[VMPhil]

I saw a comment on here that said Paddy fluffed one of his lines- why not just leave that in? Those unpredictable moments should be what makes Comic Relief great- it's all gone far too safe. For these best bits style programmes, which are filmed in a live style (despite them being pre-recorded) , what's the problem with leaving the bloopers in? it helps make the show more fun for a start- and also people stumble over their words in everyday life all the time, I really don't get why they'd cut them out of something like this. I could understand re-filming if it was a sketch or something, but the lines to introduce the videos surely don't warrant re-filming? If Paddy stumbled, leave the stumble and his correction in... what did he stumble over? Did he change the word "really" to "very" or something? Because that seems to be how fussy TV execs get nowadays- simply changing one word of a sentence to another word that means the exact same thing seems to be a no-no, because it's not *exactly* what's on the autocue.

Take 1 - he said "melding mask" instead of "welding mask".
Take 2 - he said it right but the audience cheered mockingly and he put two fingers up at them.
Take 3 - he said it right and no audience cheer.

They used take 2 on the broadcast - perhaps to do what you said and leave the blooper in?

Tell you what though, it's a good point that the presenters weren't really comedians, except for Joel Dommett but I can't say I think of him as a comedian first, more a TV presenter.