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Yeah it was documented at the time there was a dress rehearsal back up tape in case some disaster happened, so its not new knowledge. But they never had to use it as it all went well at the time (aside from a couple of camera issues and somebody fluffed their lines but the show must go on).

The blue place has about 17 pages of discussion leading up to, during and after the live episode of the time.

But this is the first time it’s actually surfaced, isn’t it? I certainly haven’t seen it before.

It’s surprisingly rough in places, for a final dress run. I also remember it being widely reported that Archie’s killer wouldn’t actually be confirmed until the night itself - that there were 6 or so potentials rehearsed and the actors and crew would only know moments before the reveal. I’m sure alternate scenarios were rehearsed early in the process - in fact, I’m sure one of the behind the scenes shows screened a few after the fact - but the extent to which they kept the secret was exaggerated (which I’d personally always suspected anyway) as the cast and crew clearly all knew at least by the time this was recorded