This past week, the BBC aired their behind the scenes documentary about how their latest Children In Need initiative came together. A handful of actors got together to record an album of covers, solo songs that are personal to them for a variety of reasons and a group track to finish it all off. The 90 minute programme followed their journey from selecting the songs through perfecting their vocals and then the nerves of recording.

I still haven’t quite figured out what the theme of Show Your Spots meant this year, unless it had to to do with John Barrowman’s suit, which is very likely. Anyway, remember I mentioned I’d be Factbyte Factboxing the Children in Need charity telethon spectacular? It happened, and I did! Seven long hours worth of glitz and pop and cheese and a bizarre cross of Eastenders and Coronation Street. It was fantastic fun, and only took me the rest of the weekend to recover.

Over on Sidepodcast, we quite regularly live blog the practice, qualifying and race sessions, in something we have called the Factbyte Factbox. Essentially, I gather all the information I can from the screen, from Twitter and from other sources, and keep everyone updated, in what I hope is both an amusing and useful style. Now that the off-season has begun, we are looking for more ways to use the Factbyte Factbox.