Is the front man (or woman) more important than the show?
With the new series of ITV’s Endeavour starting this evening, I thought it was worth revisiting this question.
With the new series of Endeavour starting this evening and the latest instalment of BBC franchise Top Gear (minus Clarkson, May and Hammond) being imminent, I though it was worth re-visiting this issue.
The many twists and turns of the ‘Clarkson fracas’ debate of 2015 opened up the question of how important a single individual is to the success of a tv show. As a writer, I find this concept fascinating. It is almost like asking whether the Sherlock Holmes mysteries would have been as successful without the leading character (the answer to this being a very definite ‘no’, as Conan-Doyle was required to bring the pipe smoking detective back from the dead after an outcry from his readership).
But occasionally, a popular show, which would appear to utterly rely upon a certain acting star or lead character for its success, actually fares perfectly well without them. There are a…
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