The Jump

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Host

Davina McCall and Alex Brooker

Co-hosts

Mentors: Graham Bell (skiing), Amy Williams (skeleton), Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards (ski jump)

Broadcast

Twofour and Group M Entertainment for Channel 4, 2014 to present

Synopsis

Celebrities compete in a series of winter sports events, under the tutelage of Graham Bell, Amy Williams, and Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards over the course of ten live programmes across two weeks. Each night two celebrities will have to face a live ski jump in order to keep their place in the competition.

This programme has not yet aired. A full review will appear here after broadcast.

Participants

  • Steve Redgrave (ex-Olympic rower)
  • Sinitta (singer)
  • Amy Childs (ex-The Only Way is Essex person)
  • Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (socialite)*
  • Kimberly Wyatt (singer and Got to Dance judge)
  • Anthea Turner (TV presenter)
  • Darren Gough (former cricketer)
  • Marcus Brigstocke (comedian)
  • Melinda Messenger (TV presenter)
  • Nicky Clarke (hairdresser)
  • Henry Conway (party promoter)
  • Sam J. Jones (actor)
  • Laura Hamilton (TV presenter)

* - Tara Palmer-Tomkinson decided to pull out of the programme shortly before it was due to air. She was replaced by TV presenter Laura Hamilton.

Trivia

The programme's working title was 'The Alpine Games'.

Filmed on location in Innsbruck, Austria, host city of the 1964 and 1976 Olympic Winter Games.

Web links

Official site

Wikipedia entry

See also

The Games
Famous and Fearless

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