Total Wipeout

Total Wipeout is a TV game show hosted by Richard Hammond and Amanda Byram. It originally aired on BBC One over six series, including a special winter-themed series, from 3 January 2009 until 31 December 2012. Each episode saw 20 contestants take on the Total Wipeout course in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Contestants were gradually eliminated over the course of four rounds until one contestant remains, who won a trophy and ten thousand pounds of tax-free cash. In the summer of 2020, after a spike in YouTube views of classic episodes during the COVID-19 pandemic, a six-episode series featuring Top Gear presenters Freddie Flintoff and Paddy McGuinness narrating classic episodes of the show was aired, called Total Wipeout: Freddie and Paddy Takeover.

Format
Total Wipeout was presented and narrated by Richard Hammond from a studio in England (with the exception of the series 2 celebrity specials, where Hammond was present in Argentina during filming), with Amanda Byram presenting from the course in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Gameplay
The Total Wipeout course consisted of four rounds, each with its own obstacles. Each series, new obstacles and possibly new rounds would be introduced.