HAVE you ever wondered where television audiences come from and why programmes need them?

The answer is, they are actually people just like you and me and they are important to quiz and game shows, which need the atmosphere a live audience provides.

Among the popular audience shows recorded at BBC Birmingham are All Over The Shop, Call My Bluff and Anything You Can Cook...

If you want to be involved in the magic of television and would like to organise a group to come along to the studios, apply by sending me an SAE.

And the best part of all is - the tickets are free!

GILL THOMPSON, Audience Co-Ordinator, Room G07, BBC, Pebble Mill Road, Birmingham. B5 7QQ.

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