Butler Peter Russell was slated by columnist Moira Martingale in the Liverpool Echo (26th September 1986) for his appearance in this edition, with her referring to him as a "terrible old butler endeavouring to be exuberant, clearly with the hope of becoming a TV 'character' of the Magnus Pike or Barbara Woodhouse variety. What he seemed to be was a rotten little show-off, totally lacking In talent, but foolish enough not to realise this. When he began to throw banana skins around the studio I began to wonder who was more of a monkey - him, for behaving like a retarded chimp, or Wogan, for having him on the show."