US Politics | When Piers Morgan hosted GMB it was most exciting live show on TV – but no more
ITV, 6am. The heat apocalypse is here. You must surrender all hope, burst your inflatable unicorns and hydrate like SpongeBob SquarePants. 
The prophets of doom on GMB described last week's ...heat apocalypse'Rex 
Weather girl Laura Tobin has always been on the climate-change caseRex 
REXGMB was the most exciting live show on TV when Piers was the co-host '/ ' Or you too will spontaneously combust, like thousands of other Britons, if not now, then a week on Friday or whenever else the weather map's next red blob of doom arrives. I exaggerate slightly, obviously. But that was the underlying message I got, on Monday and Tuesday, from Good Morning Britain, where the cheerful sods kicked off the week by announcing: "Temperatures could reach 41 degrees Celsius, posing a risk of illness and death, even among those who are fit and healthy." The prophets of doom were the unlikely pairing of Ranvir Singh and Ed Balls, who speak with one woke voice yet bring different issues to the table. READ MORE ALLY ROSS 
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ALLY ROSS It wasn't just singer's salad colanders that made Glastonbury a strain Ranvir always gives the impression she's much more comfortable with senior Labour Party bigwigs than her own viewers, but she can at least read an autocue and remember the name of her own reporters. A contrast with Ed, who's struggling with the awkward transition from politician to normal person and has a tendency to heckle any guest who doesn't toe the alarmist line — "10,000 deaths!" — and hit you with anecdotes that are far more unsettling than he imagines. "What I learned from running marathons is, the first time you feel thirsty, it's already too late . . . " Gulp. It wasn't just Ed and Ranvir, of course. Most read in The US Sun SCARY TIMES Horrifying images of great white shark on US beach amid spate of brutal attacks MONEY'S COMING The exact month $500 monthly direct payments will arrive to Americans IS ALABAMA OK? Kourtney's stepdaughter Alabama, 16, sparks concern with bizarre post CRYPTIC WORDS Hoda Kotb posts cryptic message amid Savannah Guthrie feud rumors HAUNTING FIND Sick details as man found with severed HEAD after vid showed him buying saw BYE BEV HILLS? RHOBH fans demand major cast member be 'FIRED' after she misses episode GMB had some excellent reporters, like Nick Dixon and Lorna Shaddick, sweltering in the field, plus the two most prominent members of the show's fun police with them in the studio. The first of these is Dr Hilary Jones, wearing no tie to illustrate the severity of the situation and advising viewers to sleep with "a sock full of frozen rice", which I think I once did, back in the 1990s and regretted it horribly the next morning. The other is meteorologist/weather girl Laura "I told you so" Tobin, who's always on the climate-change case and almost seems to have been craving these conditions since she presented a spoof report, in 2015, which predicted 40C temperatures across Britain and Ireland. If Laura was so convinced environmental armageddon was on the horizon, you might also have wondered why A) She said: "What I once thought was impossible is now possible." And B) Starred in ITV's motor-racing show Drive the following year. These, in fact, are possibly the type of questions Piers Morgan would've been asking, on air, during his time hosting GMB when it became the most intoxicatingly unpredictable and exciting live show on television. No more, sadly. With the occasional and honourable exception of Richard Madeley, group-think now rules here. Dissent isn't tolerated, not even from the people who pay the presenters' wages. To the point Ranvir Singh could not disguise her utter disdain when she read out some of the viewers' emails to the show. 
