| Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger | |
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| Genre | Reality television Science |
| Directed by | Josh Thomson |
| Starring | James Coleman Greg Page Kirsten Pederson |
| Narrated by | Paul Ego |
| Country of origin | New Zealand |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Production company | The Down Low Concept |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV3 |
| Release | 7 February – 11 April 2011 |
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Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger was a New Zealand science-based reality television series broadcast on TV3. Each episode saw the two hosts, James Coleman and Greg Page, work to produce a "new and improved" version of a household appliance or object.[1] At the beginning of each episode, the hosts selected their team from a combined pool of five people, four of whom had skills that were of value to the project, and one of whom (the wildcard) did not. They then spent the remainder of the day in a shed producing the new device, before holding competitive tests the following morning. The tests were adjudicated by Kirsten Pederson.
Before the series aired, Coleman told news media that the episode in which he attempted to make a clothes drier from a lawnmower engine and an angle grinder was a near-disaster, as "The clothes ended up being distributed in specks of cotton around the laundry and the hooks flew off and embedded themselves around the set," but "Luckily, they didn't kill or blind anyone." [1]
The series was nominated for an Aotearoa Film & Television Award in 2011.[2]
- ^ a b Hurley, Bevan (16 January 2011). "Danger men aim to take science further". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
- ^ "News stars duke it out at AFTA Awards". The New Zealand Herald. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2012.