Two contestants of the BBC’s National Lottery game show are fuming after being denied a £22,000 prize ($34,063), and have now blown the whistle regarding the broadcasters for trying to dupe viewers with a re-filming regarding the show.

Buddies Helen Griffiths and Rina Evans, who participated in a game show called ‘Break the Safe’ which aired as part regarding the weekly televised National Lottery draw, told the British press that the ending of the show had been secretly changed to reflect a different outcome, denying them a reward they state they would have won had the game been played properly the first time round.

‘Reality’ TV?

‘The episode is a fake,’ said 40-year-old Evans. ‘It’s complete deception for the viewer. It’s not one thing i would have expected from ever the BBC and people need to know the reality.’

The contestants whom took part within the show had been ordered maybe not to tell anyone of the re-recording, but not surprisingly, Griffiths and Evans had been not too happy about the change, so had been never likely to keep quiet about the occurrence that is unbeneficial.

‘We had no expectations of winning but exactly what we did expect ended up being play that is fair’ stated Griffiths, also aged 40. ‘Instead, they have actually managed to get look like this whole thing had been filmed on one day.’

Shortly after their return home from the original filming of the episode, the pair received a telephone call from producer Stuart Harrison asking them to fly back once again to Glasgow, Scotland, from Ammanford in Wales, in order to reshoot the ultimate stages of the knowledge that is general, because the producers felt the rules were unfair.

Participants that made it to your round that is final both originally required to hit a buzzer to beat a hidden timer on a safe containing the prize money. However, the makers of the show, upon reflection, came to your conclusion that this had been, in reality, impossible, and changed the rules so that only one player needed to strike the buzzer during the right moment.

Initially, the pair had walked away with nothing after losing out in the round that is final. However, under the brand new rules associated with show, they claim a prize would has been won by them of £22,000.

The re-filmed ending was then connected to the recording that is original make one complete show, with Griffiths and Evans losing out.

Recreating the Original

Including to the ‘reality’, Griffiths explained that the participants had been needed to also wear the same clothes while having their hair styled in exactly the way that is same order to avoid watchers catching on the trickery. ‘ The thing that is whole completely staged,’ she added.

‘The new rules meant we had won the time that is first so we thought they simply wanted to re-shoot the ultimate scene to exhibit that,’ said primary school teacher Griffiths. ‘Instead they made us perform some final round all once again.’

Griffiths contacted the BBC to express her discontent at the problem, and even requested that the BBC scrap the episode altogether. Nevertheless, any wrongdoing was denied by the BBC and stated that the gameshow had complied with all editorial tips.

‘This is totally not a deception of viewers or contestants. It was clear that the initial guideline ended up being unjust. We agreed with all the producers that a rule change was necessary and that finalists could, if they wished, replay the game that is final the new guideline,’ stated a spokeswoman for the BBC.