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Directed by | Becky Staniforth |
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Matthew Pritchard Dan Joyce Michael Locke Lee Dainton |
No. of series | 4 |
No. of episodes | 39 (including spin-offs) |
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Running time | 22–30 minutes |
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Original network | MTV |
Original release | 2 July 2003 | – 2008
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Dirty Sanchez | |
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Directed by | Jim Hickey |
Starring | Matthew Pritchard, Lee Dainton, Mike Locke, Dan Joyce |
Edited by | James Herbert |
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95 minutes |
Box office | £521,785 |
Dirty Sanchez is a British stunt and prank TV series featuring a group of three Welshmen and one Englishman harming themselves, and each other, through dangerous stunts. It is known as Sanchez Boys and Team Sanchez in the U.S. The performers are Matthew Pritchard, Lee Dainton, Michael Locke (aka Pancho) and Dan Joyce, and were originally based in Newport, South Wales, but later series of the show take place elsewhere in the United Kingdom and the world. Pritchard and Locke also starred as the Pain Men in Channel 4's Balls of Steel.
Series one featured eight episodes and focused on each of the Sanchez members. Each episode would have them, friends and family talking about each of the Sanchez members on a certain topic the episode is about, with stunts performed in between each part of the interviews. The last episode had a psychiatrist review each of the Sanchez members behavior throughout the series.
The first series received mixed reactions, with some people calling it a lackluster imitation of the American show Jackass, while others complained that it pushed the boundaries of taste too far, due to the extreme stunts and strong profanity, as well as full-frontal male nudity. The boys are praised by others for their fun-loving hedonism and courage in their dangerous stunts. One review claims 'They make Jackass look like the Royal Shakespeare Company', and also on the cover of the Dirty Sanchez: The Movie DVD, there is a similar quote by MAXIM saying "Makes Jackass Look Like The Teletubbies."