The performers are the Welshmen Mathew Pritchard, Lee Dainton, Michael "Pancho" Locke and the Englishman Dan Joyce and was originally based in Newport, Wales, but later series of the show took place elsewhere in the United Kingdom and the world.

Dirty Sanchez consists of three Welshmen named Mathew Pritchard, Lee Dainton, and Michael "Pancho" Locke, and one Englishman Dan Joyce.

The original plan for the TV show was that Pritchard, Dainton, Pancho, and Dan traveled through the UK to find "the most fucked up people".

Some people called it a lackluster imitation of the American show Jackass; 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 fourth series featured seven episodes that went behind the scenes of the movie and showed the boys reactions to each sin that they had to perform in each of the countries.

The first spin-off series, called MTV Wrecked, was hosted by Pritchard and Dainton, which saw them get two contestants to do Dirty Sanchez styled stunts in order to crown a winner.

The series followed them looking for the ultimate 'highs' in Brazil, Mexico, Philippines, Australia, Cambodia, South Africa, India and Japan.

They did painful stunts in order to get a 'buzz', they did naked skydiving, had painful tattoos to fit in with Filipino tribes, and tasted old remedies and substances such as ayahuasca and psilocybin mushrooms which are used in some countries to experience an alerted state of consciousness which in high enough dosages can lead to powerful hallucinations and a state of euphoria.

At the 2004 and 2005 Carling weekend at the Reading and Leeds festivals, the Dirty Sanchez team performed a variety of stunts live onstage at the cabaret tent, including attacking their legs with a meat tenderiser, being dragged across a sandpapered stage on bare buttocks, and smoking a bong filled with their own urine and pubic hair instead of water and marijuana.

On 1 June 2007, Dirty Sanchez confirmed a full stage show with DJ at Reading Festival 2007.

Dirty Sanchez: The Movie, a reality comedy film based upon the series, was released on 22 September 2006.

In their tour of Japan, the Dirty Sanchez team battles the Tokyo Shock Boys to see who is more extreme.

In the end the Tokyo Shock Boys refuse to do a live show with Dirty Sanchez due to their disgusting antics.

The movie begins with the boys smashing a car through a caravan and they end up "dying" and going to hell, where they meet Satan (played by Howard Marks[5]), who tells them what they need to do to get their lives back.

The most notable stunts include: The boys walking on a grass field while trying to avoid the clay discs that are being fired at them by skeet shooters; Mathew Pritchard attempting to break the world record for most paintball hits to the body; Pancho getting liposuction without any anesthesia and Dan Joyce drinking the fat later; Pritchard having the tip of his little finger chopped off; and Lee Dainton slamming his forehead on drawing pins.

The movie ends with Satan being pleased by the boys' efforts for the seven sins and allows them to live but asks if there is anything else they want to admit.

It ends with a montage of deleted stunts being played during the credits and Dainton revealing what the "Sleep When You're Dead" tattoo really means, which leaves Pritchard in anger.

Described as Jackass on crack, the film is about "wicked nasty stunts such as liposuction drinking games, beer enema shotguns, things that shouldn't be done with male genitalia, and more...."[6]

The original plan was for Pritchard to chop off a whole entire half of his right little finger, until MTV stepped in and prevented this from happening; it was later changed to just the tip.

At the very end of the podcast, Pritchard stated that a sequel to Dirty Sanchez: The Movie was planned and funded, but MTV never let filming happen.

Originally scheduled for release in March 2014, it was in production for roughly six months but was restrained by MTV, who owned the rights to the series' footage.

The story revolves around the group discovering a sock belonging to American-Israeli linguist, Wendy Sandler, who is rumoured to hold a significant secret.

The film is characterized by its unconventional humour and stunts, consistent with the Dirty Sanchez series' reputation for pushing comedic boundaries.