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Tough Guy or Chicken? (2009)

Tough Guy or Chicken? poster
Genre
reality
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 8 episodes
Rated
14+
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Five young British men travel to harsh locations around the world where they face dangerous animals and physical tests. Each episode sends them to a new place to try a different challenge. If they cannot do the task, they fail.

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What happens

Tough Guy or Chicken? is a 2009 reality television series shown on BBC Three. It involves five young British men spending four months travelling the world taking tough challenges with deadly animals and in hostile locations. The series is made up of 8 episodes where, in each, the men are taken to a different part of the world to take on the different challenges that await them. If they are not up for the tasks required of them they fail the given challenge. Ross Edgley, who was then 22 years old, took part. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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