One-line pitches

New TV programme pitches:

"All New Jim'll Fix It" with Jamie Oliver. At the start of the show Jimmy Saville morphs Doctor Who-like into the new fat-tongued presenter. Note: must reprise the cool chair with secret compartments.

"Ray Mears's Urban Survival": portly survivalist Ray Mears attempts to survive a full week in a range of metropolitan occupations, including city trader, traffic warden, taxi driver and pimp.

"Gordon Ramsey joins the Paras": Ramsey trains with the Paras for a month, to see how he likes being shouted at 24 hours a day. Will he cope or will be cry like a big girl?

"Extreme One Man and His Dog": shepherd and sheepdog must use their skill and judgement to negotiate the herd through a range of challenging courses, including: minefields, lava flows, frozen lakes etc. Commentary by John Motson.

"Robot Wars Patriot": teams of nerds build exploding robots for infiltrating terrorist cells by remote control. Whichever team delivers the ordnance first wins.

Posted by monoman at 01:11 PM on July 15, 2004