TV
ITV executives have axed Rio Ferdinand's All-Star Wind-Ups show - following a number of filming disasters.
The show got off to a poor star last month when Jayne Middlemiss needed medical attention after being targeted. Producers had trapped the TV presenter in a lift, without realising that she suffers from claustrophobia.
A second stunt involving former EastEnders star Dean Gaffney also went badly. Executives tried to 'kidnap' the actor in a limo, however, not only did he rumble the trick, but hidden cameras failed to pick up any footage of the incident.
Actor Shane Richie also foiled a plan to create the wreckage of a helicopter crash in his garden.
The series was due to start airing later this month, but ITV have now decided to pull the plug.
A source told The Sun: "It seems to have, ahem, slipped out of the schedules. Everything was just going wrong and we could not see there was a way to salvage the show."
An ITV spokesman confirmed: "The production did not work on our timeline."
The show got off to a poor star last month when Jayne Middlemiss needed medical attention after being targeted. Producers had trapped the TV presenter in a lift, without realising that she suffers from claustrophobia.
A second stunt involving former EastEnders star Dean Gaffney also went badly. Executives tried to 'kidnap' the actor in a limo, however, not only did he rumble the trick, but hidden cameras failed to pick up any footage of the incident.
Actor Shane Richie also foiled a plan to create the wreckage of a helicopter crash in his garden.
The series was due to start airing later this month, but ITV have now decided to pull the plug.
A source told The Sun: "It seems to have, ahem, slipped out of the schedules. Everything was just going wrong and we could not see there was a way to salvage the show."
An ITV spokesman confirmed: "The production did not work on our timeline."
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