Thank you for your good wishes.
But we didn't get on yesterday. We were on standby as it all depended on the result of the first show they recorded; they record two a day. We arrived at 12:00 and went through all the pre-recording instructions, make-up, clothes selection and quick rehearsal etc. The first show started recording at 3:00. If one particular couple won then we would have been needed for the second recording, due to start at 7:00 (For those of you who've never seen the show, all contestants get two opportunities. There was one couple who were having their first go out of the four teams, so if they'd won they wouldn't come back which is when we would have gone on. The other three couples were all having their second go, so win or not they would all be leaving, so there were already couples ready to take their place. I hope that makes sense!)
Anyway, at just gone 4:00, the couple we were relying on returned to the Green Room. Not only did they not win, they were the first couple to be knocked out! The producer told us we wouldn't be needed but asked us if we could wait till 7:00 in case, for some reason, one of the other couples couldn't go on. So we waited till 7:00 and then left, getting home at about 9:45. It was a jolly nice day out and we did get a reasonable lunch and dinner out of the BBC. So we are now back to our original date of 18 January.
For those who have watched the show before I should add that they have changed the format. The first round is as before but with only four couples instead of five. The second round is completely different. Now what happens is that after Alexander asks the question seven alternatives come up on the screen; one is pointless and one is incorrect; the other five have scores varying between 1 and 99, so you have to choose one of the seven. The second person has the same question but seven different possible answers. The third round (the head to head) now consists of Alexander asking a question with each couple just giving one answer. The winner is the one whose answer scores the least. This is done until one team scores three points (i.e. best of five). The final is the same as before.
The jackpot at the start of the new series was £8750 rolled over from the last series. (Edit: Just to clarify. This means the amount up for grabs for the first show was £9750 as they add £1000 each show like Eggheads.) The show we would have been on was the third in the series.
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I never know any of the contestants, was hoping to sit there and think: I know lots about him 
Originally Posted by Perdita
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