Yeah I was just going to ask what happens in the 3 hours between arriving and transmission?
Tips for visiting Elstree/Strictly audience
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Originally Posted by deivu74:
“Yeah I was just going to ask what happens in the 3 hours between arriving and transmission?”
“Yeah I was just going to ask what happens in the 3 hours between arriving and transmission?”
When you arrive at 14:45, you are let into the holding area about 3pm. Then we didn't actually get into the studio until about 16:15. The pro dance isn't recorded until 17:30.
Usually they record the Sunday night results show music act before the live show. And if there is any pro dance for a "themed" show - this is of course filmed ahead (probably at least twice) and edited in to the "LIVE' show.
From experience it takes about an hour to fill the studio with the audience (public and VIPs).
The time goes quickly.
From experience it takes about an hour to fill the studio with the audience (public and VIPs).
The time goes quickly.
A mate has tickets she can't use 
which she's offered to me 
I've heard that in recent years they don't do Id checks. Can anyone who's been this year confirm that, as I'd hate to pitch up at 4 am only to be told 5 hours later that I can't get in 
which she's offered to me I've heard that in recent years they don't do Id checks. Can anyone who's been this year confirm that, as I'd hate to pitch up at 4 am only to be told 5 hours later that I can't get in
Originally Posted by shoesieq:
“A mate has tickets she can't use which she's offered to me I've heard that in recent years they don't do Id checks. Can anyone who's been this year confirm that, as I'd hate to pitch up at 4 am only to be told 5 hours later that I can't get in ”
“A mate has tickets she can't use
which she's offered to me I've heard that in recent years they don't do Id checks. Can anyone who's been this year confirm that, as I'd hate to pitch up at 4 am only to be told 5 hours later that I can't get in ”
I wasn't asked for ID, and I went last month.
Originally Posted by shoesieq:
“A mate has tickets she can't use which she's offered to me I've heard that in recent years they don't do Id checks. Can anyone who's been this year confirm that, as I'd hate to pitch up at 4 am only to be told 5 hours later that I can't get in ”
“A mate has tickets she can't use
which she's offered to me I've heard that in recent years they don't do Id checks. Can anyone who's been this year confirm that, as I'd hate to pitch up at 4 am only to be told 5 hours later that I can't get in ”
Have sent you a pm.
Originally Posted by shoesieq:
“A mate has tickets she can't use which she's offered to me I've heard that in recent years they don't do Id checks. Can anyone who's been this year confirm that, as I'd hate to pitch up at 4 am only to be told 5 hours later that I can't get in ”
“A mate has tickets she can't use
which she's offered to me I've heard that in recent years they don't do Id checks. Can anyone who's been this year confirm that, as I'd hate to pitch up at 4 am only to be told 5 hours later that I can't get in ”
When I went in September, I wasn't asked for ID. It might be worth calling the ticket line to get official confirmation that you can use the tickets.
Originally Posted by londongirlGre:
“When I went in September, I wasn't asked for ID. It might be worth calling the ticket line to get official confirmation that you can use the tickets.”
“When I went in September, I wasn't asked for ID. It might be worth calling the ticket line to get official confirmation that you can use the tickets.”
Karen was there only last week. I doubt things have changed.
Originally Posted by Monaogg:
“Karen was there only last week. I doubt things have changed.”
“Karen was there only last week. I doubt things have changed.”
I didn't see her post. Also there's no harm in getting official confirmation, just incase they suddenly decide to start IDing people.
Originally Posted by londongirlGre:
“I didn't see her post. Also there's no harm in getting official confirmation, just incase they suddenly decide to start IDing people.”
“I didn't see her post. Also there's no harm in getting official confirmation, just incase they suddenly decide to start IDing people.”
I work in the principal you don't poke the sleeping bear.
Originally Posted by deivu74:
“Yeah I was just going to ask what happens in the 3 hours between arriving and transmission?”
“Yeah I was just going to ask what happens in the 3 hours between arriving and transmission?”
Go shopping have lunch/dinner and get changed into your glam stuff in the restaurant bathrooms! 😂
That's what I did- sweats and uggs for the 3am queueing.
