "isn't diseased".

Yeah I’m interpreting it as him being gobsmackingly ignorant or blind towards racism rather than it being intended as a racist insult but even so it’s a fucking shocker of a tweet

fired by fivelive

whoops

it was an awful, awful, awful show and I will not miss it one iota.

Some good news at last.

Yeah I’m interpreting it as him being gobsmackingly ignorant or blind towards racism rather than it being intended as a racist insult but even so it’s a fucking shocker of a tweet

Will stick my head up here and say I really liked his show and that he tweeted the same photo at the last few royal births, dunno if you all want to flag me or tell me to fuck off or something?

If that’s true then that’s a bit different but it’s still incredibly stupid!

yes i think his emerging line is "i don't really pay any attention to the royals, it's all just a distant circus to me" -- but "i fucked up bcz i wasn't even slightly paying attention" isn't much of a defence for a very highly paid media professional really

that's one of the dangers of being a real-life Colin Hunt with an army of admirers who never tell you to stfu!

His "deleting my tweet" was conciliatory and apologetic.

Compare it to his post sacking tweets, hmmmmmmm

Charlton forum thread on this already has 142 comments. Dare I

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/men/2017/05/16/TELEMMGLPICT000003385634_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqZgEkZX3M936N5BQK4Va8RWtT0gK_6EfZT336f62EI5U.jpeg?imwidth=480

london FAP?

god that show made Five Live unlistenable on a Saturday morning, please replace with po-faced journos going on and on about sport. not joking.