I was once in a lift with Sir Trev McDonald
He's very short and fat and wears too much aftershave
( Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 9:15, 8 replies)

Racist.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 9:21, closed)

I used to work opposite 200 Grays Inn Road where ITN is
and used to do afternoons/evenings in a wine bar called 'Tavs' Sir Trev used to frequent, so got to know him. As far as I could work out, he must have been quite tanked up by the time he actually read the news. Genuinely nice guy though
( Jahled Three shades of black, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 10:05, closed)

The thought of a slightly pissed-up Trev reading the news makes me happy.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 10:11, closed)

This guy DID the news pissed. Regularly.
He was also the inspiration for Henry in Drop the Dead Donkey
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpwVB_NGM1E
( Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 10:21, closed)

I recall Private Eye used to nickname him...
Reginald Boozethankyou
( Snappyuk gets BIGGER with free sample., Fri 21 Sep 2012, 11:03, closed)

That's the very building I worked in at the time
He seemed very nice.

Also used to smoke at the same time as Krishnan Guru-Murty.
We'd politely nod at each but never speak.
he's another one who's a bit short and fat
( Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 10:19, closed)

Yep, he would be there far to much as well
another seemingly genuinely nice guy
( Jahled Three shades of black, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 11:09, closed)

Sir Trev is a national treasure
Watched him the other day on the TV programme where he travels the length of the Mississippi. There's a bit where he meets some college football cheerleaders and they throw him up in the air and hold him up in the air. He looked genuinely scared and very vulnerable!
(harrypitta friends with the chilli saucerer, Fri 21 Sep 2012, 10:23, closed)