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Knightmare

8.5(15)
First Aired:September 7, 1987
Seasons:8 seasons
Episodes:112
Status:Ended

Knightmare is a British television programme for children and was broadcast on CITV from 7 September 1987 to 11 November 1994. An adventure game show, Knightmare involves a team of four children – one taking the role of the sightless dungeoneer, and the remaining three acting as their guide – traversing a medieval environment as they attempt to complete a quest and exit the dungeon, using their wits to overcome puzzles, obstacles and the unusual characters they meet along the journey. The show is most noted for its use of blue screen chroma key and use of 'virtual reality' interactive gameplay on television. Broadcast to high viewing figures throughout its original run, it has garnered a cult status amongst its fans since its final television episode in 1994. It was revived for a one off special by YouTube in August 2013.

Cast

Hugo Myatt

Hugo Myatt

Jackie Sawiris

Jackie Sawiris

Joanne Heywood

Joanne Heywood

David Learner

David Learner

Bill Cashmore

John Woodnutt

John Woodnutt

Seasons

Episode 1

E1Episode 1

Sep 7, 1987

Team 1 (Day One): David, David, James, Lucien Stepped on letters to make OPEN, went through third exit Picked up Meat Pie, Ruby and Charm (left Candle Holder) Encountered Olgarth, answered 2 riddles correctly Walked through two consecutive bomb rooms Gave Ruby to Lillith Went left in the Corridor of the Catacomb Entered dark room and died (needed Candle Holder) Team 2 (Day One): Maeve, Christina, David, Lee Stepped on letters to make SESAME Timeout

Episode 2

E2Episode 2

Sep 14, 1987

Team 2 (Day Two): Maeve, Christina, David, Lee Went through second exit Walked through bomb room Walked through worm (Snake) room Picked up Bread and Soap (left Comb and Gold) Encountered Granitas, answered 3 riddles correctly Encountered Lillith and died (needed Comb) Team 3 (Day One): Simon, Simon, Jonathan, Steven Stepped on key pieces to open third exit Encountered sneezing Giant Picked up Pie, Silk Scarf and Talisman (left Key) Encountered Olgarth, answered 3 riddles correctly Walked through bomb room Timeout

Episode 3

E3Episode 3

Sep 21, 1987

Team 3 (Day Two): Simon, Simon, Jonathan, Steven Gave Silk Scarf to Lillith, gained FREEZER and FLARE spells Encountered Catacombite, used FREEZER spell Went right in the Corridor of the Catacomb Entered dark room, used FLARE spell and descended well Level 2 Encountered Cedric, answered 1 riddle correctly Picked up Apple, Casper and Pills (left Gold) Entered Key room, used Casper to unlock third exit Summoned Merlin, answered 2 riddles correctly and gained ANVIL and LANTERN spells Timeout

Episode 4

E4Episode 4

Sep 28, 1987

Team 3 (Day Three): Simon, Simon, Jonathan, Steven Walked through spear room Entered dark room, used LANTERN spell Encountered Gibbet, dispelled LANTERN and died Team 4 (Day One): Danny, Nigel, Tom, Mark Encountered Folly, solved riddle and went through second exit Walked through worm (Snake) room Picked up Pineapple, Salt and Buddha statue (left Key) Encountered Granitas, answered 2 riddles correctly Walked through bomb room Gave Buddha statue to Lillith, gained ITCH spell Used Salt in serpents stomach Went left in the Corridor of the Catacomb Encountered Gumboil, used ITCH spell and descended well Level 2 Encountered Cedric Timeout

Episode 5

E5Episode 5

Oct 5, 1987

Team 4 (Day Two): Danny, Nigel, Tom, Mark Answered 2 riddles correctly, gained Bread and ANVIL spell Encountered Gumboil, used ANVIL spell Picked up Grapes, Casper and Egg Timer (left Fish) Entered Key room, used Casper to unlock third exit Summoned Merlin, answered 3 riddles correctly and gained FLARE, FREEZER and ENERGY spells Walked and crawled through spear room Encountered Folly Timeout

Episode 6

E6Episode 6

Oct 12, 1987

Team 4 (Day Three): Danny, Nigel, Tom, Mark Went through left exit Entered bomb room and died (took wrong turn) Team 5 (Day One): Helen, Anthony, John Paul, Claire Stepped on key to open second exit Walked through Scorpion room Took Apple, Key and Flowers (left Glove) Encountered Granitas, answered 2 riddles correctly Used Key in bomb room Encountered sneezing Giant Gave Flowers to Lillith, gained WELL spell Went left in the Corridor of the Catacomb Used WELL spell and died (took wrong turn) Team 6 (Day One): Richard, Jonathan, Paul, Edward Stepped on Bridge piece, went through second exit Entered room with Key, Cup and Bomb Timeout

Episode 7

E7Episode 7

Oct 19, 1987

Team 6 (Day Two): Richard, Jonathan, Paul, Edward Stepped on Cup to open second exit Took Bread, Gold and Soap (left Key and Fish) Encountered Granitas, answered 3 riddles correctly Walked through worm (Snake) room Gave Gold to Lillith Used Soap in serpents stomach Went left in the Corridor of the Catacomb Encountered Folly, answered riddle and gained WELL spell Used WELL spell and descended well Level 2 Encountered Catacombite, Took Pie Encountered Cedric and Folly, gained Pear and password (Cyclops) Entered spear room Timeout

