BBC viewers have hit back at Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel as they claim it’s ‘fixed’ to allow one contestant to win.

Viewers watched as Hala, a mum of two from Leeds, pocketed £21,500 on the last question of The Wheel on Saturday night.

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Earlier in the BBC One show, Hala had revealed that she would use any winnings to help her get married again.

She explained how ten years before she had been hospitalised with a rare disorder that left her unable to walk and she had married her husband from her hospital bed.

Now determined to have the wedding day she’d always wanted, she shared that any winning money would go towards her special day.

Yet whilst the emotional mum was in pieces over her win, after revealing devastating health issues and what the money would be used for, viewers have been left cynical.

The final question came down to knowing which member of The Beatles played bass, with four options available to choose from.

Using celebrity guest Jonathan Ross for guidance, he assured her it was Paul McCartney and even claimed: “I even went to his house onc and he let me play his bass. That’s how confident I am!”

As the winning answer was revealed to be exactly that, Hala was shaking and in visible upset at the impact this sum would have.

She told host and comedian Michael McIntyre: “This will change my life.”

Yet writing on social media, viewers were left sure the emotional set up was a fix by the BBC programme.

One person wrote: “Anyone else think this is fixed? The way Michael has been bigging up Hala it was obvious she’d get to the last question. #TheWheel.”

Another added: “The last question was ridiculously easy!”

Yet some were just moved by Hala’s story as another shared: “I dont care if they fiddled it for Hala to win. I’m just so very happy she did.”

Another thought the same as they wrote: “I don’t think I’ve *EVER* been so happy that someone won a television quiz show!”

“Thrilled for Hala. Sobbing at her reaction the second Jonathan said he knew the answer,” said another.

This isn’t the first time the BBC show has been accused of ‘fixing’ the winner for The Wheel, as earlier this year NHS worker Karen had seemingly won over Michael McIntyre with her bubbly personality.

So much so that she ended up with three consecutive chances to win the Jackpot Prize, as many viewers pushed back on why she was seemingly given so many opportunities to get the prize money.

In the end she answered the final question correctly, netting a whopping £90,000 of prize money.

Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel airs on BBC One on Saturday nights at 8:30–9:30 PM. The show is also available on iPlayer.

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Strictly Come Dancing fans were left speechless by Chris McCausland’s week four performance.

The comedian, 47, who is the show’s first blind contestant, performed a Salsa to “Down Under” by Men at Work with his professional partner Dianne Buswell on Saturday night (12 October).

McCausland’s routine included a series of impressive lifts, which were praised by the Strictly judges and fans at home alike.

Head judge Shirley Ballas was lost for words at the end of the comedian’s performance. “I can’t even imagine how you managed to do that so flawlessly when you can’t see,” she said.

“On top of that, you kept to your music, you didn’t miss a beat. I’m telling you from my heart, that is absolutely impressive.”

Strictly viewers on X/Twitter were similarly dazzled by McCausland’s complex choreography. “Dianne is working so hard for Chris and she’s performing miracles…those lifts,” one person wrote.

“Please keep him in the competition he is AWESOME,” another fan begged.

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Meanwhile, a third viewer added: “Chris and Dianne are just an absolutely magic couple aren’t they. I’m just left speechless every single week. Those lifts were absolutely incredible. I cannot believe how good that dance was.”

After the judges’ scores, McCausland flew straight to the top half of the leaderboard with a total of 30 points after recieving six from Craig Revel Horwood and eight points each from the remaining three judges.

“I didn’t know what salsa was last week,” the comedian said after his performance, joking he thought the word only referred to the condiment.

The comedian previously told The Independent that he and Buswell are “winging it” when it comes to their training technique.

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“We’re just gonna have to figure it out as we go along,” he said.

“The production team are just being really flexible. My dance partner is figuring out how to teach me. And we are winging it. That’s the best way I think.”

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It comes shortly after McCausland addressed the backlash surrounding comments made by eliminated Strictly Come Dancing star Toyah Willcox this week.

Willcox, who was the second contestant to be knocked out of the competition said her words of wisdom for the celebrities still on the show were: “If you don’t wanna do a dance off, get rid of Chris!”

While it’s clear that Willcox was aiming to complement McCausland for his dancing skills and popularity among Strictly fans, the comments backfired among viewers who said the remark was “uncalled for” and “mean”.

However, McCausland has since defended Willcox online, saying that the singer has been “nothing but beautiful and supportive” during their few weeks together on the dancing competition.

“What she said on It Takes Two was funny and an incredible bloody compliment,” he said.

WEATHER reporting can be a thankless task, with technical glitches and unexpected clangers landing forecasters in hot water.

The BBC apologised after its weather app this week incorrectly predicted hurricane winds of 15,345mph in London’s Oxford Circus, and temperatures of 404C in Nottingham.

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The bloopers led BBC weather presenter Carol Kirkwood to say: “Believe me, it’s all hands on deck at the moment trying to sort it out.”

But this is not the first time weather reports have blown it — here are some of the best meteorological mistakes and mishaps . . . 

BBC Scotland’s Judith Ralston dropped the F-word in 2019 on the Seven Days review programme.

She said: “Oh f***, sorry. I forgot the pressure chart. Sorry.”

Alison Hammond made a splash on the This Morning weather map in Liverpool, accidentally pushing one of her assistants into the cold water of Albert Dock.

She said: “I thought at one point I’d killed him.”

AUSSIE weatherman Steve Jacobs was attacked by Marnie the pelican, who pinned him against a wall and pecked his backside as he was broadcasting from Taronga Zoo in 2010.

