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10 November 2000 –

Spice Girls

17 November 2000 – ("Nasty" Nick Bateman, Anna Nolan, Craig Phillips, Melanie Hill)

Big Brother 1 contestants

24 November 2000 – and Dermot O'Leary

Davina McCall

1 December 2000 –

Sara Cox

8 December 2000 – and Huey Morgan

Donna Air

15 December 2000 – Davina McCall and Dermot O'Leary

22 December 2000 –

Elton John

The Open Mic Night special only featured the Open Mic performances in the repeat. Due to time restraints, none of the performances could be broadcast during the first broadcast and were later edited into the repeat (making the repeat 85 mins long instead of the usual 60). 's performance of "Livin' Thing" was also only broadcast during the repeat.

ELO

Freak or Unique – Every week, there would be five people waiting outside the studio, of whom three would be selected to show off a special if freakish talent (such as juicing an orange with their , or The Girl Who Cried Milk). A running gag throughout the run was the 'Incredibly Tall Old Lady' who would always be waiting outside the studio. She was never nominated (mainly because it was obviously an old woman standing on a box)

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Baby Left Baby Right: A small child was placed on a cushion and the guest was asked which way it might fall

Fat lookalikes – People who looked like fat versions of celebrities which was then followed in later series by Asian lookalikes

What Does the Fat Bloke Do? – An overweight man was invited on set and asked about his occupation, before dancing and leaving

Comment from the Cafe – Evans would rope in Cedric (the proprietor of a local eatery) to perform various embarrassing skits. Cedric became famous for his catchphrase "Hellooooooooo!" and wooden acting

Ugly Blokes – Unattractive gentlemen would have the opportunity to turn down the amorous advances of a 'gorgeous girl' (). A photo of footballer Peter Beardsley was shown during the 'Ugly Bloke' theme tune

Catalina Guirado

It's Your Letters – A wide assortment of viewers' letters (this was introduced by a burst of 's "Place Your Hands", re-recorded for the show with the words "It's Your Letters" replacing the original chorus of "Put your hands on").

Reef

Fishbowl Challenge: A goldfish in a bowl would have two toy bridges for company. Which would it swim under first?

Another running gag was directed at the show's producer, (aka Wicked Will of MTV's Most Wanted fame), where everyone in the bar would point their fingers, begin to swivel them and chant 'Wiiillll' very creepily

Will Macdonald

Will: Pub Genius – Will Macdonald would demonstrate a trick that could be performed using tools commonly found in a

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Wooden Bird with Purple Hair – Chris Evans would amuse the audience with a small nodding wooden woodpecker (with purple hair), that slid down a pole whilst an accompanying song was played.

The Lord of Love – The veteran actor dressed in a quilted smoking jacket would recite love poems to girls in the audience.

Ronald Fraser

Wurthers – The shows man. He became a frequent star of the show alongside Chris, during the last series of the show in which he was the host. At the start of every show, they would both engage in telling a joke working alongside each other, with Wurthers finishing the joke with "I'm only joking of course!", with Chris then replying "He's only joking of course!". This became a frequent running gag before eventually fading out, with this being replaced with Chris sending Wurthers out on a task. The first and most memorable of these was sending him outside to look for a mini driver, while it was raining. Near the end of the show, he found one and told her to say hello to the actor Minnie Driver, by waving at the camera who was at the same time being interviewed on the show with David Duchovny. The segment was originally a one-off, before being made a regular feature on the show.

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Show Us Your Face Then – someone in a football outfit is introduced to the audience and invited to show them their real face.

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Sink or Swim – The studio audience (and viewers) were invited to speculate as to whether a chosen animal (e.g. a mouse or a snake) would sink or swim in a fish tank. To gasps of concern from the audience, the mouse turned out to be a good swimmer.

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