The Steph Show

I commend the team for putting something together to fill this slot. It can't be easy to produce a daily show when we're in lockdown. I do think it's pretty terrible so far though. My main issue is the quality of the presenter, but she isn't helped by the banality of the content. Steph McGovern used to be a business correspondent for the BBC and I thought she was pretty good there. I had it on each morning and felt that she did a decent job of talking about the markets etc, and she had a nice enough personality etc. All fine. However, I really don't think this new career hosting her own light entertainment show is her forte. Firstly, she radiates uncertainty and unease. I never feel comfortable that she's completely in control and driving the show like I do when I watch the presenters of other morning shows. Next, she doesn't seem to listen to her guests' answers when she interviews them. She asks a (usually boring) question, the guest responds, and rather than building on their response and having a bit of a conversation she says something like "yeah, yeah" and asks something different. There isn't much to talk about in a lockdown but I think a better interviewer would give the viewer at home an interesting conversation to watch. Next, I think she waffles quite a lot. I don't know if she has a script but it feels to me like there is no script and the producers have just said to her "right, we need you to fill these next 3 minutes". She'll start talking about something and by the time she's moving on to the next segment you're not really sure what the point of what she just said was. I think she'd be better if she had a script, memorised it and just read that rather than spouting aimlessly. Maybe the show will improve when it has a live audience and studio guests. I'm sure the absence of that has been a real challenge because it usually makes a show sizzle, and this show definitely doesn't sizzle at the moment. My overall verdict is that this is an amateur production with an amateur presenter that does not deserve its slot on Channel 4.

This has kept me sane while working from home. So much more in touch with younger people than This Morning and Loose Women. Keep up the good work.

Just how dumbed down can we go? I'm not sure if the appalling sound quality or the lack of talent irritated me more...no actually it was someone whom apparently is a comedian. Poor old Mr Motivator looked like he was questioning his decision to return to the screen...

It makes you realise how hard it is to produce a daily program that can be interesting. I somewhat doubt that Steph jumps out of bed every morning thinking yes and then another episode to do. She deserves an award for trying each day. Then hilariously occasionally Chris kamara appears on another chair and starts asking completely forced questions like he's trying to join in the conversation. Still it's better than watching yet another doing up some more old tat shows that seem to takeover daytime television.

Steph McGovern jumps ship from BBC to C4 for this chat show.

Is McGovern really well known enough for this? She's likeable yes, but history is littered with likeable people who have fronted chat shows that have gone absolutely nowhere.

If anything thus far she has been outshone by many of her guests.

I watch with interest to see whether this lasts.