Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,223 Posted March 25, 2015 Mods, feel free to smack my arse if there is already a thread on the subject. Presenters. Whatever happened to Michael Aspel? What about Peter Marshall, presenter of Miss World and continuity announcer for ( IIRC) Thames Television in the 1970s? What happened the the old fashioned presenter, eh? Answers on a Post Card................... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rotten Ali 600 Posted March 25, 2015 Think Aspel was said to be suffering from prostate cancer. Edit... A 2004 article in The Independent reported that Aspel had a dormant case of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. As a supporter of the charity Cancer Research UK he was made a Freeman of the Borough of Elmbridge, Surrey in April 2008. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,364 Posted March 25, 2015 Ones worth keeping an eye on : Peter Perves Valerie Singleton Melvyn Bragg John Craven Des O`Connor Jimmy Hill Bruce Forsyth Barbara Walters David Attenborough Tony Blackburn Larry King Nicholas Parsons Denis Norden Stuart Hall Rolf Harris Chris Denning Neil Fox Len Goodman Arlene Philips Cliff Michelmore Cilla Black Paul O`Grady Jeremy Clarkson Pat Robertson David Dimbleby Fred Talbot Mary Berry Michael Parksinson Michael Aspall Andrew Marr Brian Walden Murray Walker Roger Cook David Dickinson Anne Robinson Denise Robertson Gloria Hunniford Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted March 26, 2015 Ones worth keeping an eye on : Peter Perves Valerie Singleton Melvyn Bragg John Craven Des O`Connor Jimmy Hill Bruce Forsyth Barbara Walters David Attenborough Tony Blackburn Larry King Nicholas Parsons Denis Norden Stuart Hall Rolf Harris Chris Denning Neil Fox Len Goodman Arlene Philips Cliff Michelmore Cilla Black Paul O`Grady Jeremy Clarkson Pat Robertson David Dimbleby Fred Talbot Mary Berry Michael Parksinson Michael Aspall Andrew Marr Brian Walden Murray Walker Roger Cook David Dickinson Anne Robinson Denise Robertson Gloria Hunniford I'll be sure to keep an eye on them over the next 30 years or so...(if I live that long) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,639 Posted March 26, 2015 Add to that Frank Bough, John Noakes and William Woolard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,550 Posted March 26, 2015 Add to that Frank Bough, John Noakes and William Woolard Brian Cant could also go on that list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,674 Posted March 26, 2015 I'll add James Burke and Sister Wendy Beckett. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,364 Posted March 26, 2015 Marguerite Patten turns 100 this November. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,550 Posted March 26, 2015 If we want to keep a running list to add as we go along and then although I feel he's still got quite a few more years left in him, Johnny Ball can go on there too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,682 Posted March 26, 2015 Re Peter Perves above, it's Purvis, right? Or was that a statement of fact? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,056 Posted March 26, 2015 The Russian military television offers Jeremy Clarkson a job in Russia. A Clarkson spokesman said he's considering it: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/russian-military-television-offers-top-gears-jeremy-clarkson-a-job/518066.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,550 Posted March 26, 2015 The Russian military television offers Jeremy Clarkson a job in Russia. A Clarkson spokesman said he's considering it: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/russian-military-television-offers-top-gears-jeremy-clarkson-a-job/518066.html He had better be careful should he speak out about Putin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,639 Posted March 26, 2015 If you want some ones who might go before all the above Peter Dimmock Michael Barrett Brian Trueman Although probably not Brian Trueman. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,674 Posted March 26, 2015 Whilst ruminating on this thread and possible contenders, I chanced to rediscover the name Bob Wellings, formerly of That's Life. No idea how old he is (Google isn't my friend) but he must be getting on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted March 26, 2015 The Russian military television offers Jeremy Clarkson a job in Russia. A Clarkson spokesman said he's considering it: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/russian-military-television-offers-top-gears-jeremy-clarkson-a-job/518066.html He had better be careful should he speak out about Putin. I can imagine it now..Clarksons first link on his new show ' does anyone think Putin looks like a bit like Gollum on Lord of the Rings'... firing squad is assembled .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted March 26, 2015 there is a resemblance u have to admit.. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=gollum&id=36FD05851D5086A2E9E6A955A6040345C4267E0C&FORM=IQFRBA#view=detail&id=36FD05851D5086A2E9E6A955A6040345C4267E0C&selectedIndex=0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted March 26, 2015 Title suggestion for Clarkson's Russian show: Top Bear. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
One shot Paddy 1,209 Posted March 27, 2015 Hugh Scully. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,179 Posted March 27, 2015 For the Scottish, Mary Marquis. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,130 Posted March 27, 2015 For the Scottish, Mary Marquis. She's still alive? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted March 27, 2015 Bob Langley and Peter Seabrook off of Pebble Mill at One... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,179 Posted March 27, 2015 For the Scottish, Mary Marquis. She's still alive? Far as I know, these new young flibbertyjibbets like Shareen Nanjiani and Sally Magnusson haven't reported her dead yet.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,223 Posted March 27, 2015 Some names on here Ive not heard in eons. That's the strange thing really, some of these people were household names in the truest sense and have completely disappeared. Michael Aspel was, at one time, the biggest television personality in the country, well probably. Its not like he announced his retirement, he just fucked off never to be seen again. Presenting was once an art, people did it and bugger all else. Now its fair game for any Comic, sports person and serial sex offender. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted March 27, 2015 Michael Rodd - Tomorrow's World, Screen Test (remember that?). 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Alfie Noakes Posted March 27, 2015 Re Peter Perves above, it's Purvis, right? Or was that a statement of fact? It's actually Purves. But I'm sure he did/does. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
