What did you think of the One show? Guest: Les Dennis

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• 1. At 7:12pm on 14 Jul 2009, KarenBM wrote:

  I have just watched the interview regarding swine flu and I think the media is dangerously playing down the effect of swine flu. My 11 year old daughter is currently sick with swine flu. She has had more than 105 in temperature (40.8) and we spent a frantic night trying to cool her down. She has a terrible racking cough, have had upset tummy, terrible headaches, aches and pains, and generally been very poorly. I have advised all my friends to stay away from school as I would hate to see their children go through what my daughter has endured. Stop playing it down and making out it's nothing!

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• 2. At 7:23pm on 14 Jul 2009, auntie jen wrote:

  I had three 3 network mobile phone which lost signal over the last 10 months when the 3 network switched from 02 to Orange as the roaming partner - after numerous calls and contsantly haggling with them I got all three contracts cancelled- it took a lot of time and many calls but I was adamant that I should not have to continue with the contracts and eventually they gave in

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• 3. At 7:32pm on 14 Jul 2009, hokeykokeyalex wrote:

  just turned over to the one show at 7:15 ish(prefer re runs of black and white on the buses on itv 3).....
  did i really hear the ego that is adrian say "famous people like us" ?
  he then made some sort of sarcastic comment about people(ordinary) caring about issues that are in the public domain.
  he really is stupid.
  look foeward now blog fans to adrian and sun tans number one defender highland fling to come on line and say how wonderful he is.
  

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• 4. At 7:33pm on 14 Jul 2009, hokeykokeyalex wrote:

  meant look forward

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• 5. At 7:35pm on 14 Jul 2009, purpletimr wrote:

  Fabulous show team! Best Monday show in ages.
  Adrians holiday looked inviting where can I get a booking for that?
  Also its amazing how these big companies crumble at the letters BBC.
  
  I am sorry to hear about other peoples experiences with swine flu, I think they aren't really dulling it down just trying to stop the moral panic the media has caused. 1/200 people die from it, so you may still be that one, which is what I was thinking.
  
  I don't really care much about Les Dennis but found his life to be interesting, maybe you could repeat that segment with bigger more modern day celebs.
  
  Christine looked radiant today, has she changed her conditioner or done something with her hair? She seemed to reflect the studio lights and blind me a little.
  
  Adrian get a new shirt dude.
  
  Snakes are amazing creatures, would probably be scared if I saw one though.
  
  Heres to tomorrows show.
  
  Here here!

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• 6. At 7:36pm on 14 Jul 2009, purpletimr wrote:

  RE:3 Yeah Adrian meant it with an air of sarcasm. Its just his style. I know somebody just like him , thier sense of humour is not what we would call comedy.

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• 7. At 7:37pm on 14 Jul 2009, jeepster05hp wrote:

  How dare Adrian Childs (WHATEVER HIS NAME IS) refer to the viewers as 'ORDINARY PEOPLE'! I have more charisma in my little finger than he has in his whole body. Does he think he has talent - absolutely NO WAY - the guy reads from an autocue (without it he is lost) Christine his co-presenter carries him. He is BORING and needs to dye his hair. Have a great evening.

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• 8. At 7:52pm on 14 Jul 2009, purpletimr wrote:

  I think i need a hot chocolate, a bath with some fizzy bubble stuff and some cheese. In any order. I just need those things. :)

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• 9. At 7:56pm on 14 Jul 2009, purpletimr wrote:

  chillin out in the blog homies :) reppin it one show style.
  ayyyep.

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• 10. At 8:07pm on 14 Jul 2009, petercgreen wrote:

  
  
  Did I really hear your adrian chilles make the crass statement of being famous? This ordinary person would be unable to pick him out of a crowd of one. Who ever employs these ridiculous people for the bbc need to look at their employment process. Maybe it will be a good idea to give our licence fee to your competitors as you are certainly wasting our money on your so called self appointed famous presenters.

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• 11. At 8:11pm on 14 Jul 2009, purpletimr wrote:

  People need to learn to take a joke!

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• 12. At 8:12pm on 14 Jul 2009, purpletimr wrote:

  RE:10. Hypocritical statement. The fact you know his name makes him famous- more famous than any of us on this blog.
  

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• 13. At 8:16pm on 14 Jul 2009, Gaz911 wrote:

  re 5 "Best Monday show in ages" so good they put on tuesday instead.;)

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• 14. At 8:19pm on 14 Jul 2009, purpletimr wrote:

  re13: Okay I meant Tuesday my PC resets days all the time I wanted to check to be sure and it said Monday, damn windows !

