All this bomb scare marlarkey reminds me of the time when BBC1 took Noel's House Party off (I think it was in 1993) due to a bomb scare. They showed a cartoon at 7pm when live tranmissions was due to take place.
Then at 7:10, there was a shot of Noel Edmonds in the Broom Cupboard as this was the place the BBC1 continuity announcer use to sit in and Noel told viewers they were unable to show the live show tonight and they went to a Noel's Christmas Presents episode which got more viewers than Blind Date and this was being transmitted in the Springtime!
All this bomb scare marlarkey reminds me of the time when BBC1 took Noel's House Party off (I think it was in 1993) due to a bomb scare. They showed a cartoon at 7pm when live tranmissions was due to take place.
Then at 7:10, there was a shot of Noel Edmonds in the Broom Cupboard as this was the place the BBC1 continuity announcer use to sit in and Noel told viewers they were unable to show the live show tonight and they went to a Noel's Christmas Presents episode which got more viewers than Blind Date and this was being transmitted in the Springtime!
Bloody hell, I remember that!
Anyone got any news about when the challenge will take place? It's quite a major challenge this week - the last thing they would have wanted is for it to be delayed.
The official site says they carried out a controlled explosion. Other sources say it was just some electrical equipment.
Certainly sounds like a publicity stunt to me.
No it won't be a publicity stunt. There's no way that Channel 4/Endemol would be irresponsible/stupid enough to: fake a bomb scare, cause panic, call off their most hyped programme of the week, jeopardise one of the programmes main rules etc etc
There is no way they or any TV company would construct such an event as a 'publicity stunt'
The official site says they carried out a controlled explosion. Other sources say it was just some electrical equipment.
Certainly sounds like a publicity stunt to me.
No it won't be a publicity stunt. There's no way that Channel 4/Endemol would be irresponsible/stupid enough to: fake a bomb scare, cause panic, call off their most hyped programme of the week, jeopardise one of the programmes main rules etc etc
There is no way they or any TV company would construct such an event as a 'publicity stunt'
I agree with Larry here.
The reason they got freaked about the box was because a sniffer dog reacted to the box - in that situation you simply don't take any chances.
All this fuss for what turned out to be "a bit of innocent technical kit that was supposed to be in the studios all along"
Yes, but you can't take any chances if something is suspect. Look at the BBC bomb.... an innocent taxi, parked in a taxi rank.
A similar thing happened at the Grand National bomb scare - that was a genuine bomb scare as a telephone warning was given, but a controlled explosion was made on a Uher - an open-reel portable tape recorder used by radio journalists.
If no-one knows what it is and why it is there it's suspect
