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  Title Sequences

  • Series 1 - 5

  • Series 6 - 8

  Life Force

  • Original Life Force (Series 1-5)

  • Life Force II (Series 6-7)

  • Life Force Death Animation - (requires Macromedia Flash Player)

  Thanks to Lance Paterson of the angliatv.com web team for this animation.

  Original Hand Painted Knightmare Rooms by David Rowe

  • Merlin's Chamber, Clue Room, and Mount Fear [3 images]

  Contestant Photos

  • Series 2: Thanks to Jason Karl (Winning Dungeoneer) and Laura Alex for the following: Jason with Frightknight Trophy; Jason and Craig (Team 7) with Certificate. [2 images]

  • Series 5: Thanks to Andrea Barber (Contestant) for Team 5 Photo.

  • Series 8: Thanks to Richard Howse (Contestant) and Alan Boyd (Winning Team Captain) for the following: Team 1 Photo; Alan and Frightknight Trophy. [3 images]

  Quest Items

  In March 2004, a couple of members of the Knightmare Discussion Forum borrowed original Knightmare quest items from Tim Child for RPG projects. Thanks to Glenn Toogood, Forester and Kieran for providing these photos - never seen before!

  • Original Helmet [3 images]

  • New Helmet [6 images]

  • Eye Shields [2 images]

  • Frightknight [1 image]

  • Brollachan [1 image] - Original Modeller's Plaster Cast! Thanks to Keith Moss for this pic.

  • Glenn RPG [2 images]

  Anglia Television

  News Pictures from Anglia Television

  Thanks to Stuart Landreth for sending me these pictures, which Anglia Television sends to TV listings magazines and newspapers for publicity purposes.

  • Cedric

  • Hordriss

  Anglia Television Knightmare Awards

  Thanks to Lance Paterson of the angliatv.com web team for two photos, showing the Anglia TV awards cabinet, and a close-up of Knightmare's bronze medal from the Youth Category of the New York Film & TV Festival Awards 1988. Photos taken in Christmas 2000.

  • Knightmare Awards

  Anglia Television Building, Norwich

  • Anglia Television, Norwich: Picture of the Anglia TV building, by Adam Battersby.
• Featured Content
• Club
• FAQ
• Reviews

  Reviews

  Reviews of Knightmare, and a look at the computer games, board game, books and merchandise.

  The Games Machine: Entering The World of TV Make Believe [TGM/October 1987]

  This is probably one of the first articles about Knightmare when it just started in 1987. John Minson dallies a while in Knightmare Castle.

  Micro Mart: Quiz Show [Micro Mart/14-20 Sep 2006]

  Never mind gongs, dartboards and black chairs - game shows have moved into the ever more technical realms. Jenny Saunders looks at how computers have revolutionised the industry.

  Cult Times: Ohh, Nasty... [Cult Times/Nov 2005]

  Cult Times takes a trip back to the early Nineties and remembers the days of blinded youths traipsing through computer-generated dungeons.

  Knightmare Scenario at Anglia? [The Evening Star/24 Jun 2005]

  Article in a regional newspaper following the announcement of studio closures by Anglia.

  Dick & Dom in Da Bungalow [Children's BBC/Feb 2004]

  Treguard makes an appearance on TV for the first time in 10 years!

  CiTV Birthday Bash [Children's ITV/Jan 2003]

  A look at how Knightmare featured on the special show marking the 25th anniversary of Children's ITV.

  Challenge? Documentary [Challenge?/Dec 2002]

  A look at how Knightmare featured on the Challenge? Christmas Cult selection season.

  The 100 Greatest Kids' TV Shows [Channel 4/Aug 2001]

  A look at how Knightmare performed in this Channel 4 viewer poll.

  Hugo Myatt on Chucklevision [Children's BBC/Feb 2000]

  Brief look at Hugo Myatt's appearance as a vampire on Chucklevision.

  Outside the Dungeon Walls [Phil Colvin/Aug 1999]

  Phil describes how he became a fan of Knightmare.

  Perfect Knightmare? [Phil Colvin/Jul 1999]

  Phil talks about what made Knightmare what it is.

  Where did the difficulty go? [Phil Colvin/Apr 1999]

  Phil wonders if the difficulty of Knightmare changed over the years.

  Knightmare on Sci-Fi [1995]

  A brief look at the presentation of Knightmare on The Sci-Fi Channel.

  Take Two [Children's BBC/Dec 1991]

  The creator of Knightmare on a CBBC discussion show about TV game shows.

  Le Chevalier du Labyrinthe [1990]

  An interesting look at the French version of Knightmare.

  Computer Games

  A look at all the Knightmare computer games.

  Board Game

  A look at the Knightmare board game.

  Book Reviews

  Details of all the Knightmare books.

  Merchandise

  A look at the various Knightmare merchandise over the years.

• Fan Stuff

  Fan Stuff

  Fan contributions to this website mostly here...

