What did you think of The One Show? Guests Sue Perkins and Giles Coren
Food fanatics Sue Perkins and Giles Coren joined Adrian and Christine in the studio tonight.
It's been reported that sprouts have been banned from HMS Bulwark for being the "devil's vegetable". Which veg do you hate? Tell us, and your answers could feature on tonight's show.
Matt Allwright asked about racial divisions in Luton.
Ellie Harrison completed her set of films about animal policing at Heathrow airport. More info about pet passports and bringing food into the UK here. And take a look at The One Show pet passports gallery!
Paddy O'Connell looked at the truth behind swine flu.
And it was Christmas in June for Michael Mosley. He told us it's in the stars.
Adrian and Christine's read the comments and stories you send into The One Show website. Hear their comments about your comments here! Watch The One Show Web Show.
What did you think of tonight's programme?
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Why and how has Christine turned a dark brown? Who has sprayed her?
Very good show.
Bernie Steed, Devon
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Celery....ugh. Stagnant water in a stick !
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The Islamic building in Luton was a Synagogue until Muslims torched it. I notice that no-one mentioned that...
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Hi, I'm Esther Hyman and you interviewed me last year about the after effects of the London bombings as my sister was killed that day.
Your piece on community tensions has prompted me to write. About six weeks after 7/7 I went to an open day at a mosque local to me in Oxford to extend the hand of friendship and to express that I do not blame the wider Muslim community for the actions of the radical few. I have been in touch with Oxford Islam and Muslim Awareness Project ever since.
Even better my Muslim next door neighbours and I have become good friends, often exchanging food over the fence and chatting with their children.
I would love people to know about this, because if I can recognise that it's the radicalised few who ruin things for the many, then I hope that other people can see past the simplistic divides all too often promoted in the media.
Thank you
Esther
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TONIGHT WE HAVE BEEN ALL THE WAY TO LUTON THEN HEATHROW THEN TO LONDON TO HEAR ABOUT SWINE FLU.
the one show has stopped pretending and is saving money by staying local.
are you really all so happy with the show that this does not annoy you ?
do all you bloggers live in the south of england and you love watching biased tv ?
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You don't need to do any calculations to know that the Christians co-opted the pagan winter festivals to help ameliorate the conversion of the local populace to Christianity. As for when Jesus was born it all rests on very dodgy Biblical scripture.
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next topic...the royal observatory in greenwich LONDON.
i believe that the one show has been told to cut costs and as such most topics will now be within striking distance of london.
it is not a national magazine show.
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Why, when talking about racism in Ireland, your guest thought it fully acceptable, when talking about european racists, to say "Ich bin ein racist" (in the German language), with a massive implication that German's are racists by definition. I found this totally abhorrent and should be dealt with by way of a sincere apology from Giles Coren, furthermore he should explain why he thought this was acceptable and why he chose the German language to express racism!!!!!!!!!
Furthermore how can the BBC condone this beaviour or allow people like this to be on the chanel. This is disgusting!
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I will never watch your show again! In one breath Christine advises that she doesn't want the whole of Belfast to be tarred with the same racist brush as those who have recently showed violence towards Romanians. Then Giles adds that if racists simply said "Ich bin ein Racist" then we would know where we stand!! He is being racist towards Germans with this ignorant comment. When will he realise that Germans did not invent racism and if you look into the British history (remember slavery and killing most of the Aboriginals in Australia), he is an absolute ignorant fool.
I will never watch your show again!
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On the subject of the Luton protests, i agree that what the protesters did was wrong but it was a minority of the muslim community. My uncle who at 67 travelled 100miles to protest on his own in Luton town centre against the muslim extreamists felt very strongly that the minority who felt they could insult our troops should move on if they didn't like it and i agree, i am not racist but in this case these people almost encourag racism with their ridiculous behaviour.
Sadly my uncle passed away 2 weeks ago without much acknowledgement of what he did to support our troops and his beliefs and i just wanted to support him by sending this message. He was totally right in his protest against the people who move to this country just to cause trouble.
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I am absolutely horrified that the swine flu story didn't once cover where it originated from. While this isn't the huge risk everyone thought it was, it has spread amazingly fast and the next risk is around the corner - well in Argentina anyway (Cabanas Argentinas del Sol).
