Rip Frank Bough

DeVlaeminck

One of the faces of British TV when most of us were growing up.

oxoman

Unflappable most of the time. He can have as much blow and as many naughty night girls as he wants now without getting into trouble again.

laurentian

He really was the most unlikley person to be involved in what he did get involved in! Huge part of my young life though, the Grandstand theme and Frank Bough . . . ah! Saturdays

shortfall

Fantastic broadcaster. As above, absolutely the last person you'd expect to be involved in a blow and hos scandal and so sad that a distinguished career came to an end because of it. Different times I guess.

DeVlaeminck

Interesting piece in one of the papers (or somewhere can't remember where) about whether a young kid from a Stoke on Trent terraced house could go on to have a career in the BBC like that now.

johnnyfartpants

I'm virtually back with his Saturday afternoon Grandstand shows...........ahhhh different times eh?.......better times? Not sure!

laurentian

shortfall said:

. . . so sad that a distinguished career came to an end because of it. Different times I guess.

Elevated him to "hero status" in my eyes . . .

shortfall

laurentian said:

shortfall said:

. . . so sad that a distinguished career came to an end because of it. Different times I guess.

Elevated him to "hero status" in my eyes . . .

😀 If not in his wife's. Fair play to her though for sticking with him.

ballysmate

shortfall said:

Fantastic broadcaster. As above, absolutely the last person you'd expect to be involved in a blow and hos scandal and so sad that a distinguished career came to an end because of it. Different times I guess.

Could have been worse.
He could have gone to a party at Michael Barrymore's.

shortfall

ballysmate said:

shortfall said:

Fantastic broadcaster. As above, absolutely the last person you'd expect to be involved in a blow and hos scandal and so sad that a distinguished career came to an end because of it. Different times I guess.

Could have been worse.
He could have gone to a party at Michael Barrymore's.

Yeah Barrymoore's career went from strength to strength after that to the point he was turning work down. Apparently his agent rang him with a panto roll in Jack and the Beanstalk and he said no thanks, I've just done A-lad-in.

Pross

DeVlaeminck said:

Interesting piece in one of the papers (or somewhere can't remember where) about whether a young kid from a Stoke on Trent terraced house could go on to have a career in the BBC like that now.

Surely far more likely these days then it was back then when the Beeb was dominated by public school presenter's with their received pronunciation? Most of the presenters these days seem to be more 'regional' e.g. Alex Scott (who I like but isn't exactly in the traditional mould).

DeVlaeminck

Pross said:

DeVlaeminck said:

Interesting piece in one of the papers (or somewhere can't remember where) about whether a young kid from a Stoke on Trent terraced house could go on to have a career in the BBC like that now.

Surely far more likely these days then it was back then when the Beeb was dominated by public school presenter's with their received pronunciation? Most of the presenters these days seem to be more 'regional' e.g. Alex Scott (who I like but isn't exactly in the traditional mould).

It was in Unherd and was linking social mobility to the abolition of grammar schools so it was trying to make a point I guess.