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Documentary · 2006

The Indestructibles

British stunt series where four presenters build dangerous contraptions and dare athletes to survive them.

Overview

Tim Warwood and Adam Gendle front this Dave commission that drops four mates into a location with £1,000, two random props and 72 hours to invent a spectacle no action-sports pro has attempted. Each build is sponsored by Casio G-Shock and must end with a living rider, skier or parkour athlete risking life for bragging rights.

The clock starts in episode one when the team lash a Zorb to a lakeside zip-wire and try to bounce stuntman Gary Connery across water like a human Skipping Stone. Later they force BMX legend Jason Phelan to ride a derelict amusement-park coaster and persuade pro skier Sven Thorgren to shred a dry slope rigged with fire hoops.

No safety net, no second unit: what the quartet cobble together in a barn is what gets tested on camera. The result is twelve episodes of controlled chaos that aired between 8 November and 13 December 2015, leaving Dave with a catalogue of concussions, broken rickshaws and one very soggy Zorb.

Production Details

BBC Three / 1 Season / 8 Episodes / 2006

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