Classic TV moment

[Apollo]

Taking a tea break from the growing pile of junk called my car, I flicked through the channels and caught a little gem on CH5's No Girls Allowed this morning.

The two presenters had just decided that the homework book was to be blown up in The Box of Doom, and collected it from one of three kids standing beside The Box with their offerings for The Box.

After placing the book inside The Box, the presenters duly began to make their way to a place of safety, away from the impending explosion. At least they were until one of them realised they were on their own, and the three kids were still standing beside The Box, oops

And then The Box didn't blow up on cue, but it did eventually.

They clearly come from families that NEED the government safety leaflet.

My philosophy:

[Fake Plastic Steve]

i thought (hoped) that this was gonna be about the episode of blue peter where the elephant came into the studio and pee'd all over the floor....and then the presenter fell on the pee....and got pee all over him



WARNING:the last two comments may or may not be true

[Gazzathecoigne]

Or when Del Boy trys to lean on the bar in 'Only Fools & Horses', but the hatch is up and he falls right through.

[martin]

After placing the book inside The Box, the presenters duly began to make their way to a place of safety, away from the impending explosion. At least they were until one of them realised they were on their own, and the three kids were still standing beside The Box, oops

Having been through a rather long and mostly boring BBC Health and Safety course, I can't quite see how they'd let that kind of thing happen in a studio these days. Not with the amount of suits whining about risk assessment..
They did, however, show us a clip of Anthea Turner nearly getting blown up by some pyrotechnics.

[turbozutek]

They did, however, show us a clip of Anthea Turner nearly getting blown up by some pyrotechnics.

Nearly ?

Damn.

Chris...

[Apollo]

Having been through a rather long and mostly boring BBC Health and Safety course, I can't quite see how they'd let that kind of thing happen in a studio these days.

I did say CH5, they've still to catch up with the Beeb.

No Girls Allowed also takes place largely on an outdoor set too, so makes bangs easier to deal with than a studio.

Kind of irritating programme, lots of 'cool' presentation (i.e. tossers) getting in the road of some good stuff like rally cars vs quad bikes, Lamborghini vs tank. Well I like those bits anyway.

[Reverend Scapegoat]

I have that Anthea turner clip.
It rocks. she's sitting on the back of a truck, and a stune bike comes roaring out of it, and past her. The pyro around the exit from the truck as the bike jumps out knocks her flying, and sets her on fire.
Woo!

[Apollo]

The Anthea clip's gone off my list since I found out she really was quite badly burned and injured in that incident.

Having said that, she has been resurrected as an interior designer, and that is verging on the unforgivable.

[Reverend Scapegoat]

Where did you hear that she was injured?
I was told that her hair was scorched, but aside from that she was fine.

[Apollo]

It was on one of those 'Shouldn't happen to....' progs the other night.

She described her face as a squashed or burst tomato when they let her see it, and one or both of of her hand hands and forearms had to be given the 'plastic bag' treatment for weeks afterwards to get the burns to heal, so they must've been pretty nasty.

First I'd heard of it, but when you watch the slow playback you can see how bad it was. Seems she was supposed to be off the tail of the truck before the stunt went, but bad communication meant the sequence went to pot and the bike and band went before she moved.

[Ronnie]

lots of 'cool' presentation (i.e. tossers)

Made me laugh out loud. Thanks.

[JayKay]

Anthea Turner...bloody whining luvvy. Firefighters get this kind of stuff all the time and do you hear them crying for sympathy...

[turbozutek]

Anthea Turnoff ???

Not with someone else's !

Her sister, mind you...

Chris...