[Spencer]

Scott Mills isn't an odd choice for The Lord Mayor's show really, it's not ceremonial or a major event.

What is odd is why it's on TV every year anyway... it's got no relevance to anyone.

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That was the worst thing about The Lord Mayor's Show usually - it meant a shorter Swap Shop/Superstore/Going Live

I certainly think the interruption of Saturday morning kids' TV is the root of my personal hatred for it.

It does hold the record, though, as the longest running programme on TV anywhere in the world, having been broadcast since 1937 (albeit with a haitus during the Second World War). So I suspect it's one of those 'we've always done it, so we have to do it' situations.

I don't think it'd be quite so bad if it was only broadcast on BBC One London, but subjecting the entire nation to it, including Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland seems absurd.