Factory farming pigs started this pandemic (some pig farms develop their own vaccines). European pig farming practices are appalling - so next time it may be down the road instead of around the world.
I appreciate that this is a light magazine programme, but please - there are more serious aspects to the story than worrying about whether you're going to die from a disease you could have prevented through ethical buying.
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You have had two people on your show that have commented on racist practices by others, do you not think that after 2000 years of battling to keep these islands as they wanted then. As I say two thousand years to get where we were by the 1980s and 29 years to destroy it under successive governments allowing races like Romanians, Ethiopians and all the Balkan states to dump there fodder onto us.
The statements made by the two in my eyes was positive racism, supported by the current and probably by the next one Government.
I am not a member of the BNP or ever have been.
I have liked your programme up until now please give the opposition a chance to speak.
Mike
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I agree with Bernie - the lovely Christine has been turning browner and browner over the weeks. Hope it is a spray, otherwise she could be doing untold damage to her skin. Either way she's more attractive with her natural colouring.
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GERMANS DID NOT INVENT RACISM AND IF YOU LOOK INTO HISTORY IT WAS THE BRITISH WHO INVENTED THE FIRST CONCENTRATION CAMP. He was being racist towards modern day Germans with his stupid comment, "Ich bin ein Racist" The British have walked into countries FOR CENTURIES and treated the natives like second class citizens!!
GERMANS DID NOT INVENT RACISM!
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I love the red dress Christine Bleakley is wearing tonight. Please could you tell me where it is from.
Many thanks.
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I was surprised to hear Giles Coren getting all holier than thou about racism when you consider his views of the Poles, or are Jews allowed to be racist on the BBC, you really should vet your guests in relation to the subject of the day
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Disgusted at Mr Coren's "Ich bin ein Racist" comment -- however flippant it was.
Yes, extreme right-wing views and political parties exist in German speaking countries. But they're also present in Belgium, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Greece, Hungary, Slovakia and Finland -- and the UK of course.
So why did Mr Coren feel the need to use German?
Such casual stereotyping is tired, ignorant and not at all helpful given the topic. It suggests that racism is a foreign topic, one that some kind of real Britain doesn't get involved in. In reality racism is something the whole of Europe has issues with. We're all in it together and comments like Mr Coren's do nothing but help maintain and widen division.
Mr Coren should apologise.
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My wife and I were watching the show tonight as we do most nights and the piece about Xmas being June 17th, just might be true!!!!!!!!
The village pub where we live is actually celebrating Junemas this coming Sat(20th). It is something that the Landlord and Landlady have done for the last 12 years so may we be the 2nd couple to wish all A Very Merry Xmas!!
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What about King Jesus having 2 birthdays each year like the Queen.
Keep December 25th and have the second one 191 days earlier when the scientists reckon the 'star in the East', that the 3 Kings/Wise men followed to that Behlehem stable, appeared. So .........
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear Jesus
Happy birthday to you
Peter Lewis - Sheffield
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I'm posting another comment because my previous one was censored by the moderators, so here it is in a modified form:
You wouldn't invite Nick Griffin on the One Show (given one of the subjects of tonight's show) so why invite Giles Coren? If any reader of this comment wishes to know the reason for this, just read Giles Coren's article in The Times newspaper on July 6th 2008. Every word I said in my previous posting was true, so why was it removed. Has Giles Coren got friends in high places?
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Love the way you parachuted a BBC luvvie into Luton, he decided that whatever problems Luton has must be the fault of the racists, or the tabloids, then panned back to the studio settee, where Giles from Hampstead delivered his verdict that anyone who isn't on message on diversity issues is a racist.
If you're going to have a show about disenfranchised people, it might be good if you actually ask their opinion.
As they say, I'm no racist recruiter, but I think you're doing a splendid job of driving people toward the BNP.
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The year of Jesus' birth has some argument about it I think... I remember being told about it as a child at church, 25 years ago or so, so I looked it up again just now.... Matthew's gospel puts him as being born under Herod's rule, lots of historians (and I don't claim to be one, I'm actually a Geography teacher) agree Herod died in 4 BC.
