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Nancypj
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08-17-2001

Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 1:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancypj a private message Print Post    
During Treasure Hunters last night they ran an ad for a new show starting on BBC America this Wednesday night (7/26). Looks like it might be a good one:

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ABOUT THE SHOW

This summer BBC America takes lifestyle programming to a whole new place. Set sail each week at 9p for Shipwrecked, a new survival-of-the-fittest reality series set on two gorgeous islands, followed by Bump n’ Grind, a hot new dance competition series.

In this new reality competition series, two groups of 18-23 year-old castaways are left stranded, divided across two islands in the Aitutaki Atoll in the South Pacific. Each week a new castaway arrives. The two island tribes try to woo the new castaway to join their tribe. The island with the most inhabitants at the end wins a huge cash prize to be divided among the group. The trick is to have the most tribe members, but not so many as to divide the cash prize too many ways.

Shipwrecked Premieres July 26th at 9pm et.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 1:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
That sounds interesting. I watched another show on BBC before where they put a group on an island and had them try to work and survive. I can't remember what it was called. It was good.

Cathie
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08-16-2000

Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 5:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cathie a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the reminder. I had seen a commercial a week ago and meant to set my DVR (but forgot!) so now I can still catch it in time!

Angelicfairies2
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07-19-2004

Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 8:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Angelicfairies2 a private message Print Post    
Boooo I missed it.
Anyone watch it?? how was it?

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 9:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
it was pretty strange, lol. started with 10 kids, well young adults, 2 teams, 2 islands for 5 months. the personality clashes involved because some were real babies, very sheltered, and a couple were more mature. then one team is stuck with this adhd young man, who is not on any kind of meds I don't think, that drove them bats. you have your workers, your slackers. one team, the tiger team, has 3 guys and 2 girls. one of the guys is bisexual and one of the girls is a lesbian. the other two guys are the frat boy type, but are good workers. the other team, sharks, had 3 girls and 2 guys. this team has the adhd guy. one of the girls is very industrious, and let's everyone know it.

I'll definitely give it at least a few more watches. I'll be curious to see how time changes some of them. 5 months for only 70,000 pounds ...

Nancypj
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08-17-2001

Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 11:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancypj a private message Print Post    
I watched too. I'll give it a couple more watches as well. It is the first non-USA reality show I have watched, so I guess it will take a little getting used to.

The style reminded me almost of a documentary. LOTS of voice-overs. Maybe that was just for the first show and we will get less of that as things move forward. And the accents are tough for me, 'cause I really don't watch much in the way of British TV and few movies, I guess. I figure I understood about 80% of the dialogue, LOL.

The concept is cool (ADDING tribe members instead of subtracting). But 5 months? And a new tribe member every week? And the largest tribe splits 70,000 pounds? I don't know what the exchange rate is, but wow. And if they just show one new tribe member every week, this will be at least 20 weekly episodes.

On the west coast it shows at 10 pm and 1 am on Wednesdays/Thursdays on BBC America.

Hobbs
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08-05-2002

Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 1:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hobbs a private message Print Post    
Nope. I had enough. I have never seen such babies in my life. Could you imagine these people on Survivor? They got sleeping bags, instructions on how to build shelter with all the parts (and they still couldn't do it.) They got all there food, etc. I took it right off the Tivo list.

Rabbit
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08-12-2001

Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 1:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rabbit a private message Print Post    
<Waves to Hobbs, Tyger heartbreaker, ramblingly Tiger-man, loner and rebel!>

Naja
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06-28-2003

Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 2:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
I'm not sure if you guys already know this, but this show has already aired last March in the UK. So be careful not to make the mistake I did in looking up info about it and be spoiled for the whole thing.

Nancypj
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08-17-2001

Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 1:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancypj a private message Print Post    
Thanks Naja! Sorry you were spoiled, though. I hate when that happens.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 7:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I was watching it and then suddenly it just stopped appearing on my DVR list.. I guess I never did see the ending. I kinda liked it.

Sanfranjoshfan
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09-17-2000

Sunday, November 12, 2006 - 1:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sanfranjoshfan a private message Print Post    
Seamonkey, I noticed it disappeared, too....but I have comcast cable and I discovered that each week the next new episode is available on their On Demand service (and it's free!).

I usually check it on Saturday afternoon and the latest episode is there. I don't know if it appears earlier than Saturday or not.

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Sunday, November 12, 2006 - 3:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
And the accents are tough for me, 'cause I really don't watch much in the way of British TV and few movies, I guess. I figure I understood about 80% of the dialogue, LOL.


Nancypj...I have the same problem. I find it much easier to understand when I have the CC on. Closed captions.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 1:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Hmm Sanfran, I'll have to check on demand. I have Time-Warner.

<time passes>

OMG.. I just found three episodes!! Thanks so much! Not sure how many I missed but this should help..

Nancypj
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08-17-2001

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 4:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancypj a private message Print Post    
Wow - it's On Demand?? I watched the first 5 or so episodes, but then kept missing them because I couldn't stay up to watch and couldn't tape because it is on a digital station. I'll have to check my On Demand and see if there are any there I can watch. Thanks for the info!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 9:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I missed some but.. I've now watched three episodes and plan to check again this weekend for the next one.

