[Jon]

On paper Anne Robinson was never a good fit for the show and so proved to be the case.  It seems to be the case though with so many long running shows they have to get it so wrong before a year or so later bringing in the obvious replacement.

You stated that Anne Robinson was a bad choice, I’ll give you that. But I think a lot of people thought she’d actually be perfect for the role as long as she didn’t treat it like The Weakest Link. The trouble was I don’t think anyone took into account she wasn’t as a sharp as she used to be and the fact she did this weird hybrid of a normal person presenting and her Weakest Link persona. All that said it sounds like her interactions off screen and own lack of enthusiasm for the show are more likely to be the reasons she left. 

My point is I don’t think the producers were wrong to try Anne but it’s easy to say it was never going to work after that after the fact. It could have easily have turned out to be a genius signing had it worked.