Only Fools On Horses
Only Fools on Horses?
No your not mistaken “on” not “and” is correct.
From show business to show jumping, 12 celebrities are chomping at the bit to raise money in BBC’s Sport Relief presents… Only Fools on Horses.
The show will be on nightly in the week leading up to Sport Relief Day on 15 July, with the live final going to be one of the highlights in The Night of Sport Relief show on BBC ONE.
The celebrities taking part are: broadcaster Sara Cox; athlete and TV presenter Sally Gunnell; TV presenter Jenni Falconer; TV presenter Suzi Perry; interior designer and TV presenter Anna Ryder-Richardson; comedienne Ruby Wax; Blue Peter presenter Matt Baker; comedian and actor Felix Dexter; gardener and TV presenter Diarmuid Gavin; Hollyoaks actor Matt Littler, and actor and theatre producer Paul Nicholas.
They will have to compete in the physically and technically demanding sport of show jumping, with the added pressure of it being in front of a live audience. The competitors are riding professional show jumping horses, which they have to name, bond with and muck-out.
Trainer and celebrated British show jumper Tim Stockdale and his team will help the celebrities get to grips with their horses, the likes of which even the most experienced riders among them will never have ridden before.
They are true show jumping horses strong, tall, slightly scarey and they certainly don’t tolerate fools.
Sport Relief presents… Only Fools on Horses will be primetime on BBC ONE and BBC THREE, with an early evening competition, followed by a results show later in the evening on BBC ONE. Presenters and judges will be revealed at a later date.
How the show will work
Starting today all of our celebrities will be introduced to their horses, which they will quickly name. But that’s the easy part.
Over the next month our show jumpers must get themselves to the level needed to compete nightly over jumps that will become increasingly difficult.
For the duration of the show the celebrities will live on-site at the stables in Braintree. Within the stables are: a living/dining room; bedrooms; a tack room; a trainers room, which will be their classroom; the show jumpers kit room, and a training area.
Will it ever return – i think not!
