The grid subjects featured on this edition are:
Main Grids: Fictional radio presenters; Dye plants.
Auction Grids: Cities with an underground rail system; Embroidery stitches.
Final Grid: Characters from EastEnders.
Main Grids: Fictional radio presenters; Dye plants.
Auction Grids: Cities with an underground rail system; Embroidery stitches.
Final Grid: Characters from EastEnders.
It's a testament to how relatively obscure Frasier (1993) was on UK TV at the time that the lead character is one of the final four options to be chosen in a grid on fictional radio DJs. The sitcom had first aired on Channel 4 in April 1994, four years before this edition was recorded.
Both losing contestants tell Bob what a wonderful/smashing day they'd had when Bob bids them goodbye.
The high reoccurrence of contestants using the phrase "I've had a [...] day" as they exit does perhaps suggest it was a term they were asked to use by the production team.
The high reoccurrence of contestants using the phrase "I've had a [...] day" as they exit does perhaps suggest it was a term they were asked to use by the production team.
The first Auction Grid - cities with an underground rail system - had previously appeared as an Auction Grid in Episode #5.31 (1998).
Both grids shared four of the same answers: Moscow, Paris, Tokyo and Toronto.
Both grids shared four of the same answers: Moscow, Paris, Tokyo and Toronto.
