Safari School

Revision as of 08:35, 24 January 2007

Synopsis

A year and a bit on from Art School, BBC Two attempts to turn the same trick again by flying a bunch of celebs out to South Africa to be taught the skills of the game ranger. This time round, there's a proper game mechanic in place, with a series of eliminations producing one winner, who even gets a prize at the end.

They've really missed a trick by using "celebrities" in this series - especially as they're mostly boring ex-soap actors whose careers peaked a few years ago (well, it's true), and who have remained in the public eye largely through appearing on celebrity game shows. The usual suspects, in other words. It's doubly galling when you consider that this is a challenge that plenty of ordinary members of the public would jump at, with a "once in a lifetime" prize - being involved in the release of a captive lion into the wild - that would really be worth winning, if you're into that sort of thing. We should be seeing contestants who are genuinely excited about the challenge and really motivated to win, but what we're getting is the first eight B-thru-D-list celebs who happened to be available that month. Are we wrong to feel cheated? Surely not.

Participants

Claire King (ex-Bad Girls actor), Jeremy Sheffield (ex-Holby City actor), Carrie Grant (vocal coach / talent show judge), Brooke Kinsella (ex-EastEnders actor), Blair McDonough (ex-Neighbours actor), Paul Usher (ex-Brookside actor), Jamie Baulch (ex-athlete), Jan Leeming (ex-newsreader).

See also

Art School

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