  FANSFAQ : [Ver. 3/Martin Odoni/Dec 2006]

  Answers to Knightmare Frequently and Not So Frequently Asked Questions!

  Interviews

  Mark Wickson [Sep 2004]

  An interview with Mark Wickson - the first ever Knightmare winning dungeoneer!

  Joanne Heywood [Kieran/Feb 2004]

  An interview with Joanne Heywood, who played Stiletta.

  Edmund Dehn [Kieran/Feb 2004]

  Another interview with Ed Dehn, who played Gumboil, Wall Monster and the Automatum.

  Tim Child [Kieran/Feb 2004]

  Another interview with Tim Child, the creator/producer of Knightmare.

  Tim Child, Hugo Myatt, David Learner [Debbie Glover/2002]

  Early in 2002, Debbie interviewed the creator/producer of Knightmare, and the actors who played Treguard and Pickle.

  Mark Knight [Kieran & Steph/Nov 2001]

  An interview with Mark Knight, who played Lord Fear, Sir Hugh de Witless, Rothberry and Ah Wok.

  Fanfic

  Interactive Story [Word/Discussion Forum/Sep 2003]

  An Interactive Story compiled by members of the Knightmare Discussion Forum. Also see illustrations by Emily Bradshaw.

  Crossed Paths [Word/David Ishida/Mar 2007]

  The Endless Quest [Drassil/Jan 2005]

  I, Julius [Drassil/May 2004]

  Enter, Leaper [Drassil/Nov 2003]

  Are You There? Part 2 [Emily Bradshaw/Sep 2003]

  Are You There? [Emily Bradshaw/July 2003]

  The Battle of Twinn [Emily Bradshaw/Jan 2003]

  Kully [Emily Bradshaw/Dec 2002]

  A Day In Goth [Emily Bradshaw/Jul 2002]

  Breaking The Rules [Emily Bradshaw/May 2002]

  The Unwelcome [Stephen Reid/Feb 2001]

  The Valley of Dreaming [Andrew Buckley/Dec 1999]

  Other

  Catchphrase Part 1 : Part 2 : Part 3 : Part 4 [Drassil/May 06/Mar 07/Sep 07]

  Knightmare Catchphrase!

  Fan Art [Daniel Williamson/Jan 2006]

  Fan art of the Knightmare opening sequence

  Which Knightmare Character is your Soulmate? [Emily Bradshaw/Feb 2004]

  A quiz!

  Knightmare Maze [Emily Bradshaw/Jan 2004]

  Help Pickle find his scroll!

  Knightmare Halloween [Mike/November 2003]

  Pictures of Knightmare costumes created by a fan for halloween.

  Skarkill vs. Lissard [Steven Webberley/April 2003]

  Why Skarkill was better than Lissard, and Lissard better than Skarkill.

  Guess the Dungeoneer [Steven Webberley/Jan 2003]

  Some randomly altered shots of dungeoneer deaths.

  Knightmare Theme Guitar Tab [Lee Robson/Jan 2003]

  A guitar tab based on the series 1-3 (opening) theme.

  Ten More Reasons: Obsessed [Stephen Webberley/Nov 2002]

  Ten more reasons why you know you're obsessed with Knightmare.

  Knightmare Funnies [Rainecloud/Jul 2002]

  A set of Knightmare screen-shots with funny captions.

  Spot The Difference [Stephen/Jul 2002]

  A Knightmare 'spot the difference' puzzle

  Knightmare Ring Tones [Tom Murphy/Elizabeth Wood/Jan 2002]

  Ring tones for Nokia and Ericsson mobile phones.

  Top Ten Reasons: Obsessed [Martin Odoni/Nov 2000]

  The Top Ten Reasons why you know you're obsessed with Knightmare.

  Top Ten Reasons: Villains [Martin Odoni/Nov 2000]

  The Top Ten Reasons why Lord Fear was a better villain than Mogdred, and why Mogdred was a better villain than Lord Fear.

  Downloads

  After downloading, you can 'unzip' these files using Winzip

  Knightmare: The Ultimate Quest [Liam Callaghan/September 2007]

  Excellent contribution consisting of a 'Choose Your Own Adventure' style game in Word format.

  Knightmare: Choose Your Own Adventure [Anthony Thompson/January 2004]

  Excellent contribution consisting of a 38 page 'Choose Your Own Adventure' style game in PDF.

  Knightmare Desktop Icons and Mouse Cursors for Windows [Adam Battersby/2000-2002; Jon Harris/Jan 2002]

  Assign the icons by going to Control Panel -> Display -> Effects tab. Instructions in the README file for mouse cursors.

  Archive

  Votecaster Results [knightmare.com/Feb 2001]

  Results of the first votecaster questions on this site.

  Interactive Knightmare RPG [Adam Battersby/Sep 2000 Onwards]

  Archive of material from Seasons 1 & 2 of the Interactive Knightmare RPG

  Guestbook Archive

  January - February 1999

  March - July 1999

  August - November 1999

  December 1999 - April 2000

• Behind the Scenes

  Behind The Scenes

  A real look behind the scenes of Knightmare. If you've always wondered how did they do that? Prepare to be amazed...

