What puzzles me is where did Russell Brand come from? He just sort of appeared in about February or March of this year and was suddenly the most famous man in Britain - so famous that, I believe, his autobiography has been published! Now he'll probably, equally abruptly, disappear.

Jonathon Ross popped into existence about 3 or 4 years ago. Several volumes of his autobiography are probably available by now (I haven't checked) and he's got a contract worth £18 million (a couple of schools or a hospital). He appears to be a foul-mouthed version of Michael Parkinson, with a slight speech impediment and sans the Yorkshire accent. Now, instead of fawning over celebrities it seems to be acceptable to swear at them - a definite advance - but surely not worth 18 million quid ... ? Something tells me that he'll be around for a while yet.