Swash among casualties on 'Total Wipeout'

Swash among casualties on 'Total Wipeout'
Swash among casualties on 'Total Wipeout' (Image credit: UK Press/PA Photos)

Former EastEnder Joe Swash was among six stars injured while filming a celebrity edition of the gameshow Total Wipeout, according to The Sun. The paper reports that Swash - who played Mickey Miller on the soap - required hospital treatment for an arm injury he sustained while filming the show in Argentina. He was hurt while taking part in the Dizzy Dummies challenge - in which contestants are spun at high speed on a special merry-go-round before jumping off to complete an assault course. Swash, who won I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! in November 2008, arrived at Heathrow Airport on Friday with his arm in a sling. Former Celebrity Big Brother housemate Cleo Rocos was also among the injured, and returned home on Friday with her leg strapped up after suffering a knee injury. Other participants who were hurt included Olympic hurdling champion Sally Gunnell, who suffered severe bruising to her thighs, TV presenter Dominic Littlewood who hurt his leg, and children's TV host Kirsten O'Brien who also injured her knee. Fitness instructor Kevin Adams - one of Jade Goody's closest friends, was also among the injured, tearing ligaments after taking part in the show. They were treated by medics on the set of the show. "Total Wipeout is a tough, physical game show and the celebrities did have some injuries during filming," said a spokesperson for the programme. "However, contestants' health and safety is our first priority and anyone injured received immediate treatment."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.