Ranvir Singh could not disguise her utter disdain when she read out some of the viewers' emails to the showRex "'It's called Summer', says Julian. 'Stop with the panic and ridiculous safety warnings'. "Aled says, 'You're scaring everyone to death'. "Benny says, 'So much scaremongering. We just need to get on with it'." She followed it up by ordering England's Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr Thomas Waite, to tell them: "Why they are wrong and you are right." But they're not "wrong", are they? They're just questioning the patronising and alarmist tone of the show, which is hardly helped by the fact GMB brings the same head-patting approach to almost every "concerned" report. Even including a Monday item about the return of wild bison to Britain which could not be concluded without GMB assuring viewers the animals would be behind "Two fences", just in case you thought they'd be stampeding down Oxford Street. It's this endless repetition and obsession with nannying, as well as the lofty, self-righteous manner, that ultimately dilutes perfectly sound and sensible medical and environmental messages and causes huge viewer resentment, not just on GMB but right across mainstream television. Less is always more, although the most convincing warning of the lot, on Monday, was actually a simple slip of the tongue from Lorna Shaddick, on Deal beach, aimed at: "People who might have gone out on an inflatable unicorn and got cock-cut off by the tide." Be careful out there, lads. Great TV lies and delusions of the week Getting Filthy Rich, Olivia Attwood: "I don't want to make it all about me." Love Island, Ekin-Su to Davide: "I'm not asking you to worship me." And Love Island, Billy: "I'm not a d**k." VAR: A clear and obvious error. Unexpected morons in the bagging area 
ITVBradley Chase asked ...Fought on English soil, which 1066 battle was won by the Duke of Normandy?' '/ ' THE Chase, Bradley Walsh: "Fought on English soil, which 1066 battle was won by the Duke of Normandy?" Jamal: "The Battle of Wellington." Bradley Walsh: "What sea reptile follows the word 'mock' in the name of a soup?" Becky: "Chameleon." Tipping Point, Ben Shephard: "What letter precedes the word Day in the name of the World War Two landings of June 1944?" Parveen: "Doomsday." Random TV irritations BBC1 wasting Joanna Vanderham and three precious hours of life with The Control Room. Luca, Davide and Dami firmly establishing themselves as the most unpleasant and controlling Love Island contestants ever. The next football pundit who uses the phrase: "Executing the game plan." The BBC playing vile, race-baiting games with England's "too white" women's football team. And Last Leg hypocrite Adam Hills following suit by claiming the problem with the Tory party membership is its "predominantly white". The problem with The Last Leg being neither the fact it's exclusively white nor entirely male, but that it's never remotely funny. Atwood and the filthy rich 
Presenter Olivia Atwood presenter with the stars of ITV2's Getting Filthy Rich FOLLOWING stints on Love Island, Celebs Go Dating and Celebrity Karaoke Club, presenter Olivia Attwood began the third episode of ITV2's Getting Filthy Rich by announcing: "I'm going to spend a day shift at a camming studio in West London where they've got over 150 webcam girls on their books." So it would be wrong if, in all sincerity, I didn't say: "Congratulations on the promotion." Caption of the week SKY News, Monday: "Experts have advised people to drink plenty of water and stay in the shade." Thank you, experts. However would we cope without you? Great sporting insights FARA WILLIAMS: "If they want to move on, Norway will have to move on." Jos Buttler: "Today we came third in a two-horse race." Alex Scott: "Miedema took the game by the scruff of her neck." Gabby Logan: "It's the sort of performance we've known to grow and love." Rule 1: Blame Trump 
Jake Coffey / North One TV / Channel 4Paul Hollywood Eats Mexico saw the host standing mournfully in front of the Tijuana/San Diego border '/ ' 
AlamyBut the border wall was built by the Democrat administration of right-on darling Bill Clinton '/ ' JUST as BBC1's Sue Perkins did before him, Channel 4's Paul Hollywood Eats Mexico saw the host standing mournfully in front of the Tijuana/San Diego border wall while the show's translator, Cath Cuevas, unloaded her dismay about Donald Trump's divisive barrier and narrator Rebecca Front delivered this damning verdict. "Trump's only lasting achievement appears to have been a damaging deterioration in the relationship between Mexico and America," she fizzed, with unconcealed rage. A fair enough opinion on such an obvious wrong 'un, you might very reasonably think. But it ignores the awkward fact that the Tijuana/San Diego section of the border wall was built by the Democrat administration of right-on darling Bill Clinton, who along with Barack Obama constructed far more of the barrier during their presidencies than Donald Trump did. Predictably enough, though, this detail didn't get mentioned by the show. An omission which is either down to laziness and ignorance on their part, or the fact TV people will only give a toss about "heart- breaking divisions" if they're caused by a right-of-centre politician who Channel 4 and the BBC don't like. Neither is a great look. MEANWHILE, at the Open golf championship, Andrew Coltart: "It's firm, he's got it in his hand and that's a lovely feeling for Justin Thomas." Claim of the Week 
Danielle Watkeys / North One TV / Channel 4Paul Hollywood saying ...that doesn't look like any clam I've ever seen' '/ ' Paul Hollywood Eats Mexico, the host: "That doesn't look like any clam I've ever seen." And he's been out with Summer Monteys-Fullam. Lookalike of the week 
AlamyBeth Rigby, left, and Grumio, from Plebs '/ ' THIS week's winner is Sky News reporter Beth Rigby who, without make-up, is Grumio from Plebs. Sent in by Dave Wright. Picture research: AMY READING Read More on The Sun 
HARD TIME I was on Love Island and boys called me a 'four out of ten' - but it wasn't shown TV GOLD TV Gold? In this week? You're kidding. Suspended until television pulls out its finger.
