[gottago]

I wonder if the Read My Lips audience players last night were 'randomly' selected or applied/nominated before the show - the complication being the Place on the Plane prize...I imagine some employers may be less willing than others to allow a week and a bit of annual leave at short notice! (it will be interesting to see if they cover the logistics for the whole operation as part of the behind the scenes show as I imagine it is a lot of work!)

The production team will shortlist some audience ticket holders in the week before the show, ring them for a research chat then pick a number of the ones with the more bubbly personalities (they’re probably background checked too) and they’ll be the players, though they won’t know they’re playing till Ant and Dec call out their names. Same for Win The Ads and any other similar ‘surprise’ audience games.