I was asked to perform the opening stunt for the Guinness World Records 50th anniversary television special which went out on Saturday 11th Sept 2004 on ITV1 with 8 million viewers.
The producers asked me if I would abseil into the studio from the lighting grid LIVE and be interviewed by presenter Jamie Theakston before the VT of the stunt abseil was shown. Performing the abseil live on prime time TV posed many challenges; the rope had to be dropped as I entered the studio as it was central to the set. If, as often happens, the rope had knotted, I'd be left dangling in mid air. I planned a get out for this scenario which fortunately didn't happen.
The video is now in the public domain so you can watch it here:
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