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Steve Allen - A Little Bit Extra

Has Louis decided to bow out, or was he given a nudge first?

Steve Allen - A Little Bit Extra

Global

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.3807 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2018

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

A little bit extra, every weekday morning, from LBC's longest-serving presenter.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, I'm currently out of office.

0:04.3

An article I read recently said we're more relaxed and more productive after a good break.

0:14.4

So, I've gone to Barbados for a month for science.

0:22.4

Yours, Toby.

0:24.2

Take your holiday as seriously as British Airways holidays take your holiday.

0:29.0

Atul protected.

0:30.1

This is a download from LBC.

0:33.2

Steve Allen's Little Bit Extra.

0:35.8

Morning everybody, welcome along.

0:37.6

It's nice to be company. And today is Friday the 8th of June.

0:40.9

This is your free podcast for today.

0:43.3

So all the papers were full, as you now know, of Peter Stringfellow and all the people who went to his clubs.

0:49.9

It wasn't a big club.

0:51.4

It wasn't a big club in London in St. Martin's Lane. But everybody went there.

0:55.9

In fact, a friend of mine used to work the front door, Dave. And he used to park people's cars.

1:01.8

He used to have an arrangement. And it's very lucrative. Very lucrative. But no doubt the business will go on as per usual.

1:09.7

As indeed will the X-Factor, because apparently the X-Factor is now minus Louis Walsh.

1:19.3

After 13 years, producers confirm it's the start of a new era.

1:23.6

Now, I suppose the big question is, isn't it?

1:26.5

Did he quit or was he told to go? I suspect they've gone, listen, we can't do the same program. We know that Sharon signed because we heard about that the other day. She's got some new deal going and it's better. Louis Walsh, you see, I thought, out of all of them on there, he's the one with the best track record. He's the one who knows about all the groups.

1:45.2

He's the one who knows how to have all the hits.

1:48.4

So who they're going to get?

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