Loose Talk was a British youth orientated chat show which ran for two series on Channel 4

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

 in 1983. It was presented by Steve Taylor, along with a different guest presenter each week.

It was notable for giving Ian Hislop

Ian Hislop

Ian David Hislop is a British journalist, satirist, comedian, writer, broadcaster and editor of the satirical magazine Private Eye...

 his first break in television, however he regretted the experience as he picked it as one of his pet hates for the comedy show Room 101

Room 101 (TV series)

Room 101 is a BBC comedy television series based on the radio series of the same name, in which celebrities were invited to discuss their pet hates and persuade the host to consign them to a fate worse than death in Room 101, named after the torture room in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, which is...

 in 1994

1994 in television

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. In an infamous clip, he provoked a confrontation with a 'tired and emotional' Tom Waits

Tom Waits

Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...

 on the show, whilst an alarmed Steve Taylor looked on, apparently unable to control the argument.

Jonathan Ross

Jonathan Ross

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 worked as a researcher for the show and Eighties pop-soul singer Sade

Sade (band)

Sade is a British smooth jazz band that formed in 1983, named for Nigerian lead singer Sade Adu. Their music features elements of R&B, soul, jazz, and soft rock....

made her first ever television appearance on it.