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Total Wipeout to be axed

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BBC One Saturday night game show Total Wipeout has been axed after six series, the corporation has confirmed.

The programme, which sees contestants tackle a number of obstacle course challenges, will return for one more series this year before ending.

Hosted by Richard Hammond and Amanda Byram, around 6.5m people tuned in to watch when the show began in 2009.

Spin-off show Winter Wipeout, which ended earlier this month, pulled in around 4m viewers.

There have also been celebrity versions of the show, which have seen many actors, athletes and TV personalities take part.

"After four very successful series of Total Wipeout, and one series of Winter Wipeout, the BBC has taken the decision that the next series will be the last," a BBC spokeswoman said.

The Wipeout format - which sees contestants flown to Buenos Aires in Argentina to compete for a cash prize - has become a hit internationally, with 29 countries using the purpose-built set.

It is understood show producers Endemol are in talks for a new replacement show to fill the Saturday night slot.

However, they have not ruled out a return for Total Wipeout to UK screens in future.

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Good it sucked

Especially Richard Hammond's attempt at humour

Richard Hammond's presenting was god awful, if they just replaced him with somebody funny then the show would have got more viewers

It got boring after a while. There was only so many times I could laugh at somebody jumping on balls and getting punched in the face.

A poor man's Takeshi Castle

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Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 5050473)

A poor man's Takeshi Castle

Thats what Ch5HD needs
with a Japan deal.

It's still funny to me :laugh:

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Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 5050473)

A poor man's Takeshi Castle

THIS!!

:worship: Takeshi's Castle

First Harry Hill, now this :sad:

We'll be stuck with Ant and Dec all the time :bored:

I liked Total Wipeout, but I really didn't like Hammond on it, he was unnecessary and unfunny.

It got too repetative and easy, the american version is far better.

It has got boring for me now,I only watch it for Richard Hammond's sense of humour.

I Enjoyed the first series. But then it got boring.

I shall miss this truly, but not Richard Hammond... at all.

It was doomed after a couple of episodes... you'd have to have an incredibly low attention span to still find it amusing.

Its first run was great but then it got boring.