OPINION - It's the march of the zero charisma brigade: where have all the good TV presenters gone?

If you thought the era of on-screen rogues was at risk, think again. Yesterday — and I don’t wish to alarm you — Good Morning Britain bad boy Adil Ray stormed off on live telly after Kate Garraway lightly ribbed him (correctly) for referring to the Thames as “the river near me” in London. He let his face contort, stood arrow straight and thundered through the exit. Oh, but he was faking it. What a card. Other big TV news of the day? Josie Gibson getting rinsed on Twitter for “staring into space” and “playing Candy Crush”, accusations hurled after her less-than-enthusiastic performance on This Morning, which seemed a little unfair — if I were sitting down with Nick Ferrari, I’d stay mute too. Elsewhere, Lorraine Kelly again didn’t present the show with her name on, which seems to be a fairly frequent occurrence these days — in the spirit of managing viewer expectations, producers may wish to consider if “Lorraine” might be better as “Lorraine?”