In charge
Simon Mayo
Presenter
Well I am, in a manner of speaking. Now we have no studio managers, I have to remember everything. The guests need to be faded up because no one else is going to do it for you, the news needs to be faded up because no one else is going to do it for you and the 7o'clock show needs to be faded up etc...If anything goes wrong, it's my fault. I have a face like a child concentrating on his joined-up writing. I always wanted to be a studio manager and now I am. I just have to talk and play tunes as well.
Wednesday's show is being assembled as we speak-with gaps being left for your oldie selection. Paul Merton is my guest after 6, his memoir, Only When I Laugh is well worth your time. It's funny, insightful and moving too. He's been on your our screens for decades now and the double act he has with Ian Hislop is one of the staples of British TV. I have a small part to play in Paul's story. I fronted a short-lived TV version of Scruples (we had already run a few series on Radio 1) and Paul was a guest on a couple of recordings. It was here that he met Nicholas Parsons and the start of a conversation which led to Paul being a regular on Just A Minute on Radio 4. Scruples solitary contribution to comedy.
And as the book is 'Only When I Laugh' I think it is about time we tried LAUGHTER again (it's been a while I think!). It's either that or penalty shoot-outs and I think we have a better time this way....
5pm at your place?
Wednesday's show is being assembled as we speak-with gaps being left for your oldie selection. Paul Merton is my guest after 6, his memoir, Only When I Laugh is well worth your time. It's funny, insightful and moving too. He's been on your our screens for decades now and the double act he has with Ian Hislop is one of the staples of British TV. I have a small part to play in Paul's story. I fronted a short-lived TV version of Scruples (we had already run a few series on Radio 1) and Paul was a guest on a couple of recordings. It was here that he met Nicholas Parsons and the start of a conversation which led to Paul being a regular on Just A Minute on Radio 4. Scruples solitary contribution to comedy.
And as the book is 'Only When I Laugh' I think it is about time we tried LAUGHTER again (it's been a while I think!). It's either that or penalty shoot-outs and I think we have a better time this way....
5pm at your place?
