Hacks are the Weakest Link

Posted by Martin Stabe on 2 March 2006 at 15:22
Tags: Archant, Heat, Journalism, Wiltshire Times

Archant Norfolk editor Terry Redhead appeared on The Weakest Link. Dismissed in the first round, Redhead was spared the ritual abuse doled out by the BBC gameshow’s famously rude host, Anne Robinson.

Redhead is hardly the first hack to try his hand at the game. Wiltshire Times reporter Craig Evry appeared on the show in 2003. Robinson, a long-time Fleet Street columnist, told Evry, then 25, he should already be working for a national.

That same year, Heat editor Mark Frith appeared on the celebrity edition. As Dog reported at the time, fellow contestant Edwina Currie told the audience: “Anne asked me if I fancied Mark. Any woman would — he’s not only charming and good-looking, but intelligent.�? Robinson swiftly responded: “Get off! I spotted him first.�?

Tags: Archant, Heat, Journalism, Wiltshire Times