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• 15. At 8:21pm on 14 Jul 2009, geordieangel2 wrote:

  jadedoldie, thanks for the new word, FOSSICKING, according to wikipedia, a Cornish word, now used in Africa USA and Australia, to pan for precious metals, sifting through the dirt, looking for something useful, a mining technique, sounds like some journalists, and lawyers. LOL

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• 16. At 8:24pm on 14 Jul 2009, Gaz911 wrote:

  re 14 purpletimr:-just joking and yes it was a good show.

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• 17. At 8:30pm on 14 Jul 2009, purpletimr wrote:

  re16: Sooooo.... what day is it? lol.

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• 18. At 8:36pm on 14 Jul 2009, Gaz911 wrote:

  Re 17 From what I've read of the other comments it must be a moanday.:)

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• 19. At 8:45pm on 14 Jul 2009, purpletimr wrote:

  Erm... Erm... I have no comeback to that. :(

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• 20. At 8:59pm on 14 Jul 2009, highland fling wrote:

  To Karen I hope your daughter gets better soon , this must be so frightening for all of you !and yes we are getting worried about swine flue .Is it a fault that people may like Adrian ?Hokey ?well maybe I am in the minority but as I have said before liked him on Working Lunch and Apprentice , and he is a good sports presenter, at least my other half tells me !As presenters they dont stand a chance as they usually get picked to bits every night on here !its a relaxing 30 minute light magazine show ,good guests and interesting subjects ,so many other channels , presenters , topics to turn over to ??WE will stick with The One Show!

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• 21. At 9:14pm on 14 Jul 2009, jadedoldie wrote:

  Post 20, I hope you don't use that as the royal "we" lol.

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• 22. At 9:21pm on 14 Jul 2009, jadedoldie wrote:

  Re 17, 18 & 19, what YEAR is it? At my age you can't afford to get serious about trivialities,lol.

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• 23. At 9:44pm on 14 Jul 2009, purpletimr wrote:

  RE:22. It's 1999 i think.

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• 24. At 9:49pm on 14 Jul 2009, geordieangel2 wrote:

  karenbm, post 1, very best wishes to you and your family, hope your daughter gets better soon.

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• 25. At 9:51pm on 14 Jul 2009, jadedoldie wrote:

  Post 23, oh dear, my medication is overdue then!

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• 26. At 10:06pm on 14 Jul 2009, purpletimr wrote:

  RE:25 10 years overdue... mind you at the pace you old people walk.... only kidding!

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• 27. At 10:16pm on 14 Jul 2009, MoreMillieMagic wrote:

  Karen I hope your little girl is ok. I found it quite disturbing that the GP went on about downplaying swine flu, but then proceeded to bring out that mask!
  
  I really enjoyed the Les Dennis story.

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• 28. At 11:20pm on 14 Jul 2009, djwhatsoccurin wrote:

  Flu is an unpleasant illness, whether swine or otherwise-many of us have had a few days off work with "flu" when in fact we have had a bad cold-I have had flu a few times and it does feel that you are about to pass on unless you catch it early with the soluble asprin etc-hope the little girl is better soon and I am sure Adrian sends his best wishes to all us ordinary people

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• 29. At 11:22pm on 14 Jul 2009, BKCITIZEN wrote:

  What 3 mobile have said to the programme is not true. They do not release people from their contract if there is no signal and they do not listen.
  Since they went to Orange from O2 I have had no signal at home. I have battled with them for the last 3 months and they have done nothing other than reduce my monthly bill. As I have no signal at home this is no use to me. I am paying for a phone service that is no use. They will not release me from the contract as they say there is a signal in my area, yet they cannot txt or phone me when I'm in my house and speraking to them on the landline.
  0 out of 10 for 3 Mobile. .

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• 30. At 11:29pm on 14 Jul 2009, geordieangel2 wrote:

  purpletimr, re:26, I've had my medication, and am nice and calm, so jaded oldie, and I are letting you off lightly, write out 100 times, I must be nice to old bloggers.

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• 31. At 11:35pm on 14 Jul 2009, johnholyer wrote:

  re #5 purpletimr, Your accolade that this was the best Monday show in ages suggests to me that you must be a member of the production team. None of them ever knows what day of the week it is.
  
  But I agree with you that The One Show is awesomely brilliant. Adrian and Christine are fab and so nice. You are right it's OK for Adrian to be sarcastic. Famous celebs like him must be protected from ordinary people. Like you, I have nothing but praise for The One show. It's really brill. Oh yeah! Did you catch the picture in the Daily Mail of Adrian and Christine together? Adrian gave her a lift to work on his motorbike. That was awesomely brilliant. Adrian, you're a real kool dude. His clothes were really fab. Adrian is a brill modern celeb.

