Meanwhile, in an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, comedian Stephen Merchant has revealed the truth behind his appearance in an episode of 24. He said: "I went down to visit the set when I was in LA once. I met one of the creators and I was a huge fan and he said come down and hang out at CTU and who’s not going to do that? I went down and when I got there they dug a shirt out and a tie and name badge and made me be a sort of IT operative in the background. I think I hand a floppy disc to someone. I’m in it for 10 seconds. In my mind I was maybe setting up a MySpace or Twitter site for Jack Bauer."