Over the last couple of weeks I've been to see two tapings. The first was for UK Ready Steady Cook at the BBC in White City (so much more professional than the aussie version, no cards with pictures of capsicums...sorry peppers....and tomatoes here....electronic voting pads!). However, having not had dinner beforehand it was agony seeing and smelling all that lovely food being cooked and not being able to eat any! Of course for health and safety reasons they couldn't possibly offer the audience any food (UK political correctness strikes again). Mental note: eat before doing something like this again.
The second was a filming of My Family (very funny sitcom) at the BBC Teddington Studios. Ironically the episode of My Family we saw was called The Melbourne Affair with a very ocker aussie actor in it! Slightly annoyed however that after arriving early to receive our numbered sticker then retiring to the pub next door for a pint, that we were all then shepherded in in groups ignoring number order, meaning we all couldn't sit together. Oh but weren't we told that at the door? Uh....no! But I know I know, the tickets were free...
