https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx282wzxx0xo

is having the cancellation treatment. Remove all episodes or Repair Shop from iplayer.

So it's not sex abuse that gets you cancelled, now it's domestic behaviour which is of course is also wrong.
But so many well known people have been involved in domestic violent behaviour in the past and
never had their shows cancelled. Guess it's different now.

MCR wrote:
So it's not sex abuse that gets you cancelled, now it's domestic behaviour which is of course is also wrong.
But so many well known people have been involved in domestic violent behaviour in the past and
never had their shows cancelled. Guess it's different now.

Justin Lee Collins, never really recovered from his conviction for domestic violence, that was 10 years ago give or take.

Green Man wrote:
MCR wrote:
So it's not sex abuse that gets you cancelled, now it's domestic behaviour which is of course is also wrong.
But so many well known people have been involved in domestic violent behaviour in the past and
never had their shows cancelled. Guess it's different now.

Justin Lee Collins, never really recovered from his conviction for domestic violence, that was 10 years ago give or take.

That's very true, you never hear from now, just on Twitter/X in recent years.
He's Bring Back shows were always great, and used to love the Friday night project.
A shame it used to be "Good times" for him now it changed to "Bad times".

I wonder if he still talks to Alan Carr.

Repair Shop is doing a theatre tour, it will be 50/50 if it goes ahead as planned or he will be replaced. I doubt it will be scrapped. Jay Blades was going to do something locally, but it was cancelled a month or so in advance.

Concerts normally get cancelled at very short notice.

Jay Blades is still innocent as he has not been found guilty in a court of law. As Yet!

The BBC's reputation is now further in the shitter. Was Jay Blades vetted or did he tick the right DEI boxes?

I have seen clips of him in the Repair Shop; he has little knowledge of restoration; he is an upcycler, which can be a nice sideline if you have skills and the right clientele.

If he is found guilty of spousal rape and domestic violence, I can't see him doing much bird IMHO. He will probably be forced to do therapy sessions, and brushed under the rug like Huw Edwards. Huw has damaged his reputation, but he has not paid his debt to society. Unlike people who post silly shit on X.

Blades' wife will have mental scars for life. No amount of help can reverse the clock.

Like the brute who beat his girlfriend up until her eyes fell out, she has a support group, but they can't give her back her sight.

This news reminded me of the accusations of domestic abuse against TV antiques expert Charles Hanson, and I wondered what the outcome of his case was. He was apparently acquitted, and very quickly too. Good news.

www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8mmm7vl00o

Defended by the barrister who got a unanimously guilty verdict for Rolf Harris.

Likewise Rebecca Hanson, who was questioned for more than a day in cross-examination by Sasha Wass KC - her estranged husband’s fearsome barrister and whose CV includes defending the serial killer Rosemary West and prosecuting the disgraced TV star Rolf Harris.
www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news...ious-divorce-9986096

Why are broadcasters not prepared to stand by those they employ until conviction nowadays? Innocent until proven guilty a bit inconvenient is it.

In the past, let's take 1985, would someone charged with rape still be on air do we think until conviction or not? Are there any examples that can be found from the past where people in situations where they were charged with serious offences continued in the TV/radio or print media?

Even the ultimate modern day cancellation, Gary Glitter, wasn't cancelled in late 1999 when he had not only been charged but found guilty and had been sent to prison for his first offences. I have the proof on tape that he was still getting played on national Radio 2 quite happily in November and December 1999 when he was convicted, guilty and actually sitting in jail doing his time. Nowadays they will not even say his name aloud during an archive chart rundown on Pick of the Pops, referring only the song title as happened recently.

Not only does there seem no presumption of innocence anymore for those charged but not yet convicted, if they ever are at all, but there is no presumption of innocence even from the point of arrest even if charges don't ever get laid, such as Gambo for example, and that one was 12 years ago now!