the writers of the news quiz told me that people would misunderstand
and think the joke was 'me beating up mrs martian' and not 'jim davidson beating up his wife and being racist'.

what do they know?
( martian, Fri 8 Aug 2003, 23:28, archived)

The average IQ of the British public?

(goat thinks you're shit, Fri 8 Aug 2003, 23:33, archived)

possibly

( martian, Fri 8 Aug 2003, 23:35, archived)

darling
if the "average British public" listened to R4 you'd be getting paid more.
( Dr Phil Kitten, Fri 8 Aug 2003, 23:37, archived)

true
the comissioning editor of r4 told me the other week that they don't particularly like what we do at 11pm, but they appreciate that we have to do it as a public-service broadcaster.

which i think is brilliant, when you consider what we put out at that time: i think we've got the coolest audience in the world - 50somethings who listen because it's in the public's interest...
( martian, Fri 8 Aug 2003, 23:42, archived)