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first Dispatches, now an hour long Panorama programme

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purplepeace · 27/09/2023 08:49

subject undisclosed. Wonder what this is all about:

www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/bbcs-panorama-sparks-frenzy-after-31033136

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Startingagainandagain · 27/09/2023 08:53

I just saw that on Twitter as well. Some people are speculating DW is next....

I do hope so as there have been so many rumours about him on the X factor and his behaviour towards young contestants. Quite a few people sharing negative stories about him on Twitter as well.

cocurricular · 27/09/2023 08:57

Startingagainandagain · 27/09/2023 08:53

I just saw that on Twitter as well. Some people are speculating DW is next....

I do hope so as there have been so many rumours about him on the X factor and his behaviour towards young contestants. Quite a few people sharing negative stories about him on Twitter as well.

This doesn't surprise me

cushioncovers · 27/09/2023 09:04

Who's DW ?

cushioncovers · 27/09/2023 09:05

Oh ok I think I know.

determinedtomakethiswork · 27/09/2023 09:09

Rishi must be thrilled. It takes all the attention off him.

mumda · 27/09/2023 09:10

Should everyone just call out bad behaviour as it happens?

dearcleo · 27/09/2023 09:10

determinedtomakethiswork · 27/09/2023 09:09

Rishi must be thrilled. It takes all the attention off him.

Unless it’s about Rishi 😂

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purplepeace · 27/09/2023 09:11

feels like this is the start of a new spate of revelations about more than just a couple of people. There will be people sat at home
now, wondering when their behaviour will catch up with them.

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EnjoythemoneyJane · 27/09/2023 09:15

As someone said at the start of Me Too, there'll be a lot of men in the entertainment industry 'shaking like shitting dogs'. Let's hope so.

Startingagainandagain · 27/09/2023 09:43

I do hope the smug comedians who got away with dodgy behaviour for years are exposed.

It does raise questions though as to why so many people in the industry allowed the 'talent' to get away with it for so long...I guess they were making too much money out of them.

Lalgarh · 27/09/2023 21:32

There was a thing on the 25th anniversary of The Royle family the other day. Sitcom costs too much to produce now and much of a nations humour doesn't sell easily abroad (though how Mrs Brown's Boys manages to defy that is anyone's guess)

So TV channels are reliant on cheap panel shows and for that you need lots and lots of makeweight comedians. Hence the afterlife of most standups. They're valuable for ratings. Hence dubious star power

HeadAgainstWall0923 · 27/09/2023 21:34

Startingagainandagain · 27/09/2023 08:53

I just saw that on Twitter as well. Some people are speculating DW is next....

I do hope so as there have been so many rumours about him on the X factor and his behaviour towards young contestants. Quite a few people sharing negative stories about him on Twitter as well.

Do you mean Britain’s Got Talent?

Or is there a DW on X Factor that I just can’t remember??

Startingagainandagain · 27/09/2023 21:44

@HeadAgainstWall0923 I don't watch any of these talent shows 🤔so X factor or BGT, it is all the same to me...

He is the comedian who was on the panel of one of the above & also in Little Britain...

Simonjt · 27/09/2023 21:45

Lets face it, looking at the entertainment industry we could get one of these a month and unfortunately we’d have years of footage.

HeadAgainstWall0923 · 27/09/2023 23:11

Startingagainandagain · 27/09/2023 21:44

@HeadAgainstWall0923 I don't watch any of these talent shows 🤔so X factor or BGT, it is all the same to me...

He is the comedian who was on the panel of one of the above & also in Little Britain...

Britain’s Got Talent then 👍

It wouldn’t particularly surprise me….

uncomfortablydumb53 · 27/09/2023 23:37

I thought DW too
I find him creepy
I had the same reaction to John Barrowman and I was right about that

JenniferBooth · 27/09/2023 23:43

When is this on?

minipie · 27/09/2023 23:46

If it is DW I hope there is a ritual burning of all his books. Nasty spiteful writing with so many prejudices running through it.

TheUsualChaos · 27/09/2023 23:46

I've always found DW creepy and that his professional persona thinly veils a nasty character. I'd be amazed if the BBC throw him under the bus though.

WanderingWitches · 28/09/2023 00:08

It will probably be in the Sunday papers, whatever it is.
Certain celebs will be sweating right now.

Whowahway123 · 28/09/2023 00:34

I always got / get a creepy vibe from LF / K🍋
actually sick to my stomach when I think about him

SecondClassReturnToDottinghamPlease · 28/09/2023 00:41

I just saw this in the news and came here to see if there was a thread on it. I think DW too. There's been a lot of news articles about him recently.

Furryrug · 28/09/2023 00:44

There are 2 DW's that need exposing . One has already had an in-depth investigation done into dodgy behaviour that I have been surprised hasn't been picked up by MSM .

111111111a · 28/09/2023 00:48

It'll be really boring. About a poor performing NHS trust or something. Panorama don't say the subject of undercover investigations a long time in advance of airing. Very normal

JenniferBooth · 30/09/2023 18:48

According to my TV guide its on for an hour on Monday night at 9pm