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Based on the Oasis song Don't Look Back in Anger (1996) from their album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?. Not to be confused with their concept album about Series 3 Team 4 on Level 3: (What's the Story) Mogdred GLORY. Official video Staring at the life force as pie Do you ask yourself why They never kept the face? Knapsacks were once just for food And nothing else should intrude Oh it's a disgrace Now the teams come running in, I'm in a rage Why does Treguard ask each dungeoneer their age? No more Rowe, just CGI for rooms Treguard beside the fireplace Looks Majida in the face Watchers spurned behind a burning hearth now And so Knightmare can grate Why'd they animate A spellbook? What a state It may make you hate But don't look back in anger At Series 8 Why do teams leave via the woods? Don't know if they should Is it night or day? Treguard does weird stuff with his hands Why's he wrecking his brand? Majida, must you stay? They tried to start an evolution with Reach wand How I wish a team would smash it and abscond Skip your way through blades past Level 2 Stand up: no seats, no not a trace Lord Fear's helmet has a face And we ain't ever gonna turn the clock back And so Maldame waits Amid all the traits That make this year not great It may aggravate But don't look back in anger At Series 8 So Smirkenorff sits He's stuck in a pit As we watch, we deflate You may feel irate But don't look back in anger At Series 8 So much irritates And three decades late I sit here and berate But don't imitate No don't look back in anger, don't look back in anger At Series 8 Or Knightmare's fate

As the Dungeon returns for a new phase, the Powers that Be have a new leader: The knight who once tamed a wild bovine and founded the realm's finest inn, the Crazed Heifer, in its honour. Because of this deed, people started calling him Sir Bullock Settler, until he persuaded them to modify it to Sir Steer Calmer. Corbiss the Bemuser, as a long-lived mage who appears to draw power from outside, was one of the few denizens in a position to make the Dungeon form again. Having mislaid the arcane wisdom that once gave him true power, he resorts to a simplistic spell. But there are horrendous side-effects to the spellcasting of REFORM. Amid the Dungeon's general resurrection, an excess of magic is channelled to a small group of renegades deplored by the Powers that Be and tolerated by the Opposition. Their leader is... a coarse vagabond named Forage. In an attempt to sound widely influential yet anti-establishment, Forage asks to be known as Nudge-All the Disparager. Yet people keep calling him Forage, and pronouncing it to sound Norman, which infuriates him. Not that he and his brigade (the Reformed) are anything less than furious. They direct this fury at dungeoneers. It's obvious to most that the Knightmare Realm would not be what it is without dungeoneers, but not to The Reformed. So visceral is their hatred that they make Lord Fear look like Rothberry, so to speak. In his smug, insatiable hunger for influence, Forage sets out to incite every dungeoneer hater in the realm. To enchant these unsophisticated folk, he uses an unsophisticated incantation, attempting to conjure up a "Huge Ol' Riot". Instead, because of a concealed silver spoon impeding his speech, he summons Hugo Myatt. A firm, prolonged stare sends Forage scampering for shelter in the expensive property that we're not supposed to know he owns. Have Forage and the Reformed been subdued, or will they continue to be a blight on Treguard, Sir Steer and the realm?

Im sorry, but Treguard is helping them WAY too much in this series. He's even started guiding the dungeoneers 'climb over the back of the seat and leave the firestone' He;s started the annoying habbit of pretending to not know what the items are. 'think its up the back there somewhere' was bad enough but now 'think thats a lamp'. YOU KNOW ITS A LAMP. what happened to the confident Treguard who KNEW the dungeon? Shall we take the book? "Ooh its quite useful" So now, he's telling them what items to take, in LEVEL 2. And they were blatantly told they suddenly had the BOLT spell and Treguard went 'USE IT'. Ooh I give up. WAY TOO MANY. But they still died, so they were particularly hopeless. The new team by contrast have a much tougher quest. I'm glad I'm not the only one to have found Series 7-8's Uncle/Grandpa Treguard distracting at best. Team 5 were assigned the quest for the (poisoned)chalice. They had a lively start, running straight into Romahna, with goblin horns approaching, just as time-out arrived. A recent tweet suggests that Series 7 Team 5 went to the same school in Salisbury as Series 6 Team 5. I hope the school put it in their prospectus.

Watching Catchphrase today and it did the "Armchair Adventurers" quote at the start of the ads again.

Year you first saw Knightmare?: 1989 How old were you at the time?: 8 Favourite series?: 6 Least favourite series?: 8 Preferred version of the title sequence / theme music?: Series 1-3 Outdoor locations - like or dislike?: Like Pickle or Majida (or hated both assistants)?: Pickle Mogdred or Lord Fear?: Lord Fear Skarkill or Lissard?: Skarkill Favourite character(s): Mötley, Skarkill, Lord Fear, Sylvester Hands, Hordriss, Sidress Least favourite character(s): Majida, Grimaldine Things that scared you the most as a kid (if applicable)?: The music kicking in when a dungeoneer is about to perish in Series 6, the music of the dwarf tunnels Favourite locations...: the ruins of Dungarth ...or challenges?: Corridor of Blades, Play Your Cards right Favourite team(s)?: Barry from series 7 Least favourite team(s)?: Michael from series 8 Favourite death(s)?: Simon from series 4 - sidestep to your left! Favourite series finale?: 7 Have you ever "played" Knightmare with friends or relatives?: Yes Have you ever named a pet or toy after a Knightmare character?: No Did you ever apply to be a contestant?: No Were you a member of the Knightmare Adventurers Club?: No Did you subscribe to The Eye Shield fanzine in the 1990s?: No Have you ever created anything based on Knightmare (e.g. fanfic, fanart, songs, spoofs)?: No Have you read the books?: Yes all of them Have you played the board game?: Yes and still own it! Have you played any KM computer games (official or fan-made)?: Yes and could not escape the 2nd room! Do you own any other Knightmare merchandise?: No Have you watched the French and/or Spanish versions?: No