Dionysius Exiguus said we should use Jesus' birth as the date for the calendar in the 6th century apparently but people say he got the date of Herod's death wrong by a few years. Halley's comet is recorded in the sky for 70 days in 6BC, which would seem to make more sense. But the other thing is we changed from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian calendar and all sorts of numbers of days were added.
I don't think we'll ever know when he was born but that's what makes it interesting, it's a mystery...
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I'm disgusted that Giles Coren was on your One Show this evening. I echo one or two of the comments made here for two reasons. One was his German slurr and the second is the fact that Giles Coren and the Times newspaper are being taken to the european court of human rights for racist comments he made in the Times about the Polish nation. I'm shocked he's working for the BBC and that I'm paying my licence fee to bankroll someone who's attacked another race in public. how ironic they should ask him about the Romanians after what he saod about the Poles and what he's just implied about the Germans. He's jewish, would the BBC allow an anti-semite on their tv show?? I doubt it.
Yours shocked
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Christmas in June ?
With Christine looking stunning in red and my favourite blonde, Ellie Harrison together, i thought all my my Christmas's had come at once
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Sadly, your piece about when Christ was born didn't display too much biblical or historical knowledge. The bible states that Herod the great who died in 4 BC was the one who tried to kill the baby Jesus (bring back Dan Snow - I'm sure the One Show history hero would have known this). So, it seems to me that the comet in 5 BC (which was ignored in favour of another event in 2 BC) ws a good bet for the star that the wise men followed. Shame, we could have had a better guesstimate if they'd followed the right star!
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Thanks for covering whats happening in Luton. I live nearby and am hearing of the problems with the racists, but little is being reported anywhere. Very concerning and thanks for an insightful and very balanced and sensible report.
Christine looked gorgeous in the red dress, where did she get it from please?
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A long time ago I heard someone talk about the birth of Jesus being in the summer, which he'd worked out from the time that John the Baptist's father, Zechariah entered the Temple for his priest's duties. Apparently you can (if you know how)work out that date from the 'rota' when certain families performed their duties. You could then work forward from Elizabeth's pregnancy to Mary's, and this would show that Jesus was born in a summer month.
Despite my fumbling explanation, I've always thought this explanation to be the best.
I was more pleased to hear The One Show talking about the birth of Jesus as fact, rather than myth, which some programmes seem to do.
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I was not even aware of Giles Coren's views on the Polish until reading the comments here.
Having looked into it I'm now doubly disgusted.
Not only should he apologise (which, if past form is anything to go by, looks unlikely) but so should the BBC and The One Show.
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christine has worn that dress before at the glamour awards..she looked fabulous...lay off the tan love you'll look like a big millie
http://www.myparkmag.co.uk/articles/gallery/Glamour-Awards-/?image=62689
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I can't believe, after reading Giles Coren's article in the Times, that he is allowed to be on the BBC. I don't want my money going to someone who is obviously a racist and hides behind the fact that he is jewish to get away with any comment. Why doesn't the One Show do a segment on Palestine!!! I will not be watching the One Show again, until the BBC issues a formal apology and dismisses Giles Coren. Why should he get away with such racist comments because his uncle survived the Holocaust!! I would like to say to him directly "Du bist ein Racist"!!
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The only time the One show came up North was to go on about Newcastle footie teams poor performance and its negative effect on the community, the community is doing nicely thankyou very much.
MERRY XMAS EVERY ONE
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geordieangel2...the south east/london bbc visit the north on a basis that they can show we eat pies,,,geordies have fat bellies and watch newcastle with no shirts on, that northern lasses get drunk and scotsmen eat battered mars bars.
the inmsular south east believe it.
we pay our fees to the beeb so they can portray and represent all of the uk in a fair way.
if you the one show bloggers really think that the one show is anything more than another london biased show then prove to me that it doesnt favour london.
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have you also noticed some south based one show watchers and bloggers do not mind where the one show reports from so long as they can comment on how pretty christine looks in her dress.
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The BBC don't even like wandering outside the West End, let alone the North!
They won't go south of the thames (they seem to think there's one huge London borough called South London, and they won't go there) and if they go north of hampstead, they start to feel nervous.
