I'm not sure when this happened but the clips were publicly available as recently as mid-January if not more recently.

The videos offered a legal way to enjoy high quality clips and it's disappointing to lose that, even though it was always a risk.

It did feel strange watching clips from the the later series as haven't watched a full episode from this period for so long I can't remember. (Challenge only ever seem to feature series 1 and 2)

Thank you for the above links provided, should be some action there I've yet to witness. I know there is a section here for it, but ideally would like to own a DVD collection of the series instead of being dependant of what the internet can offer. Last I read I don't think such a thing exists.

So many individual scenes ... with no contestant names, episode titles, episode numbers or series numbers.

To make the most of this authorised yet uncatalogued heap, someone would have to get them all into chronological order and then perhaps into series-by-series playlists.

So I have.

I'm fairly certain I've got all of the clips to date, and that the scene/quest/series gaps are ITV's rather than mine. For completeness, I've included ITV's duplicate uploads, which presumably were accidental.

Great work, David! I tried to make a chronological list recently too, though it was hard to tell if I found them all (and I obviously didn't, as your playlists contain nearly 40 clips I hadn't come across). I think you are currently missing these few:

Series 1:

The Key To Escaping - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzAyaMbDGho

Helen Wakes The Giant - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrXgi3BgwDQ

Richard Tries Answering Merlinês Riddles - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp9M1-aKD3U

Series 3:

The Moving Wall - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBshW8avL_E

Series 4:

The challengers accept Hordriss' pact - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHfuPBA6xIo

Now The Ground Begins To Quake - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yipy2Q8Ebf0

Series 7:

Entering The Dark Tower - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNlyfpISR-s

Series 8:

Defective Skeletrons - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZwAKIchAeQ

So many individual scenes ... with no contestant names, episode titles, episode numbers or series numbers.

To make the most of this authorised yet uncatalogued heap, someone would have to get them all into chronological order and then perhaps into series-by-series playlists.

So I have.

I'm fairly certain I've got all of the clips to date, and that the scene/quest/series gaps are ITV's rather than mine. For completeness, I've included ITV's duplicate uploads, which presumably were accidental.

Thank you to Jake and tom41, whose episode summaries (along with Knightmare.com's) helped with the ordering.

There is no way that is not deliberate. Just no way.

1. Why didn't they just call it the CoB (Controversy of Boyd)?

:-]

If we assume that these Old Skool channel clips are 'legal', does that mean we can post links to them here, or do the usual copyright issues still apply?

If the clips are legal, then there's no issue with reposting the links in the forum.

I find two things fascinating:

1. The corridor of blades being referred to as "The Sawblade Corridor"

2. That CITV consider it worthwhile posting these clips online, yet apparently have no interest in selling the episodes.

1. Why didn't they just call it the CoB (Controversy of Boyd)?

2. It is still unclear what CITV are trying to achieve by uploading so many individual scenes (and not just from Knightmare) with no contestant names, episode titles, episode numbers or series numbers. While I don't want to seem ungrateful, the fact that at least one clip is titled 'Knighmare' suggests that the uploaders aren't taking as much care and interest as they could be.

If we assume that these Old Skool channel clips are 'legal', does that mean we can post links to them here, or do the usual copyright issues still apply?

1. The corridor of blades being referred to as "The Sawblade Corridor"

2. That CITV consider it worthwhile posting these clips online, yet apparently have no interest in selling the episodes.

Surely the point of posting clips is to encourage people to buy the episodes. As it stands, CITV are just dangling something without actually providing the mechanism for anyone to do anything except say "yeah, awesome show".

I am hoping that they will be restored soon since it should be easily fixable.