Castaway 2007
| Castaway 2007 | |
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| Created by | Various |
| Presented by |
Danny Wallace Richard Bacon |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Jeremy Mills |
| Running time | various |
| Production company(s) | Lion Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One & BBC Three |
| Original release | 9 March – 27 May 2007 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Castaway 2000 |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
Castaway 2007 was a follow-up to the BBC series Castaway 2000 in which a group of people from the British public are "castaway" on a remote island. While in the 2000 series 36 men, women and children moved to a remote Scottish island for a year, this series featured 15 men and women from the British public who were moved to a New Zealand island for three months. The basic premise of a group of volunteers living as a community in a remote location remains, however this time the BBC promised an "exotic location, on the other side of the world". Another change since Castaway 2000, was that the castaways were voted off the island one-by-one, in a manner similar to other reality series like Big Brother.
The prize for the winning castaway, which was Jonathan, was a trip around New Zealand with a friend later in the year.
Castaway 2007 was broadcast on BBC One and presented by Danny Wallace, with spin-off shows on BBC Three. The main show was initially 60 minutes long, broadcast each Sunday at 9pm. It was further announced on 11 March 2007 that there would be a spin-off show on weekday evenings called Castaway: The Last 24 Hours. Each show showed the highlights of the previous day and was hosted by Danny Wallace. The spin-off show, Castaway Exposed was broadcast on BBC Three, presented by Richard Bacon.
From 8 April, the show format was changed to three half-hour shows per week at 7pm on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. This was seen by commentators as a way of moving the show out of prime-time, as its viewing figures had halved since the launch episode.
A number of locations in New Zealand were touted including Durville, Slipper, Rotoroa, Forsyth and Arapawa Islands. The island chosen was Great Barrier Island, New Zealand.
On 7 March, the BBC revealed the thirteen initial castaways, a further two castaways joined the show later.
Alasdair 'Lil Al' Humberston - (finished 3rd) - 19, from Northamptonshire, is on a double gap year before starting a degree in business. He regards himself as a leader having been deputy head boy at his public school. He wants to be a venture capitalist and make millions. Hobbies include fishing, rugby union and mountain boarding. He also spent some time rapping in a Goldie Looking Chain tribute band. He says: "It would be amazing to chase your breakfast around an island and wrestle with it." He attended Uppingham School in Highfield house for six years. Alasdair made it to the grand final on 27 May and finished third. Recently smashed his own face in attempting to do "The Worm" during the 2012 Code Computerlove Christmas event in Berlin - Video of incident
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