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i agree with hokeykokeyalex being from northern ireland the only coverage we get is of the troubles. I've lived in belfast for 20 and have hardly seen anything bad ...only the odd riot but i bet a manu vs man city match would be more violent. The one show needs to be fair in what it covers. The programmes description isn't a very good one
" Adrian Chiles, Christine Bleakley and guests celebrate all that is good about the country in which we live, with reports on stories from around the UK"(London)
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StoopyDeGunt and mycatcalledgingy..,.i cannot agree more.
this is what i am saying and you both put it so well.
it is true when they travel around(rare) it is usually to stereotype us.
northern ireland is typical..if it is mentioned it is usually started with words on the troubles of the past.
mycatcalledgingy..i loved the quote you put " Adrian Chiles, Christine Bleakley and guests celebrate all that is good about the country in which we live, with reports on stories from around the UK" then put london at the end.
it really is a disgrace.
what will be amazing on the one show blog show with adrian and christine is that they will discuss the blogs but not mention anything controversial or the comments about london bias.
they will mention nice little comments about adrians clothes,christines dresses and cats photos.
nothing will change
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31 goldenmadamekiki
Giles Coren's uncle survived the Holocaust but 6 million jews did not.
This atrocity occurred in my lifetime and it was committed by the Germans during World War 11.
Your obsession with branding somebody a racist is alarming and misguided.
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Post 37, hokeycokeyalex, the intent is to wear us down, ensuring that anyone with an opinion on anything that actually matters will have lost the will to live before they are acknowledged!
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robertbridget.... i am on the fence on this one,but the comments have certainly been against your view
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jadedoldie...another of our fine bloggers...agree 100%
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I live in Cornwall, and you cannot be expected to know where that is, as it is not only outside the M25 corridor, but isn't even on the way to anywhere! I wait patiently for the writers(?) of the script of the One Show to discover us.
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the problem is the beeb is london based.
the one show is london based.
the producers and staff that make the show are london based.
when they sit down and consider a show they use london based bbc stars as guests or use guests who fly into london to plug something like a cd or dvd etc.
all the researchers are london based with london phone books and contacts.
all the above keeps costs down.why on earth would they have most topics and topic presenters from the regions of the country when they can do everything locally...to do otherwise would put up costs and mean that turkeys were voting for christmas.
the bbc has some really rubbish tv,,,they are aways in london flogging things,selling antiques showing us how to rip our house to bits and tidy the garden in 30 minutes..all in the south east.
we need a really good show that can showcase the whole of the nation but the one show isnt doing it.
the smug adrian and giggly christine will not rock the boat and the insular london biased producers will protest it is really national and representative of the nation.
nothing will change.
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goodnight all.....happy blogging
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Goodnight hokeycokeyalex, and everyone else.
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i WAS APPALLED TO SEE THE ONE SHOW TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT cHRISTMAS, SURELY EVERYCHRISTIAN KNOWS WHY cHRISTMAS DAY IS ON 25TH DECEMBER, IF NOT THEY SHOULD DO THEIR HOMEWORK ABOUT THE FIRST cHRISTIANS WHO CAME O THIS COUNTRY TO CONVERT US FROM PAGANISM, pLEASE STOP MAKING A MOCKERY OF OUR RELIGION WE ARE A cHRISTIAN COUNTRY.
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#33 Hokeykokeyalex you forgot that us northerners all wear flat caps and keep whippets too.
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As well as the fact that King Herod died in 4BC, and that Dionysius Exiguus was better at astronomy than at counting years, resulting in Jesus being born in 5BC or 6BC, as earlier comments have made clear, Christmas in Rome was celebrated on December 25th because that was the date of the pagan Roman festival of 'Sol Invictus'. The earlier and original date of Christmas was January 6th which is still celebrated in the Eastern Orthodox Church calendar, and which is still a major feast in the Western Church Calendar (Epiphany). The Christmas feast at first just celebrated Jesus' baptism by St. John the Baptist in the Jordan, and only later were the stories of his birth at Bethlehem included.
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Relative to the date of Christmas the researchers seem to have overlooked that the probable year of Jesus' birth was 6 or 5BCE based on the fact that Herod the Great died in 4BCE and that that monarch was responsible (according to St Matthew 5: 16ff) for the slaughter of Bethlehem babies of two years old and under, in order to eliminate Jesus as a potential rival for the throne of Judaea.
