Interesting about last nights programme was that the 'Crash test Dummies' item from their car park was in daylight. I'd have thought that it was likely to have been a pre-recorded item..... but now that You Say We Pay has been dropped I wouldn't be surprised if the whole thing isn't recorded now.
Especially on a Friday when everyone's keen on getting home early for the weekend!
The Crash Test Dummies bit was definitely pre-recored. They previewed it at the start of the show and showed a clip.
I don't know why they pretended it was live, for a show that has lost the trust of many viewers, it would probably be better for them if they were honest.
Interesting about last nights programme was that the 'Crash test Dummies' item from their car park was in daylight. I'd have thought that it was likely to have been a pre-recorded item..... but now that You Say We Pay has been dropped I wouldn't be surprised if the whole thing isn't recorded now.
Especially on a Friday when everyone's keen on getting home early for the weekend!
The Crash Test Dummies bit was definitely pre-recored. They previewed it at the start of the show and showed a clip.
I don't know why they pretended it was live, for a show that has lost the trust of many viewers, it would probably be better for them if they were honest.
Live magazine shows have always had recorded segments which are played out "as live".
I wouldn't say they've lost the trust of many viewers really - most people are suspicious about these competitions anyhow so in many ways they've proved their viewers right!
Let's face it, if it results in Richard and Judy getting the axe completly I don't think C4 would be too upset - they'll just have to up Paul O'Grady's medication.
Even if the comp is axed they'll still run other premium comps with perhaps the lines remaining open till midnight and the winner being announced tomorrow.
No reason at all why they couldn't reintroduce it though - just make a very obvious change to the phone-in procedure of basically getting people to ring in today to qualify for tomorrow's competition, with lines closing around 4pm before the show. And if neccessary, change the provider.
It's a problem but not one that can't be rectified. If I were the producer I'd be far more worried over who was leaking e-mails to the Daily Mail!
Shame they've axed You Say We Pay but in reality its never really fitted in to the show's format and time schedule. Its always been an "after the break" filler that's taken up extra interview time etc.
Another show, BBC's Saturday Kitchen has come under scrutinity today for ripping off the viewers in an 'expose' in the News of the World.
TV VIEWERS were conned by a phoneline scam after being asked to ring in to a "live" BBC cookery show — which had been recorded the previous week.
We can reveal that fans of the flagship BBC1 programme Saturday Kitchen were cheated when celebrity host chef James Martin told them to call to speak to guests "live" on air. The show had been filmed the week before.
And they were also ripped off the previous week by being asked to ring a premium rate number to take part in "next week's show" — although it was being filmed just minutes later.
Shockingly, the company that makes Saturday Kitchen is also responsible for the Richard and Judy show — under investigation over the You Say, We Pay phone quiz scam.
But after the News of the World revealed details of the BBC rip-off Sir Alastair Graham, chairman of the premium rate phoneline regulator Icstis, pledged to "urgently" look at our evidence.
Viewers were misled during last Saturday morning's show that it was in its usual live format.
The electronic clock on the oven was set to a morning time, but the game was accidentally given away by host chef Martin's WATCH.
It showed it was after 2pm — the REAL time the show had been recorded.
During the 90-minute programme, Martin also asked viewers FIVE times to ring in to speak to studio guests, including fellow chef Paul Merrett — calls costing 10p a minute.
Well I can remember the interaction with the Breakfast presenters yesterday, I just can't remember how specific it was, no reason that wasn't pre-recorded but I suspect it wasn't.
Of course it's more likely than anything that just one cooking demonstration was pre-recorded rather than the entire show.
:-(
A former member
Saturday cooks on ITV live?
if so at least there doing it RIGHT
