Shipwrecked Will Return To Channel 4

by Lisa McGarry on Thursday, June 7th 2007

Channel 4 have confirmed that they will be filming a new series of Shipwrecked to air next year.
The current series of the reality TV show will end this Sunday. Filming for the new one will begin in autumn and air next January.
“We can’t wait to start casting next year’s Shipwreckers,” said exec producer Tania Alexander. [...]

 
 

SHIPWRECKED 2007: BATTLE OF THE ISLANDS… Three Weeks To Go

by Lisa McGarry on Saturday, May 12th 2007

With just three weeks left, tensions are running high on both islands. Trailing the Sharks by four islanders, the Tiger boys are desperate to win this week’s new arrival, 23-year-old Fliss from Shropshire. But the girls have had enough of entertaining new arrivals and refuse to make an effort. The boys are furious and confront [...]

 
 

SHIPWRECKED 2007: Five Weeks Left

by Lisa McGarry on Saturday, April 28th 2007

With only five weeks left both tribes go all out to impress this week’s new arrival, sports-mad Kim, and will do anything to grab her attention, including a particularly revealing show from recently formed Tiger boy band “Reef Shoes”. Meanwhile, last week’s new arrival, posh Surrey student Francesca, is causing a stir on both Islands.

 
 

SHIPWRECKED 2007: BATTLE OF THE ISLANDS

by Lisa McGarry on Saturday, April 14th 2007

It’s no ordinary week on Shipwrecked , as both tribes get ready for an island swap. It’s a chance for one islander from each tribe to cross the lagoon and check out the competition, and a chance for the rival tribes to lure someone over to their island. The Tigers narrow their choice of Shark [...]

 
 

SHIPWRECKED 2007: Sharks Enjoy their Lead

by Lisa McGarry on Friday, April 6th 2007

It’s week 11 and 19-year-old student Louis is settling into paradise. He spends the first half of the week with the Tigers, who need to impress Louis over the three days to stay in the competition. Last week, new arrival Ella chose Shark Island, putting the Sharks ahead with 11 islanders to the Tigers’ seven. [...]

 
 

Shipwrecked: Petition Handed To OFCOM Over Racism Claims

by Gerard McGarry on Saturday, February 24th 2007

David Weaver, the chairman of The 1990 Trust, handed in a petition signed by 5,330 people objecting to the racist comments made on a recent episode of Shipwrecked on Channel 4.
The people rushed to sign the petition after Shipwrecked contestant Lucy Buchanan was shown remarking that black people should be “reinslaved.”
Weaver said: ‘I hope Ofcom [...]

 
 

SHIPWRECKED 2007: THE HUTCAM DIARIES

by Lisa McGarry on Saturday, February 17th 2007

The Hutcam Diaries gives a real insight into the Shipwrecked characters and their personal journeys, on a desert island thousands of miles from home.
Ben takes full advantage of being the first boy on Tiger Island. Tiger hottie Lianne reveals how she really feels about Shark Stuart. And at the Sunday Beach Party the Sharks [...]

 
 

SHIPWRECKED 2007: DJ Jo Davis Arrives

by Lisa McGarry on Friday, February 16th 2007

The fourth new arrival, 24-year-old DJ Jo Davis from London, settles into life in the South Pacific. Jo spends her first three days with the Sharks, and immediately bonds with London barber Lorenza Preecha. But there’s an added twist in store for Jo and the rest of the islanders this week: island swap.
Each island [...]

 
 

T4: SHIPWRECKED 2007: BATTLE OF THE ISLANDS

by Lisa McGarry on Sunday, February 11th 2007

Both islands are reeling after Lucy’s shock departure from Tiger Island at last Sunday’s Beach Party. As Lucy settles in as a Shark, 23-year-old Ben arrives in paradise.
The Shark boys are quick to welcome him, but there’s friction on Shark Island, as Lorenzo falls out with Will. Over on Tiger Island the girls are [...]

 
 

SHIPWRECKED 2007: THE HUTCAM DIARIES

by Lisa McGarry on Sunday, February 11th 2007

11/02/2007 E4
In this week’s Hutcam Diaries the Shark boys are struggling with their personal hygiene, but things couldn’t be more different for the Tiger girls who are embracing island living and indulging in naked bathing in the lagoon. And the Tiger girls reveal how they’re really feeling, following original Tiger Lucy’s surprise defection to Shark [...]