Richard Hammond thinks TV shows will keep attempting daredevil stunts despite the risks.
The presenter, 53, almost died in a crash at 280mph while filming for Top Gear in 2006 and last year Freddie Flintoff was seriously hurt while doing a challenge for the BBC motoring show.
But Richard doesn’t think horror accidents have put execs off doing more stunts in the future.
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Asked if he thinks they’ll be axed, he said: “I doubt it.”
Richard reckons TV shows just need to consider risks when plotting stunts.
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He said: “In all television programmes, if you’re taking risks you have to mitigate everywhere against those risks.
“But also we’ve all got to remember, and occasionally I’m reminded, just because we’re on TV doesn’t mean we’re in some sort of magic protected bubble. Real world things still apply.”
Richard even thinks viewers like to see people injure themselves on TV so long as it’s not serious.
Game show Takeshi’s Castle, which involves physically-demanding challenges, has been revived for a new run.
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Richard is confident it’ll be a hit because it involves contestants getting battered and bruised.
He said: “Pratfalls and somebody else hurting themselves, hopefully not too badly, is one of the oldest forms of humour, isn’t it?
“I don’t think we’ll ever get away from that.”
Former cricketer Freddie was forced to stop filming Top Gear when he was injured.
Execs later announced they were halting production on the new series of the show.
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The presenter’s 2006 crash wasn’t his only brush with death as he was airlifted to hospital in 2017 after another horror accident while attending a car race in St Gallen.
He was driving a £2million car in Switzerland when he lost control of the vehicle before it flipped over and erupted into a fireball.
The TV star came out with serious injuries, including a fractured knee but miraculously went on to make a full recovery.
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