This looks good! https://www.indieretronews.com/2024/07/knightmare-1980s-hit-tv-show-is-coming.html?m=1

Things Can Only Get Better by D:Ream has a Mark Knight remix.

I was amazed at how long he said it took them to make him look like Pickle each day - wasn't it something like 1.5 hours?!

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Oooh Nasty is a great phrase to start them with!! Temporal Disruption would be another great one for when it's bedtime!! As for being too young, yes I can see Knightmare being a bit much for a 2 and a half year old, although I was still 5 when I watched episode 1 (It aired a week before my 6th Birthday) and some it was scary, but I guess it was supposed to be! So maybe wait another yaer of two before setting her on "The Path"

Such sad news!! Having been out of the Knightmare "loop" for a while, I have only just found out. A commanding presence in any show he appeared in, and his bringing to life of Hordriss was of course perfection!! Rest In Peace

The troll stalking Team 5 all through Level 2 was an unusual and effective addition to this quest. It's very sinister. It's a shame the team messed up and the producers had to bring the troll in prematurely to kill them off. Presumably, had the team played the level successfully, there would have been a face-off with the troll at the end or near the end of the level. Probably using the letters they collected to cast a spell to escape it. It's an interesting idea that I think could have been used again (not necessarily with a troll but with other antagonists as well). Just to have a running threat all through a level. It's funny they didn't revisit this idea again.

This is really interesting. I’ve genuinely been wondering about it ever since it was first broadcast. I remember becoming convinced at the time (or maybe a couple of years later during a rewatch) that the BUT spell would have magically summoned a goat that would run at Mogdred and headbut him off the screen. This makes much more sense.

Nathan from Series 8 waxes lyrical about his time as a dungeoneer... Pretend it's Level 3 when it's actually Level 2 It isn't very creative to do Maybe you'll find sewers and tunnels without an end Whenever you pretend Remember even Tim can dream And nothing's as mad as it may seem The little items you haven't got could be a lot if you pretend You'll find a quest object you can share One amber globe you can leave when on your own Just pressure Maldame and she'll be there You'll never be all alone And if you get to Level 3 You'll be pretending just like me The cup is mine it can be yours my friend So why don't you pretend

Some opportunities only come along every ten years. Based on Living Next Door To Alice by Smokie (1976, 1995). Official video, Original lyrics Ali called when he found the gem There was a pact between them And Malice Well she rushed to the chamber, purple light outside Gave them a spell, which remained untried As the circular saws rolled up while Malice survived [Chorus] Oh, I don't know where she's lurking Or where she's gonna go They cast Samantha Perkins And they named her like a foe And for thirty-four years I've been living in awe of Malice Thirty-four years Of watching her impress And she must know Morghanna 'Cause she's in Morghanna's dress And by now I am used to it: Seeing it worn by Malice She was up to something dressed down as a crone Offered the Eyeshield to Simon, a loan Him and Malice And when Dickon she saw, giant head held high They spellcast FIRE and hurt her eye And the big sorceress was lowly: they took Malice's drive [Chorus] Then Malice came back for Jeremy's quest And she said she had a request: A silver chalice Mogdred and Malice were gone. Instead: Lord Fear But I'm still grateful these thirty-four years That with four dungeoneers she appeared [Chorus]

That is disappointing news, Drassil, but thank you for letting us know. I always thought they would have remained, being commercially justified by the adverts.

Hey all. I am new to KNIGHTMARE and as my first post I wanted to do something fun. If there was words to the theme music (Series 1) what might it be? Also, how would you put the theme song into words like describe how would it be? If that makes sense. Thanks!

These are brilliant!

From time to time, I get a strange sensation beneath my finger and realise that it's on the pulse. This parody is based on the UK's Eurovision 2024 entry, Dizzy by Olly Alexander. Official video (you'll see why it inspired this parody) There's a place where my sight's confined My view's a circle redefined Clue rooms with guardians, infernal powers There's a wellway, I go down there Won't you make me dizzy (no DISMISSes)? Put me on a disc and spin me Round and round until I'm guided by my friends? Make me dizzy on a Friday 'Til I jump into a doorway And I'm in a room or tunnel again Dungeoneer's Ross, there's a maid's head in the air Time has frozen, all motion is paused [Chorus] Above is a moon, above are the stars It isn't too bad to get this far...

Apart from the nitpicking I was doing occasionally, particularly with the info around the earlier series he was describing - who was good, who was bad, what room was started in what series etc, I thought it was a good condensed way to introduce people to the series. I have recently been on a Knightmare binge watching the old series again so the info was a bit more fresh in the memory bank.