Dumped
Official logo for Dumped
Also known as	Eco-Challenge
Genre	Reality/Documentary
Presented by	Rob Holdway
Narrated by	Tony Gardner
Theme music composer	James Lundie
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producer(s)	Helen Hawhen Helen Veale
Producer(s)	Elaine Arthur
Co-Producer(s)	Barney Addison James Collins
Editor(s)	Luca Salvatori Tim Clack Craig Nichols Dan Evans
Location	Croydon, London
Camera setup	Phil Broom Colin Skinner
Running time	1 hour (with advertisement breaks)
Broadcast
Original channel	Channel 4
Original run	September 2, 2007 – September 5, 2007
External links
Official website

Dumped was a television programme which started on September 2, 2007 and aired nightly until September 5 2007.^[1] It involved 11 contestants living for three weeks on a rubbish dump next to a landfill site near Croydon, Surrey.^[2] The contestants who "survived" the 21 days and used only what they found on the dump were awarded £20,000 to share equally between them.^[2] The working title of the programme was Eco-Challenge.^[3] In psychology, there are several models that attempt to explain and account for the trajectory of the breakup of a relationship. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. ... Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ... Tony Gardner (born January 10, 1964 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside) is an English actor and qualified doctor. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... For other uses, see Croydon (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the British television station. ... is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up landfill in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Croydon (disambiguation). ... This article is about the English county. ... A working title is the temporary name of a product or project used during its development. ...

Format

11 participants, who were not initially informed of their task, must live on a purpose-made rubbish dump adjacent to a working landfill site for 21 days after being left equipped only with a sleeping bag, drinking can and one roll of lavatory paper each.^[2][4] However, food was delivered to the landfill on a weekly basis.^[2] A prize fund of £20,000 was shared equally between those who participated for the entire three weeks.^[2] All contestants were ordered to wear Kevlar gloves, protective boots and face masks when looking through the rubbish.^[5] Every person working on the programme was given tetanus, polio and hepatitis vaccinations for their safety.^[5] Look up landfill in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Kevlars molecular structure; BOLD: monomer unit; DASHED: hydrogen bonds. ... Tetanus is a medical condition that is characterized by a prolonged contraction of skeletal muscle fibers. ... Poliomyelitis (polio), or infantile paralysis, is a viral paralytic disease. ... Hepatitis (plural hepatitides) implies injury to liver characterised by presence of inflammatory cells in the liver tissue. ...

Contestants

The 11 contestants who participated "represented the complete spectrum of public opinion on environmental issues".^[6] Potential participants were not told that the programme would involve living on a landfill, but were instead told that they would be part of "a unique eco-challenge".^[4] One participant, Darren Lumsden, voluntarily left the programme after just three days, claiming that the experience had taught him nothing.^[2]

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Pre-series publicity

Described as Channel 4's "biggest marketing campaigns of the year", Dumped was promoted via various methods.^[11] Advertisements for the programme appeared on websites such as Yahoo, The Guardian, New Scientist, The Daily Telegraph and MSN.^[11] Television adverts, using the 1998 single Delta Sun Bottleneck Stump by Mercury Rev, featured people performing everyday tasks such as bathing whilst on the landfill.^[11] Posters featuring the programme's tagline, "Living off the landfill", were displayed across Britain and others appeared on the London Underground.^[11] Some bus shelters within London featured posters which were made out of rubbish, and September 2 edition of The Sunday Times featured a biodegradable bag wrap to promote the programme.^[11] This article is about the British television station. ... Yahoo! - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... New Scientist is a weekly international science magazine covering recent developments in science and technology for a general English-speaking audience. ... This article concerns the British newspaper. ... For other uses, see MSN (disambiguation). ... See also: 1998 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1998 Record labels established in 1998 // 1998 - The single Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls sets a new hot 100 airplay record, 18 weeks at number one. ... Deserters Songs is the fourth album by the rock band Mercury Rev, released in 1998. ... Mercury Rev are an American rock music group, formed in the late 1980s in Buffalo, New York. ... Children bathing in a small metal bathtub Bathing is the immersion of the body in fluid, usually water, or an aqueous solution. ... The London Underground is an underground railway system - also known as a rapid transit system - that serves a large part of Greater London, United Kingdom and some neighbouring areas. ... A bus stop or omnibus stop is a designated place where a public transport bus stops for the purpose of allowing passengers to board or leave the bus. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International which is in turn owned by News Corporation. ...

Reaction

Viewing figures

The first episode of the programme received just 2.4 million viewers, a 10% of the audience, compared to the television premiere of The Queen on ITV1 which was watched by an average of 7.9 million people and attracted a 36% audience share.^[12] Coming Down the Mountain, also airing at the same time on BBC One, was watched by 4.7 million and a 20% share.^[12] The second episode was watched by 1.7 million, compared to the 3.6 million that watched the opening episode of the third series of ITV1's Hell's Kitchen^[13]. The penultimate episode was viewed by 1.5 million viewers and had a 7% audience share, while Hell's Kitchen received 3.4 million viewers and a 15% audience share.^[13] The final episode of the programme attracted 1.9 million viewers and an audience share of 8%, while 4.2 million viewed Hell's Kitchen, a 19% audience share.^[14] Both programmes were beaten in their slot by BBC One's Traffic Cops, which attracted 5.5 million and a 25% share of the audience.^[14] The Queen. ... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... Coming Down the Mountain is a Radio and TV drama written by Mark Haddon (author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) and directed by Julie Anne Robinson. ... BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC, and the first in the United Kingdom. ... Hells Kitchen is a British cookery-based ITV reality show. ...

Reviews

James Walton, of The Telegraph, was critical of the programme and its purpose; on Darren's departure, he said: "According to the narrator, this proved that Darren “didn’t understand” the experiment. Another interpretation, of course, would be that he did."^[15] This article concerns the British newspaper. ...

Controversy

It was initially alleged that the programme was staged, as the landfill that the contestants were living on was created especially for the filming.^[16] However, Channel 4 has played down these allegations, stating that the programme could not be filmed on the real landfill and that they have been "careful not to mislead".^[16] This article is about the British television station. ...

References

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External links

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