Wasn’t this the most disappointing news of the weekend?
Yesterday evening Five Live aired Fighting Talk: Any Other Business as a kind of broadcast pilot for a current affairs spin-off of the sports show. There’s another episode next Sunday. Richard Bacon did a good job hosting it, and alongside him were Stewart Lee, Rod Liddle and someone whose name I’ve forgotten. Over in the States was The Daily Show’s John Oliver, and when Bacon mentioned the Lembit Opik MP story, Oliver knew nothing about it, and actually seemed slightly distressed that a hitherto “good” MP like Opik had strayed.
By the way, did it sound like Stewart Lee really was pissed off that Oliver had got The Daily Show gig after both he and Richard Bacon had also gone for it?