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05-03-2009, 06:50 PM
It's gonna be on Talksport though *spit*
Russell Brand's Masterplan: a football radio show with Noel Gallagher
Ben Dowell
guardian.co.uk, Monday 2 March 2009 17.03 GMT
Russell Brand's proposed radio show with Noel Gallagher will, according to the comedian, turn TalkSport into the 'fulcrum of the revolution'. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA
Russell Brand is poised to make a return to radio with a new football show for TalkSport co-presented with Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher.
Brand, who resigned from Radio 2 last October the middle of the Sachsgate furore, is understood to be in the advanced stages of negotiations with the UTV-owned network about the show.
Details of the new programme are being kept under wraps, with only three TalkSport executives understood to be involved in the talks. However, an announcement could be made this week for what promises to be a weekly show, one station source said.
A West Ham fan, Brand already writes a football column for the Guardian, part of the group that also publishes MediaGuardian.co.uk. Gallagher is well known as a passionate Manchester City supporter.
Brand has already generated interest in a possible deal with the commercial station with a Twitter message alluding to his bestselling autobiography My Booky Wook with the words: "Let's hope Noel doesn't get me into trouble/wouble."
"Me and Gallagher will turn TalkSport into the fulcrum of the revolution. If we can just get Wossy to come on as a guest, a new dawn will rise," he added.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/mar/02/russell-brand-to-co-host-football-radio-show
Russell Brand's Masterplan: a football radio show with Noel Gallagher
Ben Dowell
guardian.co.uk, Monday 2 March 2009 17.03 GMT
Russell Brand's proposed radio show with Noel Gallagher will, according to the comedian, turn TalkSport into the 'fulcrum of the revolution'. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA
Russell Brand is poised to make a return to radio with a new football show for TalkSport co-presented with Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher.
Brand, who resigned from Radio 2 last October the middle of the Sachsgate furore, is understood to be in the advanced stages of negotiations with the UTV-owned network about the show.
Details of the new programme are being kept under wraps, with only three TalkSport executives understood to be involved in the talks. However, an announcement could be made this week for what promises to be a weekly show, one station source said.
A West Ham fan, Brand already writes a football column for the Guardian, part of the group that also publishes MediaGuardian.co.uk. Gallagher is well known as a passionate Manchester City supporter.
Brand has already generated interest in a possible deal with the commercial station with a Twitter message alluding to his bestselling autobiography My Booky Wook with the words: "Let's hope Noel doesn't get me into trouble/wouble."
"Me and Gallagher will turn TalkSport into the fulcrum of the revolution. If we can just get Wossy to come on as a guest, a new dawn will rise," he added.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/mar/02/russell-brand-to-co-host-football-radio-show