Has there ever been any major gameshow disasters in the UK?
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Like anything collapsing or malfunctioning or a fire starting for example? 
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Late,_Late_Breakfast_Show#Death_of_Michael_Lush
That would have been quite some feat, seeing as the first round depended upon people directing a blindfolded shooter over the phone via a picture that had to be broadcast live...!
So it's rubbish, I'm afraid.
That's the only one I can think of.
It was Anthea Turner, I believe. I saw it on Greatest /TV cock ups or something like that. She was sitting on the back of this van thing and then the motorcyclist went the wrong way and there was a bang and she fell off the van... I can't explain it properly I'll try and find a link...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQo6t9vcZYc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Late,_Late_Breakfast_Show
I read that the motorcyclist didn't do anything wrong, it was the BBC's fault for the director ignoring health and safety restrictions and just let her sit there anyway. She was left scarred and had either full vision or hearing loss for a while, I can't remember which.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHiGT_odU2Y
It wasn't just at the big money section it was hilarious from the start, that episode which Bygraves described at the end as the funniest show he'd ever done. There was the question to the same guy with the turkey fixation in the first half who answered to 'Name a famous Irishman' with 'Shughie McFee' MB told him at the end to back and join his family in the asylum. His fellow members looked fit to be tied at the humilation.
Thanks, all I remember is the turkey part so i'll have to look up the full episode.
A comment on the video said the director/production changed something at the last minute and when they gave the cue for her to start talking, the motorcyclist mistook it for his cue and went early. Either way if either of these versions are true it is the fault of the BBC/production not the guy on the motorbike
Noel Edmonds Late Late Breakfast Show I believe.
Something to do with a bunjie rope and not following BBC H&S.
See post 12
Thanks. That's kind of the one I'm thinking of but there was another incident and I've kind of melded them together in my memory. The other one, might have been a car went out of control and the presenter just noticed it careering towards them at the last seconds and ended up gettting thrown up on the bonnet?