sheer class
basically Gavin Essler is a prat. the BBC tried to get rid of Peel for years, and there was some poseur reading from a sheet of paper, going "Mark, it seems that John was OBSESSED with The Fall, surely it was an enormous compliment?", acting like he was some alternative connoisseur or something. all the sycophants at the BBC made me sick. when MES said that he and Peel were not friends, he was only saying the truth, which the Undertones bloke corroborated. who cares anyway whether people are friends outside of their profession?
the funniest was Mark playing with his false teeth and sticking his tongue out like a salamander or something. and, at the end, the absolute killer line: [to Gavin Essler] "are you the new DJ?" !
when Peel was diagnosed with diabetes, what did the BBC do? move his show from 10pm to 11pm. it was only thanks to a petition that Peel kept his show anyway. the BBC detested everything he stood for (mainly independence), and always wanted to give his job to the likes of Lamacq or Whiley. and now they're all in tears. c*nts.