Ever been in a BBC TV audience?

[iandbeech]

For a sitcom may be, or Top Gear, Question time etc? How about the mid week national lottery draw? I reckon that doesn`t have an audience, sounds like the cheers and applause are "canned" to me.

[julianhj]

Did TG a couple of years ago. The laughter was real for the most part, but after the 2nd or 3rd take it did become a little forced. At the start of filming they got the audience to do a chuckle, moderate and roaring laughter for the tape, so they could dub it on as required during editing.

Was a great afternoon out, would recommend it. Ticket available from Applause Store, but can be tricky to get hold of.

[TeamD]

Red Dwarf in Manchester many many moons ago, something like 1987/8!

[MrV]

Brush strokes many a year ago,was going out with the directors daughter so got to see the whole series from both the audience and directors point of view

[stigproducts]

I went to the lottery once!
It was interesting but it is 2/3 hours of queueing, warm ups, messing around etc. for 10 minutes of show, half of which was pre recorded.
There were some people i saw who clearly went every week, and they were scaaaary

[JonRB]

I went to the recording of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue last year. It's very popular, so you have to pay good money to get a seat. However, it was top entertainment and they basically ran through a whole programme without a break, then re-recorded little bits that needed re-recording, then repeated the process so that they got two week's worth in the can. So it was more like a night out at the theatre that happened to be recorded than anything.
I reckon they probably recorded about 40mins worth of material for a 30 min show for each of them.

Edit: Sorry, just re-read the thread title. I guess my post doesn't really count as it was BBC Radio, not BBC TV.

>> Edited by JonRB on Sunday 13th November 10:27

[jas xjr]

JonRB said:

I went to the recording of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue last year. It's very popular, so you have to pay good money to get a seat. However, it was top entertainment and they basically ran through a whole programme without a break, then re-recorded little bits that needed re-recording, then repeated the process so that they got two week's worth in the can. So it was more like a night out at the theatre that happened to be recorded than anything. I reckon they probably recorded about 40mins worth of material for a 30 min show for each of them. Edit: Sorry, just re-read the thread title. I guess my post doesn't really count as it was BBC Radio, not BBC TV. >> Edited by JonRB on Sunday 13th November 10:27

still top entertainment though