"It began as a small Channel 4 show that the narrator, Dave Lamb, thought would be snuck out in the daytime and no one would ever see it."
"One of the reasons for its popularity, Hainault said, is families can watch it together, but also because it's one of very few shows that celebrates people in their own homes [plus] fundamentally people are interested in people."
"It's a really diverse representation of the people of Britain not only does it travel around the country, but you get a lot of different types of people within it and they sit very naturally alongside each other."
The programme started as a small Channel 4 show that its narrator expected few to see. The format pits five strangers against each other in home dinner parties where contestants rate cooking and the evening. The series has expanded globally, reached 20 years, spawned spin-offs for teenagers and a French-speaking North African edition, and delivered more than 20,000 episodes and 60,000 courses. Contestants have served everything from sausage trifle to grasshopper cheesecake while the show recorded changes in social behaviour, culinary ambitions and interior design. The series remains popular for family viewing and celebrating people in their own homes.
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