Gogglebox - how come they can visit family/friends?!

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Random thought, just sat watching last nights gogglebox - how come they’re still allowed to visit each other’s houses (those who don’t live together on the show) yet everyone is supposed to be in lockdown and not mixing outside their own household??

@Minesacider I hate myself on the rare occasion I laugh at Stephen. He can be funny but he comes across as not a very nice person.

Has anyone watched the Australian version? It was being shown on Ch4 a few months ago and I caught a couple of the L early series. I really got into it and was surprised how much affection I ended up feeling toward some of the families, similar to with the UK cast.

They have Birmingham accents MrsCastiel

Oh bloody hell, of course they do!

My brain is clearly frazzled with being stuck indoors with only a 7yo and a unsociable 16yo for company 😂

Birmingham! Sorry. Pretty sure they’re mother/daughter though? Anyway they’re dull.

Yep. Brummies.

I was a bit worried about Mary last night, she seems so emotional and tearful all the time.

I agree Lee can be horrible to Jenny but I think they do really care about each other.

My favourite part of the Malones is Dave the dog, he cracks me up every time he's on screen!!

Dave was hilarious with the face mask last night.

I love Sophie and Pete...hope if they don't live together they move in for the duration of lockdown.

Like Dave the dog better than most of the Malones.

Will miss Mary and Marina...they're so sweet and funny.

I love Sophie and Pete too!

I really dont like Sophie and Pete. I think
he tries too hard to be funny. Not natural at all

I love the stunt pineapple in Shirl and Dave's kitchen.Every week I look, every week i'm not disappointed

I've never noticed it before - will have to have a look!

Sorry. Pretty sure they’re mother/daughter though? Anyway they’re dull.

Yes, and they sit practically on top of one another at all times. I feel claustrophobic just looking at them.

Me too @CharityDingle - why do they sit like that?

I love Giles and Mary. When we were watching last night DH said he really doesn't get Mary and I said I absolutely did. Then I realised that's because I had married a Giles.

Oh they definitely are told where to sit. It's just for framing.

They all say they sit elsewhere in the room normally.

I love Mary too @Lurleene

Love Gogglebox but it annoys me that there are no Scottish families???

Why? There's no one from Northern Ireland either but no big deal.

I'm assuming the lack of NI and Scottish families is because of logistics, with it being a London produced show? They don't go further North than Leeds and the farthest West they go is Cardiff (is that where the Welsh couple live?)

I wonder if the remote access aspect they're trying now might be carried on, for future families being able to join. We could have families from a wider geographical pool in the future?

There's a Scottish family in the kids Gogglebox, but I think they must own a caravan in Blackpool, which is where they film.

@mrscastiel they have 2 families in Durham & had one couple (friends) from South Shields (although I think they only lasted one or 2 series & weren't on that much. So that's the furthest north they went.

I couldn't understand this weeks episode when the Siddiqui brothers & the mum & older daughter (with baby Irwin?) seemed to imply they were socially distancing from each other. Does that mean they don't live together & have just popped over to do the show? The rest seemed to be family so presumably the brother & sister & Lee & Jenny are living together so they can do the show. Also interesting that the Leeds sisters weren't together & presumably the partner took the place.

I think baby Irwin and his mum live with her mum (and step dad). Step dad wasn't there but I think they just sat in their usual places. I was curious about the Siddiqui brothers too though. Nat - Izzi's fella had a look of 'crap I can't believe she has persuaded me to do this' look on his face. I liked how he cradles their skinny little dog like a baby. What breed is that dog?

Oops wrong sister. Ellie not Izzi.

@4forkssake ah, yes I'd forgotten about the Durham goggleboxers.

@bookmum08 I think Izzi's dogs are Italian Greyhounds.