Going Straight is a New Zealand television reality programme by Touchdown Television that aired on TV3 in 2003. The show also aired on the United Kingdom cable channel Challenge.[2] The programme was hosted by New Zealand actor Manu Bennett, where contestants had to continue moving in a straight line, no matter what the obstacles in the way, to compete for prize money of $NZ10,000.
| Going Straight | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality |
| Presented by | Manu Bennett |
| Country of origin | New Zealand |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Auckland[1] |
| Production company | Touchdown Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV3 |
| Release | 2003 |
Format
editThe format of the programme challenged five contestants, wearing location monitoring equipment, to get to the end of a specified "virtual lane" across a landscape by completing three separate straight-line challenges. Contestants were eliminated each round. There was a $10,000 prize for the winner.[3]
By 2005, the show's format had been licensed to international television channels and production companies.[2]
Fire stunt accident
editIn 2004, an investigation was launched into the programme after a contestant suffered severe burns following a retake of a stunt.[4] The production company was fined $65,000 in district court for the incident.[5] Charges were to be put to either Touchdown Television or its Warkworth District Court representative.[6]
Reception
editLocal media called Going Straight a show similar to Fear Factor[1][5] on a sickness benefit.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b Patrick Gower; Angela Gregory (July 29, 2003). "TV show contestant badly burned in attempt to 'get a better shot'". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
- ^ a b OnFilm Magazine February 2005
- ^ Eyeworks New Zealand & Australia – Going Straight Retrieved December 2011
- ^ Louisa Cleave (30 January 2004). "TV show in firing line over stunt". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ a b Peter Calder (13 May 2004). "Kiwi reality show to pay hurt player". Variety. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ OnFilm Magazine, April 2004
- ^ Philip Matthews (September 26, 2003). "The decline and fall of Western civilisation".