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Arneldo
24-08-2007, 03:06 AM
Talk about C4's new reality show here!
Starting on Sept. 3rd :thumbs2:
Dumped is a television first.
Eleven unsuspecting volunteers are left marooned on one of Britain's biggest landfill sites for three weeks. Their challenge? To survive off the rubbish the rest of us have thrown out.
The participants have willingly agreed to take part in a testing eco-challenge but they don't know where. Most have assumed that they will be dropped into a pristine natural environment like the Amazonian Rain Forest or the Arctic. How will they react when they are delivered to a huge, smelly British landfill site where they are forced to make a home from other people's waste?
We Brits are a nation of greedy consumers. Most of us have some idea that we waste too much and don't recycle enough, but we tend not to think about what happens to our rubbish once it has left our homes. So, how will our volunteers cope when bought face to face with the sheer scale of the typical British landfill?
Can they turn the grime and pong of 1000 tonnes of rubbish into a precious resource? Will they manage to eek out a living? Will they be surprised at the quality of life they can carve out of unwanted waste? And will their experience make them think about their own lifestyles? Watch Dumped to find out.
Loukas
24-08-2007, 05:33 AM
that sounds good lol
so its dumped then x factor then im a celeb then strictly come dancing then cbb
Any excuse for another reality show eh?
Loukas
24-08-2007, 06:20 AM
basicly lol but it shoud funny
I did a search and found pictures of the contestants. I've posted them below, along with the first name of the contestant according to the names of the images I downloaded.
NOTE: I got these pictures from a Channel 4 source, so the names are likely to be correct, but they could have named the pictures with fake first names to throw us off the scent.
Aaron:
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z43/tibbbanners/dumped/aaron.jpg
Christine:
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z43/tibbbanners/dumped/christine.jpg
Ian:
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z43/tibbbanners/dumped/ian.jpg
Jarvis:
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z43/tibbbanners/dumped/jarvis.jpg
Jason:
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z43/tibbbanners/dumped/jason.jpg
Jermaine:
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z43/tibbbanners/dumped/jermaine.jpg
Lawrence:
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z43/tibbbanners/dumped/lawrence.jpg
Sasha:
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z43/tibbbanners/dumped/sasha.jpg
Selena:
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z43/tibbbanners/dumped/selena.jpg
Sylvia:
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z43/tibbbanners/dumped/sylvia.jpg
Group Shot:
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z43/tibbbanners/dumped/groupshot.jpg
I also found this additional image:
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z43/tibbbanners/dumped/unknown.jpg
I am not sure as to whether this is a contestant or not, because Arneldo's extract says eleven contestants are taking part, but he's not in the group shot?
More press materials, this time in the form of a press extract:
In the ultimate TV recycling challenge, ten members of the public will be living on one of Britain’s biggest rubbish dumps 24/7 for three weeks. Everything they eat, wear, shelter under or use will have to come from other people’s rubbish.
Dumped aims to highlight the huge amount of food, clothing and other goods needlessly thrown away in the UK every day. Stripped across a week, the series follows the participants as they try to lead relatively normal lives using just what we throw away. It will be broadcast on Channel 4 in the Autumn.
From teenagers to 40-somethings, the participants will be living the ultimate recycling lifestyle. Many of them have never given a second thought to what they chuck out before, and the project will bring them face-to-face with the reality of Britain’s rubbish mountains.
Filmed on a real rubbish dump in Britain, the participants health and safety will be carefully monitored throughout the project, and they will be free to leave at any point if they want to.
Andrew Mackenzie, Commissioning Editor Factual Entertainment, says: “By showing how much we all throw away, proving that it’s possible to survive on other people’s rubbish and giving tips on how everyone can lead a more recyclable life, the series aims to make a change in the way that the participants, and viewers, live. Some of the tasks may be pretty gross, but in compensation they will find that even the finer things in life can be catered for - with the amount of perfectly-useable luxury goods that gets thrown away.”
CassetteFinger
24-08-2007, 07:08 AM
Sounds interesting.
I might watch it, just for a laugh :laugh2:
Loukas
24-08-2007, 09:07 AM
its going to be funny
Callum
24-08-2007, 09:10 AM
Sounds.. intresting! :thumbs2:
The contestants shown in the images which I posted above look like a livelier bunch than this year's BB housemates :laugh2:
Loukas
24-08-2007, 09:12 AM
lol
Arneldo
24-08-2007, 10:36 AM
Thanks for the pics and info Matt :thumbs:
Originally posted by Arneldo
Thanks for the pics and info Matt :thumbs:
You're welcome!
I strive to serve the latest press info! :wink:
MarkWaldorf
26-08-2007, 11:01 AM
I guess it could be good, but I don't really see the point in it to be honest.
