The Clare Balding Show.

Imagine If she could get Clarkson as a guest on a future show! Scoop!!!!

Clare has become the Queen Mum of TV, even if the chat show is a flop
they will find something else for her.

all you fans of sir clare will be able to catch her patronising everyone on ant and decs sasturday night nonsense tomorrow

used to admire balding doing rugby league and stuff but now dissappeared up her on ass

and as for her recently published books deary me

she says in her books life hasn't always been easy, she says as the quueen visits the family home

I once cooked a piece of toast that looked as if it had an image of Claire Balding on it.

Racing folks used to be a stoic bunch, but ever since her brother's filly won the Oaks she's managed to turn every Saturday into either a blubfest or a kindergarten lesson. Even if she's not presenting the show, some other numbskull on CH4 racing is trying to provoke an "emotional reaction" from connections.

That is because it is down to the producers not the presenters. It is what IMG does. Sport is not about sport any more: it's about human interest stories. Same as BGT and all the rest: sod the singing and vote for me because my mum died before I was born.

**** me. She's on Ant and Dec. Just when it couldn't get any worse.

No doubt you're right, Ramruma, though Clare Balding perfected the art. It's quite cynical, really.

Roger Charlton - the last to blub...

kenny mann, Crayford and Newcastle are on RPGTV and you are watching Ant and Dec?

I had guests and the 14 year old wanted it on. It really is shocking.

Anyway, Slippy, not really a greyhounds man.

Yeah I know kenny mann, the dogs are not your thing at all but 100% books pretty much every race and it's not difficult to remove a couple of rags to get a huge overround if you know your stuff.

It's suddenly become more interesting. I knew you could get 100% pre race in cerain races but it's about 150% on the show is it not?

That's probably not the TV races. Used to be massive over-round, maybe 140 now?

Clare's on the Johnathan Ross show next week.

vile

Thanks for telling me kenny, I`ll record it. I have one of those magnificent Japanese machines just out on the market. It`s fantastic. Records programmes one hates and plays them back when one is out at the pub.

ha ha ha

Reminder for your diaries, first show this Friday BBC 2 at 10pm
30 minutes of riveting chat with famous sportspeople.

oooo everyones favourite lezza presenter interviews everyones favourite homosexual diver

cant wait

The woman cricketer might be straight

sir clare will sort that out

"30 minutes of riveting chat with famous sportspeople."

Fact is a lot of sportspeople are brilliant at what they do but they are as boring as hell in interviews.  Obviously some exceptions, but a lot of 'em are really not that interesting....... so this "riveting chat" bit ....have to wait and see.

Maybe they are chatting whilst doing some riveting, showing the world that gays can do a man's job?

To be fair Clare Balding will help Tom Daley correct his poor form. She's an expert on muff diving.

Not sure muff diving would be of interest to Tom.

He's been muffing a fee dives recently

Miss Balding's show just got a near rave review on the Matthew Wright show.

one sycophant praising another

Considering the guests won't be able to get a word in edgewise, the producers could save a fortune by not having any guests at all!

Then it really would be "The Claire Balding Show".

At the end they'll just have to fade her out.

PC rubbish.

First guests Hamilton and Daley says it all really. Saw part of an interview recently where Hamilton even thanked his stylist 

On now

Make a nice couple Tom and Lewis

The info button on the telly describes it as 'a new episode of her  exciting chat show.'

I didn't realise that Tom Daley is 'a global sporting icon'

ffs

Hamilton looks more of a poof than Daley.

I take it we won't be seeing any white working class heterosexuals invited onto the show?

Let's all hope that the makers of 'POLDARK' are watching this show, to see how its done. Four shows in and they still haven't had any homosexualist characters in it, although we did see a few black citizens dancing on the village green to celebrate one of the marriages.

Tom wants to fk him

All this talk of 'diving' is getting Claire very excited

if you are watching 'Carry on Cruising' btw, let me assure you that you won't see anything better in it than the scene below

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMmvzMiXcJk

Tom is gonna show Lewis how to some flips

DO some

Claire wants to fk her

We have a potential orgy on our hands

I think Lewis borrowed his shirt from the cricket bird

Aw, naw - I missed this.

