For the 1978 British comedy television series starring Ronnie Barker, see Going Straight . For other uses, see Going Straight (disambiguation)

Going Straight Genre Reality Presented by Manu Bennett Country of origin New Zealand Original language(s) English Production company(s) Touchdown Television Release Original network TV3 Original release 2003

Going Straight is a New Zealand television reality programme by Touchdown Television that aired on TV3 in 2003. The programme was hosted by New Zealand actor Manu Bennett, where contestants had to continue moving in a straight line, no matter what the obstacles in the way, to compete for prize money of $NZ10,000.

Format [ edit ]

The format of the programme challenged five contestants, wearing location monitoring equipment, to get to the end of a specified "virtual lane" across a landscape by completing three separate straight-line challenges. Contestants were eliminated each round. There was a $10,000 prize for the winner.[1]

Fire stunt accident [ edit ]

In 2004, an investigation was launched into the programme after a contestant suffered severe burns following a retake of a stunt.[2] The programme was later penalized NZ$65,000 in district court for the incident.[3]