One thing that I spotted while watching this episode of NHP here, quite a few of the famous guests (almost all of them) that appeared have since sadly passed away.
The set was not taken down every week, it was left standing. BBC Television Centre had the luxury of having one massive main studio and four large audience based studios, so Noel's House Party simply occupied one studio for the entire 22 weeks. From Series 4 they had moved into Studio TC1 and the only time they had to get out was for the weekend of Children in Need in November, when they moved into another studio.
@@neilogden I spoke with a production assistant who worked on the show and he told me that when they rebuilt the set for the 1994 to 1995 series, with the extra space neded for the "trip around the great house", he said the set was a permanent build, and considering BBC Television Centre had another four large audience based studios for entertainment shows to use, there was no issue with allocating House Party to fill a studio for 22 weeks.
One thing that I spotted while watching this episode of NHP here, quite a few of the
famous guests (almost all of them) that appeared have since sadly passed away.
Anyone else love the Grab a Grand theme?
It has to have been one of the most sophisticated ambitious sets of any TV show dismantled and rebuilt every week for 22 weeks!
The set was not taken down every week, it was left standing. BBC Television Centre had the luxury of having one massive main studio and four large audience based studios, so Noel's House Party simply occupied one studio for the entire 22 weeks. From Series 4 they had moved into Studio TC1 and the only time they had to get out was for the weekend of Children in Need in November, when they moved into another studio.
@@johnking5174 Not always. If the studio wasn't needed then it might have been but much of the time it was constructed each week on the Friday.
@@neilogden I spoke with a production assistant who worked on the show and he told me that when they rebuilt the set for the 1994 to 1995 series, with the extra space neded for the "trip around the great house", he said the set was a permanent build, and considering BBC Television Centre had another four large audience based studios for entertainment shows to use, there was no issue with allocating House Party to fill a studio for 22 weeks.
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Mr. Blobby looks like a gigantic pink jelly baby with chicken pox.
Back when Saturday night tv was trash but watchable..!