Caught in the Act
(Again, this is assuming that every episode aired. These days, of course, a show like this would be pulled after three or four eps, and the remainder burned off or locked away permanently in a vault...) |
(I'm going to assume, too, that David B wasn't lying here. Of course, most people only had four channels in '92 - and the only real competition was Gardeners' World and the sitcom Second Thoughts) |
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THE AFTERMATH: Caught In The Act was one of a series of ropey light entertainment shows a demoralised BBC Variety department were churning out in the early nineties, alongside Tarby's dating pilot Old Flames (which suffered the indignity of the BBC announcing "on reflection, it is not a programme the BBC1 controller feels he would be proud to have on his channel"), Bobby Davro's archaic Rock With Laughter and Marti Caine's final awful shows Joker In The Pack and Your Best Shot. This sort of thing could never last in the Birt-era BBC and the Corporation decided this type of show was best left to ITV, with only Big Break managing to cling on for a few more years. Meanwhile Shane Richie went off to do Run The Risk and, a few years later, quit the Beeb complaining that they were only giving him kids' shows. Caught In The Act did live on, though, as some of the clips were recycled on a couple of Beeb clip shows in the following few years, with those telltale sound effects giving the game away. | THE AFTERMATH: Caught In The Act was one of a series of ropey light entertainment shows a demoralised BBC Variety department were churning out in the early nineties, alongside Tarby's dating pilot Old Flames (which suffered the indignity of the BBC announcing "on reflection, it is not a programme the BBC1 controller feels he would be proud to have on his channel"), Bobby Davro's archaic Rock With Laughter and Marti Caine's final awful shows Joker In The Pack and Your Best Shot. This sort of thing could never last in the Birt-era BBC and the Corporation decided this type of show was best left to ITV, with only Big Break managing to cling on for a few more years. Meanwhile Shane Richie went off to do Run The Risk and, a few years later, quit the Beeb complaining that they were only giving him kids' shows. Caught In The Act did live on, though, as some of the clips were recycled on a couple of Beeb clip shows in the following few years, with those telltale sound effects giving the game away. | ||
| - | THE VERDICT: Shit from start to finish, Caught In The Act could well be the worst programme we've covered in this feature, being a shameless and appallingly produced rip-off of a format that the Beeb shouldn't have been going anywhere near in the first place. It serves as a stark reminder of just how poor the BBC's light entertainment output was in the early nineties, and its axing is perhaps the only thing we should thank John Birt for | + | THE VERDICT: Shit from start to finish, Caught In The Act could well be the worst programme we've covered in this feature, being a shameless and appallingly produced rip-off of a format that the Beeb shouldn't have been going anywhere near in the first place. It serves as a stark reminder of just how poor the BBC's light entertainment output was in the early nineties, and its axing is perhaps the only thing we should thank John Birt for. |
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| - | Despite being critically mauled, it maintained its Friday 8:30pm slot throughout its run. | + | Despite being critically mauled, it maintained its Friday 8:30pm slot throughout its run. And ten million people watched every episode! Truly, another age. |
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Revision as of 00:42, 10 March 2025
Synopsis
The BBC's "me-too!" answer to ITV's vastly successful You've Been Framed!, this never really took off.
People sent in their home videos, people representing nine of the videos faced off in three semi-finals of sorts with the audience voting on their favourite. They then, we think, voted on an ultimate winner from the three heats with a prize going to the winner.
Particularly noted for its highly irritating use of comedy sound effects.
Inventor
Names have been removed to protect the guilty.
Trivia
Despite being critically mauled, it maintained its Friday 8:30pm slot throughout its run. And ten million people watched every episode! Truly, another age.
Videos
Here's a full episode that you'd rather forget than remember.
