#2. Adrian Chiles

Hopefully you are starting to understand the premise of this blog. If not, here is another outline. I get annoyed easily and many, many things frustrate me. Writing this blog is more an act of therapy for me, than it is interesting reading for you. However, you are reading now, so what the hell! Read on!

As the title suggests, my second instalment will be discussing the cons and cons of Adrian Chiles. Now before anybody tells me I’m being harsh, I will hold my hands up and say that he has done a superb job in getting on to the telly, especially considering he has no form of talent to speak of. The Director of Television at ITV, Peter Fincham, said recently-

    “Adrian is a brilliant presenter, journalist and a football fanatic – I’m very much looking forward to working with him again when he joins ITV. He has the rare talent of being able to make television presenting look effortless. He will be at home at ITV whether it is on our flagship breakfast programme or in the football studio.”

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He has a rare talent of making television presenting look effortless. I think its more a case that he isn’t putting any effort in.

Now, his new home ITV, don’t get me started on them. It’s a good job that ITV is not funded by the government, like the BBC, as I am sure with the new budget, they would be the first to go. Chiles steps into the job previously held by Des Lynam. Well that’s a kick in the face for old Des, isn’t it! ITV’s football coverage has always been crap, with the likes of Andy Townsend and Robbie Earle adding very little to rival Hanson and Lawrenson. Then there are the adverts. Every five minutes they cut to an ad break to avoid highlighting that none of them have any idea of what they should say.

Has anybody else noticed how every program he presented has drastically improved now that Adrian has left the BBC? Colin Murray who is actually likeable with his funny glasses and accent, brings some passion back to the program as Lee Dixon inevitably saps it out; Jason Manford and Chris Evans on the One Show, who have both made me like the program. Before I wouldn’t be seen dead watching it, but now I watch every night; and finally, and in my mind most significantly, The Apprentice: You’re Fired, now presented by Dara O’Briain, one of the best comedians around. For these changes I would like to thank Adrian, without whom, this would never have been possible.

I’m sorry if you were expecting more from this blog, (detail, explanation, analysis etc) but as the old saying goes: ‘a picture paints a thousand words’, so here we are. Is this the face of a talented TV presenter?

No. It's the face of a troll.

Sweet dreams.