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Total Wipeout

  • TV Series
  • 2009–20122009–2012
  • 55m
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Total Wipeout (2009)
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Members of the public go head to head in a series of obstacle courses to win and achieve victory or instead Wipeout.Members of the public go head to head in a series of obstacle courses to win and achieve victory or instead Wipeout.Members of the public go head to head in a series of obstacle courses to win and achieve victory or instead Wipeout.
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  • Stars
    • Richard Hammond
    • Amanda Byram
    • Ruth Glaser
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    • Amanda Byram
    • Ruth Glaser
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      • 1 nomination

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    Richard Hammond
    Richard Hammond
    • Self - Presenteras Self - Presenter
    47 episodes47 eps • 2009–2011
    Amanda Byram
    Amanda Byram
    • Self - Presenteras Self - Presenter
    47 episodes47 eps • 2009–2011
    Ruth Glaser
    • Self - Voiceoveras Self - Voiceover
    1 episode1 ep • 2010
    Joanna Chappell
    • Self - Voiceoveras Self - Voiceover
    1 episode1 ep • 2010
    Tim Vine
    Tim Vine
    • Selfas Self
    1 episode1 ep • 2009
    Luke Bailey
    • Selfas Self
    1 episode1 ep • 2009
    Joe Swash
    Joe Swash
    • Selfas Self
    1 episode1 ep • 2009
    Adele Silva
    • Selfas Self
    1 episode1 ep • 2009
    Carrie Grant
    • Selfas Self
    1 episode1 ep • 2009
    Kaye Adams
    • Selfas Self
    1 episode1 ep • 2009
    Ola Jordan
    • Selfas Self
    1 episode1 ep • 2009
    James Jordan
    • Selfas Self
    1 episode1 ep • 2009
    Fatima Whitbread
    • Selfas Self
    1 episode1 ep • 2009
    Ricky Martin
    • Selfas Self
    1 episode1 ep • 2009
    Kevin Adams
    • Selfas Self
    1 episode1 ep • 2009
    Agustín Bruzzone
    Agustín Bruzzone
    • Playeras Player
    1 episode1 ep • 2009
    Joe Absolom
    Joe Absolom
    • Self - Contestantas Self - Contestant
    1 episode1 ep • 2010
    Nina Toussaint-White
    Nina Toussaint-White
    • Self - Contestantas Self - Contestant
    1 episode1 ep • 2010
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    • Trivia
      The record time for the original Wipeout Zone was 1 minute 10 seconds, achieved by James Scott in series 2, episode 8 - which he then matched in the series final. This has been subsequently beaten, but the course was changed after series 2 so times are not directly comparable.
    • Goofs
      In the Total Wipeout award episode at the end of the first series, an international award was given out. Twice in that section, awards were given out to Australian contestants but the graphics for each clip showed a New Zealand flag in the top right hand corner of the screen.
    • Connections
      Featured in Screenwipe: Review of the Year 2009 (2009)

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    Total Wipeout (BBC1) - Review
    If you enjoy being repeatedly hit around the head with a frying pan, you will no doubt be delighted to hear that the BBC has purchased another series of Total Wipeout. If you haven't seen it yet, here's what happens: Lots of people fall into the water in Argentina.

    Some of the people fall into the water right away. Some of them survive for a couple of seconds, then fall into the water. After each round a female presenter interviews all the people who have fallen into the water, and asks them how it felt to fall into the water.

    "I see you fell into the water," she says, "How was it for you?" The contestants who fall into the water come from all walks of life. Most of them are reasonably fit, but quite a lot of them are fat and unhealthy, creating what TV producers like to call "jeopardy." The show is funny because the contestants fall into the water not once, but over and over again. Over and over again. And, of course, it's even more hilarious when the fat ones fall into the water, because the splash is bigger and their recovery time is slower.

    Players are protected from serious head or spinal trauma by protective clothing, but here's the really clever bit – we all know, deep down, that it's only a matter of time before someone sustains a life-threatening injury. Throughout all of this excitement, a tiny man with huge eyes pretends to be in Argentina and reminds us how amusing it all is, via the medium of smug, throwaway one-liners.

    There is something deeply annoying about Total Wipeout. If, like "It's a Knockout" it all took place in a British seaside town, and the presenter got thrown in the water himself from time to time, it would all feel less detached. Less clinical. But the bloke from Top Gear is so half-heartedly bolted onto the show that the whole thing comes off feeling cheap and nasty, particularly as the BBC have the nerve to put it on the telly in Primetime.

    If it is absolutely necessary to show people repeatedly falling into the water on a Saturday night (and it looks like it is) then at least get someone witty to present it. Week after week ITV's "You've Been Framed" – a programme which should be awful - is rendered sublimely funny by the writing and presenting skills of Harry Hill.

    I do not enjoy being repeatedly hit around the head with a frying pan, and subsequently I am not a fan of Total Wipeout. If I want to watch fat people struggling to swim I can visit Florida.

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    • Release date
      • January 3, 2009 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Argentina
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Полное уничтожение
    • Filming locations
      • Argentina
    • Production company
      • Initial (II)
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      55 minutes
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