Brangwen Shee was a great new manifestation, with a menacing tone, located in Igneous's old room.

2/3 correct answers, so they had to guess between the hourglass & the gauntlet.

Cliff was thinking far more quickly than his advisors in the serpent's-head chamber.

Mrs. Grimwold was quite funny, not a bad substitute for Mildread.

That level 2 spindizzy looked precarious. I wonder how many dungeoneers actually fell off and were given a 2nd chance....

Reached Merlin in his new lair as time ran out.

• Odd how they had to challenge the wall monster (Cedric-style) in order to begin. Was this the only time it ever happened?

• Motley introduces himself saying that "me mates call me Mot" - which is strange because nobody ever calls him that in the whole of the five series he appears in!

Episode 2:

• What the hell kind of flat, burnt-looking "cake" does Mellisandre put in their knapsack?? It doesn't look very appetising!

It's possible that it's because earlier in that adventure, Cliff made Mellisandre laugh when Motley failed (albeit simply by looking 'too ridiculous for words'), but he did seem to become a tuch vindictive.

Anyone else think so?

So I'm not the only one who noticed the edit in today's episode...I'm quite surprised, actually, as there appears to be no reason at all why they did it, unlike when they cut out the CiTV plug in S6. Oh well. Good to see the first ever appearances of Mrs Grimwold and Mellisandre, although it was ridiculous that the Brangwen-She (also in her first appearance) false-hooded the first riddle. Treguard hinted quite a lot in the Serpent Chasm-

"You don't seem to have enough TIME!" and so on! And Motley acted tremendously like Folly today, dancing around and so on.

I agree that there were a number of prompts in the serpent's tongue chamber. One advisor was certain he could make it across, the dungeoneer wisely insisting use of the egg timer. Noticed how the dungeoneer was told to just 'move' and not in any particular direction as well!

Interesting review Tom41

Began with a Crystal Ball used for the progress support.

As the team crawled out of the pool room I heard another male voice shouting "down, down" and am sure that I read something about that on the site.

The Brangwen tested the team who had to get help from Treguard. They did guess ribcage, but they just said "cage"and this was disallowed. Music is the first step.

Through the moving wall room to where Mellisandre and Motley were talking before the dungeoneer walked in. Laughter is the second step.

Advisor said what we were all thinking when encountering Mrs. Grimwold:

"It's a women, or a . . . man?"

Down the wellway, over the "Spindizzy" to meet Motley. His puzzle was fairly easy considering that he pointed out the doors to the advisors.

The dwarf tunnels on level 2 seem to be read and the team meet the raven.

"Number 3 - squawk- is on your knee!"

Giant's foot room and then taking steps themselves in Merlin's new chamber. Is this the first time that a dungeoneer has sang?

Merlin appeared and began to test the dungeoneer at time out.

Lots of good things in this episode! I liked how the dungeoneer had to crawl into the hole in the wall - and came out in the clue room, still crawling!

First appearance of the new wall monster, Brangwen, in this episode. The mouth is 'real' but look carefully - they haven't set the cropping circle right! You can just see the actress's chin!

They should have got the first question right, one of the advisers actually said 'ribcage' - but the dungeoneer gave the answer as 'cage'!

I liked how the Corridor of Catacombs gets shorter as the wall moves in! Look when the wall is moving towards the nearest two doors and you'll see some 'dirt' on the walls. Animation/cel mistake?

Next, the scorpion from Series 2! This time, holes were added at the right so the dungeoneer couldn't cheat and dodge the sting by going up against the wall

What was that bright white pixel near the bottom left of the screen though?

Beam Room from Series 2 reused, but this time with no beams. Instead, a precarious causeway going across - including a point where you have to take a diagonal step! I think it was unneccessary to make the dungeoneer turn right and left at the start, he should just have walked forward!

That's unusual, cutting straight from the middle of the coloured tunnel sequence to Motley and the maid talking to each other in the kitchen. A few seconds later, the dungeoneer obviously exits the tunnel and enters the room.

Was that sweat on Motley's costume in the close-up?

First appearance of Mr Grimwold in this room, too!

I think the team were let off on the Serpent's Tongue. Even after many prompts from Treguard, the dungeoneer had to tell his advisers that he had an egg timer

When the egg timer froze the serpent's tongue, they took their time getting across! They almost exited through the serpent's mouth before correcting their error and moving back!

Challenge made an edit in the next coloured tunnel scene! You saw Mr Grimwold following behind them, with some knice synth music. However, Challenge cut straight to the dungeoneer speeding up and getting out of the corridor! Originally, Mr Grimwold stayed on screen for longer, and the advisers were saying things like "There's a man behind you, an ogre, doesn't look too friendly, can you speed up?"

Next, first appearance of Mrs Grimwold and her dog Festus! I like the sound effect for Festus, and how Mrs G always has to shout SHADDUP! at him

When Mrs Grimwold starts doing her spell, notice the advisers start writing it down - even though they don't need it!

Interesting graphical effect used for the wellway sequence. Next, the first ever Spindizzy sequence! Oddly, there are no clues above the doors as to which one to take.

Motley's riddle was a bit hard to understand, but the team still worked it out!

Next, the raven/crow/whatever on its perch. Seems to exist just to be annoying Gave them the 3rd Step clue though.

I like the new use of the 5-door room, with a giant's foot walking around behind them! Again, no clue as to which door to take.

I laughed out loud at him trying to invoke the first 'step' by singing Happy Birthday! Then, what sounded like a very forced, fake laugh for the second step. Also liked how he crawled all the way to Merlin's chair after getting the 3rd step!

Timed out in front of Merlin though.

LOL! Grim I found it quite amusing that you first put 'That was very confusing' then changed it to 'That was indeed very confusing'  ;D

You're certainly observant, and I'm glad you were amused. The reason for the change is simple: as it was originally, my sentence was unclear as to whether it was Challenge's announcement that was confusing or your post! I thought the added word made the meaning clearer. I suppose my meaning was pretty obvious in the first place, but I didn't want anyone to misunderstand. People have taken offence at smaller things in the past- I just believe in trying to make my meaning as clear as possible.

First, a strange word addition, now an over-long explanation on a minor point. I really wonder what type of impression people get of me sometimes.

i was just getting back into it as they finished,

I saw episode 2 for the first time today at 17:00, but was a bit confused when during the end credits, a guy  said 'catch some more classic Knightmare tomorrow' or words to that effect.  What are they going on about, I thought the next episode was on Saturday?

That was indeed very confusing. I'm supposing it was just the announcer (or recording?) getting it wrong. There's no KM scheduled on Challenge? tomorrow, if the Sky listings services are to be believed.

Challenge? really do seem to have trouble getting their annoucements to be coherent and correct.

Why wait 'till then when you have them all on VHS?  

Because the episodes from Challenge are far better than any VHS ones, they is crystal clear.