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• 32. At 00:09am on 15 Jul 2009, geordieangel2 wrote:

  That holiday snap of Adrian sitting outside his little single bunk holiday caravan, he must have nicked his clothing from Rab Nesbits washing line, notice the string vest.

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• 33. At 01:49am on 15 Jul 2009, Dukesy wrote:

  Thought the show was good. Nice to see Les on the TV again. He looks a happy man and I found his story very interesting. Thanks to Les for sharing.
  
  I would like to make a point about a certain 'online' newspaper which has a picture of Adrian and Christine - the picture appears to have been altered.
  If you look at Adrian's feet, he's standing very peculiar!
  
  Keep up the good work BBC One Show!
  
  

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• 34. At 02:32am on 15 Jul 2009, purpletimr wrote:

  RE:31. As much as I may wish to be a part of The One Show team or any media team as I am a qualified media person. But I can assure you despite the lenghty gap and the funny competition entry, I am no different to you my friend.
  
  The BBC don't rig competitions, boulderdash!

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• 35. At 02:35am on 15 Jul 2009, purpletimr wrote:

  Also when i say great show team i appreciate the whole teams efforts thats why I put it in those words. Maybe they can clarify that I am not a member in the web show.... maybe.?

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• 36. At 02:47am on 15 Jul 2009, purpletimr wrote:

  Its to hot tonight here up near Yorkshire so heres whats going through my head right now.
  Why am I on this blog.
  Why can't i go and moan on Facebook.
  Is Adrian Chiles ever going to be inside my birhday cake.
  Will Christine ever break into her own primetime show like Dom did.
  Where the hell is my bannana.
  Who stole my chessy chips.
  Why aren't I putting question marks at the end of my sentences?
  Why can't i stop watching re runs of The One show on I player.
  and
  yeah.
  
  I need sleep.
  
  Insomnia is a word thats underused a lot.
  I blame BBC 3....

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• 37. At 10:22am on 15 Jul 2009, Kingfrugal wrote:

  As per usual The One Shows allotted time slot just flew
  This time with serious talk of the new flu, Swine flu,
  As compared with more usual seasonal flu
  That we all know (and dont love)
  Plus we received reassurance proffered about stocks of Tamiflu
  The question is now whether or not we are prepared for it
  And what to do for the best
  If we suspect we might have it?
  The answer from our resident medic
  Ignore all the silly doom laden rumours
  Dont worry unduly about gossip of pandemic
  If you suspect that youve got it then call your GP
  But dont go straight to the surgery
  As doctors are already very busy
  And dont want to be called out unnecessarily
  
  Next from our present fear of one sort of worldwide coverage
  We move on to another - this time locally advertised coverage
  Paid for but not supplied
  By 3 the mobile phone network company
  Its small print revealing that they cant guarantee
  Regular service as they put it
  The signal as shown on their coverage checker
  Can be only an estimate- what a get-out cause eh!
  So, signal or no signal, they still had to pay
  But, good news, in this now highly publicised instance
  Thanks to the good old One Show
  The previously dissatisfied suffers
  Are now happy ex customers
  Released from their waste of money contract
  And given their hard-earned cash back
  
  Tonights guest
  Les
  Dennis, if you hadnt guessed
  LIke me, born a Scouse
  Whose happy haunts of childhood
  Were in Garston, Liverpool South
  (Patriotic Northern fanatics please note - not England South!)
  Young Les, born 1953
  Whose show-biz career
  Was kicked into action by his num
  And first came to be
  In a talent competition at Butlins Pwllheli
  And talking of kicking, it was news to me
  That his dad played for Liverpool FC
  LD of course is now nationally well known on TV
  Through his appearances on the likes of Opportunity Knocks
  And New Faces
  And soon he will be seen on the modern day Grease -
  High School Musical Two, too
  
  Between you and me
  The likely reason for his present presence on The One Show
  Is likely to be
  Free publicity, as usual done so unsubtly
  On the supposedly ad-free TV channel, namely the BBC
  That we pay for daily with our Licence fee
  
  Now from free ads we now "add" and adder feature
  Yes our only venomous snake makes another nice departure -
  Thanks to the efforts of the One Shows researchers:
  I never realised before that snakes only eat 6 -12 meals a year
  Or that as meat that they eat toads for food
  Or that, like basking sharks there were "basking" snakes too!
  Unfortunately adder finding
  By night time adder hunting
  Proved a "hiding" to nothing
  This scientific endeavour turned out a complete failure
  Aving ad enough, they graciously ad to ad - mit defeat
  And ad- journ
  To consider ad-opting a new technique
  What wonderful er......ad libbing!
  
