What did you think of the show? (13/01/09)
Adrian is back. And he's got a beard (pictured right). He went off to shave with the office's cries of "it's Ray Mears!" ringing in his ears. 
Adrian joined Christine on the sofa to welcome guest David Cameron, Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition. Members of the team had a chance to put questions to him. Add your comments.
Justin Rowlatt looked at sentencing for the most serious crimes. Should life mean life?
Our wildlife expert Mike Dilger travelled to Slimbridge to test a duck decoy.
For the second film in the Giving it all up series, Carol was in the Lake District with Jo Hampson and Georgina Perkins. This pair gave up successful careers in the police force to run a small business. What will you give up in 2009?
The All Saints Parish Church in Ikley has launched a new cookbook which contains Gordon Brown's recipe for vegetable and mozzarella parcels and David Cameron's recipe for spicy meatball pasta. The One Show's Iain Lee discovered which is more popular with the public.
And finally: Sing us a Bee Gees song and you could appear on The One Show. More info here.
What did you think of the show? Add your comment.
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Please ask that Adrian Chiles person what he means by a "common or garden murder". Has he asked anyone who has lost a loved one to a killer whether or not they regard it as just routine? Wherever did you find him?
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i thought that i had tuned into a party political broadcast on behalf of the tory party last night and again tonight! What is going on? Last night Christine remarked on 'when the conservatives win the next election' and tonight we have Cameron on! When will Gordon Brown be on, or is that not on with this show?
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This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the House Rules.
I think it should be pointed out that until recently cold winters were normal and birds arrived still arrived every year from the north. You do come out with the silliest comments.
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It is a shame that the whole life sentence issues was dealt with in such a trivial manner. There needs to be a little more knowledge of the problem if these issues are going to be dealt with on national tv. Understanding the reality of the prison system would change peoples views and enable a more informed opinion. I know you don't have time on air but it is frustrating when these things are covered in a manner as though we are all uninformed and stupid. Increasing the intellectual perceptions of the watching audience would be nice. Thanks.
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So Adrian Chiles says "God forbid you lose the next election" to Cameron.
Well God help the minimum waged, the one man band business, the old, the sick, the disabled. None of whom David Cameron or Adrian Chiles will ever worry about. A comment we should never have to hear on a current affairs programme on the independant BBC.
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Re Carol Thatcher Interview.
Yes they may have taken a pay cut of 85% but they must be entitled ( bearing in mind their past police grade)to a joint police pension worth over £ 50,000 a year to back up there lifestyle.
At present interest rates of 1% it would need funds of £5 million for the rest of us to
enjoy the same security. Rather disengenous of the programme to ignore this!
Steve
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The treatment of David Cameron on tonights show was a disgrace.
When Gordon Brown was on the show you were all subservient and asked him nothing relevant or challenging.
David Cameron was trivialised at every oportunity.
Typical BBC New Labour bias
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I agree with comment number one. What is a 'common garden murder' in my book any murder is abhorant, who does Adrian Chiles think he is?
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adrian chiles should be sacked for such a comment about the next election. perhaps the gutter press can become so indignant as they have about the private remarks of prince harry. the minimum punishment should be a public apology & suspension.
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Mixed views regarding David Cameron v Gordon Brown on The One Show?!!Cameron came across as a bit wishy washy !Would like to hear a leader speak out in passion regarding prisons ,crime and murder?We did not hear it from either !One Show is a light magazine show not Andrew Marr show!!!and we must remember this !thats why we had cooking etc !!but they should grab the opportunity to let viewers see what they are made of!!!
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I understand we are going through a very tough time; I am a small business owner myself struggling to keep our people employed. However, I think programs like the One Show should turn the corner and become part of the solution. Why not encourage the viewers to speak up and share ideas that might be useful and practical for the nation? How about allowing mainstream people to put ideas forward so that the focus is shifted to a more positive outlook? In the same way the media has assisted in making the issue so much bigger, the media should be able to help reduce the margin for such a grim outlook on the current situation. The media's constant negative approach to the current economic situation can only help perpetuate our already negative mind set.
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The answer to the murder punishment like we did when we where asked to vote to join the common market lets have a (VOTE) and let the country decide the outcome
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KeelbyRobin, could you please explain how asking David Cameron about his policies regarding sentencing in murder cases is trivialising him?
Surely if your contention that Gordon Brown was asked 'nothing relevant or challenging' then it was the PM who was being trivialised.
It is somewhat amusing to note that within a couple of posts of each other we have people complaining that the show was showing a bias towards the Tories, and someone else complaining that it was biased towards Labour.
