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Another Bradley show? Really? I would have been more interested seeing Barney paired with someone different- let him shine without his dad. Someone like Alex Scott would’ve been great for this show, but many would argue she’s over-exposed too (I don’t think so though- outside of the football and the very occasional light entertainment guest appearances, there’s nothing else bar Children In Need which is only once a year).

Alex and Barney seems an odd dynamic on paper, which is exactly why they should have tried it. You won’t know if any strange-on-paper dynamics work unless you take a risk on them. Bradley doing it with his son just seems like nepotism to me, in a way that it wouldn’t if Barney was left to stand on his own two feet with a different co-host.

What made the Fash and Ulrika version work (as much as I’ve grown to dislike them both over the years, for reasons that have nothing to do with Gladiators) was that they weren’t overexposed like Bradley is- they only became flavour of the month after Gladiators has launched, whereas Bradley has been flavour of the month for years now.

What I’ve noticed about the Beeb over the years is that they (or rather, the execs who are in charge of such things) will choose someone to be flavour of the month, overexpose them until we are all sick of them, then unceremoniously ditch them and repeat with the next person. About 10 years ago it was Sue Perkins on seemingly every programme, then later it was Ore Oduba. I thought Alex Scott was going to be the next person given this treatment, but it seems she’s now been overlooked in favour of the Walsh dynasty.

I’d add Rob Beckett to that list too, he seemed to be everywhere in 2017-18 ish.