Total Wipeout
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| Also known as | 'Winter Wipeout (2011–2012) |
| Genre | Game show |
| Created by |
Matt Kunitz Scott Larsen |
| Directed by | Richard Valentine |
| Presented by |
Richard Hammond (studio/narration) Amanda Byram (on location) |
| Composer(s) | Marc Sylvan |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 5 (Normal series) 1 (Winter Wipeout) |
| No. of episodes | 57 (Normal series) 12 (Winter Wipeout) (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Andrew Norgate Andy Rowe (Winter Wipeout) |
| Location(s) | Benavidez, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Running time | 60 minutes 30 minutes (TW Fast Forward) |
| Production company(s) | Initial |
| Distributor | Endemol UK |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Picture format | PAL (576i, 16:9) |
| Original release | 3 January 2009 – 31 December 2012 |
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| Related shows |
101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow Wipeout (U.S. version) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Production website | |
Total Wipeout (also known in other countries as Wipeout UK) is a British game show, hosted by Richard Hammond and Amanda Byram, which first aired on 3 January 2009. Each week, 20 contestants competed in a series of challenges in an attempt to win £10,000. These challenges were based in large pools of water or mud and generally involved large assault courses that participants had to cross.
Total Wipeout was a licensed version of Wipeout, the Endemol show that originated in the United States in 2008, with the name slightly altered to avoid confusion with the BBC version of the earlier game show of the same name.
On 29 March 2012, the BBC confirmed that they would axe Total Wipeout after its sixth series. The Daily Mirror reported that a BBC spokesperson said: "After four very successful series of Total Wipeout, and one series of Winter Wipeout, the BBC has taken the decision that the next series, due to transmit later this year, will be the last." The remaining 10 episodes from Series 5 began airing on 18 August 2012 and ended the show’s successful 4-year run on BBC One before 2013.
Total Wipeout was hosted by Richard Hammond, who commentates as the contestants attempt to complete the challenges. He is also seen in a studio to provide certain links within the show. Although the main footage was filmed in Argentina, Hammond recorded his sections from a studio in England. Meanwhile Amanda Byram interviewed the contestants during the show and remained on the sidelines as they made their way through the course.
First Obstacles (over mud/water):
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Past:
The Sweeper (Series 1-2)
Crash Mountain
Double Cross Footstep challenge
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3rd Obstacle (on the Spinner):
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Others:
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