SanFran!!!

Sanfranjoshfan
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09-17-2000

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Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, November 19, 2006 - 10:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I was excited to see that my DVR was going to record an episode of Shipwrecked last night but what it recorded, labelled Shipwrecked "The Rival tribes vie for new arrival Jonathan" instead is some completely different BBC show :-( Something about photographers and Elle McPherson

Back to On Demand, I guess..

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, November 19, 2006 - 10:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
OK.. Episode 17 is up .. I think that is new for me.

Amchess
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08-27-2002

Monday, November 20, 2006 - 12:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Amchess a private message Print Post    
I also like Survivor South Africa. The episodes (so far 10) are on YouTube.

Nancypj
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08-17-2001

Monday, November 20, 2006 - 2:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancypj a private message Print Post    
Thanks to you guys cluing me in to On Demand, I caught the last three episodes over the weekend (up through 17). Too bad they don't keep more episodes up there, but beggars can't be choosers, I supposed. It would have been nice to know a bit more about the dynamics of things in the big middle chunk I missed. Seems there are just a couple of weeks left, then.

Five months...that is an amazingly long time to be on an island for a reality show. I do have a question, though - they say the winners get 70,000 pounds. Is that each, or does the whole group have to split it? I'm not sure of the exchange rate, but 70,000 pounds between 14 people does not seem like very much. Not for 5 months, anyhow.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 11:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I think it is split.

Dfng
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08-04-2005

Wednesday, November 22, 2006 - 10:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfng a private message Print Post    
I really like this show and it would be interesting to see a US version. Although it would probably be more like Paradise Island with lots of fighting.

Question: Do they give them any alchohol?

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Wednesday, November 22, 2006 - 10:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
yes, they have gotten alcohol.

I, too, am sad about the middle episodes that I missed. Last one I saw on regular bbca there wasn't the total animosity between the tribes that there seems to be now. And the whole thing with them kicking that one guy out and he got sick ...

Dfng
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08-04-2005

Wednesday, November 22, 2006 - 12:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfng a private message Print Post    
thanks Lady... On Demand only has eps 15-17 and I couldn't tell if they were drinking or not. I came to this site too late.

Sanfranjoshfan
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09-17-2000

Friday, November 24, 2006 - 12:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sanfranjoshfan a private message Print Post    
Yes, they get alcohol....it doesn't seem to be that much though. I've never seen them get drunk ....maybe a little tipsy but nothing like the out-of-control drinking on The Real World or Big Brother here in the states.

I ran across a site somewhere a few weeks back (can't remember where so I have no link) and they talked about how this show has been going on for several seasons. Apparently this is the first season that had two tribes on two islands in competition to win a prize. Previously it was set up more like Read World on an island....it was more of a psychological experiment than the competition it is now.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 11:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Episode 18 is available on my cable :-)

Bummer, it is almost over. The rival tribes of Shark and Tiger Island vie for the new arrival Jonathan in the competition's final two weeks. Former Shark John begins to ruffle the feathers of certain Tiger Tribemen in this new survival-of-the-fittest reality series.

I was bummed that when the Sharks kidnapped that Tiger girl and then the Tigers retaliated that when they were punished the one team only lost the guy who was going to swithc anyway and the other got stuck with a saboteur. Just didn't seem fair to me.

I would have liked the psych experiment aspects of it, I bet.

OK, settling in to watch episode 18.

Sanfranjoshfan
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09-17-2000

Friday, December 01, 2006 - 11:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sanfranjoshfan a private message Print Post    
I see that episode 19 is now available on Comcasts' On-Demand. The last arrival, a girl named Jenni arrives. There is just one remaining episode after this one. (The full season was 20 episodes)

Sanfranjoshfan
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09-17-2000

Friday, December 08, 2006 - 5:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sanfranjoshfan a private message Print Post    
Well, Episode 20, the Shipwrecked FINALE, is now available on Comcast On Demand here in SF.

I just finished watching it. For those of you who don't get On Demand, here's a brief spoiler:

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Jenni chose the SHARKS and no one chose to nominate themselves for the other tribe, so it remained 15 tribe members for the SHARKS and 14 for the TIGERS.

SHARKS WIN!

The episode ended with a little caption for each person saying what they are doing now:

Niff & Gareth had a relationship that lasted just 3 months. James came out to his family who supports him. Richie and Charlie Murray (one of the blonde girls) are still together and are planning to move in together. Chris has moved from the Isle of Man to London to become roommates with Crawford, who is still a plumber. Kevin is still modeling and plans to travel to South America. That's about all I remember.

YAY SHARKS!


Naja
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06-28-2003

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 9:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
Season 2 is really causing stir in the UK, especially after the race controversy after their Celeb Big Brother trouble this past month.

http://www.voice-online.co.uk/content.php?show=10740

I'm not sure when it will air on US BBC, but the eps are downloadable now at uknova in torrents.

http://www.uknova.com/browse.php?search=shipwrecked&cat=0&incldead=1

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 10:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Ugh, torrents.. hope we get this at least in on demand BBCA .. I liked the show.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 10:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Wow, SHE isn't gonna be wanted by either tribe!

Naja
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06-28-2003

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - 10:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
She sounds lovely, doesn't she? /sarcasm