Underplayed Gems

Hole in the Wall (2008)

Hole in the Wall poster
Country
United Kingdom
Length
2 seasons, 49 episodes
Rating
9.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two teams of celebrities take turns contorting their bodies to fit through cutout shapes in a moving foam wall. If they fail, they get knocked into a swimming pool. The winning team wins money for charity.

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What happens

Hole in the Wall is a British game show that aired on BBC One in the United Kingdom. It also occasionally aired repeats of this show on CBBC until April 2014. This game was an adaptation of the Japanese game Brain Wall (also known as "Human Tetris") in which players must contort themselves to fit through cutout holes of varying shapes in a large polystyrene wall moving towards them as they stand in front of a swimming pool. Each week, two teams of television personalities competed for £10,000 in prize money to be donated to their chosen charity. Dale Winton served as the original host while Strictly Come Dancing ballroom dancer Anton du Beke and former international cricketer Darren Gough were the team captains for the first series. Additionally, Jonathan Pearce commented on the replays and Peter Dickson provided the opening voice-over. The wall was activated by the presenter shouting Bring on the wall! On 3 July 2008, the BBC announced that the show had been commissioned for BBC One. A second series was confirmed, with Anton du Beke giving up his captain role to take over from Dale Winton as host and new team captains in the shape of former rugby player Austin Healey and actor Joe Swash with Jonathan Pearce now doing an opening voice-over plus replay commentary. A pilot episode for a revival was filmed in 2025, with Alison Hammond (who was a contestant in the first series) hosting, but was not picked up. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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