When Les speaks to Frank Thornton in the first game, he gives viewers a rare chance to see the front of his question card. Whereas other glimpses of the card have left it ambiguous as to whether they're written or printed, here it's clear that the question is hand-written.
Sandra Dickinson is pregnant during the episode, meaning that it could arguably be regarded as one of the first television appearances of Georgia Tennant.
There's an uncomfortable moment where contestant Jimmy Valentine claims to have a ferret, before bringing out a puppet. Valentine makes the "ferret" move as if trying to crawl up his fellow contestant's skirt, an act which is met with almost total silence by the studio audience.
After a pause, Les Dawson addresses the camera, saying "now I'll tell you what 'appened, before the show they said 'he's got a ferret'. And they said 'he'll steal the show with it'..... wrong." Later Les jokes that Jimmy has brought "misery" to the programme.
After a pause, Les Dawson addresses the camera, saying "now I'll tell you what 'appened, before the show they said 'he's got a ferret'. And they said 'he'll steal the show with it'..... wrong." Later Les jokes that Jimmy has brought "misery" to the programme.
Tenth in the BBC-only chart with 10.25 million viewers.
With the eighth series cut short due to Les Dawson being admitted to hospital, this edition was repeated on April 2nd 1985 as a schedule filler. Its second airing saw it rank 49th in the national chart, with 8.59 million viewers.