Don't Try This at Home! (1998–2001) User Reviews

Don't Try This at Home!

[jboothmillard · 8/10 · 6 May 2005]

This used to be one of the best shows on a Saturday night! Davina McCall hosted a show where basically they bring in professionals, and sometimes an audience member to perform something that should not be attempted at home. They even got someone to pick one of three envelopes for a special challenge near the end of the show. They had people lying on nails, walking on hot ashes, swimming with sharks, going across a rope bridge in a car, climbing very high mountains, eating breaded sheep's testicles, eating live maggots, and getting people over their fear of bugs, snakes, and bananas?! There were many other nasty or disgusting things to "NOT" do on the show. Very good!

You CAN'T do this at home?

[words_like_violence_brea · 10 March 2006]

I used to watch this quite a bit when i was younger, well mostly on Saturday evenings (cause that was when it was on. Even though the title said DON'T try this at home I always had the secret urge to Want to do the things presented on the show.

I think this show was quite dangerous as it used reverse psychology on you. If your told not to do something, it makes you want to find out why maybe the producers wanted people jumping off bridges and lying on nails? (who knows?)

I think the show had a strong message but I could never really work out what it was?

However I never got to do these amazing things as I could never find high enough bridges and deep enough rivers in my house...

...so actually the programme is wrong its not "Dont try this at home", its "you CAN'T do this at home"

Davina could have handled the show single handedly, Darren Day was a waste of money, They should have made him do something really dangerous, possibly something that he wouldn't have walked away from...