  After the programme I ad a funny thought:
  Going back to mobile phone tapping
  And that no-signal area on the 3 Network
  At least those dissatisfied customers
  Were in no danger of having their phone tapped!
  No ad verse comments please
  Yes I know Im daft
  
  Which of course qualifies me
  To proudly fly the One Show flag
  Which youll be please to know
  That Ill be printing off shortly
  

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• 38. At 1:01pm on 15 Jul 2009, jadedoldie wrote:

  Post 30, geordieangel2m jog my memory, who am I forgiving and what for? P.S. did someone mention the year?

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• 39. At 3:59pm on 15 Jul 2009, Juniperjewel wrote:

  Post 37: Kingfrugal, can't you just type to the end of the line like most bloggers do? You're not under the illusion are you that you're writing poetry? Or even blank verse? Come on, just write in full sentences or does your blog name suggest you are frugal with your line spaces?

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• 40. At 4:43pm on 15 Jul 2009, Dotsmith wrote:

  What is it with The One Show and snakes? Hardly a week goes by without something about them, complete with film! I (and lots of others) hate snakes but at least you gave us lots of time last night to switch off before the screen was filled with them.

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• 41. At 6:02pm on 15 Jul 2009, RH1964 wrote:

  Re: 1 KarenBM is right!
  Dr Sarah Jarvis should be very careful not to mislead people into complacency. Does she know that in Australia, six new mothers infected with swine flu are on life support and two new babies in intensive care??
  A fit & healthy man south west of Sydney has just woken from a 10 day coma after doctors sent him home with paracetamol when in fact he was infected with swine flu.....
  
  I know that it is winter there but shouldn't we be looking at countries like Australia to know what to expect come Autumn? The worst is still to come here in the UK.
  
  
  
  

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• 42. At 6:11pm on 15 Jul 2009, geordieangel2 wrote:

  jadedoldie, post 38, I'm not sure, its the old senile dementia playing up again, and I've not had my medication yet, I'm off for a lie down now.

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• 43. At 6:20pm on 15 Jul 2009, hokeykokeyalex wrote:

  i used to be a supporter of the one show but i think i am becoming john holyer.

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• 44. At 6:22pm on 15 Jul 2009, johnholyer wrote:

  re #12: That is an interesting concept. I know the name of my next door neighbour. Does that make him famous?

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• 45. At 6:26pm on 15 Jul 2009, hokeykokeyalex wrote:

  my points...
  1)the one show has become a vehicle for adrian to just be adrian and the guests no more than a distraction or something for adrian to show his funnyness around.
  2)sun tan has become more annoying and more brown.
  3)a show to showcase the nation is just a london love in.
  4)one presenter is vastly overpaid.
  5)and so is adrian.
  6)when things happen that deserve comment(carol/hardeep/factual errors etc) nothing is said.
  7)the one show web show is just a vehicle to celebrate adrian and christine.
  8)the blog is not interactive,we have no imput.

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• 46. At 6:28pm on 15 Jul 2009, hokeykokeyalex wrote:

  meant input....

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• 47. At 6:36pm on 15 Jul 2009, johnholyer wrote:

  Re 43: hockeykokeyalex, I am flattered.
  
  I will be incommunicado from Saturday until late September. I shall miss this blog. I am going fossicking. But just for what I do not know.

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• 48. At 6:48pm on 15 Jul 2009, johnholyer wrote:

  re #45 hockeykokeyalex, There are many people who truly believe that The One Show is indeed Adrian & Christine. Regrettably, most of those people work for the BBC.
  
  I believe that they do sometimes read these blogs. Have you noticed that Christine's cackle seems to have gone?

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• 49. At 6:50pm on 15 Jul 2009, johnholyer wrote:

  re #33: Do you know the name of the online newspaper?

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• 50. At 9:01pm on 15 Jul 2009, jadedoldie wrote:

  johnholyer, enjoy your break, but I could wish you had not evoked memories of the dreaded cackle.

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• 51. At 12:09pm on 18 Jul 2009, bubblegumjacquif wrote:

  i feel i have to comment on the interview and the most disgraceful performance by the doctor talking about swine flu. not only were her facts incorrect but the disgusting way in which she dismissed the awful death of a six year old child as nothing, is beyond belief. any loss of life is one too many. this doctor should make a public apology not only to the childs parents and family but to all the one show viewers. she should be ashamed of herself.

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• 52. At 5:41pm on 21 Jul 2009, Dudeken wrote:

  Nice to see Les has got over is troubles seems contented and happy with life.

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• 53. At 5:46pm on 21 Jul 2009, Dudeken wrote:

  Chris and Adrian are a great team long may they continue to bright up my early evening TV Chris is smile and laughter brighten up many a dull day.

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