Why wipeout filmed argentina

A BBC spokeswoman said that the potential for injury and legal action by contestants had not played any role in the the corporation's decision to drop the show.

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Dear FOI Enquiries, As a TV licence payer I demand that you give me the information The BBC has a responsibility to be clear and open in how the licence payers money is spent and I feel that flying people to Argentina for a show is an expense that should be transparent in your answer to costs You haven't even bothered to answer the question as to whether any members of their family went with them and you haven't bothered to answer as to why it was done in Argentina and not the UK.

Due to your real lack of information I am requesting an internal review to my questions and I want the answers to ALL of my questions put on this FOI site so that other licence payers can see your response. As stated under the 'Appeal Rights' section of our response the BBC does not offer an internal review when the information requested is not covered by the Act.

However, if you are not satisfied with our response, you do have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner. However, outside the Act, I am happy to confirm that as the production in question was made for the BBC by an independent production company Endemol the information you requested is not held by the BBC.

Website: www. I totally agree with Mr Swift. This information should be made available. The BBC claimed it would be unfair to the company that made this programme for the BBC, surely knowing the figures would allow other companies to be more competitive. In my opinion it is scandalous that the BBC are allowed to keep this information secret in this way. I am in a position where I handle other peoples money and keep accounts on both incoming funds and expenditure.

All the book keeping is up to date and audited regularly. I am sick to death of people handling our money without any accountably- it stinks. Erm, It's not filmed in Argentina. The fact that they say so is in line with the comic nature of the programme. It's filmed in the UK - of course. These challenges are based in large pools of water or mud and generally involve large assault courses that participants must cross.

Round three of the show usually takes place on the south side of the set in either the spinning platform to the left, or the baseball influenced obstacle course on the right. Watch out for those spinning baseball bats! The course is almost identical to the US version, albeit with a slightly smaller selection of obstacles to end the course. The main difference is that whereas the US show begins with 24 contestants, Total Wipeout begins with 20, though in both versions 12 progress to the second round.

I can tell you now it's not glamorous. It's neither big nor clever. My dressing room is a tent. A nice tent - a walk-in tent with nice wooden floorboards and stuff! It's a big field. That's one of the reasons we film it in Argentina, because we wouldn't get planning permission for it in the UK. It's massive and vast. There are two different sets on the field, so at any one time while we're filming, there's another country filming - I think Holland are filming at the moment.

Then it's Turkey next week. It's the United Nations of TV programmes! That must get a bit confusing! So you'll go over the the salad bar and it will be like, 'Hi, I'm UK and you are? The American version has their own set though, don't they? I wish to God we were there. I've been trying and begging them to let us go to LA to film ours but unfortunately it would cost a little bit more than it does to do it in Argentina.

How about having a world championship between the various countries? There's lots of fun things we can do and one of them was a world one. I know a lot of people in the UK watch the American one - I think it airs on a cable channel - and someone else suggested that all the presenters should go on. I would do it if it was for charity. I can't see the fun in it! I think I've seen more falls and twists and turns than anybody else.

As of this series the only other person who has seen every single qualifier was me and one of the other producers who isn't out for the first couple of weeks, so now it's me. I'm the only person that has watched them all and that's why I haven't done it.

One of the girls that did the qualifier yesterday came out with a black eye - hit by the 'Sucker Punch'! I personally think it looks like the worst part of the course Listen, I'm a tough chick but I'm a bit of a wussy when it comes to stuff like that.

I don't want a broken nose or black eye thank you very much. So are there going to be new parts of the course in series five?