The Jump
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Host
Davina McCall and Alex Brooker
Co-hosts
Mentors: Graham Bell (skiing), Amy Williams (skeleton), Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards (ski jump)
Broadcast
Twofour and Group M Entertainment for Channel 4, 26 January 2014 to present
Synopsis
Celebrities compete in a series of winter sports events, under the tutelage of Graham Bell, Amy Williams, and Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards over the course of ten live programmes across two weeks. Each night two celebrities will have to face a live ski jump in order to keep their place in the competition.
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Participants
- Steve Redgrave (ex-Olympic rower)
- Sinitta (singer)
- Amy Childs (ex-The Only Way is Essex person)
- Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (socialite)*
- Kimberly Wyatt (singer and Got to Dance judge)
- Anthea Turner (TV presenter)
- Darren Gough (former cricketer)
- Marcus Brigstocke (comedian)
- Melinda Messenger (TV presenter)
- Nicky Clarke (hairdresser)
- Henry Conway (party promoter)
- Sam J. Jones (actor)*
- Laura Hamilton (TV presenter)
- Ritchie Neville (singer with '5ive')
* - Tara Palmer-Tomkinson decided to pull out of the programme shortly before it was due to air. She was replaced by TV presenter Laura Hamilton. Sam J. Jones also left the series before it aired after picking up a shoulder injury. He was replaced by 5ive singer Ritchie Neville.
Trivia
The programme's working title was 'The Alpine Games'.
Filmed on location in Innsbruck, Austria, host city of the 1964 and 1976 Olympic Winter Games.
