The Late Late Breakfast Show

Contestants in reality TV game shows are frequently pushed to the limit. You are required by Survivor to live in a remote area for one month. Contestants on Fear Factor performed death-defying stunts. But all of this is intended to be done with expert supervision. There is never any actual risk. Unless it is, that is. The Late Late Breakfast Show allowed audience members to attempt to replicate Hollywood feats without any prior training in the early to mid-1980s for British audiences.

Unemployed construction worker Michael Lush was supposed to pull off a stunt in which he bungee jumped from a container dangling 100 feet in the air. Instead, in front of the rest of the audience, Lush collapsed to the ground and passed away from his wounds. The bungee was not correctly fastened. Nobody with any experience in stunt work had been in charge of it. Just a few days later, the show was canceled.