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198525 minFinalizada

Duncan Dares

Cadena:BBC One

Episodio Anterior

S02E06 - "What is a Dare?"

Emitido el Jun 2, 1986, 4:00 PM

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Descripción

Duncan Dares is a BBC series aimed at older children in which Peter Duncan takes on outdoor challenges and adventures.

Detalles

Estado
Finalizada
Idioma
English
Duración
25 min
Estreno
April 24, 1985
Finalizado
June 2, 1986
Horario
Monday a las 17:10

Enlaces Externos

Episodios (2 Temporadas · 12 Episodios)

Truck Racer

It's new, it's exciting, it's the fastest-growing motor-sport in Europe today - it's truck-racing! Peter has to learn to manoeuvre a 40-foot trailer backwards at 3mph before he's allowed to join top truck-racing drivers on the starting grid for a lOOmph battle of the giants, at one of the world's most famous racing tracks - The Paul Ricard Circuit in the south of France.

Apr 28, 1986

25 min

Firefighter

'Remember, remember, the fifth of November'.The 'towering inferno' and the 'rat run' are legendary in the London Fire Brigade, and are part of Peter Duncan's dare as he trains as a fireman. On bonfire night he joins 'White Watch' at Holloway fire station for a night of firefighting he will never forget.

May 5, 1986

25 min

Survivor, Part 1

Alone in the wilderness after an air crash - could you survive? In the first of two programmes Peter Duncan joins expert Lofty Wiseman, who says that with proper training and the will to continue, any fit person can survive. But solitude and lack of proper food make seven days seem like eternity to Peter as he learns that bull rushes are as nourishing as asparagus, and all you need to cross water safely is a plastic sack.

May 12, 1986

25 min

Survivor, Part 2

After four days of living off the land, survival expert Lofty Wiseman and Peter Duncan join forces once more to leave Peter's forest shelter and march to the coast and safety. Weakened by lack of proper food and the walking, Peter learns that limpets and seaweed fill you up and wild strawberry roots are good for cleaning your teeth.

May 19, 1986

25 min

Hang Glider Pilot

Up and away! In this high-flying dare Peter Duncan becomes a hang-glider pilot and discovers the Blorenge - the highest hang-gliding site in South Wales.The spectacular views from its summit provide a test of nerve for Peter's first flight.

May 26, 1986

25 min

What is a Dare?

'Dear Peter, would you ... lie on a bed of nails? Wear a beard of bees? Walk over hot coals? Let a tarantula walk across your bare chest?'All these ideas came from Duncan Dares viewers who felt that up till now he was getting off lightly. Join Peter in the last programme of the series as he faces up to what the viewers think is daring.

Jun 2, 1986

25 min

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