Freddie and Christine on Inside Sport
It was a different kind of edition of this week. We had filmed an interesting interview with before he flew off to South Africa to the but we also secured an interview with a couple of days before the programme.
So we had two big interviews not just one. It's interesting to read some of the - there were some who thought Christine came across very well but thought she should have simply had the drug testers into the family home and not worried about the disruption to her family if that's what it took to guarantee being there for the tests.
There were also some who thought we were too tough on her and others who wanted us to push her further. The same is true of the Flintoff interview - some thought we didn't ask all the questions we should have and others found it quite insightful.
For my part I think the interviews were really quite different - I felt we did push Christine strongly, asking her outright if she'd taken drugs, pushing her to pledge alliegance to Britain which she didn't, and pointing out it was entirely reasonable for some people to have suspicions given after her ban.
I also think it's important when we interview people to give time enough to answer.
The Flintoff interview was a chance to see him off the field a bit and talking about his life, his career, and his family. He did make some news with his revealtion about and the need for a constant lifetime rehab programme for and also his desire to one day. There was a lot of debate in your responses about that - as the team already has two captains, his chance may be some way off, but there's no doubt he lifts the team when he does play and surely that's at least part of what a captain needs.
Some of you have asked about the video podcast - the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's trial of these has come to an end and bods higher up than me are deciding how to go ahead with the project - watch this blog in the coming months for a decision. But meanwhile .
Thanks again for your comments.
