[Timalloy84]

Brian Dowling was the rightful winner of BB2 he was kind, funny and could get on with everyone. TV producers recognised this and thought he would make a good television presenter. All the shows Brian was given failed, and eventually ended up presenting post midnight drivel, the Mint. After the Mint got cancelled Brian settled back into being a reality tv star again, (come dine with me, hells kitchen) and re-entered the ultimate big brother house, where once again he reminded us what a funny, nice guy he is...how this got him the presenting gig though, I will never know. As a live presenter, he comes across as nervous, humourless and sometimes even nasty. He is losing any fans he had before this.

[B L Zeebub]

Did he see a mouse, maybe?

[poikly]

He's nowhere near as bad as people make out but I wanted Emma Willis

[InMyArms]

He's awful

[happybbfan]

He's not on mine

[weeesel]

Because you are making the mistake of watching this appalling zombiefied apology for a BB series.....

[sharon curtis]

Originally Posted by Timalloy84

Brian Dowling was the rightful winner of BB2 he was kind, funny and could get on with everyone. TV producers recognised this and thought he would make a good television presenter. All the shows Brian was given failed, and eventually ended up presenting post midnight drivel, the Mint. After the Mint got cancelled Brian settled back into being a reality tv star again, (come dine with me, hells kitchen) and re-entered the ultimate big brother house, where once again he reminded us what a funny, nice guy he is...how this got him the presenting gig though, I will never know. As a live presenter, he comes across as nervous, humourless and sometimes even nasty. He is losing any fans he had before this.

This is wrong. Most of the shows Brian has presented in the past were successful. Even the Mint was actually a successful show for ITV1.

[rhumble]

He really is as bad as ever,,,,,,,i liked watching him first time around on BB2,,,,,but his presenting skills are terrible,,,,too many sickly sexual references. Trouble is TPTB wont change him

[happybbfan]

Anyone know how long his contract was with C5 to present the show
C5 have extended the BB contract by 2 years but have any of the presenters
signed any new contracts i wonder




By the way i love brian but presenting BB is not for him,he is far too constricted and scripted

[~V~]

To be honest, I've never found him all that nice.

Yes, he can be witty in a shocking way but he can also be spiteful and self-indulgent. To me, the Brian we see on a Friday night (on the main show and milking any applause he can get on BBBOTS) is the same nasty bitchy boy we saw on BB2.

[sharon curtis]

Originally Posted by happybbfan

Anyone know how long his contract was with C5 to present the show
C5 have extended the BB contract by 2 years but have any of the presenters
signed any new contracts i wonder

It was widely reported that Brian is signed up for the further 2 years.

[qwes]

If a heterosexual male inappropiately touched his guests and offered or requested sexual acts and made overt and uninvited sexual references to interviewees the way this buffoon continuously does they would be sacked immediately. Wouldn't they?

[waking_state]

Completely agree, lovely guy but absolutely terrible big brother presenter. Seems like they need to feed him a couple of valium before he goes on stage, hes so awkward to watch!

[happybbfan]

Originally Posted by sharon curtis

It was widely reported that Brian is signed up for the further 2 years.

if thats the case i wonder why on the survey on the BB site
there were questions regarding how brian is as presenter of BB
Maybe they are going to have some shake up next time

[Inconjunct]

Originally Posted by qwes

If a heterosexual male inappropiately touched his guests and offered or requested sexual acts and made overt and uninvited sexual references to interviewees the way this buffoon continuously does they would be sacked immediately. Wouldn't they?

Because that would be different. Brian is in a long tradition of camp gay men on telly making arch comments and double entendres. A straight man doing this to a woman would more than likely come across as a bit rapey. This is a product of history, culture etc. dry your eyes and get over it.

[sharon curtis]

Originally Posted by happybbfan

if thats the case i wonder why on the survey on the BB site
there were questions regarding how brian is as presenter of BB
Maybe they are going to have some shake up next time

It would look odd if there were questions about everything else except the presenters.

The reports said he was signed up as the presenter; he would be bound to notice if the contract just said a job on BB.

[Timalloy84]

Originally Posted by sharon curtis

This is wrong. Most of the shows Brian has presented in the past were successful. Even the Mint was actually a successful show for ITV1.

Not really, he helped drive SMTV into the ground, and the rest have been complete, nothing shows. The mint was one of the most criticised shows in history, that preyed on the vulnerable people in society.

[qwes]

Originally Posted by Inconjunct

Because that would be different. Brian is in a long tradition of camp gay men on telly making arch comments and double entendres. A straight man doing this to a woman would more than likely come across as a bit rapey. This is a product of history, culture etc. dry your eyes and get over it.

Nothing wrong with double entendres etc but he actually does sound very rapey with his pathetic pleas for sex from his male interviewees, either HMs or their friends and family. I'm over it already. I just don't like sad and desperate presenters using their job to find sexual partners.

[happybbfan]

Originally Posted by sharon curtis

It would look odd if there were questions about everything else except the presenters.

The reports said he was signed up as the presenter; he would be bound to notice if the contract just said a job on BB.

I must have missed seeing this info about him signing another 2 years as presenter
Anyone got a link to this

[sharon curtis]

Originally Posted by Timalloy84

Not really, he helped drive SMTV into the ground, and the rest have been complete, nothing shows. The mint was one of the most criticised shows in history, that preyed on the vulnerable people in society.

He did not help drive SMTV into the ground. After the first year of he and Tess Daly presenting it (and please don't forget her!) the show won two BAFTAs!

Nonethless the Mint was a successful show for ITV1.

Just one of the shows Brian narrated - The Salon on C4, attracted ratings of 2.5 million during it's 6 month run. A nothing show? I think not. Posters on DS still mention it sometimes.

[Timalloy84]

Originally Posted by Inconjunct

Because that would be different. Brian is in a long tradition of camp gay men on telly making arch comments and double entendres. A straight man doing this to a woman would more than likely come across as a bit rapey. This is a product of history, culture etc. dry your eyes and get over it.

There's a history and culture that homosexual men can make crass comments whenever they like? Personally, I don't like it if males make comments like he does to me.

[Evilredzebra]

Originally Posted by happybbfan

if thats the case i wonder why on the survey on the BB site
there were questions regarding how brian is as presenter of BB
Maybe they are going to have some shake up next time

There were questions but the multiple choice answers that we had to select were all positive apart from "out of touch" which isn't the first thing I think of when I watch Brian present (that would be useless, out of his depth, wooden, incapable of reading autocue etc.) but the only thing I could select.

[BDGA]

Originally Posted by sharon curtis

It would look odd if there were questions about everything else except the presenters.

The reports said he was signed up as the presenter; he would be bound to notice if the contract just said a job on BB.

He also tweeted yesterday he was clothes shopping for CBB on Monday.

[sharon curtis]

Originally Posted by happybbfan

I must have missed seeing this info about him signing another 2 years as presenter
Anyone got a link to this

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-rad...stay-channel-5

[qwes]

Camp gay men have a long tradition of making double entendres etc. But I don't ever remember the likes of John Inman blatantly begging for sex acts and encouraging their guests to phone them.