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Attempting to create a Saturday night entertainment show led to the creation of "Don't Forget Your Toothbrush". Current host Chris Evans added the idea of giving away a vacation each week, with the winners leaving right after the show. Producer Lisa Clark details the challenges of doing the show live, and coming up with new ideas each week to keep the show original.
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 2001
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BBC producer Barry Took brought together five guys that had potential as actors from Cambridge and Oxford and became what is now "Monty Python's Flying Circus". Producer and director Ian MacNaughton tells of the experiences of the first season of 13 episodes, a 3000 pounds sterling per show budget, and increased ratings of over four million by seasons end.
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 2001
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The idea of the public being able to bring antique property a group of appraisers created the idea for the television program Antiques Roadshow. Twenty-three years strong on the BBC brings around 2000 people to each location, where about 35 are chosen by the shows experts for filming by mobile camera units.
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 2001
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