The nation may have been gripped by Dutch iceman Wim Hof plunging himself into sub-zero water in just a pair of shorts for new programme Freeze the Fear, but viewers in Newcastle were unimpressed.
"You want to gan on a neet oot on the toon, man Wim," said local resident Jim E Nail. "The lasses are wearing now't but slips down High Bridge Street in the middle of December.
Those Italian Alps will be a sauna compared with Gateshead in the Winter."
As presenters Lee Mack and Holly Willoughby warned viewers not to attempt stunts such as jumping into pools of freezing water at home, Jim E said, "Okay, well I'll just have to gan to me mate's gaff and jump into his bath before running round the garden naked to dry off then, won't I?
