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In 2007, Richard and Judy hosted a special Children's Book Club edition of the show as part of Channel 4's "Lost For Words" season. The featured books were chosen with the help of pupils from several schools around the UK. The New Writers Book Club was a feature launched in October 2008 focusing on
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reported that it had received leaked emails from the programme, which suggested that viewers were being invited to call the show for a chance of entering the competition, even though the winner had already been chosen. On 22 February, following Channel 4's admittance that several series of the
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By April 2009, ratings had slumped and the following month, an agreement was reached to terminate the show six months early. From the week of 8 June 2009, the show was reduced to a single weekly episode that aired at 4pm every Wednesday. The show's final episode was broadcast on 1 July 2009.
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The first episode of the Watch series attracted an average audience of around 200,000 viewers (this figure included those who watched the show on Watch+1). The second episode, in the 8pm timeslot, attracted 53,000 viewers. Watch channel representatives were reportedly satisfied with the
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show", with Madeley explaining, "we were both hugely impressed with the team at UKTV, and their proposal was attractive and fun and will give us the kind of flexibility in our personal lives which we have been looking for". The presenters continued featuring the programme's popular
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in the USA. Each year the segment featured ten books and discussions during the programme, often with guests. Alongside the discussions and programme features, the novels contended for the Richard & Judy Book of the Year Award, presented at the
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at the end of 2008, the show returned on 13 January 2009 in a new 6pm slot. The show also dropped the "New Position" section of its title and was called "Richard & Judy" again.
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In 2004, the Richard & Judy Book Club was added as a regular segment of the show. It was credited as having a massive effect on the sales of the books it featured, much like
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On the 15 August 2008 edition of the show, Richard stated that the following week's episode would be the last with Channel 4 and the final broadcast occurred on 22 August 2008.
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programme could have been affected and a claim from a contestant that the problems existed in 2002, ICSTIS announced their intention to conduct an inquiry into the programme.
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The programme was the first in a long line of British programmes that had misled audiences into calling premium-rate numbers under false pretences, leading to the greater
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The Watch version of the show featured a sofa area for interviews, as well as a bar area where the star guests and the show's
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in 2005. Focusing on a different selection of wine each week, they reviewed the wines and gave tasting notes to the viewers.
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undertook the role in the first week's episode. Hound had been a frequent guest on the Channel 4 series.
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The Richard and Judy Book Club debuted as a website in autumn 2010, run in conjunction with retailer
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occupied the timeframe for the following three months (March to June and September to December).
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This article is about the television series. For the presenters of this programme, see
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show occupied the 5pm to 6pm slot (January to March and June to August), and then the
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from 7 October 2008. The couple stated that the new version would be "a high octane
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every weekday from 5pm to 6pm with breaks in-between. Between 2006 and 2008, the
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also participated in "You Say We Pay" whilst they were guests on the programme.
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from 26 November 2001 to 22 August 2008, but later moved to digital channel
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As a result of the controversy, Channel 4 received a £150,000 fine from
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entered the competition and won his housemates' weekly shopping budget.
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network Watch. Madeley and Finnigan renamed the show and hosted
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Richard and Judy Book Club display at W.H. Smith, Enfield.
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gathered during broadcasts. Each week the show employed a
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First novels selected as Richard and Judy switch channels
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List of books from the Richard & Judy Book Club
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Richard & Judy Book Club
Richard and Judy

Chat show
Richard Madeley
Judy Finnigan
Channel 4
Watch
This Morning
chat show
Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan
Channel 4
Watch
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The Paul O'Grady Show
producers
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Book Club
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Rufus Hound
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Christmas break
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