With Jeux Sans Frontières ending in 1999 and the revived British Domestic series It's A Knockout lasting only two seasons before it too was cancelled, the early years of the 21st century were tough times for fans of such series.

However, the Spanish Domestic series Grand Prix del Verano (Summer Grand Prix) bucked the trend and continued to garner healthy audience figures for broadcaster TVE. 2001 marked its seventh series since it began in 1995 as Cuando Calienta del Sol (When the Sun Heats Up), the series adopting its regular name the following year.

by Alan Hayes

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