We cross live now to our correspondent Daniel from Tellyspy for this report: In short, it is a show where the app playing public actually have influence over the results of the on-screen contestants. At the recording, there was the main studio audience in HQ1 at Media City, and about 600 people spread across HQ3 and… Read More: That’s Yer (Pi)Lot: You Against the Nation »
This isn’t really a pilot, it was a run through with an audience in front of various international commercial commissioning big wigs – doing these with an audience is fairly unusual, the hope is someone sees something in the idea to order a fully fledged pilot. So there’s little point going on about the set… Read More: Don’t Ask Me Ask Britain »
I’ve just come back from this filming at Studio 2 of The London Studios. John Robins was the warm-up, which was exciting as I hadn’t experienced him before. He was alright. This is also the first time I’d seen Nina Conti properly (I think) and she kept up the comedy ventriloquism up solidly for about… Read More: That’s Yer (Pi)Lot: Speak For Yourself »
Thanks very much to Lewis Murphy of Fifty 50 fame for being our roving reporter at the Celebrity Squares pilot last night, here’s what he thought: – It was filmed at ITV Towers, conveniently on the south bank for the evening’s Puzzled Pint I was hoping to make after recording. More on that later. –… Read More: That’s Yer (Pi)Lot: Celebrity Squares »
Thanks to @TeamXander1 for the following report on what must be about the 36th pilot of Battle of the Ages: It was in the Eldon Road section of Elstree Studios. Quite a nice green and yellow set, non-shiny floor, large hanging pictures of things meant to represent different generations – Andy Pandy, Angry Birds, a… Read More: That’s Yer (Pi)Lot: Battle of the Ages »
This is very exciting, it’s the first show I’ve been to see with smartphone in hand. This doesn’t really help with describing the show (except on Twitter on the way home) but it does allow me to make awesome jokes. Admittedly that gag would be funnier if I had learnt to zoom on the McDonald’s… Read More: That’s Yer (Pi)Lot: Amazing Greys »