On finding out a friend of mine worked for an independant television broadcaster.....
......I asked her why the following shows were cancelled:-

Fun House
Bad Influence
Mike & Angelo
Finders Keepers
Mouse Trap
Knightmare
& (Original) Krypton Factor

Same answer for all of them - "Elf & fuckin Safety" :(

Fair point though, would you trust an 8 year old with a go kart?
(rhyswynne - on every social network mullarkey known to man, Fri 3 Sep 2010, 10:34, 7 replies)

Knightmare cancelled because of H&S?
Hang on...it was a kid in a room with a hat on. Was Gary Glitter hiding in a corner and fuzzed out with computer graphics or something?
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Fri 3 Sep 2010, 10:40, closed)

You couldn't see where you were going
(otherwise you'd just see a green room, and it would defeat the point of your team having to guide you), so you could run into a camera rig or something? Still seems unlikely.
( Bob Todd whee, Fri 3 Sep 2010, 12:15, closed)

ffs
Knightmare?

crappy graphics, being able to do more on a speccy I can understand but health n safety yeah right.
(bluehamster, Fri 3 Sep 2010, 12:33, closed)

erm
He had a helmet on, he'd be fine.
(itsOnlyGoingToGetHairier, Fri 3 Sep 2010, 13:50, closed)

I was thinking more of the safety of the camera crew.

( Bob Todd whee, Fri 3 Sep 2010, 14:58, closed)

I bloody hated Knightmare
It was rubbish. And that Blue Peter. Not funny. Get off the telly and give me more cartoons.

HUMPH
( Dervel OTBC, Fri 3 Sep 2010, 14:45, closed)

Most complaints about Health and Safety are misdirected.
Stuff gets cancelled mainly because insurers wont insure certain things anymore without £LOL. And no-one wants to pay that... so stuff gets cancelled, and we blame health and safety. At least the media bods I know are honest about such things. Last of the Summer Wine has a much younger cast now because the insurers just wouldn't let old people do outdoor shots without a huge increase in the premium. It's stupid.
(mmmm curry doesn't really understand this sig lark, Sun 5 Sep 2010, 3:51, closed)