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Where life used to start at 7. (January 2014)

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MA
mannewskev
Richard did the first 15 minutes of Johnny and Denise's first show.
WH
Whataday Founding member
As for the decorating, was the bigger breakfast set not at the top of the stairs? Or do you mean the other stairs?


I'm pretty sure it was at the top of the main stairs, as on Denise's last show she walks around the house saying her goodbyes and she says goodbye to Richard, (saying it still looks dreadful).

Also, if you look in this clip, you can see the circular window looks out onto the rear balcony. I think the circle was ripped out and replaced with french windows for The Bigger Breakfast some time in 1999.



Its location next to the rear balcony would place it directly opposite the main stairs.
DA
David
As I remember it, Johnny was meant to appear on the Monday but didn't. Lisa did Monday solo, then presented with Richard from Tuesday to Friday.


You remember erroneously. Vaughan did return on Monday (he had put on loads of weight and grown a beard), Rogers was on her jack on Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday was Rogers and Dick Bacon. As I remember it, the next week, Vaughan and van Outen presented.

Look you can see Johnny Vaughan here in a video that probably won't work for you (just be patient).
[media:5d1b5378dc]http://up.metropol247.co.uk/davidlees/big_brekfast_johnny_vaughan_first_day_back.mp4[/media:5d1b5378dc]
Sorry for the poor quality.
WH
Whataday Founding member
Actually, a better clip here. As they roll out the lino at around 5:25 you can make out the top of the stairs.



It actually highlights what a small space it was. I'm not 100% but I think this space was originally Ben The Boffin's room.
WH
Whataday Founding member
David posted:
As I remember it, Johnny was meant to appear on the Monday but didn't. Lisa did Monday solo, then presented with Richard from Tuesday to Friday.


You remember erroneously. Vaughan did return on Monday (he had put on loads of weight and grown a beard), Rogers was on her jack on Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday was Rogers and Dick Bacon. As I remember it, the next week, Vaughan and van Outen presented.

Look you can see Johnny Vaughan here in a video that probably won't work for you (just be patient).
[media:168b28698c]http://up.metropol247.co.uk/davidlees/big_brekfast_johnny_vaughan_first_day_back.mp4[/media:168b28698c]
Sorry for the poor quality.


Interesting in that clip (the first day of the new graphics?) the sunburst appears under the new graphics and then quickly disappears. Its last appearance perhaps? Also who is that photo of just above the clock?
DA
David
Johnny Vaughan's first day back seems to be Jasmine Lowson's first day too.
WH
Whataday Founding member
Yes, and against the blue news background, which I thought she'd never been seen alongside. I wonder how long until the news got purple graphics to match the rest of the show.
FA
fanoftv
It wasn't too long after that they introduced the purple news background and yellow fake TV with even weirder 2 cameras which was soon dropped.

As for the decorating, looking at the clips you're right, the Bigger Breakfast must not have been upstairs until 1999, possibly the summer. Didn't they used to use the proper chairs, and then for a short time I remember some chairs that resembled egg cups were used at the bottom of the stairs in front of the door. I remember the end of a Vaughan fronte show where they linked up via the screen in the lounge despite them being positioned through the door on the left.
WH
Whataday Founding member
I remember the end of a Vaughan fronte show where they linked up via the screen in the lounge despite them being positioned through the door on the left.


This may have been because one was pre-recorded and the other live. I seem to remember this being the case on some occasions.
JB
JasonB
Didn't Johnny and Denise return on the Wednesday?
WH
Whataday Founding member
David is right, the videos do work, you just have to be VERY patient. Click play and wait an eternity.
JB
JasonB
David is right, the videos do work, you just have to be VERY patient. Click play and wait an eternity.



They eventually worked for me as well.

I didn't realize they used the old furniture from the old look of the house on his first week back. I thought the blue widescreen tv and the yellow chair was introduced when he returned.

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