There's a contrived bit of fun on this edition when contestant Mavis Jackson tells Paul she's a terrible singer, but is encouraged to demonstrate her lack of talent.
After she launches into a rendition of "Build Me Up Buttercup", the picture cuts to a still shot of an empty studio where the audience should be. After Paul calls out that "Mave" has finished singing, footage of the audience getting back into their seats is shown.
For logistical reasons (as well as the fact that the audience can still be heard throughout), it's likely that the shots of the audience retaking their seats were shot before the main recording of the show began, and slotted in later, with Jackson already agreeing to sing as part of the show. Although Wipeout did use an actual studio audience during the Paul Daniels era, this is the first time they are shown onscreen.
After she launches into a rendition of "Build Me Up Buttercup", the picture cuts to a still shot of an empty studio where the audience should be. After Paul calls out that "Mave" has finished singing, footage of the audience getting back into their seats is shown.
For logistical reasons (as well as the fact that the audience can still be heard throughout), it's likely that the shots of the audience retaking their seats were shot before the main recording of the show began, and slotted in later, with Jackson already agreeing to sing as part of the show. Although Wipeout did use an actual studio audience during the Paul Daniels era, this is the first time they are shown onscreen.
There's a ruder gag than usual in this edition, where contestant Mavis Jackson chooses Eric Clapton as a person who didn't change their name, only to be told that his original name was Eric Clapp.
Jackson jokes that she would have changed her name as well under the circumstances, possibly alluding to "The Clap", a colloquial term for gonorrhea. Although Paul chuckles but quickly moves on, he later gets a big laugh with an even ruder joke when he wonders if "Diana Fluck" (the real name of Diana Dors) had ever met Eric Clapp.
Jackson jokes that she would have changed her name as well under the circumstances, possibly alluding to "The Clap", a colloquial term for gonorrhea. Although Paul chuckles but quickly moves on, he later gets a big laugh with an even ruder joke when he wonders if "Diana Fluck" (the real name of Diana Dors) had ever met Eric Clapp.
This edition didn't make the Top 70 Chart.
The grid subjects featured on this edition are:
Main Grids: Quotes found in the Bible; Two letter words; Celebrities who kept their own name.
Auction Grids: Royals ahead of Peter Phillips in line to the throne; Thunderbird characters.
Final Grid: Languages spoken more than Bengali. (190 million speakers.)
Main Grids: Quotes found in the Bible; Two letter words; Celebrities who kept their own name.
Auction Grids: Royals ahead of Peter Phillips in line to the throne; Thunderbird characters.
Final Grid: Languages spoken more than Bengali. (190 million speakers.)
The subject of the second Auction Grid - characters from Thunderbirds (1965) - would be reused in Episode #5.46 (1998).
As the reuse of the subject was for a main grid, another 4 options were added to take it up the requirement: Brains, Parker, Kyrano and the Wipeout option of Titan were added to the 8 options seen here.
As the reuse of the subject was for a main grid, another 4 options were added to take it up the requirement: Brains, Parker, Kyrano and the Wipeout option of Titan were added to the 8 options seen here.
