‘A barrage of inferred insults’: what really happened when the Bee Gees met Clive Anderson
Were the band humourless or the host rude? Neither, reveals the man behind the Nineties' most awkward TV interview
12 December 2020 • 9:42am
'My way of interviewing was to put a bit of pressure on': Clive Anderson meets the Bee Gees
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“You’re the tosser, pal.” Those four words – from the almighty Barry Gibb, no less – punctuated one of the Nineties’ most notorious TV events: The Bee Gees storming off Clive Anderson All Talk in October 1997. The walk-off came after nine minutes of seemingly innocuous ribbing at the Gibb brothers’ expense.