Every time I float any potential new talent names, I notice that whoever I am speaking to purses their lips and nods sagely as if to say: ‘That would be a brave decision, Clive. Brave’. I guess it’s ‘cos I’m not really scared off from recruiting the srvices of presenters who might have had a few ups and downs in their career. That is, if the talent of those folk is worth the extra effort. Not that we are rushing into a whole tranche of major changes to the line-up, by the way, but there are always chances to use new people. We are always in Beta.
What is important is to make sure that whenever we get new people on board or introduce new, more demanding programme properties, we make sure we give them the production resource they warrant. That’s why I’m creating a new Executive Producer post to help me look after some of the new presentation talent we’ll bring in as the brand evolves over the next few months and years.
There are few better qualified to do this new gig than Roque, who has put up with Christian for around seven years now, and been a huge part of that award-winning success story. Roque will take up his new duties in the next few weeks. He will not, contrary to what Christian suggests on his post on OGS, wear a suit and tie, but he will at last have a lie in.
Roque, thanks for all you’ve done over the years here on breakfast, and before, and good luck in the new role.
We’ll be making announcements shortly on the new arrangements for Christian’s show to make sure that we can take it even further to audience success.
