The show's working title was 'The Alpine Games'.
A series of injuries meant that the final was shortened from 90 minutes to 65.
The show is frequently criticised as dangerous as a number of contestants have been injured in each series.
Filmed on location in Innsbruck, Austria, host city of the 1964 and 1976 Olympic Winter Games.
During the third series, a number of injuries meant the show ran out of standby contestants. Instead, Arg returned to the show having previously been eliminated.