[Kaz]

Top Ten TV returns with a tribute to 'camp' stars (from Ananova)

Channel 4's popular series Top Ten TV returns on Saturday. The first show in the series looks at the Top Ten Camp Icons. The show will be presented by Julie Goodyear, and the top ten includes Graham Norton, John Inman, Larry Grayson and Big Brother 2 winner Brian Dowling.

Also featured are Dale Winton, Julian Clary, James Dreyfus, Lily Savage, Kenny Everett and Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen. Top Ten TV: Camp Icons is on Channel 4 at 10:10pm

Now .... although Ananova says this programme is on Saturday, it's actually not on until Saturday 13th April (good old Radio Times website) and this is what they say about it:

Julie Goodyear trolls though the best of the camp TV entertainers - a mix of real-life personalities and fictional characters. Including Larry Grayson, Lily Savage, Graham Norton, John Inman, Dale Winton, Julian Clary, Lawrence Llewellyn-Bowen, Kenny Everett and Brian Dowling.

[Di2001]

Hey guys!!! Don't forget this is going to be on tonight!!!

[BigSister]

Ill be watching it tonight

Good luck 4 Brian. Lets hope he can get in top 5

[susieq]

Did anyone watch it. He came in a No: 8. They had Bubble, Narinder and Josh on talking about him - as well as the usual telly bores that seem to populate every 'Top 10' type programme.

They showed bits and pieces from BB2, as well as a teeny bit from his G.A.Y night and him being a trolley dolly - I think that was part of his audition tape.

Bubble and Narinder said, of course, nice things - Josh was, as usual I'm afraid, sounding just a tad bitter!! He said people liked Brian because he came across as asexual and non-threatening. Better than being boring though, eh Josh! - Oops.

[BigSister]

I watched this last night

I saw Buuble and Narinder and i have to say that Josh was a little bit miffed.

Anyway i enjoyed it

[kaphc]

I didn't see the program, but am surpsied that Josh came across as slight bitter. After all, it's months since they were in the house now, surely he can get on with life??

[milly]

to be be honest with you,i dont know if brian should feel insulted or complimented with that programe

[James]

I think that the editing made Josh look more bitter than he probably actually is.

The interviewer maybe asked him a question like 'What do you think of the way Brian behaved to you on his birthday?' to which Josh could only answer in one possible way.

Anyway, Josh would have only been included to comment on the different side to Brian's personality just as Narinder and Bubble, being friends, were included to comment on Brian's fun side.

I enjoyed this programme - it was nice to see Big Brother back on tv again!
I think he deserved better than No8 - who got no1?

[Feefs]

In a rare defence of Josh (from me anyway) I'm going to agree with James. From what I saw, they had it all set up for Josh to talk about how much friction there was between them when he first arrived. Josh probably showed remarkable media savvy by not getting trapped into anything worse.

For those of you that didn't see it, the 'experts' and general commentators went on about Brian role in the group and how he relied on his campness (or general manner) to define himself and carve out a niche within the group, and that all of that was inevitably thrown off-balance by the arrival of another gay man. They were waying that either they'd be at 'it', or 'fur would fly' and it was the latter. Cue quote from Josh saying "There was one night when Brian was quite nasty to me", or something along those lines. They hardly said anything about that incident, and showed no footage except the bit at the end when Band was in the diary room telling BB he wasn't a bad person. Josh could have been more daming, so although they set it up to reveal Brian's bitchiness, they didn't take it anywhere. It's even possible this is because Josh didn't provide them with the material they required.

I also have to say Bubble was looking very healthy. All that marathon training and giving up the fags clearly suits him. Naz was going on about what great friends she and Brian were rather than talking about Brian - as usual!

Overall, it was quite an interesting program. There were some tv legends on that list, and having been famous for less than a year Brian did well to be considered iconic at all, even if some of the others were a bit dodgy. The program makers seemed to have problems deciding what it was to be camp, and although there was a brief discussion on its many aspects, they could have explored it a little more.

Wildchild - Graham Norton was #1, and I think Julian Clairy at #2. Brian has a long way to go to outcamp and out camp-icon them, but he's on his way!

[WILDCHILD]

Thanks Feefs - I had a feeling it would be Graham, he is the most obvious one to think of p- hes just so....CAMP!!!!

[James]

This programme was repeated last night. A nice surprise to see those Big Brother 2 clips.