And there's also someone called BillyH who claims he never knew there were other fans of KM and that he assumed he was the only one.

"...The next logical step would surely be the 1990 Series, as I think that's the one that introduced the Elf sidekick who was rather amusing at times. Or was that the 1991 series..."

Well, I was masquerading as an average person, in the hope Challenge? won't decide that all the people replying in that thread are die hard fans...

*"And "Bargain Hunters" falls into Traditional Action/Adventure?

Class programme (Thumbs up). I shall enjoy that v.much"*

And there's also someone called BillyH who claims he never knew there were other fans of KM and that he assumed he was the only one.

The only reason for this is because I would record it off the telly anyway, but obviously tapes are dodgy what with there habit of getting chewed up frequently. I know at some point there'll be some hoo-ha about teh deterioration of dvd and how much better the equipment that supercedes it is, but atm I am in favour of the dvd.

But still - as BVA mentioned, it sounds like a costly process. Maybe the DVD is the better route to follow...

Ftn have been virtually silent, too (we've been asking them about acquiring Km as well so that those of us without Sky, myself included, can see it). Now I know why!

Thanks for your help, beveryafraid!

Much

For them - a dramatised adventure game like KM is very expensive - even to show as re-runs. In any series of Knightmare there are 9 professional actors used and each appearance is subject to equity fees. Then there's the format and writers fees/ It's so much cheaper to show conventional gameshow repeats where there are almost no residual payments to individual artists and writers.

As for ratings - it's a red herring. Challenge's viewer share is so low that  detecting a change in different parts of their schedule is a moot point excercise.

I think you've all done exceedingly well to get them to shell out for a series of Knightmare. If they then decide to show some more, it will be quite exceptional.

The other take-home from this is that if you ever ask an organisation for an official explanation you'll generally get vapour. It's not because they want to lie - it's just that telling the whole truth usually diminishes them........

I think it might be more prudent to do it on their programme request forum instead - we don't want to spam them (at least, they might see it as spamming).

There you go

At the end of the day, at least there have been a few positive things happen with Knightmare in the past few months and from now on lets just hope Challenge? can see the error of their ways.

Their own forum is there for people to put comments and suggestions on and as it has been suggested above, if you havent already done so, post on the Knightmare topic and show them that the demand is still there. Maybe they will listen to us if we make use of it.  

GG: Angry and Disappointed.

Festus: But then again, he's always like that, dearies.

The Brollachan: It was hungry for knowledge of other series, and to see its own appearances.

Mr. G: Okay, his mood could never really be described as pleasant, but he was really looking forward to looking down Marta's top and staring at Gwendoline's legs.

Our family   is currently not a happy one, dearies.

Well, it'll be a different story when a new series of Km is broadcast and becomes a huge hit!  ;D

(I suppose I AM a optimist!)

It may be that the ratings for Km were good to the point that they want to drag out series 3's appeal for as long as possibile - THEN get another series when everyone's sick of it!

You optimist! I suppose we always thought they'd show S3 one more time being doing anything, but it does sound from what they've said on their boards and privately that they're not even thinking of getting new series to show even after they've shown S3 another time.

I'm not sure about the "resting" it theory. In fairness to them, they're not resting it- they're continuing to show what they have got for the time being,  but not showing any intention of getting new rights. Also, the shows they've rested have been those that have suffered ratings-wise. From the little we know, a problem with ratings does not exist in this instance.

It's a strange step. I'm an eternal pessimist, and even I was slightly hopeful they might be a little more willing to show it.

Before Christmas they seemed pretty positive about showing more series, so I there's probably been a recent change of direction for the new year, perhaps.

They were very good to show Series 3, and they haven't ruled out showing Knightmare in the future so I don't think its that bad knews. I think other shows on Challenge have been rested for a while and came back.

I don't think bombarding them with abuse will help at all. They seem to already be aware of the demand, and maybe later in the year would be a good time to ask them again about it.