whether Paul O'Grady Live was on the BBC,his attack on the Tory cuts would have been taped and de-fangedFew programmes are now shown live – since the Jonathan Ross scandal, the BBC prefers to pre-record talk shows – so there is genuine shock value in seeing a familiar host appear to go out of control, and as happened during the most recent Paul O'Grady Live (ITV1),when O'Grady ranted at the Conservatives (whom he distinguished from the coalition) for being "bastards" who took pleasure in cutting welfare benefits.
Parts of the speech were rehearsed – because a music cue was alert to roll – but the most eye-popping sections were clearly off-piste: O'Grady broke off to apologise for swearing, presumably on a producer's orders, and harangued the floor manager,off-screen, who was apparently holding up cards telling him to sprint on.
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Source: theguardian.com