1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:01,680 Speaker 1: To Kevin Gray from the UK. Good moning to you, 2 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:06,080 Speaker 1: Kevin either Andrew Well fresh from the Greg wall Let's 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,879 Speaker 1: take a look at my junk controversy Mastership UK. Here's 4 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 1: a new scandal, yep. 5 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 2: I'm afraid it does, plunging the show into absolute chaos 6 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 2: because the series has already been filmed with both Greg 7 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 2: Wallace but also John to Road Because today Juron Troad 8 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 2: has been sacked as the Master Chef presenter. It was 9 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 2: an allegation against him in what it was said that 10 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 2: he had used an extremely offensive racist term. Now this 11 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 2: allegation was upheld, although John to Road, the TV chefer, 12 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 2: said he had no recollection of the incident and he 13 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 2: said I do not believe that it happened. However, the 14 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:45,279 Speaker 2: show's production company says it and the BBC agreed that 15 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:49,520 Speaker 2: his contract on the show will not be renewed. So yeah, 16 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 2: after these allegations, dozens of allegations against Greg Wallace, him 17 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 2: being sacked. Now John to Road apparently being offered to 18 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 2: told by bosses to resign he refused, has now been 19 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 2: sacked as well. This is the latest in a long 20 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 2: line of controversies at the BBC, including the Bob Villains 21 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 2: set at Glastonbury where they were leading Chance of Death 22 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 2: Death to the IDF and the BBC didn't pull the plug. 23 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 2: And also a Garza documentary that they didn't realize was 24 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 2: actually hosted by the son of somebody in Hammers. So 25 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,399 Speaker 2: I'm afraid dark days at the BBC. They've got a 26 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 2: lot of patching up to do. 27 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:27,320 Speaker 1: What are they going to do with the Master chif 28 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:29,959 Speaker 1: UK TV series. It's all in the cairn. They've filmed 29 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:33,120 Speaker 1: it with Deode and Wallace. Are they just not going 30 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: to show it? Is this a glorious waste of money? 31 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 2: Well, that's what some people are demanding. But on the 32 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 2: other hand, of course, you know a lot of those 33 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:43,400 Speaker 2: amateur chefs that really worked hard to get there. Imagine 34 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 2: if you won it and then found ouctually that it 35 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 2: wasn't going to be aired, or there wasn't even going 36 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 2: to be mentioned that you'd won it. They's talk about 37 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 2: perhaps replacing them with voiceovers or but it's going to 38 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 2: be almost impossible to do that. If they show it, 39 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 2: people are going to be up in arms. If they 40 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 2: don't show it, people are going to be up in arms. 41 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 2: Either way. I advise them to make a decision and 42 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 2: make it quickly. 43 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: Now you remember the story of that tree, the sycamore 44 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: get tree. This is a tree that was in between 45 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: two hillicks and you could take a photograph and that 46 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 1: looked beautiful. Was in northeast England and a couple of 47 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: monters winn cut it down. What's happened to them? 48 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean they were described in court as taking 49 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 2: moronic action, and I think most people would agree. A 50 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 2: tree that was really a symbol of romance for so many, 51 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 2: was famous in Hollywood. If you've ever seen it, you'll 52 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 2: realize that. Of course it just looked stunning, and two 53 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 2: men set out one night in September and cut it down. 54 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:39,239 Speaker 2: Why we still don't know, but morons, I think most 55 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 2: people would agree as a good adjective. One was age 56 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 2: thirty nine and the other thirty two, both from Cumbria 57 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 2: in the northwest of England, convicted of criminal damage after 58 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 2: filming themselves using a chainsaw to illegally fell the landmark 59 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 2: tree right on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, causing immense damage. 60 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 2: Now today they have been jailed for four years and 61 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 2: three months in what the judge thought was probably just 62 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 2: sheer bravado the judge rejecting a claim of drunken stupidity 63 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 2: and saying it was done for some sort of a thrill. 64 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: What a thrill exactly? And I guess when they go 65 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 1: to prison they can be put on the garden detail 66 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 1: for four years. 67 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:18,839 Speaker 2: Not very good. 68 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:20,919 Speaker 1: Yeah, and I thank you Gavin Gray from the UK. 69 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge. Listen live 70 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: to News Talks. 71 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,920 Speaker 2: It'd be from five am weekdays, or follow the podcast 72 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 2: on iHeartRadio.