He goes along fine and then BANG shoots himself in the foot... it's getting quite humorous. Why did he turn on Jack Straws father like that? Ridiculous.

Also you can see the only BNP supporter in the crowd... when the shot from the back is shown he is the only one clapping when everyone else isnt or not clapping whenever everyone is.

Did someone just call him a Knobend???

Hmmm thats was a very nasty show to watch. QT is normally quite fair and balanced but that really did feel like a bit of a witch hunt and was never allowed to talk when every other panellist got lengthy spaces to answer. Still Griffin was an idiot and making stuff up and denying stuff youve been filmed saying wasnt clever...
Where was any questions about Gurkha's?
Where was the stuff about the Postal Strike?
Jack Straw does look like the Demon Headmaster doesnt he?
Bonnie Greer is a legend isnt she?

He certainly does.

I don't really see the point of having Nick Griffin on the panel, as it was always going to cause a lot of tension and result in a show which was largely about what people thought of him and his beliefs. Not much else was discussed at all...

I taped around 20 minutes of the protest off Channel 503- BBC News.

Shall keep it for posterity.

Were you involved with it?

It certainly does feel like that, even 12 hours after the show! I just caught a bit of ITV News, and they quoted Griffin as saying he found "gay kissing to be creepy". He didn't say that; he said he "thought a lot of people would find gay kissing in public to be creepy". It's amazing how a whole meaning of a sentence can be changed by omitting a few words.

Having said that, I can't stand Griffin and I hate the attitudes of his 'party'.

No I wasn't, and I never would be.

She really is.

Hahahahaha, this is brilliant!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QAvkFS_ ... er_embedde

Amazing what some re-editing can do.

Nick Griffin: "I am thoroughly unpleasant and really creepy."
David Dimbleby: "Mr Griffin is a wicked and vicious, repulsive misguided twit."

I agree with h that the having the show with griffin was a bit controversial as it would be lead to 'awkward debate' but I suppose they had to do it because of their MEPs.

With regards to what Tom said I suppose any 'representative audience' is going to be 94% against the bnp but maybe they should have restricted the questions to only 50% about the bnp.

I despair for them I really do. The BBC that is.

My opinion on the BNP/Nick Griffin situation is that they are allowed their opinion, and should not be treated like that for it. I do not agree with their policies at all, but they are entitled to believe whatever they want.

People that attack him are showing just as much discrimination as he does, as i don't believe people (even racists) can help their opinions. I don't think racism is good at all, but it often can't be helped, a lot of racist people haven't been properly educated about other races, or exposed to other races, therefore they become worried when confronted with these situations, then this can turn into hatred. Its very similar with homophobia - and why lots of older people and people from other religions are homophobic

I can't understand people who can't get it into their heads that everyone is entitled to their opinions, whether its food, music or important things such as this, i prefer ageism, sexism and racism to that.

H is absolutely right about what he said about homosexuality and the way the press twisted what he said. I find that absolutely unacceptable to change things like that to brainwash people.

I think some of the audience of question time were just there to follow like sheep and join in the witch hunt. and i can't quite understand Bonnie Greer as she was constantly insulting Griffin and saying his policies were immoral etc, then condoning an article against homosexuality saying democracy and freedom of speech are essential in a country or whatever (i can't remember her exact words, its too far back), but she doesn't seem to apply this to Griffin, and as for the audience member who called him 'Dick Griffin', that was a pathetic immature jibe.

I don't like the BNP, but this Question time was far too one sided for me

David Dimbleby to miss Question Time after encounter with bullock
Broadcaster knocked out by rearing animal as he tried to load it on to a trailer



Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/no ... me-bullock

I think he talks bullocks anyway, the Nick Griffin affair proved that. (I don't support Griffin's racist terms but no-one let him have his say. Like a lamb to the slaughter that night in my honest opinion)

Quite ironic really that talking bullocks was seen to by a bullock.

That said, BBC is a load of bullocks. ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 for me.

Well maybe ITV until January with this new 'I'm a celebrity' Why Katie Price again and according to research, being paid 5 times more than the other I've never heard of you, get off my LCD TV' members?

I really want to see Ant eat ants and Dec get decked. Now I'd pay to watch that.

Phil.

I know this is probably more suitable for the SCD thread, but I thought I'd put it in here, following on from the story I posted about David Dimbleby not being able to present Question Time this week...

Bruce Forsyth will miss Strictly Come Dancing for the first time tomorrow night after battling a bad bout of flu.
The 81-year-old entertainer has never missed a show in the past five series of the BBC ballroom dancing series.



Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... z0WjmysOQD

Yes. The Tibetan Monks are sure to work wonders.

Looking forward, actually, to seeing Jimmy White in the jungle. He's not so good at snooker thesedays so perhaps he might be worthwhile entertainment in Australia.


But quite how a fattish 47-year-old with a hairy chest washing himself on camera will compare with a 31-year-old in possession of a rather more appealing chest, is a different story..

Regarding Strictly, it's now going to be Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman. With Tess doing Brucie's job and Claudia doing Tess's.

And it was infact a strangely entertaining entrance from none other than Ronnie Corbett. Not that we saw any of him but the top of his wig, of course. But he was there, trust me.

Also in the world of Showbiz, I am sobered to report the death today of Edward Woodward, at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro. He was 79 years of age, and will perhaps be best remembered for his roles in The Wicker Man (1973) and The Equalizer. Alongside many other acting roles including a total of 33 films, 23 television series and 16 theatre performances, he starred in 14 television specials and was known for his capabilities as a tenor. He won the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in 1986.

A life of achievements which came to a rather quick and unexpected end. If I had a glass next to me, I'd raise it to him..but I don't, so I won't pretend to.