30th Anniversary - 16 to 20 of February 2015

[parkerman]

I wouldn't be happy if I had a put a bet on though.

It's a fictional story about fictional people. Fiction is not real life. Authors of thrillers and detective novels often mislead their readers. It makes the denouement more exciting and unexpected. Do people complain to OfCom about Poirot mysteries on television or Midsomer Murders?

[Dazzle]

I've read that Bobby actually had the shortest odds (if that's the correct terminology - I know nothing about betting) in the run up to the reveal, so lots of people did bet on him. I don't know how people guessed! Maybe because it became very obvious that Jane was hiding something and Bobby was the person she'd most likely cover for.

[parkerman]

Yes, that's true, Dazzle. Like I said on the Current Episodes thread - by the time Bobby was revealed as the killer, it had been plastered all over Social Media and, as I said, it wouldn't have come as any surprise at all to people who frequent places like Facebook and Twitter.

[maidmarian]

It's a fictional story about fictional people. Fiction is not real life. Authors of thrillers and detective novels often mislead their readers. It makes the denouement more exciting and unexpected. Do people complain to OfCom about Poirot myseries on television or Midsomer Murders?

Agreed Parkerman- but wasnt there a flurry
of large bets( placed in East End) on who
had killed Lucy and bookies suspended
betting on some suspects.I thought seen it
in this forum.If Im wrong -sorry!
If it was so-couldnt some chancer accuse
BBC staff of some form of odds-fixing by
misleading info- whilst inferring they
had placed a bit on more likely or known
suspect.
Probably far-fetched but some people will
try any thing.

[maidmarian]

Dupl

[parkerman]

The BBC could only be accused of fixing the odds if senior executives and others in the know betted heavily on the outcome themselves. If people are stupid enough to bet on the outcome of a fictional story that's their problem.

[Ruffed_lemur]

It's a fictional story about fictional people. Fiction is not real life. Authors of thrillers and detective novels often mislead their readers. It makes the denouement more exciting and unexpected. Do people complain to OfCom about Poirot mysteries on television or Midsomer Murders?

Bets are real though. People were allowed to bet and were given the list of suspects.

[lizann]

dom purposely mislead viewers with the suspect list not including bobby although as said above twitter and facebook had him fav as killer for a few weeks

[parkerman]

Bets are real though. People were allowed to bet and were given the list of suspects.

Bangs head on desk.

[sarah c]

Bangs head on desk.

I'd bet in Jane, but Thursday lunchtime put a sneaky quid on Bobby!!

I don't feel cheated at all