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.....

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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..."