Bob Monkhouse didn't generally go in for race-based humour, so his statement to a losing contestant receiving a gift of two flutes - "don't mistake me for a Chinese greengrocer" - seems a little out of character, particularly for a show as relatively late in the day as 1998.
The grid subjects featured on this edition are:
Main Grids: The first names of characters known by their surnames; Marsupials.
Auction Grids: Women who have won Wimbledon three or more times; Waterfalls.
Final Grid: Drinks that taste of aniseed.
Main Grids: The first names of characters known by their surnames; Marsupials.
Auction Grids: Women who have won Wimbledon three or more times; Waterfalls.
Final Grid: Drinks that taste of aniseed.
Unusually, announcer George Layton lists the contestants from right to left order on this edition, instead of the usual left to right.
