Talk:Angus Deayton

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Contents 1 More Information Required 2 "Stabbed in the front" quote 3 Reduced salary 4 Scandals 5 TV's Mister Sex

[edit] More Information Required

A filmography would be good.

I've been thinking of adding info regarding the 6 part comedy documentary "The Unclyclopedia of Rock" which he co-wrote and co-presented on Capital radio in 1985, but don't have enough info. --Olaf Legend 20:53, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Stabbed in the front" quote

"When Merton was asked by Michael Parkinson whether he had stabbed Deayton in the back he replied "no, I stabbed him in the front"." - according to IMDB it was Hislop that said this: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386810/bio 143.252.80.100 18:01, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

It was definitely Paul Merton. Sir-Nobby 16:32, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reduced salary

Regarding the sentence "In May 2002 he was embarrassed ... and his salary was reduced by the BBC.[2]" I cannot find any reference to a reduced salary in the article referenced by the footnote. Have I overlooked something? Was his salary reduced? At least I think this sentence should be split in two, so as to avoid the impression that the footnote is the source for this statement. 83.70.227.29 12:11, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Scandals

"he should have been allowed to continue, especially because some of the previous guests on the show had been guilty of more serious infractions in their private and professional lives."

Any chance of some examples? ArdClose 01:13, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Presumably Neil Hamilton (Cash for Questions) would be one, and subsequently Boris Johnson (guest AND guest presenter) has made headlines for having an affair. There are probably more. ntnon (talk) 07:46, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] TV's Mister Sex

The nickname is actually much older than this article claims. In Episode 9 of Series 3 of HIGNFY, Paul Merton mentions that Deayton is nicknamed "TV's Mr. Sex" in Time Out Magazine. Even if Merton is making this up (as is his wont, I have never read Time Out, especially not in 1992), then the nickname still predates 2002 by a decade. Wencer (talk) 03:19, 13 May 2008 (UTC)