A male contestant stated that at the time he was preparing to appear on the original series in the 90s, his girlfriend informed him that she was bringing their relationship to an end.
A modest number of contestants from the original 1988-2003 series appeared on the show and mentioned the fact, but host Toksvig never identified the ones that were successful/series winning ones.
Major/successful contestants who re-appeared from the original Channel 4 series included Jim Cook, Sheri Evans, David Good, Isabelle Heward & Barbara Thompson.
2018 champion Ryland Morgan posted the highest ever score of the (remake) series with 353. This was 80 points away from Bill McKaig's unbeatable record score in 1999. Bob Haigh also scored an impressive 292.
The 1st series in 2014 was filmed in Elstree Studios, London but the remainder were produced in Glasgow.