AK on JP etc

[Colin]

Interesting discussion threads on AK over at the Radio 3 Forum:
http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?2553-Ubiquitous-Andy
http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?2541-He-s-your-mate-he-is-he-s-your-mate.

One contribution (#19) to the latter thread included this comment:

"Incidentally, I truly believe that he would benefit from emotional support on the loss of Peel and Walters because I feel instinctively that there were bereavement issues there which then led to the other difficulties"....


--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, David Quantick <davidquantick@...> wrote:
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> In a recent interview I did with AK about the OGWT, he claimed not only that the producers of Later... listened to his radio show to get ideas for musical guests but that the Top Gear format of two sidekicks with an older host was stolen from the Whistle Test lineup of himself and Mark Ellen plus David Hepworth. He also implied strongly that Jools Holland and Paula Yates spent their Tube wages on cocaine.
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