Touch the Truck (2001)

Genre

game show

Country

United Kingdom

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Twenty people hold onto a truck for as long as they can. The last one touching it wins the vehicle. Dale Winton hosts this endurance game show.

competitivewhimsicalendurancelightheartedslow-pacedrepetitivequirkysuspenseful

What happens

Touch the Truck was a British Channel 5 endurance game show which aired in March 2001. Hosted by Dale Winton, it involved a group of 20 contestants holding onto a stationary Toyota Land Cruiser Amazon truck for as long as they could. The last person left touching the truck won it. The show was filmed at the Lakeside Shopping Centre in West Thurrock, Essex. Jerry Middleton, 39, from Winchester, was the winner; he managed to stay awake touching the vehicle for 81 hours, 43 minutes, and 31 seconds. He stated that he was going to sell the vehicle to fund a political party. Middleton stood in the southwestern London seat of Kingston and Surbiton in 2001 and came in last place, with 0.1% of votes cast. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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