TELEVISION MEMORIES 6: ‘Eurotrash’

 

Last night I was watching ‘More4’, and the ‘Channel 4 at 25’ season, whereby iconic shows from the archives are repeated late at night, and ended up watching the first episode of ‘Eurotrash’ .

 

Now you might remember that these early episodes were co-presented by the fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier and that this show was one from 1993 where a ‘Smurf’ broke into ‘EuroDisney’, however you might not know that Davina McCall was involved in the production of the programme. I was surprised to see her name on the credits and to see that it was actually Davina McCall, rather than Kate Robbins, who provided the additional voice-over for the dubbed ‘foreign language’ footage in these days.

 

it was such a tacky show haha

oh i loved eurotrash... yep it was tacky, but antoine really took the p out of himself. dunnowhy but i always took a likeing to summut european on a friday night... its a knockout probably started it!

If ever there was a programme perfectly named this was it. It was the follow up from Rapido on BBC2 wasn't it?

 

As Rob says ^ Antoine made it by taking the mickey out of himself and everyone in it.

 

Do you remember designer Jean Paul Gaultier was a co-presenter in the earlier series?

:rofl: It was so tacky but funny and entertaining at the same time. And my fave series were definitely the ones with Jean Paul Gaultier as co-presenter!

If ever there was a programme perfectly named this was it. It was the follow up from Rapido on BBC2 wasn't it?

 

I used to love watching ‘Rapido’ on BBC 2. It was one of the ‘DEF II’ shows along with ‘Rough Guides’ and Jonovotti’s ‘Gimme 5’. I think it was broadcast on either a Monday or a Wednesday night at around 7pm. The show was a very good pop programme with better acts than a show such as ‘the Ozone’. I think the ‘Rapido’ show actually came from France and he would record French links for their television channel as well as doing the English presentation.