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all of this was in the sun on friday he worked as a actor in the past but gave it up . or so they say ......

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I loved the Russian poem last night - 'instructor' Val read the recipe for Toad in the Hole in Russian, supposedly an ode to his comrade cosmonauts :D

They have also been told they have an anti-gravity device on the shuttle as well :D

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I heard it mentionedby Jonny Vaughn last night that all of the muppets will attend trainging at a genuine russian space camp after the series comes to an end. So its not all bad news for these guys after all

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Does anyone know if those who have not made the flight been told yet about the hoax?

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I wouldn't have thought so unless they've already been removed from the camp. However, I was suprised that Charlie got picked as the actor to go on the mission. I'd have thought Raine would be a better choice. With Charlies notes in his book being torn out by the lecturer, he just acts a bit like a kid who has a secret, and doesn't seem to be helping the show too much.

But at least the idiotic actor/lecturer didn't give the complete game away with his "sorry I can't be at the party", "...when you go on your spacewalk" and "oh yeah, that was mostly filmed here" comments. Fool. I bet he doesn't get a lot of work now.

Can't wait to see tonights 'launch' though. I really hope they can pull it all together as that's really the one thing that will make or break the show.

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Ah yes but he was a set designer, not an actor, so why o why was he even giving the lecture :confused: Perhaps they've spent so much on props that they can't afford proper actors :dozey:

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It's pants.

Jonny vaughan is not funney and ruins it.

And the fact that it is totally unbelievable. Either these people fell out of the stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down or they are all in on it.

"we're going to send you into space, but your orbit willbe so low that you'll still have gravity........................." not one question, no one blinked an eye.

Surely one of THE main experiences of going into space is weightlessness, and if you weren't going to experience it you'd surely have to question the point of the whole thing??????

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well, I caught about five minutes of this last night, and my vote is with the 'stupid tree' option. And I think it was a very, very tall tree, with lots and lots of branches. :erm:

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Actually one wonders how they had the ability to even climb into the stupid tree in the first place - or maybe they thought they would be closer to space :p:

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Alarm bells started ringing after just a few minutes of watching this crap! An impossible stunt to pull, no matter how stupid they are. The hoax is on you the gullible viewer! :dunce: ;)

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Well I've watched a total of less than 15 minutes of it since it started, so it is difficult to judge. Certainly, I'll be glad if it is a big Christmas stunt aimed at conning the viewers - I have made very clear what I think about the idea of doing this to a bunch of genuine contestants.

A letter in this morning's Metro (Scotland edition) alleges that the contestant with the mad hair has been seen on a National Blood Transfusion service advert, which if true would suggest they are all in fact actors. We shall have to wait and see.

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That is an increasingly more likely possibility.

But... How are we being hoaxed?

You mean they really are in Russia training for space?
Or are we supposed to get satisfaction out of their stupidity only to find out they were all acting (badly) anyway?

I can't see what the 'twist' would be if the audience was the 'target'.

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See post #90.

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So, either you wrote in to Metro, or you're not the only one who thinks so!

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Some of them did look genuinely upset when they mentioned that. However, there are 3 gravity generators (invented just in time for the show) attached to the 'shuttle' in order to err, generate gravity.

Besides, once it's all over, they'll get to ride the vomit comet, which will give them weightlessness. That'd be one trip I'd really love to do!

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I think you can go on a flight in the mig that they used to hunt down u2's. That goes so far up you are almost in space but don't feel any weightlessness. With all the hype I guess it would be easy to belive it. And they have picked people that don't know a lot about space travel etc.

I'd be crap on there as I've been a space enthusiast all my life, seen a shuttle launch etc.