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The first episode placed Chris and Josh on stools on either side of the [https://ystv.co.uk/docswiki/index.php/Panasonic_Plasma_Screen plasma], which was used to display the Bargain Mad logo and VT's of the products being rotated on a table. New products were brought on to set by the Floor Manager for live demonstrations. Numerous puns were made along the theme of bargains ("bargain mad", "bargain up the wrong tree", etc.).
The first episode placed Chris and Josh on stools on either side of the [https://ystv.co.uk/docswiki/index.php/Panasonic_Plasma_Screen plasma], which was used to display the Bargain Mad logo and VT's of the products being rotated on a table. New products were brought on to set by the Floor Manager for live demonstrations. Numerous puns were made along the theme of bargains ("bargain mad", "bargain up the wrong tree", etc.).


===Products===
===Products===
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** Memorable quote: "Falklands fear: a Labour handover" "Well, I think we all know how that turned out, don't we?" "Well no - I haven't read this yet."
** Memorable quote: "Falklands fear: a Labour handover" "Well, I think we all know how that turned out, don't we?" "Well no - I haven't read this yet."


* 10 copies of the script to [[Checkmate]]
* 10 copies of the script to [[Checkmate]] ("Limited edition word recording for chess-based drama")
** Hashtag: #CHEMISTRY
** Hashtag: #CHEMISTRY
** Initial price: £8.00 each
** Initial price: £8.00 each
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A running joke around the period in which the show was broadcast was Lucy's supposed crush on Kallum Taylor. A week later, she would perform a musical tribute to the "Special K" to the tune of Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus) during the final live Freshers week show.
A running joke around the period in which the show was broadcast was Lucy's supposed crush on Kallum Taylor. A week later, she would perform a musical tribute to the "Special K" to the tune of Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus) during the final live Freshers week show.


===Reception===
===Reception===


Despite having a relatively small live audience (broadcast in week 0, [[Summer Camp]], before most of the new freshers arrived) the episode was well received. The chair of ComedySoc commented on Facebook: "This is incorporating my favourite thing about TV shopping channels, the desperation to keep talking no matter what." On the episode's on-demand page of the website, one [[Helen Hobin|anonymous viewer]] called the presenters "the next Mochrie and Stiles", branding the show "a triumph".
Despite having a relatively small live audience (broadcast in week 0, [[Summer Camp]], before most of the new freshers arrived) the episode was well received. The chair of ComedySoc commented on Facebook: "This is incorporating my favourite thing about TV shopping channels, the desperation to keep talking no matter what." On the episode's on-demand page of the website, one [[Helen Hobin|anonymous viewer]] called the presenters "the next Mochrie and Stiles", branding the show "a triumph".
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