He told The Times magazine: "I think we need to tone that down a bit. When I saw it in the end I thought this is too harsh, and we’re going to tone it down now. “I don’t think it’s entertaining. He added: "I said to Karren, ‘You are very hard.’ She said, ‘No, it was the way I was edited. I was very nice, very polite, and it was like give and take.’"What went wrong here was the production company went bang, bang, bang — only wanted to deal with bang, bang, bang moments.”A man hasn't won the show since 2017, when James White and Sarah Lynn were declared joint winners, and Alan believes the female contestants have proven to be more "sharp" than their male counterparts.

Source: The Times May 15, 2023 11:48 UTC