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johnslat · Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 8:20 pm Post subject:

"Wogan is the only celeb paid for Children In Need

By STEVE MYALL

Last updated at 19:15 05 February 2016

But Sir Terry Wogan is now at the centre of controversy over the fact that he is the only celebrity to be paid for his part in the appeal.

Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act disclose that while his co-presenters give their time for free, 68-year-old Sir Terry receives £1,300 an hour to front the charity television extravaganza.

Sir Terry has been paid for his efforts since the appeal - described by the BBC as the most important event on its calendar - began in 1980.

In 2005, the Irishman - who earns £800,000 a year from his Radio 2 show - picked up £9,065 for his seven-hour stint as Children In Need's main presenter.

Yet his co-stars Natasha Kaplinsky, Eamonn Holmes and Fearne Cotton do not receive a penny. All the musical acts that appear also waive appearance fees."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-439875/Wogan-celeb-paid-Children-In-Need.html

Hod · Joined: 28 Apr 2003 Posts: 1613 Location: Home

IELTS 5 in Reading for John and grahamb.

Don't just cut an article in half to present half an argument. Here's the bit John edited out and which grahamb couldn't be bothered to read.

grahamb · Joined: 30 Apr 2003 Posts: 1945

Wogan did not ask for a fee, but neither did he refuse to accept one. He took the money. You are blinded by dewy-eyed reverence.

Phil_K · Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 2041 Location: A World of my Own

grahamb · Joined: 30 Apr 2003 Posts: 1945

Questioning Wogan's (and other people's) inaction re. Jimmy Savile is hardly a vile obsession.

Hod · Joined: 28 Apr 2003 Posts: 1613 Location: Home

Imagine John's thread(s) when Joseph Ratzinger moves upstairs, and he did bugger (no pun) all for charity.

johnslat · Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 9:14 pm Post subject:

Another difference of opinion, I would say that "paying tribute "to a radio/TV personality who did (and did not do) all that Sir Michael Terance Wogan did and didn't do might be more properly called a "vile obsession."

Well, let me change the "vile" to absurd. No need to get nasty, after all.

Regards,
John

Hod · Joined: 28 Apr 2003 Posts: 1613 Location: Home

Who would you deem worthy of a posthumous tribute then?

Name names. I'm sure I'll find at least one bad fact on Google.

johnslat · Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 9:18 pm Post subject:

Dear Hod,

There will be no such thread - unless of course, I comment on one that you start, praying that he "Rest in Peace" or Phil_K wants to pay tribute to him. Very Happy

Regards,
John

Hod · Joined: 28 Apr 2003 Posts: 1613 Location: Home

johnslat · Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 9:21 pm Post subject:

Dear Hod,

Besides me, you mean? Well, maybe you, Phil_K, scot47, and grahamb. Very Happy

Care to dig up any dirt on any of the above?

Regards,
John

Hod · Joined: 28 Apr 2003 Posts: 1613 Location: Home

grahamb · Joined: 30 Apr 2003 Posts: 1945

johnslat · Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 9:30 pm Post subject:

Dear Hod,

I do believe you may be among the first who has used the Pope as a straw man. Very Happy

Whatever made you bring up that despicable pontiff in connection with Sir Michael Terence Wogan?

Regards,
John

Hod · Joined: 28 Apr 2003 Posts: 1613 Location: Home

You started it. You mentioned Jimmy Saville.