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BBC's £20million prime-time show 'could face the axe' due to dismal ratings - despite being renewed for a second series


Survivor sees 18 Britons taken to the Dominican Republic, where they are stranded in a tropical location and divided into two tribes, competing against each other in a range of challenges.

Survivor sees 18 contestants flown to the Dominican Republic, where they are stranded in a tropical location and divided into two tribes, competing against each other in a range of physical and mental challenges for rewards or immunity. BBC chiefs moved David Attenborough's Planet Earth III from its Sunday 8pm slot to make way for Survivor as it was deemed such a huge priority. Bosses at the network have been keen to find a Saturday night television show which will replicate the golden era when they had programmes such as The Generation Game.

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