[Jon]

I thought the press narrative at the time was that Richard & Judy were basically pushed aside to fit Paul in, and indeed their I’ll-fated move to watch happened before The POG Show ended. That said in some respects it was probably in their interests as POG on ITV was beating R&J at the time and the friendship between Paul and Richard & Judy didn’t seem to diminish with Paul appearing on their last show for example.

The strange 5 O’Clock show that replaced it, which was weird as it was The POG Show in all but name and host made by the same company but it didn’t last very long at all.