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    TV partnership hits legal snag: Ant McPartlin held over drink-driving after collision

    #2
    They appear to be a likeable pair, and he's obviously had a lot of "off camera" issues which are affecting him.

    That said, drunk driving is never acceptable.

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      #3
      Wonder if Dec will have to share a cell with him?

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        #4
        Imagine the japes.

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          #5
          I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here

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            #6
            Wiki on I'm A Celebrity

            The show will return in 2018, as confirmed by Ant & Dec at the end of the Coming Out show on 15 December 2017. It is the first series in a new two-year contract.
            So what would be Dec's contractual position if Ant is fired for gross misconduct?

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              #7
              It's very much contractual, but I'd imagine:

              a) there would be a severance clause and
              b) there would be a D&D insurance policy in place which would cover the production company for any loss of profit / advance payments made

              In any event Dec would be fine.

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                #8
                You are supposed to be on gardening leave, sir

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                  #9
                  Just keeping my hand in, UA.

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                    #10
                    Never a bad idea.

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                      #11
                      I'm awake anyway, might as well be "useful".

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                        #12
                        I wonder if they jointly own the production company. That would not be unusual over here

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                          #13
                          It's possible. I don't watch it but if they're not the producers of the show (often individually named in the UK) then they will more than likely own the production company.

                          Which raises a number of interesting legal questions, especially from an insurance POV.

                          But then again I'm on gardening leave.

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                            #14
                            And I’m retired . . .

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                              #15
                              Wiki suggests the show is produced by ITV. Ant and Dec are listed among 6 executive producers.

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                                #16
                                But the wider issue I guess is that "Ant and Dec" is a brand, which you can't insure against self-inflicted losses.

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                                  #17
                                  I like to think there's a healthy hatred between the two of them that's curdled over the years of co-dependence.

                                  "Hey Dec, hear you're getting married, congratulations! Is Ant gonna be your best man?"

                                  <icily> "That cunt isn't invited."

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                                    #18
                                    <Ant, pouring his fourth double whisky of the day at lunchtime> : "I asked Simeon- Simeon's my agent- I said Simeon, please, just get me something, anything, where I'm not working with that... parasite. You know what the best offer he could come up with was? A guest spot on fucking Pointless."

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                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by Satchmo Distel View Post
                                      I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here
                                      Byker Drove (into another car).

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                                        #20
                                        PJ and Drunken was my favourite (stolen from another site)

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                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by Satchmo Distel View Post
                                          PJ and Drunken was my favourite (stolen from another site)
                                          Not going to credit the publication that came up with it, but there was the similar "Ant and Wrecked".

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                                            #22
                                            I assume that he was taken away on Saturday night...

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                                              #23
                                              I am loving ursus and TG coming out of retirement for one last job.

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                                                #24
                                                They may seem like a likeable pair but one of them owned up to voting Tory...

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                                                  #25
                                                  Well it wasn't me.....

                                                  (I know. Anyway if that's true then fuck 'em.)

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