Talk:Jonathan Meades

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This article sounds rather gushing. Perhaps it is copied from a publisher's blurb.


Meades is a rather sad, pathetic imitation of James Burke... he's not funny, clever, or even remotely interesting.


I don't agree. I think he's superb! - Andy Deighton, Salford


I've removed the parts about "tupping in the Cathedral", which was just the writer's PoV. Although Meades gave no citation, the same could be said about virtually every TV documentary - it's not a medium that lends itself to citation. I also wouldn't say that this is Meades' "signature style" - it's common among "talking head" documentary (see also Jonathon Miller's "The Body In Question", and even Kenneth Clarke's seminal "Civilisation"). Ianbetteridge 16:07, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

I did quite a bit of work on this and I think it might be warranted for an upgrade from Stub class. It does provide quite a bit of useful information about his TV work. It could do with some sources though.Gingerblokey 20:22, 29 July 2007 (UTC)


Jerry Building and Joe Building are 12 years apart. It's not really a series per se. --NoiZy 01:31, 5 May 2006 (UTC)


This article is an irredeemable mess — ungrammatical, badly punctuated and clumsily written from beginning to end. I have tidied it up a little — a very little — but have neither the time nor the inclination nor (more importantly) the knowledge to write something that does justice to Jonathan Meades, who is a fine writer and has been responsible for some excellent television documentaries. Perhaps somebody better informed would like to do so.

alderbourne 10:47, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Education

He implies here [1] that he is all for education and is a unrepentant know-all - but in fact the articles reveals no signs of education at all. RADA?! Abrain 16:40, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

A unrepentant know-all? The articles reveals? As you say, no signs of education at all.
By the way, your comment was posted on 12 May 2007 but is dated 12 May 2006!
A brain, indeed!
alderbourne 00:59, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
I apologize for the typos. I generally leave typing to the less educated, who do it so well. All the same he does reek of autodidactic insecurity (the smell of it, like stale sweat, comes through the screen). And he never says anything intelligent. And why be so obsessed with post-war Britain, as he is. Is anything more dull? Hearing his banalities on Germany perhaps. Abrain 14:31, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mental healt issues not mentioned?

Just viewed one of this mans "works", "Jerry Building — Unholy Relics of the Third Reich (1994)". Im pretty sure he has mental issues as the whole thing constites a rant of hate speech and ignorance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.248.159.240 (talk) 09:43, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

That doesn't appear to be a particularly rational observation. Perhaps you saw a different version of the programme to me, as I can't thing of anything in it that fits that description. Nick Cooper (talk) 08:30, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

I've been watching 'Jerry Building' on Youtube today. It is as I remembered; a model of concision, erudition and moral disdain for such a bunch of Germanic Daily Mail readers. Perhaps 62.248 . . . is a reader?Keith-264 (talk) 18:59, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

I did wonder, but was giving them the benefit of the doubt.... Nick Cooper (talk) 19:07, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

I see from your details that you work in the Nash. Hard luck! :-)Keith-264 (talk) 19:27, 29 February 2008 (UTC)