The Applause Thread

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fanoftv 13 July 2008 9:36pm

travisp posted:

bee bee see posted:

The only Lottery show that worked fairly well was Winning Lines, which was Philip Scofield's opportunity to host Talking Telephone Numbers Mark II, at least after Simon Mayo had had a go. When Jet Set followed it, it seemed pretty dull to me, as were 1 vs. 100 and In It to Win It.

Even Winning Lines were using canned laughter/applause for all their shows back then as there weren't a studio audience. Unlike Jet Set, In It to Win It, Who Dares Wins and 1 Vs 100 all have studio audiences present.

Granted, would there be any room for an audience around what seemed to be a massive set? Any idea where it was filmed?
I though Simon Mayo did a great job with the programme, and a great programme it was too, and Phillip continued to the great standard, any idea why they got rid of it?
As for the canned laughter, look at this from an early edition with Simon Mayo, it just shows the intro and then the wonderwall, but listen to the audience who even if not there sound a lot livlier and suiting to the win with the screamings, etc.

Am I right in thinking that this was made by 12 yard? And haven't 12 yard been recently brought out by ITV?

Was our version a take of other versions, or was the UK version sold around the world. I notice on youtube that there are a few versions from european countries and this one from the US where instead of the holidays that we played for, they play for money up to �1,000,000 for all 20 answers, and it's certainly quicker than millionaire.

I presume that the UK didn't give away money as it was associated with the lottery, saying that they give away money on 1 vs 100 and In it to win it, strange. Maybe ITV should bring it back, they've always got Phillip Schofield on hand.

MI

Michael 14 July 2008 1:30am

fanoftv posted:

Am I right in thinking that this was made by 12 yard? And haven't 12 yard been recently brought out by ITV?

If you're referring to the excellent Winning Lines, it was Celador - same people as Millionaire.

TR

travisp 14 July 2008 5:33pm

fanoftv posted:

Granted, would there be any room for an audience around what seemed to be a massive set? Any idea where it was filmed?

It was filmed at Fountain Studios, the same studio The X Factor is filmed for their live shows and originally 1 Vs 100 in 2006 before moving to Maidstone. Which is why the final series in 2004 (X Factor's first) only lasted six shows since each show is recorded earlier on the Saturday and ITV needed the studio for Cowell's juggernaunt,.

fanoftv posted:

Am I right in thinking that this was made by 12 yard? And haven't 12 yard been recently brought out by ITV?

Winning Lines was created by Celador (some folk who created Millionaire) who was bought up by Dutch firm 2waytraffic and is now bought up by Sony Television. 12Yard is behind the people who created In It to Win It, Eggheads and Who Dares Wins.

fanoftv posted:

Was our version a take of other versions, or was the UK version sold around the world. I presume that the UK didn't give away money as it was associated with the lottery, saying that they give away money on 1 vs 100 and In it to win it, strange. Maybe ITV should bring it back, they've always got Phillip Schofield on hand.

Nope, our version was the original as with Millionaire. When the show began in 1999 only a handful of BBC shows (nearly all in primetime) weren't giving away cash prizes, the shows were giving away the odd holiday. It wasn't until Weakest Link appeared in 2000 BBC decided to comission more shows offering cash prizes. This led to Winning Lines to have an extra Wonderwall for the midweek lottery in 2001 where the contestant from Saturday to win up to �4,000. The only catch there were no pit stops. It wasn't until In It to Win It in May 2002 to become the first lottery show to offer life changing cash prizes to contestants by actually doing something. Unlike Anthea Turner's Big Ticket which gave a person up to �100,000 by doing sod all.

In It to Win It still remains as the BBC's most watched lottery show in the last two years and the most watched this year.

NJ

Neil Jones Founding member 14 July 2008 10:18pm

jrothwell97 posted:

I'm probably showcasing my obsessive-compulsive traits shamelessly on the Internet here, but hey ho.

Something that really irritates me on TV is out-of-place applause. For example, on that Clive Anderson's Brain Boxy Thing Whose Name I Can't Remember earlier this year, whenever a new contestant appeared on the set, they were greeted with complete silence. However, there was generally rapturous applause at the end of the round - either do it properly or play the game in silence!

Clive Anderson's show was called Brainbox Challenge. Since only twenty episodes have been shown to date would probably suggest how popular it was with the viewers.

A lot of shows tend to make it incredibly obvious (either deliberately or accidentally) that they were not filmed in front of any audience whatsoever. Usually you can tell because thunderous applause (of the canned variety) only appears at the programme start, end of rounds, end of part one, welcome to part two, well done you won and credits. You never hear a peep otherwise.

Having said that its incredibly obvious now whether a programme is indeed recorded in front of an audience or not. I don't mean by the fact you can actually look it up on a website beforehand and get tickets to go and see said shows being recorded. I mean by the finished programme and the atmosphere. Canned laugher really does sound like its been made in a tin.

(July 2008)