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The Channel 4 show, presented by Noel Edmonds, came under question when viewers spotted that one of the cash amounts vanish from the on-screen graphics board - before the box containing it had been opened. Edmonds regularly insists that only an "independent adjudicator" is aware of which figures are in the sealed red boxes.

The Sun reports that on last Friday's show, prior to the contestant's chosen box being opened, the £100,000 graphic disappeared - only to reappear seconds later. However, it vanished for a second time when it was revealed to be the amount in the chosen box.

"The whole point of the show is that no-one knows what is in the boxes," one viewer told the paper. "But by the look of this, it seems that the production team knows exactly what is in them before they are opened. Someone gave the game away by being a bit too quick off the mark with the graphics."

However, the show's producers blamed the slip-up as a "post-production error", claiming that the graphics had been added following filming of the episode.

A spokeswoman commented: "The on-screen money amounts are added after the show has been filmed as part of the post-production process.

"Occasionally, an error is made in the overlay and this is quite simply down to human error."

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It wouldn't surprise me if DOND's fixed, but the question is completely irrelevant in this instance.
It should be pretty obvious to anyone who's ever seen the show (and I've only ever watched it "in passing") that it's pre-recorded - not live. The graphics would therefore have been added "post-production", just as the programme-makers said.

As a general point: I tend not to pay any attention to Sun stories regarding TV programmes. Remember that The Sun is owned by the same company that owns Sky - a competitor - and is frequently little more than a propaganda sheet for it's broadcasting and business issues...
Eugene's Lair
Same here, me and my daughter sitting here cackling like witches when they lose all the big money first  , i used to quite like the show but since they started with all the nonsense when opening the boxes has put me off it, like having to kiss the person that has the 1p in their box  what if you know they have bad breath and don't want to kiss them
Aimee
I remeber that one Velvet, you just  knew she wasn't  going to win the big money, i would take the first offer and run
I don't know why i watch it cause some of the things they say make me want to throw something at the telly like i'll save number 12 as it's my dead dogs birthday, it's a bloody box you idiot
Aimee

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