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Guinness World Records Smashed was a television show for British broadcaster, Sky One, that featured record
World record

A world record is the best performance in a certain discipline, often a sports event. Outside of conventional sports, world records can also be set in virtually anything that is measurable, but verifying these records is often very difficult....
 attempts, celebrity guests and death-defying stunts. This was a one off pilot episode, a full 11 part series will be broadcast on Sky1 from April. The show was produced by British independent production company, Outline Productions with Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing an internationally recognized...
; it was aired on November 23rd 2008.

The show was recorded in October 2008, in and around London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 and invited people to partake in the filming to attempt to break existing world records.






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Guinness World Records Smashed was a television show for British broadcaster, Sky One, that featured record
World record

A world record is the best performance in a certain discipline, often a sports event. Outside of conventional sports, world records can also be set in virtually anything that is measurable, but verifying these records is often very difficult....
 attempts, celebrity guests and death-defying stunts. This was a one off pilot episode, a full 11 part series will be broadcast on Sky1 from April. The show was produced by British independent production company, Outline Productions with Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing an internationally recognized...
; it was aired on November 23rd 2008.

The show was recorded in October 2008, in and around London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 and invited people to partake in the filming to attempt to break existing world records.

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Fearne Cotton
Fearne Cotton

Fearne Cotton is an England presenter known for presenting a number of popular TV programmes such as Top of the Pops and the Red Nose Day telethon....
 (Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a long-running United Kingdom UK Singles Chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006....
, Xtra Factor) and Ben Shephard
Ben Shephard

Ben Shephard is an England television presenter....
 (GMTV
GMTV

GMTV is the national ITV breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom. It is owned by GMTV Ltd, comprising ITV plc and The Walt Disney Company ....
, Dancing on Ice
Dancing on Ice

Dancing on Ice is a United Kingdom television show, in which celebrities and their professional partners Figure skating in front of a panel of judges....
) presented the show. Both Fearne and Ben signed on to take part in some of the record attempts, with Shephard performing a record-breaking reverse bungee jump.