Famous and Fearless

Famous and Fearless
Genre	Reality television
Developed by	Princess Productions
Presented by	Chris Evans Clare Balding
Voices of	Nick Fellows
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	95 - 120 minutes
Release
Original network	Channel 4
Picture format	16:9
Original release	2 January (2011-01-02) – 7 January 2011 (2011-01-07)

Famous and Fearless was a reality television game show series in which 8 celebrities competed in extreme sporting events to win money for their respective chosen charity. It aired in January 2011 on Channel 4 and was presented by Chris Evans and Clare Balding with Jack Osbourne appearing alongside them as a guest in most shows. The commentator of the events was Nick Fellows. The winner was Charley Boorman. The live part of Famous and Fearless was broadcast from the Liverpool Echo Arena, where all the Head-to-Heads and other events happened before an arena audience.

Eight celebrities competed, split into two divisions - boys and girls. On 7 January 2011, Charley Boorman won the boys' group and Kelly Holmes won the girls, with the former becoming the overall champion.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6 (Finale)

Charley Boorman beat Dame Kelly Holmes in Demolition Derby to become the eventual winner of Famous And Fearless.

Famous and Fearless received mostly negative reviews from British media outlets. Stuart Heritage of The Guardian stated that the contestants were not celebrities and the events were not extreme. He went on to say Celebrity Big Brother's successor may have been more successful if it had been 'a mindless Saturday evening ITV show.'.The Independent claimed the show was too noisy and mislead viewers with its title, suggesting 'Vaguely Recognisable and Game for a Laugh' or 'Who's That and Why Is That Dangerous?' as more fitting titles.

In February 2011, it was reported that the series had been axed after one series due to poor ratings.

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