The prophets of doom on GMB described last week's ...heat apocalypse'Rex Weather girl Laura Tobin has always been on the climate-change caseRex REXGMB was the most exciting live show on TV when Piers was the co-host '/ ' Or you too will spontaneously combust, like thousands of other Britons, if not now, then a week on Friday or whenever else the weather map's next red blob of doom arrives. I exaggerate slightly, obviously. But that was the underlying message I got, on Monday and Tuesday, from Good Morning Britain, where the cheerful sods kicked off the week by announcing: "Temperatures could reach 41 degrees Celsius, posing a risk of illness and death, even among those who are fit and healthy." The prophets of doom were the unlikely pairing of Ranvir Singh and Ed Balls, who speak with one woke voice yet bring different issues to the table. READ MORE ALLY ROSS ALLY ROSS Value of Stirling's fallen in ITV's sensible new Love Island ALLY ROSS It wasn't just singer's salad colanders that made Glastonbury a strain Ranvir always gives the impression she's much more comfortable with senior Labour Party bigwigs than her own viewers, but she can at least read an autocue and remember the name of her own reporters. A contrast with Ed, who's struggling with the awkward transition from politician to normal person and has a tendency to heckle any guest who doesn't toe the alarmist line — "10,000 deaths!" — and hit you with anecdotes that are far more unsettling than he imagines. "What I learned from running marathons is, the first time you feel thirsty, it's already too late . . . " Gulp. It wasn't just Ed and Ranvir, of course. Most read in The US Sun SCARY TIMES Horrifying images of great white shark on US beach amid spate of brutal attacks MONEY'S COMING The exact month $500 monthly direct payments will arrive to Americans IS ALABAMA OK? Kourtney's stepdaughter Alabama, 16, sparks concern with bizarre post CRYPTIC WORDS Hoda Kotb posts cryptic message amid Savannah Guthrie feud rumors HAUNTING FIND Sick details as man found with severed HEAD after vid showed him buying saw BYE BEV HILLS? RHOBH fans demand major cast member be 'FIRED' after she misses episode GMB had some excellent reporters, like Nick Dixon and Lorna Shaddick, sweltering in the field, plus the two most prominent members of the show's fun police with them in the studio. The first of these is Dr Hilary Jones, wearing no tie to illustrate the severity of the situation and advising viewers to sleep with "a sock full of frozen rice", which I think I once did, back in the 1990s and regretted it horribly the next morning. The other is meteorologist/weather girl Laura "I told you so" Tobin, who's always on the climate-change case and almost seems to have been craving these conditions since she presented a spoof report, in 2015, which predicted 40C temperatures across Britain and Ireland. If Laura was so convinced environmental armageddon was on the horizon, you might also have wondered why A) She said: "What I once thought was impossible is now possible." And B) Starred in ITV's motor-racing show Drive the following year. These, in fact, are possibly the type of questions Piers Morgan would've been asking, on air, during his time hosting GMB when it became the most intoxicatingly unpredictable and exciting live show on television. No more, sadly. With the occasional and honourable exception of Richard Madeley, group-think now rules here. Dissent isn't tolerated, not even from the people who pay the presenters' wages. To the point Ranvir Singh could not disguise her utter disdain when she read out some of the viewers' emails to the show. Ranvir Singh could not disguise her utter disdain when she read out some of the viewers' emails to the showRex "'It's called Summer', says Julian. 'Stop with the panic and ridiculous safety warnings'. "Aled says, 'You're scaring everyone to death'. "Benny says, 'So much scaremongering. We just need to get on with it'." She followed it up by ordering England's Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr Thomas Waite, to tell them: "Why they are wrong and you are right." But they're not "wrong", are they? They're just questioning the patronising and alarmist tone of the show, which is hardly helped by the fact GMB brings the same head-patting approach to almost every "concerned" report. Even including a Monday item about the return of wild bison to Britain which could not be concluded without GMB assuring viewers the animals would be behind "Two fences", just in case you thought they'd be stampeding down Oxford Street. It's this endless repetition and obsession with nannying, as well as the lofty, self-righteous manner, that ultimately dilutes perfectly sound and sensible medical and environmental messages and causes huge viewer resentment, not just on GMB but right across mainstream television. Less is always more, although the most convincing warning of the lot, on Monday, was