A great start to the new sports chat show

Saw part of an interview recently where Hamilton even thanked his stylist

can't see that happening tonight, looks gayer than daley ffs 

Of course it was Nigel Havers in the Lloyds Bank adverts in the early nineties.

The world has gone f***** crazy. Glad I`ll be leaving soon

The producers will have done well to book current Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton, and all forumites worry about is that he looks gay, whatever that means, despite the tabloids being full over the years of Hamilton's on/off off/on relationship with Nicole Scherzinger.

I went out wiv a zinger........................B flat

B flat major

has "williecaston" appeared yet ?

She is on The Jonathon Ross Show later on, I just don't get her at all.

We might soon be seeing her kissing the Cox of the winning University Boat race team.

7am...this morning...Radio 2...CLARE BALDING with Terry Waite and the Archbishop of York...

David Cameron picks Clare Balding as his ‘gay hero’

David Cameron has hailed TV host Clare Balding as his “gay hero” – picking her over WWII codebreaker Alan Turing.
The Conservative Prime Minister spoke in praise of the sport host,  who was awarded an OBE in 2013.
He told Attitude: “Everyone says Alan Turing, and of course he was an amazing man and I’ve seen The Imitation Game and I thought it was brilliant, but I’m going to go with Clare Balding.
“I’m a big fan. I love her enthusiasm; her zest for life… it doesn’t matter what sport she’s talking about, she can make it interesting. She’s a wonderful human being.”

thats the pink vote all wrapped up then

I suppose when you weigh up Turing's achievements against Balding's, it's easy to see where Dave's coming from.

Cameron really is a moron.

Maybe we should start a thread and ask everyone who is there gay hero?

Or maybe not!!!!

Their not there, apologies.

lovegod   
06 Apr 15 14:34 
Maybe we should start a thread and ask everyone who is there gay hero?

Jodie Foster, I still would.

Not looking forward to her dominating National day on Saturday. She is becoming as irritating as Carol Vorderman now.

she has deemed it beneath her exalted standing these days. doing the boat race instead

David Cameron has hailed TV host Clare Balding as his “gay hero” – picking her over WWII codebreaker Alan Turing.
The Conservative Prime Minister spoke in praise of the sport host,  who was awarded an OBE in 2013.

Alan Turing was awarded an OBE as well, so they are pretty evenly matched on that score.

The difference is Turing would kiss the ****-sorry cox-of the winning boat race crew but La Balding clearly wouldnt

Face it! She is the Nation's favourite gay female and becoming so popular even
Ant n Dec could soon  be looking over their shoulders.

how Dave's picked Balding over Barrymore and Clary I'll never know.

Ally Ross The Sun's  TV  critic gave her show a good kicking today.

"One of those all-too-rare opportunities to catch a glimpse of Clare Balding on Friday night."

"I promise you, it's no way to spend a Friday night, unless you're attempting to extract a confession."

On the one show tonight. Cant believe shes given up the National for the Boat Race.
Although as they are also televising the ladies race, i suppose it makes sense.
She'll be wetter than an otters pocket.

"Clare Balding has been saddled with an unwanted honour after topping a poll of the funniest horse-racing gaffes of all time.

The BBC was forced to apologise when she joked that 2009 Grand National winning jockey Liam Treadwell could afford to get his teeth fixed after riding the 1 00-1 shot Mon Mome to victory.

Her gaffe - telling Treadwell " Let's see your teeth. He hasn't got the best teeth in the world, but you can afford to go and get them done now if you like" - was rated number one on the top 10 of cheeky comments about races and runners.

Other popular slips of the tongue include Brough Scott's amazement at the new stand at Doncaster where he breathlessly told viewers: "My word, look at that magnificent erection."

