Death Wish Live

Death Wish Live was a week of live shows from Channel 4 showcasing stunts for entertainment. The five nights each featured a particular artiste; Jonathan Goodwin, The Pain Men, Zamora The Torture King, Pyro Boy & The Cirque de Flambe.[1]

Jonathan Goodwin opened the series with a hangman stunt where he was to escape cuffs before a water filled barrel pulled the noose upwards, lifting him smoothly off his feet rather than the traditional trapdoor method, in a stunt called Cheating the Gallows. Famously the stunt went wrong when he failed to pick the lock and was seen kicking his legs before passing out and being dropped, unconscious, into cardboard boxes at which point the show went to intermission. Producers later explained that the stunt had pre-arranged safety measures, meaning Jonathan's life was never in danger.[2][3]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Pearlman, Julia (1 February 2006). "Channel 4 to face probe over Death Wish Live! hanging stunt". Brand Republic. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  3. "TV hanging show sparks complaints". BBC. 31 January 2006. Retrieved 11 March 2018.


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