Paul performs a trick on this edition when he presents a booby prize to contestant Helen Cooper - while doing so, he takes her watch off her wrist without her noticing, before returning it.
This edition didn't make the Top 70 Chart.
In a grid on TV detectives, Paul states that in Inspector Morse (1987) the titular character's name is never revealed.
While this was true upon the date of recording and broadcast, the following year it would be revealed in a novel, "Death Is Now My Neighbour ", to be "Endeavour". The following year the book was adapted for television under the same name, Death Is Now My Neighbour (1997).
While this was true upon the date of recording and broadcast, the following year it would be revealed in a novel, "Death Is Now My Neighbour ", to be "Endeavour". The following year the book was adapted for television under the same name, Death Is Now My Neighbour (1997).
A big difference in the presenting styles of Paul Daniels and his successor Bob Monkhouse was that Bob would frequently say whether an answer was right or wrong before the computer did, in so doing reducing the suspense of the game.
Unusually, Paul does it on a few occasions in this edition, even confessing at one stage: "I jumped ahead of the computer there".
Unusually, Paul does it on a few occasions in this edition, even confessing at one stage: "I jumped ahead of the computer there".
The grid on the first names of TV detectives would appear again in Episode #5.17 (1998).
Six of the possible answers were the same, whereas a further four were variations on the same person: "Richard Cannon" replaced this edition's option of Frank Cannon; "Steve Starsky" would appear instead of Dave Starsky; "Endeavour Morse" appeared instead of Simon Morse, and "Mary Beth Lacey" appeared in place of Mary Beth Cagney.
The same grid concept ran again in Celebrity Special (1998), though there only two connections were the same. One was that another new first name was given for Cannon: "Joe Cannon". The other was the real first name of Inspector Morse was against used. (As covered in another trivia point, it would have been impossible for this edition of to have used the real name of Inspector Morse as it wasn't revealed in print or on TV when this edition was recorded.)
Six of the possible answers were the same, whereas a further four were variations on the same person: "Richard Cannon" replaced this edition's option of Frank Cannon; "Steve Starsky" would appear instead of Dave Starsky; "Endeavour Morse" appeared instead of Simon Morse, and "Mary Beth Lacey" appeared in place of Mary Beth Cagney.
The same grid concept ran again in Celebrity Special (1998), though there only two connections were the same. One was that another new first name was given for Cannon: "Joe Cannon". The other was the real first name of Inspector Morse was against used. (As covered in another trivia point, it would have been impossible for this edition of to have used the real name of Inspector Morse as it wasn't revealed in print or on TV when this edition was recorded.)
