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As seen in the Guardian - apparently Ant and Dec are leaving to do Slap Bang full-time (nooo!) and they'll be being replaced by Brian from Big Brother! Good Lord!!

― Tom, Sunday, 23 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

We DEMAND Helen and Paul! Christie Malry are you reading this?

― mark s, Sunday, 23 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I say the ILx massive takes over and hosts it. You *know* you all want to see Pete talk about minestrone on the nation's TV screens.

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 23 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Abandoning 'SM:TV Live' (=grate) for 'Slap Bang' (=bigger dud than 'Noel's House Party') has to be one of the v. worst career moves of all time. Still, an out gay man hosting a kids prog should be interesting...

― Andrew L, Sunday, 23 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Serves you fools right for watching SMTV.

― DG, Sunday, 23 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

An out gay man hosting a kids prog is only 'interesting' because of the ingrained expectation that he will start to act all peadophilic, which is nonsense. Brian's only interesting traits are a) his slightly-massive fame, compared to, say, Stephen Gately, and b) his tendency to scream that Satan is lurking everywhere. Ian McKellen would be a far more interesting out gay man for kids to watch, because HE IS MAGNETO lord of the evil mutants, and might smite some magnetic vengeance on the STINKIN' NORMS who populate SM:TV.

― Al, Sunday, 23 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Bring back Jimmy Saville!! He really IS wierd....

― me me me me me, Monday, 24 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

AL - I said it was 'interesting' precisely because of that homophobic "ingrained expectation" - I hope Brian's appointment will tie the tabs up in knots of prejudice and stupidity.

― Andrew L, Monday, 24 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

So long as they continue to have Steps as their guests EVERY WEEK and the BBC continue to have Dani Behr and Joe Mace on as rivals then I don't see how SM:TV can fail.

― Emma, Monday, 24 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The few fragments of the Saturday Show I saw looked wretched beyond belief. Whose bright idea was it to resurrect Dani Behr's career?

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Monday, 24 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

And while we're on the subject, what King of a Travesty was it that Britney Spears appearance on Chums was touted every five minutes for two hours, and then it turns out to be a pre-recorded split-screen slot of ill-timed conversation with Ant. AND to make it worse, the actual star this time was Vick Becks, who was just as rubbish as she was on Chum Trek 2099.

I still like it, though.

― Magnus, Monday, 24 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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