30 March 2002/Transcript

This is a transcript of the 30 March 2002 episode, from Xfm Series 1

I Love Cox in the Morning

RG: New Order here to stay on Xfm 104.9, i'm Ricky Gervais, with me.

SM: We're here to stay.

RG: Yeah.

SM: Over the next 2 hours.

Ricky Laughs.

RG: Yeah.

SM: Alright.

RG: That's Steve Merchant there.

SM: Hello there.

RG: We've got our producer here Karl Pilkington, we'll be talking to Karl a little bit later because erm we've got to have

his thoughts on Esop's fables, continuing the education of Karl, and we've got some great music coming up.

SM: Bloody good music.

RG: Little bit of err, ooh what have we got? Happy Mondays.

SM: Badly Drawn Boy.

RG: Yeah all that, Bob Dylan.

SM: All sorts.

RG: All sorts, coming up.

SM: Yeah, Rick i don't know i just wanted to bring your attention to this err, someone passed this onto me, it's from the

Guardian's media website there's a sort of website that's dedicated to media infomation.

RG: Is this about our complaint?

SM: Well, the headline is "Comedian rapped over radio innuendo".

RG: Right.

SM: Err Jessica Hodgson has written the article.

RG: Go on.

SM: Are you familiar with this? Have you seen this?

RG: Well be careful now because we actually got a complaint, a lot of people don't know this, we got a complaint upheld,

and erm.

SM: Well all of this.

RG: We're very sorry we didn't mean to offend erm, and it was a while ago, so we are going to be very careful, Karl's

getting very nervous. We're just going to read out, we're not going to editorialise Karl, we're just gonna read out what

the Guardian printed about us. Alright?

KP: Hmm.

SM: "Comedian Ricky Gervais has had a dressing down from a broadcasting watchdog for his repeated use of the word Cock in

a lunchtime radio show".

RG: That's alright, that's what it says Karl.

SM: That's fine, this is, this is news.

RG: He's not going to say it again. Yeah yep. Go on.

SM: Imagine this is the news and i'm reading it.

RG: Yeah.

SM: "The broadcasting standard commission upheld a complaint against the comedian for coarse sexual innuendo, in the

program on London station Xfm. The commission acknowledge that the presenters remarks were intended to be humorous but

took the view that the amount of detail of the coarse sexual innuendo had exceeded acceptable boundaries for a broadcast,

said the Bs er BCS, in a statement. The complaint objected to a sexual the comics Saturday afternoon show when he

discussed the different meanings of the word Cock, Gervais wondered aloud whether the word was acceptable when discussing

birds, but not the male sexual organ. A BSC spokesman said the comedian "Went on and on about it for nearly 5 minutes"

Xfm, a self-styled alternative radio station said in its defence that its remit was to provide cutting edge programs for a

youth audience. The station said the programs brief was the include alternative comedy within certain shows that would not

fit within a more mainstream radio station format. In this particular show, it was not the presenters intention to shock,

when they took a humorous look at how the english language can be construed in different ways within different contexts.

Gervias, who's big break was on channel 4's 11'O'Clock show has shot to household status through the portrayel of David

Brent, the middle manager from hell in BBC2's cult show, The Office.

RG: Just in case you didn't know who i was talking about.

SM: Exactly. Household name, but they thought you might not.

RG: Yeah, you might not have heard of him but he is a household name. Now erm, that's good, that's good reporting quite

right about it and just to remind people it was when Steve said, the only erm err bird that hasn't got a penis is the swan

and i went on about the male bird being called a cock, but i couldn't use that to mean a you know. It was childish. But,

what annoys me is i'm sure i've heard things on like radio 1 like that. What's her, wasser name err, in the morning?

Sarah?

SM: Err Cox.

RG: Yeah. And err, there's a DJ like Karl erm.

SM: Err Cox?

RG: Yeah, so you've got, Karl. What's the matter? I was just saying, just saying there's a pair of DJ's on, you know.

KP: Yeah but we've done this.

RG: And err.

SM: But, what're you talking about, we're just talking about.

RG: Names! They're just saying their names. Now, i love Cox in the morning.

SM: You're a big fan of cox.

KP: Aww.

RG: And at night! What's the matter with you?

SM: Come on Karl. Alright? We've taken it, we've been. Have you actually rapped over this?

RG: No, i don't know what that means.

SM: Have you had a dressing down?

RG: No.

SM: When did that happen?

RG: I don't know i was.

KP: I was meant to tell yer, and i never got round to it but.

SM: Ok, thanks then.

KP: Don't do it again.

Ricky and Steve Laugh.

Happy Monday's plays