RIO TV SHOW DROPPED

Last updated : 10 July 2007 By editor

From Digital Spy:

'ITV executives have axed Rio Ferdinand's All-Star Wind-Ups show - following a number of filming disasters. The show got off to a poor star last month when Jayne Middlemiss needed medical attention after being targeted. Producers had trapped the TV presenter in a lift, without realising that she suffers from claustrophobia.

'A second stunt involving former EastEnders star Dean Gaffney also went badly. Executives tried to 'kidnap' the actor in a limo, however, not only did he rumble the trick, but hidden cameras failed to pick up any footage of the incident.

'The series was due to start airing later this month, but ITV have now decided to pull the plug. A source told The Sun: "It seems to have, ahem, slipped out of the schedules. Everything was just going wrong and we could not see there was a way to salvage the show." An ITV spokesman confirmed: "The production did not work on our timeline."'