Arneldo
08-03-2007, 12:29 PM
A TRASHY new show will follow real-life Stig of the Dumps surviving on a RUBBISH TIP.
Ten people will spend three weeks rummaging for food, clothing and shelter.
They will perform tasks — as garbage trucks dump rotting waste at the fully working UK site.
The Channel 4 reality show Dumped: Your Home Is A Tip echoes kids’ book Stig of the Dump about a caveboy living on a tip, which became a TV series.
Contestants have yet to be named — but telly chiefs say they would be happy to have Big Brother stars who have been dumped on the public, as our joke mock-up shows.
Producer Andrew Mackenzie warned: “Some of the tasks may be pretty gross.”
But Channel 4 boss Kevin Lygo insists there is a serious purpose — to highlight how much re-usable “junk” we throw away.
He said: “It’s about how we live and how wasteful we are. You’d be amazed what you find on tips. A similar show in Sweden turned up a working TV.”
The programme will be filmed at a secret location this year and aired nightly for a week in the autumn.
The Sun (http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2001320029-2007110168,00.html)
Ten people will spend three weeks rummaging for food, clothing and shelter.
They will perform tasks — as garbage trucks dump rotting waste at the fully working UK site.
The Channel 4 reality show Dumped: Your Home Is A Tip echoes kids’ book Stig of the Dump about a caveboy living on a tip, which became a TV series.
Contestants have yet to be named — but telly chiefs say they would be happy to have Big Brother stars who have been dumped on the public, as our joke mock-up shows.
Producer Andrew Mackenzie warned: “Some of the tasks may be pretty gross.”
But Channel 4 boss Kevin Lygo insists there is a serious purpose — to highlight how much re-usable “junk” we throw away.
He said: “It’s about how we live and how wasteful we are. You’d be amazed what you find on tips. A similar show in Sweden turned up a working TV.”
The programme will be filmed at a secret location this year and aired nightly for a week in the autumn.
The Sun (http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2001320029-2007110168,00.html)