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My take on the power tripping incident episode is that, yes, it would indeed have been contrived and scripted- but with good intention. At some point, there would have been production discussion along the lines, "well, we're dealing with real, live mains and a likely iffy old radio- there's a duty of care to to the viewing pulic to introduce some sort of safety flag without being preachy or kill-joy, we need to strike a balance bearing in mind that some people will think that we're being over-the-top and others not cautious enough." A planned and scripted "power trip" could have been a "now careful folk, this is serious" sort of hint. More than ever nowadays, everyone is paranoid of legal consequences and rebound around what appears on telly.