Angel's Advocate: Stuart Hall

So now Stuart Hall is the latest culprit in the witch hunt for 70s TV stars being hunted down for their indiscretions. A character, both off camera - alas - as well as on it.

And of course, he was the frequently red-faced laughing host of It's a Knockout.

His duplicitousness speaks for itself, but so do his sports commentaries. Immediately after his Radio Times column was cancelled, with the BBC still squirming from the embarrassment of Jimmy Savile, they rolled out a much duller, by-the-numbers sports columnist in his place with a much duller, by-the-numbers tone. Hall's radio reports for BBC Sports were far and away more entertaining and informative about the game than anyone else.

I shall miss him.