OFF-BEAT stunts are to be staged on people in Newcastle on Monday as part of a build-up to the premiere of Jackass The Movie.

In the run-up to the London premiere on Tuesday, a Jackass ambulance full of stunt-men will be making a 48-hour trip through the country's major cities.

It leaves Glasgow on Sunday afternoon and will arrive in Newcastle city centre at 8.30am on Monday, when a team will burst from the back of the van, surprising an unsuspecting public and taking hostage competition winners.

The bus will then continue to Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and Cardiff. Other competition winners will be picked up along the way and deposited at the foot of the red carpet at the film premiere.

The film is taken from the MTV Jackass show, where people attempt a variety of stunts.