I quite like Simon, he�s from my neck of the woods and he is quite open about being homosexual. Lamarr was becoming too egocentric and the show needed a change. The point made about Russel Brand is a fair one. I quite liked him on that Big Brother thing (i.e. in small doses). I do kinda get the impression though that we are going to be saturated with Channel 4 or five shows created just for Russel Brand, a bit like the now wearisome Jimmy Carr.
I also liked the Bill Oddie episode although I could quite happily have throttled the bearded t!t on that occasion.