I didn’t expect that I’d be writing my blog from home today! It was a relatively easy drive from DOI last night but when my phone rang this morning and I looked out of the bedroom window I knew I was done for! Tony (who drives me everywhere and is brilliant!) called to say that he couldn’t get out of London. It also quickly became apparent that we were marooned on our hill - that was it, the game was up. After about 10 minutes of being riddled with guilt and also sad that I’d miss Fern’s first day back after her holiday, I thought “To hell with it, all 4 of us are stuck, like many others in the UK today, so let’s make the most of it.†We’ve built our snowman, I’ve got all my ski gear from the wardrobe and I’ve made a snow angel! King of comedy Bernard Cribbins saw my feeble phone apology on This Morning and phoned me to give me a hard time, however it wasn’t long before he was giving me sledging advice! So this afternoon we’ll give it a go.
I have some Dancing on Ice gossip for you! Back to Todd’s brilliant moment last week, it has emerged that his partner Suzy didn’t even realise that he’d gone! She thought that the audience was laughing because of a wardrobe malfunction that she was un-aware of. She was very relieved to discover that nothing was hanging out and it was only her partner leaving the rink in a flailing heap that was bringing the house down.
Back to this week, we were very worried about Michael’s partner Melanie and her very nasty fall. I was in the VT suite watching the week’s stories when the cry went up: “Mel’s had a very nasty fall”. Nobody in the building likes to hear that and injuries are a constant threat and something we all dread. Mel took a very nasty knock to the chest and knee, and for about an hour, it was touch and go as to whether she’d make the show. Thankfully she’s really tough and when Sharon the miracle Physio patched her up, she bravely got back on to the ice and promptly got booted out! It’s a great show, but it can be cruel.
One other snippet that no-one knows. Our engineers were really worried about Donal’s costume. They were concerned that it was too sparkly and would “suck in all the bandwidth” (techies will know what that means I’m sure… not sure I do though!). However Katie, our boss, said to me in the script meeting that it was the first time ever, on the sparkliest show in the world that she’d been told we’d got too many sequins. The brave step was taken to allow the suit to be worn and I’m pleased to report that the bandwidth remained intact and none of us disappeared up our own ice-hole!!
Have a great day… and stay warm!
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