Tough Guy or Chicken?

Tough Guy or Chicken is a reality/travel TV program that was recently shown on BBC3. The show follows five young British guys as they travel the world and take part in rituals and adventures. The five guys are:- Reuben - The Hippy One He grew up as a hippy type and has a bit of a problem with authority. Ross - The Cocky One Ross is the good looking, jack the lad, sportsman. Ben - The Wimpy One Ben is a vegetarian and a gentle soul. Nick - The Performer Nick is a actor, dancer and general performer. Easton - The Fireman action hero Easton is the London ...  Read the complete review

Tough Guy or Chicken is a BBC 3 reality style programme that follows the fate of 5 guys (contestants) in a series of challenges round the world, exploring different cultures and practices. The five guyshave obviously been chosen for their differences and some fair better than others in the challenges. There is Ross the swimmer/athlete and joker of the bunch, Easton the firefighter, nick the actor/dancer who uses his acting skills regularly, ruben the eco warrior and ben the vegetarian (And general all round woos). The challenges involve among other things herding bulls in south america, snake hunting in bangladesh, diving in under water caves in mexico, living ...  Read the complete review

The BBC3 TV show 'Tough Guy or Chicken' is presented in an unlikely reality / game-show format which features a group of demonstrably over-privileged, mostly white middle class men touring exotic destinations all over the world, meeting indigenous tribes-people, and facing various physical and psychological challenges to some ill-defined notion of universal 'manhood', during which they generally let the side down completely by behaving like the bunch of utter, redeeming-feature-free berks that they all patently and obviously - and bear in mind this is being written a mere five weeks into the series' run - have already confirmed themselves to be. It's a sad ...  Read the complete review