Posted By mrs.seed They need to talk to 'changing rooms' I seem to remember them making light fittings and then telling you they must coated in fire retardant spray from a can. As for setting fire to one, never crossed my mind till you mentioned it, now where's my local sainsbury's?.......

Posted By Pete48 The report says that "all non-essential items are banned from the studio areas to protect the building". What a wheeze! It must be a bit of fun surely. Oh no, an expert shall appear and determine the exact physics and probabiltiy of red noses leading to the loss of part or all of the building. It really only leaves us with the chance to have a bit of fun in red nose week, doesn't it? Mrs Readnough's daughter said she is distraught at being banned from her favourite programme. Now we could start a debate about how essential a red nose is to the whole raison d'etre of the programme or we could have some red nose fun in seeing how many non-essential items in the studio we can think of to ban. To start with and to follow popular thought, how about the chief judge?

Posted By William I have tried to put a red nose on fire before, not deliberately though, it was during a drinking session when i forgot to put out my zambucka and tried to drink still lit, it burnt my nose which was red at the time due to excessive alcohol consumption. But seriously i think we have to blame the safety adviser who gave this advice, maybe put him in charge of top gear. The BBC is full of contradictions, its OK to crash into a field doing a couple of hundred miles an hour, but what those red noses as they could kill us all!

Posted By Christopher Does anyone know a health and safety advisor at the BBC? Perhaps they could be approached for a comment!! Is there a union specially for TV H & S Advisors. Do these advisors do training courses which are different from the rest of us?? I wonder what sort of interview questions they get asked?

Posted By Peter MacDonald My understanding is the location for filming is a grade 2 listed building and the restrictions are based on insurance cover rather than H&S. Other items banned are paper cups, and other possible sources of ignition. If you imagine the heat generated from studio lighting and the amount of electric equipment on site the decision may be justified. For everyone above to dismiss this is a tad harsh and reactionary to the bait laid by the press.

Posted By Martin Mulholland FAO Peter MacDonald Thanks for the facts relating to the story - rather than the usual knee-jerk reactions that this forum seems to throw up.

Posted By Dean Stevens They should ban White noses instead. Then that Tara Palmer Tomkinson would have no chance of winning. Ray Stubbs to win for me, just for the sheer look of amazement on his face each time he gets through. Quality. Can't see the problem with the noses myself, not unless they are all stored collectively, but even then you would need hundreds and hundreds to present any real major fire hazard. It is quite funny though that the program is raising money for comic relief yet the noses are banned, i'd suggest they look for alternative surroundings next year.

Posted By RoseR Well I suppose you could ask a BBC adviser for comment, but considering the production company is ENDEMOL it would be better to ask them. But you'd know that if you'd read the article. Peter I think you are correct in saying it is an insurance reason - just easier to blame it on H&S. And despite what we know about the press making things up/distorting facts about H&S it incredible that you're all so willing to believe this at face value.

Posted By William ENDEMOL?? Is that not who makes big brother? I don't really know what to make of this company. Its OK to allow someones metal health to be damaged for the sake of entertainment in big brother, allow them to be subjected to racist bullying, harassment, bigotry, sometimes even violence, but when it comes to the symbol of a charity night they ban it? You would think they would put the red nose at the forefront of the show and do whatever they can to accommodate it. So this year we have red nose day with any red noses, organised by the TV company who did nothing about bullying recently! What a message that sends out. One parting thought though, should ENDEMOL not remove knives, forks or any other instrument from the big brother house which could be used to kill someone as they send 12 misfits into a house and manipulate situations to cause stress, anxiety and anger for the sake of entertainment. Lets start a campaign "PLASTIC CUTLERY FOR BIG BROTHER"