No blog yesterday and Tuesday as Marion and I were in London to watch the recording of an episode of "Perfection" the new BBC2 quiz show presented by Nick Knowles and, more importantly, devised and developed by our daughter in law Josephine. Here is Josephine on the set. The aim of the show is to achieve "perfection" by deciding whether a number of statements are true or false. If the contestant fails to get a perfect score, a rival group of contestants have the opportunity to do so and thereby gain the chance to select the categories for the money winning final round. They also have the chance to make a deal with the contestant if they think that they know the answers in the money winning round. It's a great quiz. It is fiendishly difficult (you are often wrong when you are certain that you are right)and it is real fun to play along although, being a few feet away from the contestants, we couldn't shout out "you're wrong" or shake our heads in disdain. Nick Knowles is an excellent presenter and the recordings ran like clockwork leaving us time to join Josephine for lunch at Canteen on the South Bank before we left to brave torrential rain on the motorway on the journey home.
I had to take a photo of the running board for London Studios yesterday as, there in Studio 1 was "Magic Numbers" the show devised and developed by son Paul and alongside in Studio 2 was "Perfection" devised and developed by his wife. Now they have been in TV for a few years now and I think I know enough about the business to say that that is pretty amazing.
"Magic Numbers" promises to be a lot of fun. It's on Saturday nights at 8pm and you could win a big cash prize by matching your phone number with numbers generated on the show. It's presented by the popular Stephen Mulhearn and there are some great, big name stars lined up. Marion and I are looking forward to returning to the studios to be in the audience for one of the live shows in a couple of weeks. We had a peek at the set yesterday but it was in bits. However it looks like it will be pretty awesome when it is constructed. To find out more about the show and watch the promo click here
Here in the real world of work, we're very busy trying to keep up with the orders which are continuing to flood in. Because of my bad hip I was unable to go to the staff bowling night last night but everyone tells me that it was a great event and that, as expected, welder and beeman Kirk Harrison won although he did not achieve perfection. Sadly, poor lighting in the new upgraded Southport Bowl meant that I have no photos of the event for the blog.
Don't say that England had no influence on the World Cup. It was good to see the Spanish team celebrating their triumph in true English style -getting plastered, taking an open top bus around the city and gobbing on the older members of the entourage. World class sportsmen and role models.
