Knightmare

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what did david think of knightmare did he think it would be so successful.

He never spoke much about his past. We only found out he was an actor when someone watched one of the 'extras' on a DVD box set of Hitchhikers and found him interviewed on it!

Really weird to suddenly find out you work with Marvin/Pickle!

[darren]

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GREAT SHOW O ROUND OFF THE CITV WEEK.

GREAT DOCUMENTARY
http://youtu.be/hg9komiRNVw

[xmark1234]

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I use to love this always wanted go on that show

[Cartimand]

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Great fun - if a bit slow at times.

Love this parody too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERLLUoZn0mM

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Great fun - if a bit slow at times.

Love this parody too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERLLUoZn0mM

LOL!!!! - fantastic!

[darren]

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After Knightmare ended on ITV, it was quickly picked up by The Sci-Fi Channel, which broadcast all eight series starting from the channel's launch in November 1995. However, ratings were low, perhaps exacerbated by the satellite sharing that meant UK fans were unable to receive the Sci Fi Channel at the times when the show was being broadcast. (Cable television was also relatively uncommon in the UK at this time, and completely unavailable in some areas, further limiting the show's existing fanbase.) Sci-Fi's contract ran out on 31 October 1998. Knightmare's only appearances on television after that were as clips in "40 Years of Anglia" in 1999, and Channel 4's 100 Greatest Kids' TV Shows in 2001, where it came 16th, the highest position on the list for a game show.
In the United States, Series 5 and 6 were shown for a short time on local Long Island, New Yorkindependent stationWLNY.


In December 2002, the UK satellite channel Challenge held a group of programmes called the "Christmas Cult Selection", featuring a group of classic game shows from the 1960s (The Golden Shot) right through to the 1980s. Knightmare was included in this, and the repeats started on 23 December 2002, with Series 3, Episode 1 preceded by a short 2.5 minute documentary featuring Tim Child and Hugo Myatt. Just over a week later, Knightmare went on to reach first place in an Internet poll held by Challenge, asking viewers to decide the best show out of the Cult Selection.


Reasonable ratings, combined with the high fanbase, ensured that the other seven series went on to be bought and shown over the next two years. It took until 8 July 2004 for all the episodes to be shown, when Episode 16 of Series 2 was broadcast 563 days after the repeats started. Knightmare continued to run on Challenge until 31 March 2007, when the rights to the series expired. By this time only five of the eight series were still being repeated, as the rights to Series 3 expired at the end of 2004, Series 4 on 31 May 2006, and Series 5 on 30 September 2006, the latter two following a final showing of those series.

[trip2themoon]

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I remember it taking a massive nosedive in quality when they stared integrating new locations like the castle's grounds and nearby forest.

[darren]

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Was this in the later series.
It did seem to take longer to win quests in the later series.
But i did think it was more frightening.

i remember it taking a massive nosedive in quality when they stared integrating new locations like the castle's grounds and nearby forest.

[darren]

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https://youtu.be/e8tlnOm4sxM

[darren]

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https://youtu.be/IqqlvNE1wDE