I finally saw Mock the Week being recorded, which was ace. I will post specific experiences of the show on Friday once it's been broadcast so I don't reveal spoilers and also know what wasn't shown so I can reveal exclusives. So instead I will write about being an audience member generally and what it involves.
The first thing that being an audience member of a TV recording is waiting. For the most part, your place in the audience isn't guaranteed even if you have got a ticket so you have to get there early to get in. Then you have to wait when you're in for the studio to be ready. When you're in the studio there is yet more waiting for the seats to be filled, the stars to be ready and technical stuff to be sorted. And even at the end there may be other things to be done. You need a lot of patience, although it will be worth it.
There is a warm up to get the crowd ready for the show. I have been lucky that the 4 shows I have attended that the warm up artists have been funny and good at getting the audience in the mood.
The recording itself takes a lot of time. For a half an hour show, there will be nearly 2 hours of filming. This is because of retakes, extra recording bits and bobs to allow rearranging of parts of the programme and also ads for the show.
There is a lot of clapping and laughing, a bit may be forced as you may be asked to laugh at something you have already laughed at. Your hands may hurt!
It is a lot of fun and cool to know stuff that the TV viewer won't know.
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