Originally Posted by An Thropologist:
“Your dissapproval of the BBC, in seemingly every aspect, is so strong that it beats me why you continue to watch their material. Surely there are other broadcasters you could watch that don't provoke your ire so much.
The size of the audience will be governed by all sorts of factors, which when looked at through jaded eyes may seem to be "what's most convenient for them", but are in fact just simple logisitcal constraints.
The studio is the size it is. The primary factor in the selection of the studio will be to do with the needs of making the desired TV programme. The BBC are primarily programme makers not theatre producers. There will be a maximium number of people that can fit into a given space alongside all the stuff and staff that are needed to be there.
If you stop for a moment and just think through the complexity of such a live show and the facilities that all need to be in the studio space: cameras, lighting equipment, sound equipment, a band!, props for now , later and that have been finished with, in studio communications and people galore. Then you add in an audience. One of the constraints will be health and safety. How many people can be safely contained in a space and just as important how many can you get out safely in the event of a disaster.
The TV audience are in effect another prop. That's why you don't pay for tickets. (In theory you should have to produce a television licence to get a ticket) You go as a participant not as a customer. The audience are there to provide ambience. The BBC are not in the business of putting on in-situ public performances. If people want to see dance shows there are plenty of them to go to, thanks largely to SCD, it has to be said.
The BBC have in the past tried to increase the availibility of tickets so that more of their customers (licence payers) can go to an SCD show. That's what Wembly week was about. The trouble is it didn't really work for the show and for TV.
Oh and by the way being a BBC executive does not guarantee you tickets to popular shows. My best friend has been a BBC executive for 18 years and has tried throughout the history of SCD to get tickets. Not a sniff.”
“Your dissapproval of the BBC, in seemingly every aspect, is so strong that it beats me why you continue to watch their material. Surely there are other broadcasters you could watch that don't provoke your ire so much.
The size of the audience will be governed by all sorts of factors, which when looked at through jaded eyes may seem to be "what's most convenient for them", but are in fact just simple logisitcal constraints.
The studio is the size it is. The primary factor in the selection of the studio will be to do with the needs of making the desired TV programme. The BBC are primarily programme makers not theatre producers. There will be a maximium number of people that can fit into a given space alongside all the stuff and staff that are needed to be there.
If you stop for a moment and just think through the complexity of such a live show and the facilities that all need to be in the studio space: cameras, lighting equipment, sound equipment, a band!, props for now , later and that have been finished with, in studio communications and people galore. Then you add in an audience. One of the constraints will be health and safety. How many people can be safely contained in a space and just as important how many can you get out safely in the event of a disaster.
The TV audience are in effect another prop. That's why you don't pay for tickets. (In theory you should have to produce a television licence to get a ticket) You go as a participant not as a customer. The audience are there to provide ambience. The BBC are not in the business of putting on in-situ public performances. If people want to see dance shows there are plenty of them to go to, thanks largely to SCD, it has to be said.
The BBC have in the past tried to increase the availibility of tickets so that more of their customers (licence payers) can go to an SCD show. That's what Wembly week was about. The trouble is it didn't really work for the show and for TV.
Oh and by the way being a BBC executive does not guarantee you tickets to popular shows. My best friend has been a BBC executive for 18 years and has tried throughout the history of SCD to get tickets. Not a sniff.”
Sorry, I've only just noticed your long post.
Firstly it amuses me that you seem obsessed with my comments about the BBC, conveniently only remembering the critical ones, when conversely, I can't think of anything about yours that was obviously worth remembering. I hope that doesn't upset you.
Why is it people like you have to get "personal" in response to a general comment that wasn't directed at them in the first place? Does an opinion contrary to your own threaten you so much? It seems a bit of a juvenile tactic.
As for my comment about the "oversubscribing," in your rush to judgement and wanting to impress people by getting "all technical," you totally missed the point, which was if they didn't oversubscribed so much, then in the unlikely event if there wasn't the maximum capacity on the day, a few chairs removed at the back of the several rows of seating wouldn't be noticed in the dark. From what I've read on here the show is very much oversubscribed.
So as I said the BBC do what they like
Your friend at the BBC obviously doesn't know the right people. Kara Tointon made the point on Strictly that before she was invited to go on the show, the previous year she went pretty much every week.
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