Well, well! Who’da thunked? A – relatively – new concept in reality TV shows. I say ‘relatively’ because there were some possible comparisons in this show with Blood, Sweat and Takeaways and any number of macho-orientated challenge shows, but I don’t think Aunty Beeb has ever before offered us a show that’s quite like this one.

Five British lads, Reuben Feldt, Ross Edgley, Ben Roper, Nick Barratt and Easton Woodburn – in that order as pictured above – have been sent off around the world to face some of nature’s toughest fighters and battles to prove which of them is indeed, Tough Guy or Chicken.

They also needed to prove who had a strong stomach, as some fairly grisly scenes ably demonstrated. However, there was a cracking sound track which included Kings of Leon and Blur, so that was ok then. Read more & comment »