Body Heat
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Host
Co-hosts
Jeremy Guscott and Sally Gunnell
Broadcast
Action Time/Central for ITV, 15th July 1994 to 31st December 1996
Synopsis
Three pairs of yuppies get all hot and sweaty through a variety of studio-based and outdoor exercises.
Rounds were varied, some better than others. A vicious running race involved a computer that upped the pace after each leg until everyone has dropped out. There was a tensionless bench pressing section that was just a VT insert. There was the Pressure Point, an outdoor challenge that varied from week to week. There was a somewhat silly quiz, based on fitness and nutrition questions, the twist being that contestants had to run a short distance to press the correct response button. Finally, there was the Batak Attack, a large wall which lit a sequence of lights, each one of which had to be extinguished with a table-tennis bat affair.
A good format which serves its purpose well, but whether anyone gets truly excited about the outcome is debatable.
Inventor
Created by Stephen Leahy.
Music
Simon Etchell
Trivia
A New Year's Eve Celebrity Special in 1996 featured Jane Gurnett, Du'aine Ladejo, Tristan Bancks, Oliver Skeete, Karen Dixon and that well-known athlete Sian Lloyd.
Pictures
The back-and-forth running race.
The Batak Attack. After an exhausting warm-up, the pairs of contestants take turns to hit the lit lights on the giant walls. The lights must be hit with the correct amount of pressure to score.
Sally Gunnell (left), Jeremy Guscott (centre) and Mike Smith (right) with the winning pair of contestants after a special end-of-series final filmed on location somewhere tropical.