''Danger! 50,000 Volts!'' was a 2002

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programme written and presented by

Nick Frost Nicholas John Frost (born 28 March 1972) is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter. He has appeared in the '' Three Flavours Cornetto'' trilogy of films, consisting of '' Shaun of the Dead'' (2004), ''Hot Fuzz'' (2007), and '' The World's ...

, which presented viewers with various life-threatening scenarios and suggested ways out of these situations. The show was a spoof of the outdoors

survival Survival or survivorship, the act of surviving, is the propensity of something to continue existing, particularly when this is done despite conditions that might kill or destroy it. The concept can be applied to humans and other living things ...

genre in which survival experts demonstrated how to improvise solutions to dangerous problems. A feature of the series was the clever and humorous use of danger iconography in the graphic design of segment titles, further identifying the show with the British tradition of stoic resolve in the face of (comically) overwhelming odds. In the DVD release of the programme, a 30-minute spin-off episode called ''Danger! 50,000 Zombies!'' is included as an extra. This episode saw Frost paired up with Dr. Russell Fell (played by

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), as they dealt with the situation of a

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outbreak and what to do in such an event. In 2003, a second season was made called '' Danger! Incoming Attack!''

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* {{IMDb title, 0443366, Danger! 50,000 Volts! 2000s British comedy television series 2002 British television series debuts 2002 British television series endings Works about survival skills Television series by Endemol Channel 5 (British TV channel) original programming