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John Cleese explains why he joined GB News (uk.news.yahoo.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Emperor to c/britishtelly

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Last year, the Monty Python legend announced that he would be hosting his own show on the news channel and that it would be a "no holds barred account of the news".

Entitled The Dinosaur Hour, Cleese appeared on GB News to discuss his decision to join the network, telling Michelle Dewberry: "They came to me a few months ago and they made me the most extraordinary offer that’s ever been made to anyone in the history of television."

He added: "They said 'would you like to do ten shows; you can do whatever you like'. Can you imagine the BBC doing that? It would be subject to committee A and then after committee A had approved it, you’d go to Committee B. They said you can do anything and I’ve had no interference of any kind and it has been joyful."

The show will be filmed at a thousand year old castle and feature Cleese having intimate conversations with a number of guests.

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[–] rubikcuber@programming.dev 45 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Given the cluster of sacked misogynists at GB News, perhaps they should also have Committee A and Committee B reviewing their shows and presenters.

[–] Emperor 23 points 1 year ago

I think the interview process was "are you a misogynist with an anti-woke agenda?".

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Honestly this is great advertising for committee procedure

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

The BBC has cause to ssack plenty of people but they generally hide their wrongdoings from the public until some bombshell report blows it open and they get the government to seal records