Tonight Celebrity Gogglebox will return with a new host of famous faces, including Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling and Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash.
As the coronavirus lockdown continues, Gogglebox is more relevant than ever.
It’s a show about families staying at home on the sofa, watching TV and discussing it – which is what many families across the country are doing.
Celebrity Gogglebox kicks off on Friday, June 5 at 9pm, and there will be seven episodes in total.
But with social distancing still in place, how are they able to keep filming the Channel 4 show during lockdown? Here we take a closer look.
How is Celebrity Gogglebox filmed during lockdown?
Joe Swash and Stacey Solomon will appear on Celebrity Gogglebox (Image: Studio Lambert)
In line with health and safety concerns due to the coronavirus pandemic, Studio Lambert has changed the way it’s filmed.
Normally there would be a crew in another room in the house operating the cameras.
But due to the lockdown measures, households can no longer invite the camera crew in.
Instead, the families have been given stationary cameras they can switch on themselves.
Harry Redknapp and his wife Sandra (Image: Studio Lambert)
Ian Katz, Channel 4’s director of programming, explained how the crew sit in vans located outside the homes to operate the camera.
To limit all necessary contact between the stars and crew, toilet facilities have also been installed outside contributor’s homes.
Mr Katz said: “It quite quickly became a battle to keep key productions up and running.”
Nick Grimshaw and his niece Liv (Image: Studio Lambert)
He continued: “And one of the things I’m so proud of is the way we were able to identify key productions for us and keep them on air.
“One of the real miracles has been the way Gogglebox has stayed on air.”
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Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
