Showing posts with label Presenters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Presenters. Show all posts

Friday, 17 August 2012

No. 248.

Lucy Porter was a researcher for Richard and Judy.

(Source: Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast.)

Friday, 3 August 2012

No. 234.

One of the directors in a BBC meeting said that the presenter on the Film programme appeared to have worn a wig and that he wouldn't stand for it. Barry Norman had in fact simply been having a bad hair day.

(Source: Tales of Television Centre.)

Tuesday, 19 June 2012

No. 179.

Jerry Springer was once Mayor of Cincinnati.

(Source: Documentary commemorating twenty years of The Simpsons. Verified via Wikipedia.)

Saturday, 2 June 2012

No. 162.

Charlie Brooker once fell asleep at the wheel during a driving lesson.

(Source: Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast.) 

Friday, 1 June 2012

No. 161.

Charlie Brooker submitted cartoons to the letter page of Oink magazine. As a result, they then offered him a job. He was fifteen at the time.
(Source: Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast.)


Sunday, 27 May 2012

No. 156.

Jonathan Ross got so bored interviewing Barbara Windsor that he couldn't think of another question, so played for time by pretending to pop out his contact lenses. When she started looking for it, he realised he had to get it out for real.

(Source: Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast.)

Saturday, 26 May 2012

No. 155.

Jonathan Ross once fell asleep whilst interviewing Charlie Higson.

(Source: Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast.)

Saturday, 19 May 2012

No. 148.

Jonathan Ross used to wear his OBE whilst watching Big Brother.

(Source: Richard Herring's Leicester Square Podcast.)

Friday, 18 May 2012

No. 147.

Out of boredom, Jonathan Ross and his family amended Neil Gaiman's Wikipedia page to suggest that he wrote the 'Lepracaun' film series

(Source: Richard Herring's Leicester Square Podcast.)

Tuesday, 8 May 2012

No. 137.

Richard Bacon donated a trowel to the British Lawnmower Museum.

(Source: Would I Lie To You.)

Monday, 7 May 2012

No. 136.

According to Clare Balding, to save on remembering a lot of names, sound engineers call each other Percy or Perce whilst on outside broadcasts.

(Source: Would I Lie To You.)

Sunday, 6 May 2012

No. 135.

According to Richard Bacon, who previously worked at the chain as a youth, McDonalds meat goes from frozen to cooked in just forty-four seconds.

(Source: Would I Lie To You.)