Pete Doherty Banned From Kids TV
Then buzz it up
January 16th, 2007 at 11:30 by C J Davies
Pointless rock junkie Pete Doherty is apparently the subject of a BBC embargo.
Not across the board, unfortunately - although, dear Lord, we can pray - but rather in the more sedate arena of children's programming. Which is quite frankly a bit of a shame. Let's face it - should anyone want to bring back virtual-gameshow Knightmare, we can't think of a more terrifying obstacle than encountering the pasty-faced fool in 'The Albion Room'.
"Answer my questions correctly, little boy," the Doherty-gremlin would snarl, "or ye shall hear the chords (three at most) of one of my underdeveloped inconsequential half-songs." Jesus - the poor little blighters would probably shit their livers out.
Alas, this isn't to be. And you can scupper any thoughts of Petey-boy stumbling across the Funhouse set and 'accidentally' getting his head crushed to a bloody pulp by one of those big revolving door things, too.
We'll let BBC Kids TV Editor Tim Levell explain everything:
"We have an informal agreement we don't cover Pete Doherty at all - in fact, there is one across the whole of BBC children's TV. And if his management asked if he could be a guest on a Saturday morning show, we would say no as we don't think he is a good role model for children."
Yet Pete Doherty's manager is appealing to the BBC to get rid of the ban. He reckons that:
"Kids who want to buy Peter's records will not buy them because the BBC are not supporting him."
Well… we kinda doubt that. Seeing as Pete Doherty - like no other 'artist' in living memory - has established a career built almost entirely on hype and hearsay rather than actual, y'know, talent, it's fair to say that the best way to put kids off buying those Babyshambles CDs would be to let them actually hear the pissing things. As it stands, the notoriety-fuelled conveyor belt can continue apace.
Any Doherty fans out there who'd like to share their opinions? Maybe you could educate us as to the error of our ways with a searing, literate, well-informed and argumentatively-sound critique of why the appeal of this challenging singer/songwriter has eluded us. Or maybe you'll just write something like 'OMG OMG leave Pete alone you haters, he is like well fit and dead clever and everyfink', before scuttling off to the sixth-form AV department to watch your Mighty Boosh DVDs.
Any bets on the latter?
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January 16th, 2007 at 11:40 am
Well, that’s a shame. No Pete Doherty on Charlie And Lola.
Now, The Fratellis on Boogie beebies… THAT’s entertainment
January 16th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Pete Doherty is a talent void. If only they would ban him from the whole BBC, including the radio stations, I wouldn’t have to waste so much time replacing various pieces of smashed electrical goods from where he appears on TV and the remote is too far (more than 2 inches) away.
January 16th, 2007 at 10:30 pm
I totally agree with your views on that talentless smack head,middle class cunt. Why can’t the fucker just o’d and put us out of our misery? Fuck, I forgot,if that were to happen,those stupid cunts at the NME would make a martyr of the incoherent twat!
January 17th, 2007 at 8:50 am
Why do you bother reading about him if you hate him so much ? This is rather incoherent to me !
And watch out : stress can cause fatal disease and you seem very worked out at the moment
… agressive even ….
January 17th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
“Why do you bother reading about him if you hate him so much?” Oh Carol, you have pointed out…well, you’ve pointed out nothing. Not many people are really fond of Joseph Stalin, but there’s a fair bit written (and read) abouthim.
I have Pete Doherty, yet utterly love reading about him becuase his catastrophic fark up of an existance is more entertaining than Pop Idol. I love the way he’s a slave to the media, feeds off the regular publicity and then grumps around as if they are the bane of his life. You don’t HAVE to go out with Kate Moss to the most popular and public bars, clubs and restaurants, although it is helpful to do so if you want plenty of pap snaps.
Actually, let me correct that. I don’t hate Pete Doherty at all. I think he’s a fairly harmless little muppet, not a bad musician if your benchmark for musicianship is the tone deaf busker outside Tescos.
However, what I do hate is P-Doh fans. Oh god, the achingly dull justifications they spout. It makes me want to impale myself on some blunt fencing posts. My favourite is the poetry thing. Ok, some P-Doh fans may have read a few books and know something about poetry, you know, like it doesn’t have to rhyme. But the vast majority of them have never read a poem in their lives, know nothing about the genre, but declare with all the confidence of Neville Chamberlain arriving back from Nazi Germany that “Pete is the most important poet in Britain today.” Stupid, delusional, unctuous, sycophantic foccers, the lot of them.
January 18th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Oh dear. When did reports of facts turn to oppurtunities of simply slagging people off? (Namingly Pete!)
I wouldn’t make the claim that he is “the most important poet in Britain today”, as it’s a stupid thing to say about anybody. (As is saying you hate “P-Doh” fans. Generalization much?)
However, as a big fan of Pete Doherty, I will say that he is an extremely talented, creative mind who should be able to have his story told without being called a “pasty-faced fool”. It’s all unecessary.
February 20th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Pete doherty’s fame stems from his success with The Libertines, who are a band of substantial and officially recognised quality. I refer you to there first, and best, album ‘Up the Bracket’. I’m not a fan of Babyshambles but some of Pete’s solo acoustic work is abit special. I think sucess with a great band like The Libertines entitles Pete to carry on in music regardless of his over reported private life. I don’t know the guy and he may well be a #@#@ but thats not important and its naive to slander an artists work based on their private life or media cover. Pete attracted the spotlight by being the front of an excellent band in the first place not simply for being all the things the tabloids have called him.