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Gogglebox star reveals how hit Channel 4 show is filmed in behind-the-scenes glimpse
A GOGGLEBOX star has revealed how the Channel 4 show is actually filmed, giving us a sneak peek behind the scenes.
The popular TV show is a fly-on-the-wall programme that follows people watching the TV and records their reactions.
The show also has a celebrity version which has taken us into the front room of various famous faces.
While it all looks natural, in fact, it takes quite a lot of behind-the-scenes work and setting up.
After being selected for the show, Mel Owen from Wales, revealed that softbox lights are placed over the TV and directed at the sofa.
She and her housemate, Mirain Iwerydd, were filmed sharing their opinions on programmes.
However, fans were shocked to learn that they weren’t watching their own TV.
In fact a smaller TV was provided for watching the shows, placed in front of her own screen and next to a camera.
“This was to ensure that everyone’s eye lines were in sync,” Mel shared after a curious fan asked on TikTok: “So they don’t watch it on their TVs? What?”
Another viewer asked: “Do the people who set it up stay while you watch the programmes?” before asking about the show options.
She answered: “They’re in another room, so it’s not too intense. The team choose what we watch so that everyone is reacting to the same shows.”
Recently, fans tuned into the Celebrity version to find it was a ‘repeat’ of a previously broadcast episode.
The episode included TV fashionista Gok Wan, Fearne Cotton and Martin and Roman Kemp.
But it turned out that Celebrity Gogglebox bosses had compiled the last series’ best bits into a compilation episode.
One seething fan wrote: “Really getting f****d off with the TV recently! EVERYTHING seems to be repeats! Got settled to watch Celeb Gogglebox thinking it was a new series, or a Christmas special! Oh how wrong am I! YET AGAIN ANOTHER REPEAT!”
A second fumed: “A Christmas compilation episode on the last Friday before Christmas is very disappointing.”
Gogglebox airs on Channel 4 and is available online now.
Princess of Wales records a special message of hope reflecting on one of the hardest years of her life
PRINCESS Kate has recorded a special message reflecting on one of the hardest years of her life – asking the public to focus on “the things that connect us all”.
The Princess of Wales, 42, will give the uplifting monologue of hope at the start of her Together at Christmas carol service, which was this year boosted by the help of Lady Gabriella Kingston.
Kate offered an advisory role on musical choices to Lady Gabriella, 43, ten months after her financier husband Thomas Kingston’s tragic suicide in February.
Lady Gabriella, the daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, has written and released eight of her own jazz-inspired tracks since 2020 under the name Ella Windsor – and even sang at her own wedding reception.
A friend of Lady Gabriella’s told The Sun on Sunday: “She was very touched and grateful to the Princess to be asked to contribute to her very special concert, and she felt honoured to do so.”
It comes as Kate used her speech, which airs on ITV on Christmas Eve, to ask viewers to “reflect” on how they can give the gift of love to others.
At the start of the service, she says: “Christmas is one of my favourite times of the year, it is a time for presents, tinsel and mince pies, but it’s also a time to slow down and reflect on the deeper things that connect us all.”
And the Princess adds: “It is love which is the greatest gift we can receive, not just at Christmas, but every day of our lives.”
The concert was filmed at Westminster Abbey on December 6 with Kate’s husband Prince William, 42, and kids Prince George 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, six, watching from the front row.
It will feature performances from singers Paloma Faith, Olivia Dean and Gregory Porter.
The televised service features three handpicked films made by community groups on the themes of love, empathy and kindness.