[SuperSajuuk]

Just seen the first and second episodes of Millionaire.

1) That prop phone in Phone A Friend only lasted one episode!

2) I'm assuming the £50 notes were fake?

3) ITV pretended the show was live at the time. This is before the Jonathan Ross scandal, after which TV programmes were a lot more careful about live vs pre recorded content.

4) When did Fastest Finger First switch to placing in order rather than just the one correct answer?

2. All the money was real and guarded by security throughout the time the money was visibly displayed. Once the visible cabinet of cash was removed, presumably less security was needed for that side of things.

3. Iirc the episode was recorded the evening before it was broadcast [it would generally take from 9am - 7pm to get everything prepared to record around 9pm or so, and an episode would probably take about an hour or more to record, due to all the pauses to put the hot seats in place, make sure contestants are ready to take to the hot seat, ad breaks etc]. i recall some special episodes were broadcast live (iirc the episode with Perry Poole was a live broadcast, or just a very clever pre-record “as live”), but obviously they were able to speed up some aspects by pre-placing the screens in the center and then eventually the hot seats, just tucked underneath.

4. The “put in order” FFF started from Series 2.