It wasnt funny it was just downright rude. She is a truly appalling person and very bad at her job.

during the oaks paddock preview one year she also said something along the lines of "Ooh, she's getting very wet between the legs, I don't think I would like that... oops, sorry"

Dotchinite - Not only was it six years ago but, at the time she had known Treadwell for nearly 15 years.  Certainly she shouldn't have said it, given its potential impact but ffs.......  have you never said anything you regretted

She`s a bampot.

Ive said plenty but nothing so personal and not when I was supposed to be a well paid professional broadcaster. Why she is still on our screens and why they pretend she is popular is best known to the BBC but I think we all have a pretty good idea.

Ooh er Missus. I've done it again.  Got myself into a position of defending Ms Balding.  Still here we go....

MisterBadger - What is the source of your quote apart from just copying or recalling an unattributed quote from on here. I could be wrong but I think you're guessing.

the source is my own memory blackbarn, can't be arsed to look it up on youtube as I'm guessing it would have been pulled, I'm sure there are other chitchatterers who would remember it

Dotchinite - my point was that she knew him and enough about him to know that the quote would be taken in the way it was meant, which according to him, it was.  Of course, she should have realised it's potential impact, but again she knows him AND it was six years ago0.

I do not know whether or why she is popular either, but if your "I think we have a pretty good idea" suggestion is yet another boring BBC  sexual/racial diversity driven post, then I think you are talking bo77ocks.  Hey-ho!

Thanks MisterBadger, bound to be accurate then.  Bet you didn't resist a quick unsuccessful google though, before posting again.

All chat shows on tv nowadays are all crap conducted by nonentities interviewing nonentities.

If you want to see a classic chat show with important and influential people being interviewed by a true professional, then treat yourself to the Face To Face dvds from the 60s.

Here is a classic example of a great interview with Martin Luther King

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMwz447wKe4

Nick Luck and Gok Wan being interviewed by Alan Carr on C4 now.

Case proved.

as I said blackbarn, it was an approximation but, it happened alright whether you like it or not 

mightymac - I am old enough to argue with you!.  Re John Freeman, even I could have got more out of Gilbert Harding than he did, AFTER the big question.  Paxman would have gone for the jugular.

MisterBadger - "it was an approximation but, it happened alright whether you like it or not"

I couldn't give a toss whether YOU think it happened or not, I am only interested in evidence as to whether it happened or not.
This is not a difficult proposition. Are you guessing or not?

What is funny is that you are wrong, but not that far out, but you wouldn't want to lose face on here, would you.

If you say so blackbarn, I really cant't be bothered to argue with you - as I pointed out, there will be no evidence of it online but plenty of other people saw it, it was certainly mentioned on here or the horseracing forum at the time.

In essence, no, I'm not "guessing" - just because there is no "evidence" doesn't mean something didn't happen.

Why would I care about losing face on here?

What you have to remember blackbarn is that tv guidelines in the 60s were a lot tighter than they are now when you can get away with anything. Paxman would have been unemployable back then.

Nick Luck was a total embarrassment on that chat show. Nothing but smut and innuendo.

mightymac - Not sure Freeman's TV guidelines were much different or tighter than those applied to say Parkinson. The interviews suggest not, leaving aside the political nonsense of k"how would you respond to these absurd allegations, Mr Macmillan".

Was he rude TMM?

Mister Badger - Silly of me to suggest that you'd worry about losing face on here. A serious error of judgement on my part, 

After a period of calm reflection, I totally agree with you that doesn't matter that you cannot provide any evidence for your original assertion, other than vague recollections that "other people saw it" and "it was mentioned on here". This is clearly sound evidence for your view.

Mister Badger - Silly of me to suggest that you'd worry about losing face on here. A serious error of judgement on my part, 

After a period of calm reflection, I totally agree with you that doesn't matter that you cannot provide any evidence for your original assertion, other than vague recollections that "other people saw it" and "it was mentioned on here". This is clearly sound evidence for your view.

themightymac     10 Apr 15 23:22 
Nick Luck was a total embarrassment on that chat show. Nothing but smut and innuendo.



That sums up the whole show. Puerile trash.

Clare is on the cover of Woman and Home, her aims  are 'To do less'[sic] 'to do things better'