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The Late, Late Breakfast Show was a British variety show broadcast live on Saturday evenings from 4 September 1982 to 8 November 1986 on BBC1. It was presented by Noel Edmonds, initially with co-host Leni Harper, and also featured Mike Smith and John Peel. The "Give It a Whirl" segments featured dangerous stunts.
Born on September 26, 1945, in Shawbury, Shropshire, Kirke was the eldest of seven children of Arnold Potter, a schoolmaster, and Fraye (Kirke) Potter, a concert pianist. [1] He adopted his mother's maiden name as his surname during his time at the University of Oxford. [1] He studied psychology and philosophy at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. [1]
The Dangerous Sports Club was a group of adventurers and extreme sports pioneers based in Oxford and London, England. They were active from the late 1970s for about ten years, during which they developed modern bungee jumping and experimented with a variety of other innovative sporting activities. [ 1 ][ 2 ]
David Kirke, the inventor of bungee jumping, has died at the age of 78, a friend of his family told The Independent. The co-founder of the Dangerous Sports Club based in Oxford and London ...
The bungee jump instructor's 'poor English' allegedly led to the death of a teen who misheard him and died after jumping too soon. The bungee jump instructor's 'poor English' allegedly led to the ...
A woman fell to her death earlier this week after she misheard her bungee jump instructor. The incident occurred Sunday in Amaga, a town in northern Colombia, when Yecenia Morales, 25, was waiting ...
Known for. "Rope jumping" and other stunts. Daniel Eugene Osman (February 11, 1963 – November 23, 1998) [2] was an American extreme sport practitioner, known for the dangerous sport of free-soloing, rock climbing without ropes or other safety gear. He participated in rope jumping, falling several hundred feet from a cliff then being caught by ...
Bungee jumping (/ ˈ b ʌ n dʒ i /), also spelled bungy jumping, is an activity that involves a person jumping from a great height while connected to a large elastic cord. The launching pad is usually erected on a tall structure such as a building or crane, a bridge across a deep ravine , or on a natural geographic feature such as a cliff.