7.The producers of First Dates don't purposely mismatch people. They try to pick people who will get along.
8.Jeremy Clarkson was nearly decapitated while presenting Robot Wars when a rotating blade from a competing robot flew towards him at more than 200 mph, narrowly missing his head by less than two inches.
9.After an incredibly long day of filming with an hour's wait in-between each course, contestants of Come Dine With Me don't get to leave until around 3am.
10.If you are not selected on Dinner Date, you get a microwave meal regardless of whether you own a microwave or not.
11.Bradley Walsh, host of The Chase, sees the show's questions for the first time when the contestants do.
12.The first winning University Challenge team to ever have been stripped of their title was Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 2009.
13.There is an unlimited supply of tampons and Love Island branded condoms on the island.
14.The meals produced by the contestants on Masterchef UK are usually cold by the time John Torode and Gregg Wallace come to sample them.
15.Each dance on Strictly Come Dancing lasts for 90 seconds, and the dancers train for between four and eight hours a day.
17.David Tennant, who played the tenth doctor in Doctor Who, wrote a school essay when he was 13 called "Intergalactic Overdose" in which he was "convinced" he was "going to play the part of the Doctor on TV".
18.British celebrities who have competed in the UK's regional finals for Eurovision, but were not chosen to represent the UK include: Katie Price, Kym Marsh, Big Brovas, and Andy Scott-Lee.
19.And Ian Beale, played by the iconic Adam Woodyatt, is the last remaining original cast member on Eastenders.
