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Old 01-10-2016, 01:14
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Well, strictly speaking, the player doesn't "decide", as it's a random draw of one of two balls from a bag held by the independent adjudicator.
Well, I wouldn't know exactly how it's done. I've never been on the show. If what you're saying is correct, they pick a ball out of a bag, and if it says, "B", then when Bradley says, "You have chosen Set...", they have to say, "B". I thought they were allowed to pick whether they wanted Set A or Set B. I was not aware it was a random draw that had already been done off camera. It's certainly not made clear, in my opinion the way Bradley phrases it implies the team can choose if they want Set A or Set B.

Not that it makes any difference, of course, there would be no reason to favour A over B, or vice versa. Even if you did get the choice of A or B, you may as well toss a coin to determine which set you picked. In fact that would be the best way to do it, to avoid thoughts of, "Oh, if only we'd picked B..."
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Old 02-10-2016, 18:50
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Old 02-10-2016, 19:58
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Well, I wouldn't know exactly how it's done. I've never been on the show. If what you're saying is correct, they pick a ball out of a bag, and if it says, "B", then when Bradley says, "You have chosen Set...", they have to say, "B". I thought they were allowed to pick whether they wanted Set A or Set B. I was not aware it was a random draw that had already been done off camera. It's certainly not made clear, in my opinion the way Bradley phrases it implies the team can choose if they want Set A or Set B.

Not that it makes any difference, of course, there would be no reason to favour A over B, or vice versa. Even if you did get the choice of A or B, you may as well toss a coin to determine which set you picked. In fact that would be the best way to do it, to avoid thoughts of, "Oh, if only we'd picked B..."
I've been on the show, and yes, I was the one who picked the ball out of the bag. (Incidentally less open to "fixing" than tossing a coin.)

You may remember that in earlier series, Bradley never said how the final questions were chosen and the conspiracy theorists were always banging on about how the Chaser always got easier questions.

I actually emailed the producers afterwards suggesting it would be a good idea to make it clear that there were two fixed sets of questions and that it could go either way.

Soon after that, Bradley started saying it on the show, and I like to think it was because of my suggestion
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Old 02-10-2016, 20:41
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I've been on the show, and yes, I was the one who picked the ball out of the bag. (Incidentally less open to "fixing" than tossing a coin.)

You may remember that in earlier series, Bradley never said how the final questions were chosen and the conspiracy theorists were always banging on about how the Chaser always got easier questions.

I actually emailed the producers afterwards suggesting it would be a good idea to make it clear that there were two fixed sets of questions and that it could go either way.

Soon after that, Bradley started saying it on the show, and I like to think it was because of my suggestion
If you watch the US version on challenge, Brooke always mentions this.
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Old 03-10-2016, 10:43
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If you watch the US version on challenge, Brooke always mentions this.
Never seen it, but surely that was started up fairly recently, with Mark Labbett as the sole chaser?
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Old 03-10-2016, 13:06
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Seeing this more and more lately. Happened to me yesterday. I wasn't even in the TV Shows: UK section.
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Old 03-10-2016, 15:31
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Seeing this more and more lately. Happened to me yesterday. I wasn't even in the TV Shows: UK section.
Both of you befuddled.
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Old 03-10-2016, 17:01
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Seeing this more and more lately. Happened to me yesterday. I wasn't even in the TV Shows: UK section.
Glad I'm not the only one!
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Old 03-10-2016, 17:02
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Both of you befuddled.
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Old 03-10-2016, 17:04
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Old 03-10-2016, 17:14
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She probably caused the wall Street crash.
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Old 03-10-2016, 17:18
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Old 03-10-2016, 17:18
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Old 03-10-2016, 17:25
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Strictly speaking, Teddy Roosevelt was elected VP on the same ticket as McKinley. He became the youngest president ever on McKinley's assassination.
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Old 03-10-2016, 17:26
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Interesting that both the Chaser and the player said that two pounds sounded a lot for a television licence in 1946.

In fact an online inflation calculator gives £2 in 1946 as worth about £77 now, so only about half the cost of a current licence.

Having said that back then it was a black and white licence.

The current black and white licence is only £49.

In 2013 there were still about 13,000 people with B/W licences, even though since the analogue TV signal switch off, you will need some sort of set top box to watch anything on a black and white set.
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Old 03-10-2016, 17:29
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Interesting that both the Chaser and the player said that two pounds sounded a lot for a television licence in 1946.

In fact an online inflation calculator gives £2 in 1946 as worth about £77 now, so only about half the cost of a current licence.

Having said that back then it was a black and white licence.

The current black and white licence is only £49.

In 2013 there were still about 13,000 people with B/W licences, even though since the analogue TV signal switch off, you will need some sort of set top box to watch anything on them.

Did anyone have a TV in 1946? We didn't get ours until the coronation in 1953.

..........and if you live to be 75, you'll get it for free.
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Old 03-10-2016, 17:31
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Interesting that both the Chaser and the player said that two pounds sounded a lot for a television licence in 1946.

In fact an online inflation calculator gives £2 in 1946 as worth about £77 now, so only about half the cost of a current licence.

Having said that back then it was a black and white licence.

The current black and white licence is only £49.

In 2013 there were still about 13,000 people with B/W licences, even though since the analogue TV signal switch off, you will need some sort of set top box to watch anything on a black and white set.
Surely you're paying the licence for the receiver, not the viewing device so even if your telly's b&w, the Freeview box is a colour receiver.
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Old 03-10-2016, 17:35
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Old 03-10-2016, 17:37
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Surely you're paying the licence for the receiver, not the viewing device so even if your telly's b&w, the Freeview box is a colour receiver.
Apparently not, I looked into this, if you can show that you only watch your freeview box on a black and white set, you only need a B/W licence.

However if you have one of these fancy digiboxes that can record things, you do need a colour licence, presumably on the grounds that the programmes are being recorded in colour, so you could theoretically watch the programmes later on a colour set. Or something.
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Old 03-10-2016, 17:42
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Apparently not, I looked into this, if you can show that you only watch your freeview box on a black and white set, you only need a B/W licence.

However if you have one of these fancy digiboxes that can record things, you do need a colour licence, presumably on the grounds that the programmes are being recorded in colour, so you could theoretically watch the programmes later on a colour set. Or something.
And yet, oddly, if you're blind, you're charged £24.50 for a b&w licence and £72.75 for a coloured one.
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Old 03-10-2016, 17:44
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Anne sums it up there

"She's definitely going to make the final chase.....noisier"
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Old 03-10-2016, 17:47
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God I hope Anne wipes the smug grin off her face.
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Old 03-10-2016, 17:48
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Anne sums it up there

"She's definitely going to make the final chase.....noisier"
I can imagine her and her two friends on a night out and thinking they are the life and soul of the party and ruining everyone else's night
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Old 03-10-2016, 17:52
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And yet, oddly, if you're blind, you're charged £24.50 for a b&w licence and £72.75 for a coloured one.
Yes a bit odd. You get a 50% discount for being severely sight impaired. Being partially sighted is not sufficient. Although it also covers anyone that lives with you.
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Old 03-10-2016, 17:52
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