  Unseen

  Chroma Key Experiment [Anglia Television/1986]

  Never seen on TV: In preparation for Knightmare, some experiments with Chroma Key (blue screen technology) took place in the Anglia TV's Studio A.

  Original Title Drawings [Siriol/1987]

  Scans and amimations of the original drawings used for the original title sequence.

  Kellyvision [Children's ITV/1988]

  A look at how the graphics in Knightmare were produced during filming at Anglia Television's studios.

  Smirkenorff [Mark Cordory/1991]

  The original designer and sculptor of Smirkenorff provides us with a few 'behind the scenes' photographs of its creation and operation.

  Series 8 Outtakes [Anglia Television/1994]

  Never seen on TV: A funny collection of outtakes from Series 8, entitled 'Slow Hand'.

  Use of Blue Screen in Knightmare [spacehog/2004]

  A former member of the Knightmare production team with some info on how the chroma key technology was used.

  1987 Knightmare Pilot Information [Billy Hicks/2006]

  Some information recently uncovered about the second pilot Knightmare programme produced in 1987 for the ITV Children's Committee.

   

  Experiences

  Series 5, Team 4 [Ray Lockton/Series 5/1991]

  The Story of the Winning Team - around 125 photos and scans describing this team's trip to the Knightmare auditions, and their visit to Norwich to film their quest in the Anglia studios back in 1991! This is a fascinating insight into what Knightmare teams really went through, including the whole process of being auditioned, invited to take part, sorting out travel, hotels, explaining the rules of the game and the tour the studio after their quest.

  Paul Boland [Paul Boland/1993-1994]

  After misfortune prevented Paul Boland appearing on Series 6, his team are invited to visit the Knightmare studios as VIP guests!

  Nicholas Lam [Nicholas Lam/1993]

  The Emeritus Webmaster describes his own audition process for Series 7 in 1993.

  Richard Howse [Richard Howse/Feb 2001]

  The first dungeoneer of Series 8 gives his account of the audition process and the recording.

• Series

  Series Guides

   

  Series 1 (1987) :  Series 2 (1988) :  Series 3 (1989) :  Series 4 (1990)

  Series 5 (1991) :  Series 6 (1992) :  Series 7 (1993) :  Series 8 (1994)

   

  Knightmare on Children's ITV

   

  Relevant audio and video clips can be found amongst the individual Series Guides, or as an index in the Clips section. Remember that you can download and save any clip to your hard disk (instead of viewing them online) by RIGHT clicking on the link, and choosing 'Save Target As' (or similar).

  A total of 112 23/24/25 minute episodes were made. The budget for each episode was £50k, making it very expensive for a game show but cheap for a drama (Knightmare had both elements). There were eight winning teams over the eight series as follows (thanks to Billy Hicks for compiling this):

  

  A Brief History of the Knightmare Series

  1985

  The idea for Knightmare was established and the format went into development. See The History of Knightmare.

  1986

  Cromakey tests conducted in Anglia TV's Studio A. The first pilot episode was filmed, entitled Dungeon Doom. Later, a second pilot was filmed with improved opening titles and life force graphics added, and the name changed to Knightmare. The finished pilot viewed by the ITV Children's' Committee, who decided to commissioned 8 half-hour episodes.

  1987

  Series 1 went into production and was transmitted from Monday 7th September 1987 at 4.45pm - the same year that Children's ITV introduced live presentation. A second series of 16 episodes was commissioned.

  1988

  Series 2 transmitted from Monday 5th September 1988. Children's ITV announces a competition for viewers to design a dungeon chamber, and presenter Mark Granger talks to dungeoneer Mark on the phone after their winning episode. Knightmare wins a bronze medal from the Youth Programmes category of the New York International Film & TV Awards 1988. Another series of 16 episodes commissioned by ITV.

  1989

  Series 3 transmitted from Friday 8th September 1989. Another series of 16 episodes commissioned.

  1990

  Broadsword produces The Satellite Game for The Children's Channel on BSB Satellite, starring David Learner who became Treguard's first assistant - Pickle in Knightmare Series 4. A French version of Knightmare - Le Chevalier du Labyrinthe and a Spanish version - El Rescate du Talisman commissioned and went into production in their respective countries.

  Series 4 was filmed with the introduction of many outdoor filmed scenes compared with the painted rooms of the first three series. An Eye Shield introduced to enable players to view video of the path the dungeonner is taking. Series 4 transmitted from Friday 7th September 1990. Another series of 16 episodes commissioned.

  1991

  A German production of Knightmare was agreed with RTL. Broadsword Television were to make the first series of 50 episodes in Norwich, and then export the production to Cologne for the second series. However, this was cancelled. Series 5 transmitted from Friday 6

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