So the speculation that the conjunction of planets in 2 BCE was the Star of Bethlehem appears to be entirely erroneous.
Further, informed Christians do not believe that Jesus' birthday was on 25th December, understanding that this day was taken over (in 4th century CE) from the Roman festival celebrating the birthday of the Sun-god at (or about) the winter solstice.
Nevertheless, happy star-gazing to all!
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i thought the comments made by both comedians(ha ha)about the swine flu "not killing anyone"was stupid and offensive to the family in scotland who lost a mother and child to the virus.i think they should retract there comment
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Yes, the Holocaust was atrious, however, why should modern day Germans be constantly branded with it. If you look at History and even now, look at the atrocies that have happened. The English are not constantly branded for what they have done in History. Remember, Stalin...why aren't the Russians constantly reminded about what they have done. All I am saying is that Giles Coren had no right to say "Ich bin ein Racist".
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Can I just add my "+1" to the comments pointing out the poor research behind the birth of Jesus package. The date of 5 or 6BC is widely accepted amongst academics and theologians but lets not let that get in the way of a good story. It is a shame because if they had used the technology at their disposal they could have shed some useful light on the possible dates of Jesus birth. Instead those that didnt know about the earlier date have been misinformed whilst those who do are left feeling sad at such a poor advert for science.
Mark ( a Christian and a scientist)
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I really enjoy this show and think more people should watch it. Its very informative and helps lots of people to learn more things. I enjoyed the section of the show which was allocated to astology and the wise men at the time of the birth of Jesus. The allignment was proven but not on December 25th but actually in June some 2000 years ago. After some research I learned according to Muslim's Jesus' birth was not in December but actually in warmer months- June, July or August. I found this rather interesting and thought i should share this with you. Keep the good work up! The show is brilliant.
Maria
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with regards to : Esther_Hyman
I think your right, Im from an area in South East England. Muslim's here are not as some media stories have made them out to be. Here we have multi-faith organisations and we dine with each other and speak and share ideas of faith.
What we have to see is the wider picture, the British born muslims are no different to other youngsters, and why should they be?
rather than bombardig them with accusations shouldnt the awareness be raised that these radicals are only a small minority and we recognise this?
Community tensions can be irraicated in my opinion with intergration and equality.
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re #53 Missmazkhan, I take you point. However any information broadcast by The One Show should carry a health warning. They frequently get the facts wrong. Have a look over earlier blogs to see evidence of this. Worse still is that they never broadcast a correction even when the editor has admitted an error.
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Hi
On the show on Wednesday, Paddy O'Connell looked at the truth behind swine flu.
I just phoned the NHS Swine Flu helpline and all I got was crackling.
My friend says hes got Swine Flu, but I think he's telling porkies.
Swine Flu isnt a problem for pigs, because they're all going to be cured anyway.
The first sign of pig Flu is that you come out in nasty rashers.
The only known cure for Swine Flu has been found to be the liberal application of oinkment.
Swine Flu is getting serious, it has been reported to be a hamdemic, which may lead to an aporkolypse... But well get through. Where there's a swill there's a way.
If you receive an email from the Department of Health telling you not to eat tinned pork because of Swine Flu, ignore it ............it's just spam.
I have to say, I'm finding all these jokes about Swine Flu pretty boaring.
By the way, how did the pig go on holiday? The Swine Flu.
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Post 56, thank you so much for actually making me laugh out loud,with particular regard to aporkolypse!
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valone post 56, very good, just hope your not telling porkies. lol
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Adrian and Christine are the perfect pairing.
Both REAL people who you feel very comfortable with.
they come across as totaly without ego, They have a very easy style, they bounce off each other incredibly well with an endearing degree of self deprecation and effortless banter that could only come from two people who rate and respect each other, their guests, their veiwers and the unsung people around them who are actually creating and enabling the show.
TOP DRAWER - NO QUESTION.
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Re #60;
Congratulations, Mr Censor. It lasted for some 2 hours. You clearly cannot report the truth.
So much for the "Honest Debate" re immigration and related matters, which arose from Mr Coren's ill-judged comments.
As a matter of interest, did anyone manage to read my #60 before it was censored by the BBC? If so, please respond with your comments on the content of same.
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