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Childes is a child. He missed the opportunity to discuss seriously the nations concern over the "soft legal system" that we have in this country.
Do we care if he has a beard?? He is a child that has to grow up and learn that the privilages that he has do not accrue to murdered victims.
Tonights show was the pits and raised the blood pressure. I tried to phone the show but they do not accept calls, strange that? Obviously unable to deal with just criticism.
Bring back hanging.
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How dare adrian chiles make such a comment about cameron winning the next election. He should keep these biased opinions to himself. Who does he think he is! the same as all the other so called journalists/presenters at the bbc. A bit of advice- Keep your opinions to yourself. adrian chiles has just insulted the majority of the people of this country.
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I have always wondered why you bring guests in to the studio and then get them to watch video clips along with the rest of us. They must wonder what on earth they are doing there! With Mr. Cameron, I came away trying to figure out what the point of his being there was - he really didn't say anything.
Regarding murderers, they should be either put away for life or perhaps just 'put away'. With such lenient sentences there is no deterrent and what sentence do you give for so called, lesser crimes (burglary, violent acts, etc., etc.)
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Your item re recipes from Gordon Brown and David Cameron was trivial, a waste of time . Viewers deserve better presenting than this. David Cameron was true to form and ineffective but the treatment given to him was embarrassing.
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Re: Re: Carol Thatcher slot... I'm sorry we look as though we are pensioners... I can assure we are not, and won't be for some years! Still we manage to earn a few coppers from the smoking courses...
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The recipe feature, brought out the human touch from David Cameron. I thought the show made a good start on lightening the mood of the nation, amidst all the gloom of recession and credit crunch.
Why not get Cameron & Brown on Ready Steady Cook and give us all some real entertainment. Laughter is the best medicine, we need it now. I am sure it would impress voters more than all the political speeches!
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I was surprised to see Adrian Chiles looking so scruffy in jeans that were too tight and an old jumper. This is prime time TV and Christine is always beautifully groomed. Please show a bit of respect to your guests and your viewers Adrian.
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Re Carol Thatcher interview
One did not suggest that both of the retired Police Officers were of such a senior age.. but on leaving the service are they not entitled to a 'bounty' and a financial package which can be deferred (or has to be deferred but still becomes a future 'cushion'). I honestly dont resent them having any of this, and admire the change of lifestyle, but one should highlight the favourable package which future generations are committed to paying for....yes I know you contributed! but relative to the outside world....
steve
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My No.3 comment referring (not linking) to a website run by Pakistanis for Pakistanis has been removed by the Moderator.
My comment was not racist or offensive in any way and merely pointed out the hippocracy of the complaints about Price Harry's use of the same language that the site's operators use themselves.
I think that is a gross abuse of the moderator's role and I am very offended by it.
Thank you
Steve
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Please warn us before you show us fish being caught, hooks being pulled out of their mouths and them dying and then be smoked and as for sausage making.... - preferably dont show scenes like that at all - On the subject of David Cameron, I thought he came across well and was unclear as to whether Adrian is a Tory from the positive way he was towards Cameron. I am not a Tory but could see why people who didnt experience the last Tory government would want to vote for him.
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Re Carol Thatcher...
We know exactly where Steve is coming from re: police pensions... HOWEVER! We each served for fourteen years and our pensions would have been frozen (no bounty) until we were 60, and had either of us died, our pensions would have died too. So when we left we put took them out of the police pension, put them in pension funds and have lost most of it in 2001 and again this past year... in the same boat as so many others.
We may die broke, but we will have lived! And we may have reached retirement age....!
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camoron* is the new golden sun child chosen for the next step in bringing about the 'new world order', so dont be suprised when the media tell you he has already won, you wont get an honest opinion from the mainstream, they have more to gain by keeping you in the dark or going down the wrong road, just like in the USA, weeks before Osama,, opps, Obama won, the media there were talking about how the 'change' had come. never trust the mainstream media, it's owners always have a hidden motive, like the credit crunch, its been engineered by a hidden hand, the same hand that controls the media also owns the banks and most of the mega corps around the world, not to mention political parties on both sides. nothing happens by accident, from famines to wars, they are all controlled by the same few people and the one show is just another finger of that unseen hand, poking at you with lies and fear. use the internet for news, its free and much more inderpendant, you are less likely to get headlines that only benifit the politics and its much more fun to find out whats really going on in the world. most so called entertainment in the media is at a 12 year old's mentality, X-Factor, Big Brother, soaps and sport are all filled with sex and violence or at best, aggressive competition, you think thats by accident?, wake up people, get off your knees, boycott the mainstream, if you stop taking notice they have no power. the media cant control what you think, but they can control what you think about..
