We will get the painters to wire the place when they are here

[weecalf]

How many cases on the BBC and Itv when someone has been signed up to do something as its flopped in stead of letting them go these companies give them other shows to do and now they will be around for as long as I live anyway .It like asking the painter when hes finishe to wire the place or plumb it after a while you are going to find out how one dimential he was in the first place .

[bednobs]

Sorry, don't get it.

[Craftypig]

have you got an example of who you mean and what they flopped at?

[craft1948]

Christine Bleakley?

[The-HouseHusband]

May be easier to answer if your question/statement was a little easier to read.

[EcclesCake]

I'm not the only only one struggling to understand. I though I was going to have to give up the gin on my cornflakes for a moment......

[craft1948]

I understood it :-(

[jackthehat]

They sign the person up, that's the problem.

Then, in order to get their monies worth, they cast around for suitable 'vehicles' in which to showcase the talents of the 'star'.

The BBC struggled to find a niche for Graham Norton once they had enticed him from Commercial TV.

[ummmm]

I understand it now Craft has given us the answer.

[gen2]

I think the answer may be THREE.

[weecalf]

Now have you got it ?

[Zeuhl]

They put people under contract.

They either find them things to do or pay them a lot of money to sit in their gardens

[weecalf]

Yes exactly what I mean .The yare doing things just cause the stations want their moneys worth not because the are any good at it .So who has to put up with the dumming down on television presenters .

[boxtops]

who like?

[smart1]

Graham Norton had the same vehicle on BBC as he did on commercial TV - a chat show.

[boxtops]

It does seem odd on occasion - people keep turning up hosting quiz shows when they've previously done home makeover or gardening programmes.