The Big Breakfast

I Stumbled across this on youtube today, it's a scene in the gallery where a former Monty Python star is "directing" It's with in the first few minutes.

I never noticed there was a little ledge over the top of the front door.

Going by these clips from 1996 it seems they tried out several angles on the orange sofa. I certainly don't remember them doing the show from this angle of the room.

I don't remember watching much with Rick & Sharon, but Rick seems quite good in this clip, why was he not liked?

Maybe because he was bound to be compared with what came before?

As has been already discussed in this thread (which I have requested twice to be split off to a new thread in the main forum to no response) during the Rick/Sharon era ratings actually did recover, which probably saved it from the axe altogether.

I think maybe Rick was just in the right place at the wrong time. The whole genre of programming had evolved and with it the style of presenting. He was playing it straight, whereas by this stage you had TGI Friday, This Morning with Richard Not Judy, The Sunday Show etc which were a lot more ironic in style and playing it for laughs.

Those were the days - competitions previewed within 40 seconds with just a single line disclaimer!

Just to update on this, the TV was sprayed silver for DomeWatch in 98.

Weird! I watched that clip on YT an hour ago!

When did the 2001 relaunch producer step down? Was it the same time as Paul Tonkinson was sacked?

It was certainly within weeks of that - by the time Richard was in the house I think.

Richard Hopkins was replaced by Ben Ridgen on 2nd April, who sacked Paul a few days later on the 5th.