Mini rant

[sunflower68]

Watched Amanda Byram on Something for the Weekend; she is just back from Argentina where filming is done for a gameshow she hosts for BBC. Not sure of the name of the show but it is some physical challenge.
Am I mistaken in thinking my licence fee is paying to ship contestants out to South America to take part in a UK show grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr......
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[Mamyalynne]

Yes 'Total Wipeout'

[Stephen_G]

Total Wipeout?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Wipeout

[sunflower68]

Yeah my license fee mamyalynne : (

[Mamyalynne]

All of us hun, I know.

[mushroom25]

from the "daily telegraph":-

"Fans have speculated that the unusual location, 7,000 miles from home, is because British health and safety box tickers would have banned most of the rounds.

Sadly, the reason for the Argentinian location is more prosaic. Endemol has sold the programme to 36 countries, all of which film on this set, invariably bathed in glorious sunshine. It is cheaper to fly contestants around the world than to build 36 separate sets, crewed by 36 sets of technicians and cameramen. So when the British contestants have finished filming, waiting behind them are Turks ready to do battle."

[Lie-in King]

If only the programme was worth watching...

[tinkie]

absolutely agree Lie-in king

[sunflower68]

Never seen the show myself either and mushroom thanks it does make it seem a bit more sensible but still grrrrrr!!!

[ABerrant]

Your licence fee has also been used for the past 17 years to pay Camelot for the rights to televise the National Lottery draws and for the prize shows that surround the Saturday draw i.e providing the National Lottery with free publicity.

In an ideal world Camelot should pay the BBC or the drawn numbers appear as a 10 second news segment.

[Everhelpful]

Quite right,ABerrant,loads of other money wasted within the BBC. Why 2 Presenters now on the Saturday Lottery Show? Is one incapable of pressing that phony button to start the draw?,and please don't get me started on the "Canned" Applause on all the Lottery Shows.

[tonymclark]

The format to this game show is sold around the world, and all the shows for the different countries are recorded on the same outdoor set. It is far cheaper for the BBC to fly the contestants out there than pay for the same massive set to be built and maintained and the land to be rented in this country.

[Sooper]

I love Total Wipeout, its one of the very programmes that makes me physically laugh out loud! I love the sound effects that they add on, genius i reckon!