Press Quotes

The things those newspaper and magazine sorts have written about me over the years, eh?

“One of the hardest-working and most in-demand presenters on television and radio”
— The Sun
“One of the most colourful media characters Scotland has ever produced. A rare talent; a maverick presenter from the mould that created Kenny Everett, James Whale, Jonathon Ross and Chris Evans”
— The Evening Times
“Very persuasive and articulate”
— Nick Hornby, Independent on Sunday
“Cult broadcasting hero and all round good egg”
— Stephen Phelan, Sunday Herald
“Unhip and slightly vicarish”
— The Sunday Telegraph
“Splendidly entertaining feisty scot”
— Boyd Hilton, HEAT Magazine
“Naff name spelling, funny guy”
— Scotland on Sunday
“One of the truly great youth presenters”
— Paul Ross, London Evening Standard
“A coruscating blend of the searingly honest and the completely deluded”
— Gillian Bowditch, The Sunday Times
“That cheeky happy off the telly and radio with a snappy sense of humour”
— Gavin Doherty, The Express
“A character straight out of a Biactol ad, dressed like the Doctor Who that never was”
— Victor Lewis Smith, London Evening Standard
“The Scot whose abrasive style is dominating radio and television ”
— The Telegraph
“The guru for a generation dedicated to zapping, blasting, puzzling and solving”
— The Mirror
“One thing the motormouth from Arbroath has rarely been called is average. If he went to the Mediterranean on holiday, he would risk getting his tongue sunburned.”
— The Press and Journal
“It was the radio phone in that made his name 24 carat”
— The Evening Times
“One television executive recently described him as “the complete anchor” although I may have misheard”
— Martin Kelner, The Guardian
“An endearing quality to his comic observations”
— VENUE Magazine
“I’m happy his performing skills have improved since the days he trawled the stand up circuit with the catchphrase “Hands up who hates Maggie Thatcher””
— Will Buckley, The Express
“It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that the [Gamesmaster] imagery is almost exclusively masturbatory ”
— Mark Steyn, London Evening Standard