I have to admit that I don't know why some of the things mentioned in this thread were missed out of the programme and I will take it up with the team behind it when we debrief in the near future. There is no denying that it was a great programme in terms of quality and content but there is always room for improvement. No conspiracy theory about prize money though - all the info is available in the regulations, so it is already in the public domain.

Colin - this thing about 30 day contracts you keep mentioning, you have totally wrong. If we agree to pay an appearance fee we have to have an agreement as to what each party will do and/or be responsible for. Nothing sinister about that, and pretty much the same as we would look to procure any other service.

The point in the contracts you are referring to means that both the contracted and the DTL agree not to make unjustified statements about each other. Either may of course make justified statements if they can justify them!!!

Also, this has nothing to do with the ACU or ACUE, so again, you are incorrect.

Best wishes

Paul