Just checking : is it OK to squeeze thighs tightly when Miles Jupp is on R4 when you've done time in Balamory?

[Ragginis]

Seems a bit Stockholm syndrome.


But dear me.....

[Eastpoint]

I am listening to last night's News Quiz and think I prefer Miles Jupp now, the overall tone of the programme seems less mean-spirited, which I think it had become.

[clarrrp]

My half hour on a friday with Miles is one of the highlights of my week. And I don't even care how sad that makes me.

[VikingVolva]

The 'joke' he made about domestic violence (on Mock The Week) really altered my opinion of him.

[EasyToEatTiger]

Mock the Week is very laddish and I find the tone quite unpleasant and unfunny. Probably why I didn't see him as I have lost interest.

[Eastpoint]

I've never watched Mock the Week, I tend to fall asleep if I watch tv.

[whataboutbob]

Another miles Jupp fan here. I agree the News Quizz was getting mean spirited. I was hoping he'd be more of a counterweight to Jeremy Hardy though. Note to jeremy: being right on isn't the same as being funny.

[JudyCoolibar]

I didn't find the News Quiz at all mean-spirited. I'm happy enough with Miles Jupp as Chair, except I wish that they'd scrap the idea of putting in irrelevant and pointless adverbs when he sums up at the end of a round - e.g. "Empathetically, this was the story of..."