Late Late Breakfast Show death

Title

Late Late Breakfast Show death

Genre

Interview

TX Date

14 Nov 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:02:27

Description

Following the accidental death of Michael Lush, a member of the public who was asked to perform a dangerous stunt in rehearsals for the Late Late Breakfast Show, several unnamed former contestants describe episodes of the show in which they were asked to perform dangerous acts. An unidentified male commentator (poss. Peter Plouviez of actors’ union, Equity) condemns the practice of endangering people’s lives in this way. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Peter Plouviez?

Keywords

Deaths; Entertainment; Trade unions; Mass media; Television programmes; Safety; Equity (trade union); Accidental death; Late Late Breakfast Show; Audience participation; Michael Lush

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