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The dungeoneers on Citv’s Knightmare met a wide range of fantasy figures, from monks to mages to thieves. Here are 10 of the best…
“Mike, you’re in a room. There’s a cauliflower on the floor.”
Children aren’t very good at improv. That’s why there were never any on Whose Line Is It Anyway.
Basing Citv adventure game Knightmare around the improvised encounters of a temporarily blinded child guided on a parlous quest by three friends with a shaky grasp on the precise qualities that distinguish left from right, then, was a risky approach. You just couldn’t rely on early nineties kids to pull their weight in Knightmare’s improv scenes. It turns out a diet of Willy Wonka’s Dweebs and Vanilla Ice lyrics isn’t conducive to thinking on your feet.
That meant the weight of responsibility fell on the shoulders of Knightmare’s recurring actors.
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The dungeoneers on Citv’s Knightmare met a wide range of fantasy figures, from monks to mages to thieves. Here are 10 of the best…
“Mike, you’re in a room. There’s a cauliflower on the floor.”
Children aren’t very good at improv. That’s why there were never any on Whose Line Is It Anyway.
Basing Citv adventure game Knightmare around the improvised encounters of a temporarily blinded child guided on a parlous quest by three friends with a shaky grasp on the precise qualities that distinguish left from right, then, was a risky approach. You just couldn’t rely on early nineties kids to pull their weight in Knightmare’s improv scenes. It turns out a diet of Willy Wonka’s Dweebs and Vanilla Ice lyrics isn’t conducive to thinking on your feet.
That meant the weight of responsibility fell on the shoulders of Knightmare’s recurring actors.
- 4/18/2016
- Den of Geek
The first ever Knightmare convention has reached its fan-funding goal and will go ahead this weekend.
The classic Citv game show's inaugural event will take place on May 9-11 at Epic studios in Norwich, where the show was originally filmed.
The event required strong ticket sales and fan pledges in order to be staged, and surpassed its required total of £12,000.
The event will open with a performance by the Knightmare Live theatre show. There will also be Q&A sessions with celebrity guests, a workshop on designing a dungeon room and the chance to play a Knightmare room using the original blue screen technology.
Guests will include the series' creator Tim Child and actors from the show, including Hugo Myatt, who played dungeon master Treguard, and Mark Knight, who played Lord Fear.
Tickets are still available and are priced at £15, so if you want to give your 10-year-old self an awesome day out,...
The classic Citv game show's inaugural event will take place on May 9-11 at Epic studios in Norwich, where the show was originally filmed.
The event required strong ticket sales and fan pledges in order to be staged, and surpassed its required total of £12,000.
The event will open with a performance by the Knightmare Live theatre show. There will also be Q&A sessions with celebrity guests, a workshop on designing a dungeon room and the chance to play a Knightmare room using the original blue screen technology.
Guests will include the series' creator Tim Child and actors from the show, including Hugo Myatt, who played dungeon master Treguard, and Mark Knight, who played Lord Fear.
Tickets are still available and are priced at £15, so if you want to give your 10-year-old self an awesome day out,...
- 5/7/2014
- Digital Spy
It's the stuff of dreams for children who grew up watching Citv in the '80s and '90s; the chance to become a dungeoneer for the day and to take part in the fantasy gameshow Knightmare. But this dream could become a reality at the first ever Knightmare convention in Norwich.
Taking place on May 9-11 at Epic studios, where the show was originally filmed, the convention is being billed as a "must-attend event" for nostalgia-loving kids TV fanatics.
Guests expected to attend include the show's creator Tim Child and the actors from the show, Hugo Myatt, who played the unforgettable dungeon master Treguard, and Mark Knight, who played Lord Fear.
Also included in the £15 ticket are Q&A sessions with celebrity guests, a workshop on designing a dungeon room and the chance to play a Knightmare room using the original blue screen technology.
The convention will require strong...
Taking place on May 9-11 at Epic studios, where the show was originally filmed, the convention is being billed as a "must-attend event" for nostalgia-loving kids TV fanatics.
Guests expected to attend include the show's creator Tim Child and the actors from the show, Hugo Myatt, who played the unforgettable dungeon master Treguard, and Mark Knight, who played Lord Fear.
Also included in the £15 ticket are Q&A sessions with celebrity guests, a workshop on designing a dungeon room and the chance to play a Knightmare room using the original blue screen technology.
The convention will require strong...
- 3/17/2014
- Digital Spy
Knightmare's new special episode has been released online.
The cult children's TV show has been revived as part of YouTube's Geek Week.
The new episode is produced by series creator Tim Child and features original cast members Mark Knight, Clifford Barry and Hugo Myatt.
"It's great to be back, it really is," said Barry. "It's astonishing, isn't it? I've done a lot of programmes over the years and it's still the one I get fan mail for, 20 years on."
Actress and comedian Isy Suttie - who features in the episode - added: "I'm a massive fan of the show and have been since I was a kid. I absolutely loved it and used to watch it every week and really wanted to be a contestant on it. So it is like a dream come true."
The new Knightmare was recorded in the original Knightmare Studio in Norwich.
YouTube's 'Geek...
The cult children's TV show has been revived as part of YouTube's Geek Week.
The new episode is produced by series creator Tim Child and features original cast members Mark Knight, Clifford Barry and Hugo Myatt.
"It's great to be back, it really is," said Barry. "It's astonishing, isn't it? I've done a lot of programmes over the years and it's still the one I get fan mail for, 20 years on."
Actress and comedian Isy Suttie - who features in the episode - added: "I'm a massive fan of the show and have been since I was a kid. I absolutely loved it and used to watch it every week and really wanted to be a contestant on it. So it is like a dream come true."
The new Knightmare was recorded in the original Knightmare Studio in Norwich.
YouTube's 'Geek...
- 8/5/2013
- Digital Spy
Knightmare's one-off special return has begun filming in Norwich.
Original series actor Mark Knight posted a behind-the-scenes image from the shoot on Twitter.
We're filming Knightmare in Norwich! pic.twitter.com/ORoSafKOz1
— Mark Knight (@markbknight) July 24, 2013
It was announced yesterday that the cult children's TV show will make a one-off return online as part of YouTube's 'Geek Week' season.
The new episode will feature Peep Show's Isy Suttie and Harry Potter star Jessie Cave and is being filmed in the same Norwich studio as the original series.
Knightmare creator Tim Child is behind the new special, which will debut online in August.
The original series aired as part of ITV's Citv programming block between September 1987 and November 1994.
> Knightmare, Fun House: 7 awesome kids' gameshows that should return
Watch a classic clip from Knightmare below:...
Original series actor Mark Knight posted a behind-the-scenes image from the shoot on Twitter.
We're filming Knightmare in Norwich! pic.twitter.com/ORoSafKOz1
— Mark Knight (@markbknight) July 24, 2013
It was announced yesterday that the cult children's TV show will make a one-off return online as part of YouTube's 'Geek Week' season.
The new episode will feature Peep Show's Isy Suttie and Harry Potter star Jessie Cave and is being filmed in the same Norwich studio as the original series.
Knightmare creator Tim Child is behind the new special, which will debut online in August.
The original series aired as part of ITV's Citv programming block between September 1987 and November 1994.
> Knightmare, Fun House: 7 awesome kids' gameshows that should return
Watch a classic clip from Knightmare below:...
- 7/25/2013
- Digital Spy
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