Tracker Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Our sympathies go out to Sir David Frost's family as another great broadcaster and interviewer dies. Will we ever see his like again on UK TV I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerC Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 It's a shame but, like taxes, it's the only certainty in life. Another of the 'gentleman' interviewers/journos gone. There was a certain gravitas exhibited by people like him and unfortunately it seems to be a rarity in these times of the 'soundbite'. Paxman comes close but doesn't quite get there. To paraphrase.............'Hello, good evening and....goodbye'. RIP Sir David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliveH Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 His interviews with Nixon were him at his very best I would suggest. And I still remember the Frost Report. TVAM was probably a low point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Collings Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 A gentleman and so very professional. Comparing him with Paxman is akin to putting a brain surgeon alongside a demolition contractor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightrider Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 What did he die of and how old was he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliveH Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 I think I read he was 74 - but I don't think it said what of Malc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 He was 74 and died of a heart attack according to my telly. Wasn't a big fan myself but I always consider that he ' introduced ' satire to TV with That Was the Week That Was - excellent show ! That must have been in the sixties ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 CliveH - 2013-09-01 5:29 PM I think I read he was 74 - but I don't think it said what of Malc. Heart attack.......... he was on board the Queen Elisabeth due to give a speech........... :-| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerC Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 George Collings - 2013-09-01 3:45 PMA gentleman and so very professional. Comparing him with Paxman is akin to putting a brain surgeon alongside a demolition contractor. True George but Paxo seems to be the only one with the knack, or indeed interest, in pressing the point and getting 'real' as opposed to soundbite answers. I agree he's not the gentleman Frost was, nor does he have the charisma but these days there seems to be a distinct shortage of 'real' interviewers with 'bite' so we have to make do with Paxo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Trouble with the BBC now days its to PC to ask difficult questions ...........just in case it offends some one*-)........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Jones Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 RogerC - 2013-09-01 9:26 PMGeorge Collings - 2013-09-01 3:45 PMA gentleman and so very professional. Comparing him with Paxman is akin to putting a brain surgeon alongside a demolition contractor. True George but Paxo seems to be the only one with the knack, or indeed interest, in pressing the point and getting 'real' as opposed to soundbite answers. I agree he's not the gentleman Frost was, nor does he have the charisma but these days there seems to be a distinct shortage of 'real' interviewers with 'bite' so we have to make do with Paxo.And today's interviewers have to be much less "gentlemanly" to get those "real answers," since politicians are so much more skilled in twisting the interview the way they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Collings Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 I fancy the first lesson politicians learn is how when a awkward question is put to them to neatly jump sideways and answer the question they really wanted to be asked. I have been taking an interest in politics for about 55 years now and politicians seeemed just as adept at the sidestep then as they are now and its probably always been true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJay Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 I think nowdays, interviewers have a list of questions that they can and can't ask the person they are interviewing. Sad really, not much depth to interviews these days. Who cares about the life story of Pop Stars in there teens and twenties What LIFE Story?? PJay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 George Collings - 2013-09-02 11:40 AM I fancy the first lesson politicians learn is how when a awkward question is put to them to neatly jump sideways and answer the question they really wanted to be asked. Which is certainly something that would never happen on this forum. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs T Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Never did like him. Thought he owned the world ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antony1969 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Mrs T - 2013-09-02 1:44 PM Never did like him. Thought he owned the world ! Hopefully your age is an excuse for such a bitter remark . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caddies104 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 And sadly now, David Jacobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peter James Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Frost was good in his early days, before he became a close friend of Thatcher and Cameron, and was knighted like Sir Jimmy Savile and a Cow's Arse (Sirloin). A good obituary here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/10286628/The-questions-that-have-to-be-answered-about-our-bloated-BBC.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliveH Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 A really good hard hitting article Peter - one that had me nodding in agreement. Some tough questions being asked that deserve answers. I found the comment from a Roger Darse to be interesting as well. "RogerDarse 10 minutes ago When 1 in 8 Magistrate's cases relates to non payment (and that is only the people they catch and prosecute) you know that the BBC licence fee is finished whether that be sooner or later. The government should find another solution for the BBC now before an unsuitable solution finds it." ................... I was not aware that 1 in 8 of Magistrates cases were non payment of the TV License! 8-) Now that is an interesting statistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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