Originally posted by MarkChap?!
I guess it could be good, but I don't really see the point in it to be honest.
The point is to highlight the amount of waste that us Britons throw away to landfill :thumbs:
Loukas
28-08-2007, 07:57 PM
yeah exactly
do they get evicted???
one by one
I think they stay until they can't handle it no more, and when they can't they go...
n.l.o7
28-08-2007, 08:01 PM
its sound well good i carnt wait to whach it !!!!
Loukas
28-08-2007, 08:02 PM
ohhh i see
it sounds cool
what about there food
Loukas
28-08-2007, 08:11 PM
do they eat of the land too :conf:
that will be wired
It looks funny lol! Will watch :banana:
GlitterEyes
31-08-2007, 01:32 PM
I think I will watch the first episode and give it a go but I can imagine it being quite dull. Once everything gets set up and they make their "home" what then lol.
:)tom:)
02-09-2007, 12:26 AM
this sounds very good they will go crazy after a few days there
Jackie
02-09-2007, 12:27 AM
Looks good
Callum
02-09-2007, 08:10 PM
Looks like a decent progamme. How long is the series on for?
It's quite good. I've already warmed to Selena and Sasha.
The sound on these is messed up, but here are some ads.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DtVjBNj_4C4
Song: "Keep The Car Running" by Arcade Fire
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3GMqBaJBIVc
Song: "Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp" by Mercury Rev
(I have a better quality version of that one)
Callum
02-09-2007, 08:16 PM
Originally posted by Matt
4 days... lol
Your joking?
Originally posted by Callum
Originally posted by Matt
4 days... lol
Your joking?
Nah. It ends on Wednesday.
Callum
02-09-2007, 08:19 PM
Originally posted by Matt
Originally posted by Callum
Originally posted by Matt
4 days... lol
Your joking?
Nah. It ends on Wednesday.
What a dissapointment. At least there's IAC and X Factor to look forward too..
The series runs 4 days but they stayed there for 3 weeks I think.
supernoodles!
02-09-2007, 08:38 PM
it seems ok at the moment,you cant reall get into something which lasts 4 days though lol.Come on itv,channel 4,bbc-i need some decent reality tv to replace bb!:cheer2:
Amy21
02-09-2007, 08:55 PM
Its very sick this programme. Its just disgusting them having to live in rubbish. This show shouldnt be happening.
Originally posted by Amy21
Its very sick this programme. Its just disgusting them having to live in rubbish. This show shouldnt be happening.
What an ignorant attitude. It's your rubbish.
Callum
02-09-2007, 08:57 PM
The one girl has injured her ear... The model one.
Tom4784
02-09-2007, 09:13 PM
I'm not sure if I like it at the moment, It's very self righteous and patronising, I know about Climate change and I do my bit but i hate it being forced down my throat every two seconds.
I give them props though, I'd have taken one look at the dump and got right back on the coach, I wouldn't live in rubbish.
Originally posted by Amy21
Its very sick this programme. Its just disgusting them having to live in rubbish. This show shouldnt be happening.
I hope you recycle and live a very green lifestyle, otherwise you have no right to say that.
I am not tuning in again because I found it boring, I think it's a good format though.
CassetteFinger
02-09-2007, 10:22 PM
Its not great i must say that bot i thought he was a girl is it on everyday ?
spitfire
02-09-2007, 10:27 PM
Originally posted by Amy21
Its very sick this programme. Its just disgusting them having to live in rubbish. This show shouldnt be happening.
Its very sick this programme. Its just disgusting them having to live with Charley. This show shouldnt be happening.:spin2:
Billy
03-09-2007, 03:10 PM
Did anyone else think the ginger was a girl? I sat for about the first half thinking he was a she. I loved it
BBCH:fan
03-09-2007, 03:12 PM
i thought it was good!!!
Legend
03-09-2007, 03:21 PM
I'm not watching it for the format, I just watch it for the people and any form of ''drama'' in it.
I liked it though.
Tom4784
03-09-2007, 03:58 PM
Originally posted by OfficialSuperstar
Did anyone else think the ginger was a girl? I sat for about the first half thinking he was a she. I loved it
I thought that too.
Yawn. I just cant see myself watching anymore of it. Also notice the slight camera trickery of using the landfill for most of the impressive pick up shots while the contestants are actually living out in a relativly small , controlled 'Dump' adjacent to it.
Originally posted by OfficialSuperstar
Did anyone else think the ginger was a girl? I sat for about the first half thinking he was a she. I loved it
I was confused when they mentioned "He's been trying to cheer Sacha up" and I was like...who?
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