Will Young to appear on Question Time
Posted by Southern River on 2 October 2008 - 3:29pm.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7649038.stm
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Surely that should be...
...in the item below.
I agree
The next Word cover star too...
think i better leave
right now
I chuckled
at that
I bet he's a damn slight better...
than Alex James.
damn slight?
damn sight!
Will's young
He does have a politics degree. I'm sure that's got to be the only reason they've invited him on.
Good for him...
He's got a politics degree, he's very intelligent, people like him and I'm sure he's got some interesting things to say about gay issues. What's the problem?
He's not the problem
the makers of the programme who think he will attract younger viewers whilst alienating their current viewers are the problem. Let's get politicians to tell us what they think and justify why we should have them as public servants. Not pop stars (albeit intelligent, thoughtful and impressive) who are not going to take up public office.
I like Will Young
And I agree that if you are to have a sleb on he is a great choice. But...what aggravates me is that you know that he will get the most rounds of applause, whatever he says. The slebs always do.
Not his fault, not the programme makers, it's that moronic TV audience (again).
Only politicians? No thanks
Question Time, as far as I'm concerned, is not just about public servants buttonholing us and plying their wares. On the whole, I've found the programme a lot more watchable since they widened the brief. Apart from anything else, the challenge of finding four or five politicians capable of speaking clearly and interestingly would defeat any producer.
The stunt casting often backfires, of course, but sometimes to entertaining effect. Anyone remember Malcolm McLaren?? Scuppered his mayoral pretentions the first time he opened his mouth and revealed that, no, he wasn't quite sharp underneath that bluster and preening. Obviously Alex James was the worst, just painful to watch. Jane Fonda was pretty ropy too, I thought.
There have been some successes: Jo Brand was OK, although she did insert the phrase "when I was a psychiatric nurse" more often than was strictly necessary. And I seem to remember Jimmy Carr acquitting himself quite well, ditto Eno. The earliest example of stunt casting I can remember remains the best: Stephen Fry, many years ago, long before National Treasure status and before we all knew what a capacious brain he had. He was brilliant.
So, whom would you like to see as a guest on question time? May I suggest two:
Joanna Lumley (see link below, I can't find the instructions on how to do a neat link any more)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2008/oct/03/theatre.military
Terry Wogan (something tells me he'd be a revelation)
After seeing
his Country Life butter advert...John Lydon.