actually a simple slip of the tongue from Lorna Shaddick, on Deal beach, aimed at: "People who might have gone out on an inflatable unicorn and got cock-cut off by the tide." Be careful out there, lads. Great TV lies and delusions of the week Getting Filthy Rich, Olivia Attwood: "I don't want to make it all about me." Love Island, Ekin-Su to Davide: "I'm not asking you to worship me." And Love Island, Billy: "I'm not a d**k." VAR: A clear and obvious error. Unexpected morons in the bagging area ITVBradley Chase asked ...Fought on English soil, which 1066 battle was won by the Duke of Normandy?' '/ ' THE Chase, Bradley Walsh: "Fought on English soil, which 1066 battle was won by the Duke of Normandy?" Jamal: "The Battle of Wellington." Bradley Walsh: "What sea reptile follows the word 'mock' in the name of a soup?" Becky: "Chameleon." Tipping Point, Ben Shephard: "What letter precedes the word Day in the name of the World War Two landings of June 1944?" Parveen: "Doomsday." Random TV irritations BBC1 wasting Joanna Vanderham and three precious hours of life with The Control Room. Luca, Davide and Dami firmly establishing themselves as the most unpleasant and controlling Love Island contestants ever. The next football pundit who uses the phrase: "Executing the game plan." The BBC playing vile, race-baiting games with England's "too white" women's football team. And Last Leg hypocrite Adam Hills following suit by claiming the problem with the Tory party membership is its "predominantly white". The problem with The Last Leg being neither the fact it's exclusively white nor entirely male, but that it's never remotely funny. Atwood and the filthy rich Presenter Olivia Atwood presenter with the stars of ITV2's Getting Filthy Rich FOLLOWING stints on Love Island, Celebs Go Dating and Celebrity Karaoke Club, presenter Olivia Attwood began the third episode of ITV2's Getting Filthy Rich by announcing: "I'm going to spend a day shift at a camming studio in West London where they've got over 150 webcam girls on their books." So it would be wrong if, in all sincerity, I didn't say: "Congratulations on the promotion." Caption of the week SKY News, Monday: "Experts have advised people to drink plenty of water and stay in the shade." Thank you, experts. However would we cope without you? Great sporting insights FARA WILLIAMS: "If they want to move on, Norway will have to move on." Jos Buttler: "Today we came third in a two-horse race." Alex Scott: "Miedema took the game by the scruff of her neck." Gabby Logan: "It's the sort of performance we've known to grow and love." Rule 1: Blame Trump Jake Coffey / North One TV / Channel 4Paul Hollywood Eats Mexico saw the host standing mournfully in front of the Tijuana/San Diego border '/ ' AlamyBut the border wall was built by the Democrat administration of right-on darling Bill Clinton '/ ' JUST as BBC1's Sue Perkins did before him, Channel 4's Paul Hollywood Eats Mexico saw the host standing mournfully in front of the Tijuana/San Diego border wall while the show's translator, Cath Cuevas, unloaded her dismay about Donald Trump's divisive barrier and narrator Rebecca Front delivered this damning verdict. "Trump's only lasting achievement appears to have been a damaging deterioration in the relationship between Mexico and America," she fizzed, with unconcealed rage. A fair enough opinion on such an obvious wrong 'un, you might very reasonably think. But it ignores the awkward fact that the Tijuana/San Diego section of the border wall was built by the Democrat administration of right-on darling Bill Clinton, who along with Barack Obama constructed far more of the barrier during their presidencies than Donald Trump did. Predictably enough, though, this detail didn't get mentioned by the show. An omission which is either down to laziness and ignorance on their part, or the fact TV people will only give a toss about "heart- breaking divisions" if they're caused by a right-of-centre politician who Channel 4 and the BBC don't like. Neither is a great look. MEANWHILE, at the Open golf championship, Andrew Coltart: "It's firm, he's got it in his hand and that's a lovely feeling for Justin Thomas." Claim of the Week Danielle Watkeys / North One TV / Channel 4Paul Hollywood saying ...that doesn't look like any clam I've ever seen' '/ ' Paul Hollywood Eats Mexico, the host: "That doesn't look like any clam I've ever seen." And he's been out with Summer Monteys-Fullam. Lookalike of the week AlamyBeth Rigby, left, and Grumio, from Plebs '/ ' THIS week's winner is Sky News reporter Beth Rigby who, without make-up, is Grumio from Plebs. Sent in by Dave Wright. Picture research: AMY READING Read More on The Sun HARD TIME I was on Love Island and boys called me a 'four out of ten' - but it wasn't shown TV GOLD TV Gold? In this week? You're kidding. Suspended until television pulls out its finger.
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