Steve screamed and collapsed in giggles.

AS Carol Kirkwood did a BBC Breakfast forecast in West Sussex in 2014, a dog squatted down and pooped.

The show’s presenter said: “Oh Carol, don’t look behind you.” Carol joked: “Upstaged by a dog, story of my life.”

IN 2021, Carol was pulled face down on the floor by a guide dog named Flash during the Chelsea Flower Show and her legs flipped up on screen.

In the studio, a presenter said: “We’ve got a Kirkwood down.”

Weatherman Michael Fish notoriously said ahead of the 1987 great storm, which caused destruction across the UK: “A woman rang the BBC and said she heard there was a hurricane on the way. Well, don’t worry, there isn’t.”

The gaffe remains one of weather’s greatest bloopers.

THE Radio 4 Shipping Forecast was interrupted for the first time in 91 years in 2016 when weather presenter Tomasz Schafernaker felt sick.

He tried to keep reading while retching, before mumbling “excuse me” and rushing off.

Fellow presenter Chris Aldridge finished the broadcast.

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IN 2010, Tomasz had another calamity when he was caught on camera giving his colleague the middle finger.

Newsreader Simon McCoy had taunted him by saying: “We will have the weather forecast in a minute and of course it will be 100 per cent accurate and provide all the detail you need. I’ve just seen Tom Schafernaker preparing for it.”

VIEWERS saw double in 2014 when BBC presenter Helen Willetts had an awkward technical glitch that meant she appeared to have a twin.

CANADIAN meteorologist Kristi Gordon got the fright of her life in 2013 when a seemingly giant spider was projected on to her head during a weather forecast.

She screamed in terror.

The mini-beast had crawled on to the weather camera.

FLORIDA weatherman Justin Mosely went viral after a cockroach ran up his leg during a weather forecast in 2007.

He dashed off camera screaming: “Oh my God.”

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There are milestones to watch out for in every series of Strictly Come Dancing and this week’s episode saw a key one ticked off as the first 10s were awarded.

Former Love Island star Tasha Ghouri has impressed the judges every time she’s stepped on the dancefloor and her Coachella-themed Charleston to “Unhealthy” by Anne-Marie and Shania Twain left three of them reaching for their 10 paddles (Craig Revel Horwood, of course, gave her a nine).

But scoring the first 10s of the series is far from a guarantee that a celebrity will get their hands on the Glitterball trophy. And for the last two years, the person to do so hasn’t even made it to the final.

Comedian Eddie Kadi and pro partner Karen Hauer landed the first 10 of Strictly 2023 for their Men In Black-themed Movie Week dance, only to leave the competition three weeks later.

In 2022, Tyler West and Dianne Buswell scored two 10s in Movie Week but missed out on the final. That series was won by wildlife presenter Hamza Yassin, whose Strictly journey saw him go from being one of the least-known celebrities on the call sheet to one of the show’s most beloved stars.

It was a similar story in 2021 when two celebrities scored 10s in – yes, you guessed it – Movie Week. CBBC star Rhys Stephenson got the first before former Great British Bake Off contestant John Whaite landed three later in the episode. Only the latter made it to the final, where he was beaten to the Glitterball trophy by EastEnders actress Rose Ayling-Ellis.

This isn’t to say Tasha won’t succeed on Strictly. She’s a phenomenal dancer with a wonderful personality to match and it would be a real shock if she didn’t make it to the final. But she’d do well to watch out for the underdogs – and this year’s series has plenty.

Most notably, there’s Chris McCausland. The comedian delivered the first proper ‘wow’ moment of tonight’s show with his and Dianne Buswell’s lift-packed salsa, undeniably made even more impressive as he’s blind.

“I can’t even imagine how you managed to do that so flawlessly when you can’t see,” Shirley Ballas said. “On top of that, you kept to your music, you didn’t miss a beat. I’m telling you from my heart, that is absolutely impressive.”

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Opera singer Wynne Evans is also steadily improving and finished joint second on the leaderboard this week, thanks to his fantastically camp tango to ABBA’s “Money, Money, Money”. Addressing how he’s found the show so far, he quipped to Claudia Winkleman: “I found my ribs this week, not seen them since 1987.”

Even Paul Merson and Pete Wicks have shown they shouldn’t be written off just yet, with the TOWIE star going from almost bottom of the leaderboard to nearly mid-table. And after all, there’s nothing viewers love more than a classic Strictly journey.

SIR David Jason says his wife Gill got the hump when he wore Del Boy’s trademark coat off screen — because it made him smell like a camel.

The Only Fools and Horses star, 84, admits he took a sheepskin from the set of the BBC sitcom but rarely wears it.

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He said: “I don’t dress like Del, despite having snaffled one of his coats from the wardrobe department at the end of the series as a souvenir.”

The coat, he said, was “very snug, actually, but not terribly stylish”.

He went on: “My wife gently suggested they made me look, and slightly smell, like a camel.”

Sir David first played market trader Del Boy in 1981, becoming a national treasure.

He was rarely seen without his beloved sheepskin in the early series.

In his new memoir This Time Next Year, out this week, Sir David also played down his reported feud with Only Fools co-star Nicholas Lyndhurst, 63.

He said of his fellow actor, who played Del’s brother Rodney: “You see each other very happily when the time allows — but so often the time simply doesn’t allow.”

He added: “The show ends. The circus moves on.

“You do other jobs.

“You have your own families and friends, your own set of circumstances, just like you did before you met.