The Jump (2014 TV series)

For the British crime drama, see The Jump (1998 TV series). For the Lithuanian film, see The Jump (2020 film). For the basketball show, see The Jump (ESPN talk show). For other uses, see Jump (disambiguation).

The Jump
GenreReality
Sports
Presented by
Starring
ComposerDavid Lowe
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes25
Production
Executive producers
  • Melanie Leach
  • Andrew Mackenzie
  • Rachel Watson
  • Tony Moulsdale
  • Abigail Adams
  • Caroline Davies
Production locationVarious locations in Austria
Running time60–80 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companiesTwofour and Motion Content Group
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release26 January 2014 (2014-01-26) –
12 March 2017 (2017-03-12)
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The Jump is a British television series that followed celebrities as they tried to master various winter sports including skeleton, bobsleigh, snowskates, ski cross, and giant slalom. Davina McCall and Alex Brooker presented the first series, with McCall returning for future series. Brooker did not return for future series, however. Winter Olympic skier Graham Bell and skeleton gold medallist Amy Williams put the celebrities through training in the UK and Austria. Britain's first Olympic ski jumper, Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, appears live on the show to demonstrate the ski jump.[1]

The first series was won by singer Joe McElderry on 3 February 2014.[2] In March 2014, Channel 4's chief creative officer, Jay Hunt, said she was keen to renew the show for a second series.[3] On 1 September 2014, Channel 4 confirmed that it had renewed the show for a second series in 2015.[4] The second series was won by reality television star Joey Essex.

On 28 April 2015, Channel 4 renewed the show for a third series that began on 31 January 2016.[5] The third series concluded on 6 March 2016 with retired rugby union player Ben Cohen winning the series; despite this, the series suffered controversy due to it containing the highest amount of injuries/withdrawals out of all the four series. Despite reports that the show would be cancelled after the third series due to low ratings and poor views, on 13 July 2016 it was confirmed that the show would be once again renewed for a fourth series,[6] that started on 5 February 2017 and ended 12 March with Spencer Matthews winning.

In July 2017 Channel 4 announced that the show was to be temporarily rested and would not be returning in 2018, it was expected to return for a fifth series in early 2019. However, this never happened and in December 2018 Channel 4 confirmed via Twitter that the show had been cancelled and would not be returning.[7]

  1. ^ "Channel 4 revealed the famous faces preparing to take The Jump". Channel 4 Press. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  2. ^ Eames, Tom (3 February 2014). "Joe McElderry wins Channel 4's The Jump". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  3. ^ Wightman, Catriona (10 March 2014). "The Jump: Channel 4 boss Jay Hunt keen to renew winter sports show". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  4. ^ Eames, Tom (1 September 2014). "Channel 4 recommissions The Jump for a second series". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  5. ^ Catriona Wightman (28 April 2015). "The Jump has been renewed for a third and final series by Channel 4". Digital Spy.
  6. ^ "The Jump is coming back to Channel 4 for a fourth season". Newsbeat. BBC Online. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  7. ^ 4Viewers [@4Viewers] (10 December 2018). "Sorry James. We have no info on another series of #TheJump at this time but we will definitely pass on your interest" (Tweet) – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)