[JMT1985]

Patrick's 5 Live show currently aired from 9am to 11am on Saturdays - so this will be a tiring process for him if on a Friday he hosts The Late Late Show live, and then only a few hours of sleep, he has to do his Saturday morning radio show.

This leads me to think, that for the first time ever, The Late Late Show could be recorded and not air live. Maybe this is one of the new contract stipulation set down by Patrick if he agreed to host the show - remember RTE need Patrick, more than Patrick needs RTE

Patrick is the man in control here, and maybe he will do what Graham Norton does - record his Friday night talk show on a Thursday, giving him a rest on Friday and time to prepare for his Saturday morning radio show.

I can see your logic but I hope that doesn’t happen because while the Late Late Show certainly needs to be reformed it does still work best live. There’s an electricity to a live show that I believe you simply can’t replicate when it’s recorded.

Well unless Patrick is willing to have to do a two hour live show on a Friday, ending before midnight, and then getting less than say 5 or 6 hours sleep before getting up to do his radio show the next day, I feel my logic is what will happen. 

Patrick is paid a nice handsome salary for his weekly BBC show, a salary which is currently under the £150,000 a year mark, as Patrick's salary is not published each year, as the BBC has to reveal star salaries over £150,000 from the licence fee - so I have heard he is on a £100,000 a year deal with the BBC - nice salary for 40 Saturdays work a year, 2 hours a week.