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Originally Posted by madman411
Marcus is a BBUK icon. I think he just needs to scale back his accent emphasis to what it was back in the earlier days. He was really hammering the Geordie accent in the later seasons and it was excessively over the top and at times annoying.
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He is an icon but for these very reasons he needs to go. He says he's been talking to producers though which is worrying.
ITV have their own Geordie on their books in Andrew Hayden Smith, but I think they may go for a lighter narration with a comic in the way most shows do now. Whoever it is the narration needs to be minimal - let us see what's unfolding rather than have every scene introduced. The narrator should only crop up where added explanation is required (to explain a task for example). I think C5 did move away from telling viewers where every single housemate is in the house at the beginning of every scene but Marcus's ego got to him and he seemed to want to outshine the housemates. A good narrator should barely be noticed.