Peace!
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chocolate dog.
My point related to the trivial atmosphere projected by Adrian Chiles towards David Cameron in most of his conversation. I think there was a general lack of respect shown towards him.
Gordon Brown was allowed to trot out his usual monolgue without any serious challenges.
I am no David Cameron fan , but do not like to see this level of bias.
It is interesting that a number of people interpreted The Chiles' gaff about winning the next election as tacit support. I think it is more likely very lazy journalistic style by the vastly overated Mr Chiles.
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Oh great, the supposed 'great' Adrian Chiles was back and yet again ruined the show...why do we need to put up with him?
Lets have Hardeep Singh Koli has co-presenter or even John Seargant?
Or both on alternating nights but enough of Chiles and his silly beard nonsense...waste of licence fee players money!.
I agree with the majority of posters on here, Cameron must be very annoyed of the pro bias to Labour that Chiles must endure and Chiles was very smug when Brown appeared on...maybe Chiles would be worse off if the Tories came in??
Still, shows how much Bias the BBC show to Labour even on a show like the One Show!!!!!!!
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Watching Mondays show I wondered why it seemed so much better, then I realised that Adrian Charles was not there. Christine carried the show so well without the overbearing Adrian. Then to make matters worse he appeared on Tuesday in scruffy jeans, a sweater & a T-shirt, where did he think he was? Anyway he is too old for such attire. My advice; don't renew his contract & pay Christine more!
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Glad to se Adrian back, although Villa had a good day at the baggies, I thought that he could have precented himself a little better that Jeans & Tee Shirt.
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I'm glad Adrian's back but when he told Cameron 'If, perish the thought, you don't manage to win the next general election', either he was guilty of sarcasm or else he was being less than even handed by endorsing an outcome which many of us view without enthusiasm. Cameron is a lightweight politician whose faux choking on Brown's pastry parcels confirms that the man's sense of humour is better suited to CBBC than The One Show. For future reference, Christine, I thought Cameron preferred to called 'Dave' rather than 'David'.
My disappointment at this fawning treatment of Cameron by The One Show was further exacerbated by Carol Thatcher's appearance in the same show. Is it just me or is The One Show developing into a peak time party political broadcast on behalf of the Tory Party?
Patrick Leathem
Bridport
Dorset
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I thought the Cameron interview excellent for this kind of show. Despite being insulted by Hardeep Singh Koli. It seems it's ok to insult someone by calling them "posh". The BBC would never call someone "common" or tell someone "you're a bit asian aren't you?". Cameron held himself extremely well. Makes a change for the BBC to allow Mr Cameron airtime. Oh - and to all you Labour supporters on this blog - "insulting to majority of the population". Hardly. Look at the opinion polls. 35% were insulted and 42% were supported. I suppose Labour supporters never let facts get in the way of their views. Cameron is the future, a man who will rescue us from this treachourous, lying, deceitful and dangerous government. Roll on the election!
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I reckon Cameron came over rather wimpyish. Hardly the sort of lightweight to lead a country. Still I suppose anyone would be better than Brown and his bunch of corrupt cronies.
Basically what's needed would be someone who would make Political Correctness a jailable offence.
Guess that would be Goodbye to the moderators.
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This wasn't really the venue for an in depth discussion about sentencing for murder etc. etc. and I thought David Cameron handled this very well. He certainly seems to have a sense of humour when on a more light hearted subject. I certainly warmed to him a great deal and I think he is a truly decent bloke.
Incidentally, has someone mentioned to Andrian Chiles his pointy elbows because I think I noticed him managing to control himself quite well!
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keithke is certainly correct in saying that Chiles’s comment “God forbid you...” Cameron “...lose
the next election.” is “A comment we should
never have to hear on a current affairs
programme on the independant BBC.”
In earlier programmes Chiles and his
presenting partner have abused their positions
in this respect to the exent that my wife and I
have elected to stop watching ‘The One Show’.
I am not a regular supporter of the Labour Party
but do value the past , glorious independence of
the BBC.
thinkont
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Apologies for the typing in earlier comment. My first blogging attempt. To repeat, my wife and I so strongly resent Mr Chiles personal political expressions we have stopped watching The One Show. I am not a regular supporter of a political party but I do value the past glorious independence of the B.B.C
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