Total Wipeout

Will Ali the penguin keeper slip and slide his way to success on the Qualifier? Will Professor David Spiegelhalter OBE have done his sums right to get over the Big Red Balls with added travellator? Will Mark, IT manager by day, amateur wrestler by night, throw off the shackles of office life to make it past Granny's House unscathed?

It's Christmas down on the Winter Wipeout course in Argentina! Richard Hammond and Amanda Byram fill their festive sacks with 20 brave Brits ready to take on the Winter Wipeout Christmas Qualifier, complete with Big Red Baubles and Granny's Grotto. There's every chance Lairy Fairy Gemma will lose her wings on the course and gorilla keeper Emily will be swinging over the enormous Yule Logs.

Can magician Darren run the travellator and cross the Big Red Balls? Will Granny decide she doesn't want any government policy advisors knocking at her door and send Dom flying off into the mud? Or will Sophia the 'Professional Apple' from Cornwall beat them all to it and make it through to the Wipeout Zone without getting juiced?

Today's courageous band of volunteers include a former world class athlete intent on making a comeback, a bin man with big ideas and a kamikaze housewife who literally launches herself at the Big Red Balls, Granny's House and the Ski Lift. t's a close run thing for the title this week with one finalist proving that theImpossible Snowflakes might actually be possible.

The Winter Blob makes a welcome appearance to send the contestants into orbit whilst Granny's House and the Big Red Balls attempt to send the participants flying. Can Cherry Man John eat enough cherries to make it through? Can Rio the coach driver drive his way to victory or will Mica the Welsh sprint champion become the Winter Wipeout Champion?

Tonight, twenty brave battlers -including a grave digger, a pet detective and a whisky taster will take on the wintry weirdness. They all have something in common -the wish to return home minus bruising and a cheque for £10,000. Five take on Winter Blunderland but only three contestants will survive it and become tonight's heroes -going through to the ever so chilly Wipeout Zone.

Hell has frozen over! Wrap up warm because Richard Hammond and co-host Amanda Byram are back with another frosty episode of Winter Wipeout. Twenty brave Brits -including a bollard salesman, a farmer and a comedian have volunteered for an expedition to the arctic wastelands of Argentina. There they must tackle the most absurd obstacle course on the planet in a bid to return home with the prize.

Richard Hammond and co-host Amanda Byram return with new obstacles, new contestants and LOTS of falling in this episode of Winter Wipeout. The Big Red Balls with added Travelator and Granny's House welcome a magician, a lady called Dawn French and three best mates who call themselves 'The Don Squad'.

Winter Wipeout reaches a suitably dramatic finale this week with Winter Wipeout: The Final. And when we say dramatic, we mean dramatic with added snow. The finest contestants from across the series -champions and losing finalists -once again hop on the flight to South America to take on the most arduous and extraordinary snow-clad, foam-padded obstacle course on Earth.

Acting has the Oscars. Singing has the Brits. Winter Wipeout has the awards show to end all awards shows -The Snow Globes. Join Richard Hammond on the red carpet for the highlights of the series as he takes us on a wintery journey handing icy trophies out along the way, ably assisted by Amanda Byram.

10 celebrities will be taking the reindeer-drawn celebrity sleigh to the top of the Qualifier, where Amanda Byram will be waiting with a pithy put-down and a barrel of laughs. From the warmth of the studio Richard Hammond will be commentating on the efforts of musical star Connie Fisher, snowy Olympic hero Eddie The Eagle Edwards and hearthrob boy-band songster Tony Mortimer from E17.

The celebrity circus skis in to town as Winter Wipeout once again challenges some of the nation's most famous faces to tackle the world-renowned, terrifying and unnecessarily slippy obstacle course. Their aim is to keep their dignity, bag a big fat cheque for the charity of their choice. but most of all avoid being punched in the face at Granny's House.