Shane Richie wrote sadly of this series in his 2003 autobiography "Rags To Richie". Believing he'd made a successful hit series, Shane was disappointed seeing on Points of View (1961) that, despite the high ratings, the show was regarded as being too low-class for the BBC:
"They interviewed Jim Moir, then Controller of BBC1, who reassured viewers that Caught in the Act wasn't very BBC. He said it was a show that they'd tried, but that they'd made a mistake. A mistake? I thought I was the future of the BBC, now I was being written off as a mistake! And what a way to find out. Sitting at home watching Points of View. I was gutted; I'd done everything they'd asked of me. I'd dressed the way they wanted, said the things they wanted me to say. I was quite happy to be their puppet. If they felt the show was cheap and tacky was it my fault?"
"They interviewed Jim Moir, then Controller of BBC1, who reassured viewers that Caught in the Act wasn't very BBC. He said it was a show that they'd tried, but that they'd made a mistake. A mistake? I thought I was the future of the BBC, now I was being written off as a mistake! And what a way to find out. Sitting at home watching Points of View. I was gutted; I'd done everything they'd asked of me. I'd dressed the way they wanted, said the things they wanted me to say. I was quite happy to be their puppet. If they felt the show was cheap and tacky was it my fault?"
Caught in the Act was openly acknowledged to be the BBC's attempt to make their own version of ITV's You've Been Framed! (1990). While the ratings for Caught in the Act were reasonable, You've Been Framed! was a Top 10 programme for every edition that aired during Caught In The Act's run, with some episodes attracting over 19 million viewers.
Caught in the Act averaged 10.68 million viewers and 31st place on the charts. The individual ratings/chart position for each episode are listed under their respective entries.