Caught in the Act

Shane Richie wrote sadly of this series in his 2003 autobiography "Rags To Richie". Believing he'd made a successful hit series, Shane was disappointed seeing on Points of View (1961) that, despite the high ratings, the show was regarded as being too low-class for the BBC:

"They interviewed Jim Moir, then Controller of BBC1, who reassured viewers that Caught in the Act wasn't very BBC. He said it was a show that they'd tried, but that they'd made a mistake. A mistake? I thought I was the future of the BBC, now I was being written off as a mistake! And what a way to find out. Sitting at home watching Points of View. I was gutted; I'd done everything they'd asked of me. I'd dressed the way they wanted, said the things they wanted me to say. I was quite happy to be their puppet. If they felt the show was cheap and tacky was it my fault?"

Featured in Points of View: Episode #25.1 (1992)