LE FIN 

It's time to put the petition to bed. I've had fun maintaining this site but there is no more I can do. I wrote to the BBC about getting Richard back on but they just replied with some diplomatic response which roughly went 'we listen to all our viewers comments and we will pass your request to our review committee blah blah blah'... So basically, it doesn't look like Mr Farleigh will be returning to the Den ever. Sorry folks!

The exciting moment (which was more than likely a hoax)

I was supposed to keep this quiet but as it looks like nothing more will come of it, I can let you know that I was contacted by Richard Farleigh. Well almost. I was actually contacted by a guy called Leo Skagerlind who said he was Richard's PA. The story goes that Richard liked what I'd done with this site and was wondering whether I would like to get involved in creating a new Richard Farleigh site. I never actually spoke to Richard himself so I suspect the whole thing was just a hoax but it was exciting for a brief moment. I made a whole proposal about what features would go on the new website and other ideas to help improve Richard's online profile. We exchanged emails and calls for a while and then... then there was nothing. I would have loved to have run Farliegh's website but it wasn't to be.

People

It's amazing how when you record a video of yourself people can get quite aggressive towards you. I made this site purely as a fun exercise and to see if I could actually get the Farleigh back on the Den (quite frankly now it's pretty dull) but a surprising number of people saw fit to have a go at me personally. From a 10 minute video people came to the conclusion that I was a dope smoking, posh, unemployed, student (and those were just the polite insults). Actually it's quite the opposite but hey. I guess I did look a little relaxed on the video and maybe I pronounced a few too many end consonants and I do have long hair but I never thought people would even think to spend their time actually writing insults. There were plenty of nice people along the way too so overall it was a worthwile experience.

The petition and forum have been locked now to prevent spam entries but you can still read through them to get an idea of the types of things people had to say about Richard Farleigh.

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