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Man vs. Beast is a series of sensationalistic television specials aired in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 by the Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company

The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox and stylized as FOX, is an United States television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
 television network
Television network

A television network is a distribution wiktionary:Network for television content whereby a central operation provides television program for many television stations....
. The shows were produced by Brian Richardson and directed by Bob Levy
Bob Levy

The name Bob Levy may refer to:*Bob Levy , the former mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey*Bob Levy , a stand-up comedian and radio personality...
. They involve a variety of challenges in which people and animals compete against each other. Although the initial special, Man vs. Beast, was heavily panned by critics and animal rights
Animal rights

Animal rights, also known as animal liberation, is the idea that the most basic interests of animals should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of human beings....
 groups, Fox commissioned a sequel, Man vs. Beast 2, which aired on February 20, 2004.

The competitions included the following matchups:

In 2003, ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
 commissioned Granada Productions
Granada Productions

Granada Productions is one of Europe's leading commercial television production and distribution companies.Since January 2006, the company has used the name ITV Productions when making programmes for the ITV family of channels....
 to re-create the American special for British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 audiences.






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Man vs. Beast is a series of sensationalistic television specials aired in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 by the Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company

The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox and stylized as FOX, is an United States television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
 television network
Television network

A television network is a distribution wiktionary:Network for television content whereby a central operation provides television program for many television stations....
. The shows were produced by Brian Richardson and directed by Bob Levy
Bob Levy

The name Bob Levy may refer to:*Bob Levy , the former mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey*Bob Levy , a stand-up comedian and radio personality...
. They involve a variety of challenges in which people and animals compete against each other. Although the initial special, Man vs. Beast, was heavily panned by critics and animal rights
Animal rights

Animal rights, also known as animal liberation, is the idea that the most basic interests of animals should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of human beings....
 groups, Fox commissioned a sequel, Man vs. Beast 2, which aired on February 20, 2004.

The competitions included the following matchups:
  • Professional eater Takeru Kobayashi
    Takeru Kobayashi

    is a Japanese people competitive eating and a member of the International Federation of Competitive Eating . He held the world record for hot dog eating for nearly six years, and holds several other eating records, and is ranked third in the world for competitive eating according to the International Federation of Competitive Eating....
     lost a hot dog eating contest against a Kodiak bear
    Kodiak Bear

    The Kodiak bear , also known as the Alaskan brown bear, is the largest subspecies of Brown Bear and occupies the islands of the Kodiak Archipelago in southcentral Alaska....
    .
  • Scott Helvenston
    Scott Helvenston

    Stephen "Scott" Helvenston was a former United States Navy SEAL, and worked as a security contractor for Blackwater Security when he was killed in the infamous 31 March 2004 Fallujah ambush within days of arriving in Iraq....
    , a US Navy SEAL, won a race against a chimpanzee
    Chimpanzee

    Chimpanzee, sometimes colloquially known as a chimp, is the common name for the two Extant taxon species of ape in the genus Pan where the Congo River forms the boundary between the native habitat of the two species:...
     through an obstacle course.
  • A group of 44 dwarves
    Dwarfism

    Dwarfism is a medical term describing a person of short stature, with the most widely accepted definition of a dwarf being a person with an adult height of less than 4 feet 10 inches ....
     lost a race against an Asian elephant
    Asian Elephant

    The Asian or Asiatic Elephant , sometimes known by the name of one of its subspecies – the Indian Elephant, is one of the three living species of elephant, and the only living species of the genus Elephas....
     to see which could pull a commercial jet a certain distance first.
  • Shawn Crawford
    Shawn Crawford

    Shawn Crawford is an American Sprint Athletics from the United States. He competes over in the 100 metres and 200 metres events. He won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200 m....
    , a world-class sprinter, won a 100 meters against a giraffe
    Giraffe

    The giraffe is an African even-toed ungulate mammal, the tallest of all land-living animal species, and the largest ruminant. It is covered in large, irregular patches of yellow to black fur separated by white, off-white, or dark yellowish brown background....
     but lost against a zebra
    Zebra

    Zebras are African equids best known for their distinctive white and black stripes. Their stripes come in different patterns unique to each individual....
    .
  • A Sumo
    Sumo

    is a competitive contact sport where a wrestler attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring or to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of the feet....
     wrestler lost a tug-of-war against a large, female orangutan
    Orangutan

    The orangutans are a species of Hominidae. Known for their intelligence, they live in trees and they are the largest living arboreal animal. They have longer arms than other great apes, and their hair is reddish-brown, instead of the brown or black hair typical of other great apes....
    .


In 2003, ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
 commissioned Granada Productions
Granada Productions

Granada Productions is one of Europe's leading commercial television production and distribution companies.Since January 2006, the company has used the name ITV Productions when making programmes for the ITV family of channels....
 to re-create the American special for British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 audiences. A six-part series was filmed, hosted by John Fashanu
John Fashanu

John "Fash" Fashanu is a United Kingdom television presenter and ex-football of Nigerian & Guyana descent. In his former career, he was a striker ....
. However, due to heavy lobbying by animal rights groups, transmission of the series was postponed indefinitely.

See also

  • List of television series cancelled before airing an episode


External links

  • , synopsis and scheduled listings at FoxReality.com