The Big Breakfast known as 'The Cottage'. After renovation following a fire, it has also been used for a number of television shows. Mark Lamarr, Keith Chegwin, Paul Ross, Richard Orford, Richard Bacon and Mike McClean were "down your doorstep" outside broadcasters, often turning up live and unannounced at an unsuspecting viewer's house, while rooms within the Lock Keeper's Cottages featured the puppets Zig and Zag and video games guru Ben the Boffin. The show's style, with hand-held cameras moving around all of the set, meant that many of the crew members could be seen on screen. This led to them getting nicknames,
Monty the Dog who wears glasses jar was empty so Mr Sprod gave him no breakfast. Mr Sprod made Granny breakfast in bed but she was not hungry after the biscuits so she offered it to Monty. In "Monty meets Bruiser" the Sprod family went camping and Simon and Josie went to play before tea. They met two children called Alan and Amy who had a dog called Bruiser who was better at frisbee catching and throwing than Monty. Monty tried to throw paper plates to show off but the first two attempts were disastrous. He caught the third one and the crowd was impressed. In