''Stranded with Cash Peters'' is a

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/ documentary on the

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created by British

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Cash Peters Cashman "Cash" Peters (born 6 June 1956) is a British author and broadcaster who writes on travel and spiritual matters, and has published two mystery novels. He is also a handwriting analyst. Early life and career Peters was born in Stockpor ...

, in which he was dumped in an unfamiliar place with no

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, or room for the night. He had to rely on the locals to show him around town, buy food for him, and give him a place to stay for the night. Each time-slot consisted of two 22-minute-long episodes. It first aired on June 6, 2005, but was canceled after two seasons. Peters wrote about his experiences making the program in a 2009 book entitled ''Naked in Dangerous Places''.

Ending

The show was moved from its time-slot numerous times, while the network's website neglected to update fans of the changes, causing confusion. Thirty-one episodes aired in the United States. The show filmed in

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, was never broadcast out of respect to the victims of

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. The episode was later shown elsewhere in the world.

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