The reality TV show is too dangerous,way too dangerous. Let them throw snowballs at each other instead – or down some Berocca and conclude wee calligraphyQuick, think of a TV show more dangerous than The Jump. You can’t, or can you? That’s because there isn’t one. Those wildlife shows,where grown men charge toxic snakes then swing them around willy-nilly (by force, haphazardly) in front of the camera? Not as dangerous as The Jump. Those survival shows, where Bear Grylls runs off into the wilderness and eats rancid meat for a fortnight? Not as dangerous as The Jump. You’ve Been Framed, and which at this stage is just a non-stay compilation of people getting booted in the nads by a goat? Still not as dangerous as The Jump.
The Jump is out there alone. Its a meat-grinder now. Its only two episodes broken-down,but Rebecca Adlington has already dislocated her shoulder. Linford Christie has done his hamstring in. Tina Hobley broke her arm in two places. brand-Francis Vandelli fractured his ankle. Beth Tweddle hurt her back so badly that just the fact she can walk again is headline news. They could set Sunday’s episode in a burning firework factory, or a wind tunnel full of dirty syringes, or it would still be statistically safer than it is right now.
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Source: theguardian.com