Episode 8

E8Episode 8

Oct 26, 1987

Team 6 (Day Three): Richard, Jonathan, Paul, Edward Walked through spear room Took Casper and Bell (left Gold) Used Casper in locked door Summoned Merlin, answered 2 riddles correctly, given SHIELD spell Encountered Gibbet, used password (Cyclops) Took Bread and descended well Level 3 Walked through skeletons Took Grapes, Dagger and 'Sniff' bottle (left Horn) Used 'Sniff' bottle on Cavernwights Encountered Gargoyle, flattered him and gained OPPOSITE spell Arrived at JERICHO 6 wall and died (needed Horn) Phase Shift

Episode 1

E1Episode 1

Sep 5, 1988

Team 1 (Day One): Martin, Tony, John and Lee - Died. Team 2 (Day One): Claire, Michelle, Kerry and Cheryl.

Episode 2

E2Episode 2

Sep 12, 1988

Team 2 (Day Two): Claire, Michelle, Kerry and Cheryl - Died. Team 3 (Day One): Christopher, Kenneth, Paul and Chris.

Episode 3

E3Episode 3

Sep 19, 1988

Team 3 (Day Two): Christopher, Kenneth, Paul and Chris - Died. Team 4 (Day One): Mark, Jonathan, Matthew and Daniel.

Episode 4

E4Episode 4

Sep 26, 1988

Team 4 (Day Two): Mark, Jonathan, Matthew and Daniel.

Episode 5

E5Episode 5

Oct 3, 1988

Episode 6

E6Episode 6

Oct 10, 1988

Episode 7

E7Episode 7

Oct 17, 1988

Episode 8

E8Episode 8

Oct 24, 1988

Episode 9

E9Episode 9

Oct 31, 1988

Episode 10

E10Episode 10

Nov 7, 1988

Episode 11

E11Episode 11

Nov 14, 1988

Episode 12

E12Episode 12

Nov 21, 1988

Episode 13

E13Episode 13

Nov 28, 1988

Episode 14

E14Episode 14

Dec 5, 1988

Episode 15

E15Episode 15

Dec 12, 1988

Episode 16

E16Episode 16

Dec 19, 1988

E1Episode 1

Sep 8, 1989

Team 1 (Day One): Gavin, Tom, Brian, Craig Entered dwarf tunnels Rolled the dice, took exit to the right Entered snake room, took left exit Entered dwarf tunnels Took apple, bone and potion Encountered Golgarach, answered 3 riddles correctly Entered dwarf tunnels Encountered Mellisandre in serpents tongue room Encountered Velda, took exit to the right Entered quicksand and died Team 2 (Day One): Cliff, James, Richard, Matthew Entered dwarf tunnels Rolled the dice, took exit to the right Encountered Motley on ledge, given DRINK spell Walked over adjoining ledge, evaded knight Took food, evaded knight again! Entered dwarf tunnels followed by goblins Entered pool room, used DRINK spell Timeout

E2Episode 2

Sep 15, 1989

E3Episode 3

Sep 22, 1989

E4Episode 4

Sep 29, 1989

E5Episode 5

Oct 6, 1989

E6Episode 6

Oct 13, 1989

E7Episode 7

Oct 20, 1989

E8Episode 8

Oct 27, 1989

E9Episode 9

Nov 3, 1989

E10Episode 10

Nov 10, 1989

E11Episode 11

Nov 17, 1989

E12Episode 12

Nov 24, 1989

E13Episode 13

Dec 1, 1989

E14Episode 14

Dec 8, 1989

E15Episode 15

Dec 15, 1989

E16Episode 16

Dec 22, 1989

E1Episode 1

Sep 7, 1990

E2Episode 2

Sep 14, 1990

E3Episode 3

Sep 21, 1990

E4Episode 4

Sep 28, 1990

E5Episode 5

Oct 5, 1990

E6Episode 6

Oct 12, 1990

E7Episode 7

Oct 19, 1990

E8Episode 8

Oct 26, 1990

E9Episode 9

Nov 2, 1990

E10Episode 10

Nov 9, 1990

E11Episode 11

Nov 16, 1990

E12Episode 12

Nov 23, 1990

E13Episode 13

Nov 30, 1990

E14Episode 14

Dec 7, 1990

E15Episode 15

Dec 14, 1990

E16Episode 16

Dec 21, 1990

E1Episode 1

Sep 6, 1991

E2Episode 2

Sep 13, 1991

E3Episode 3

Sep 20, 1991

E4Episode 4

Sep 27, 1991

E5Episode 5

Oct 4, 1991

E6Episode 6

Oct 11, 1991

E7Episode 7

Oct 18, 1991

E8Episode 8

Oct 25, 1991

E9Episode 9

Nov 1, 1991

E10Episode 10

Nov 8, 1991

E11Episode 11

Nov 15, 1991

E12Episode 12

Nov 22, 1991

E13Episode 13

Nov 29, 1991

E14Episode 14

Dec 6, 1991

E15Episode 15

Dec 13, 1991

E16Episode 16

Dec 20, 1991

E1Episode 1

Sep 11, 1992

E2Episode 2

Sep 18, 1992

E3Episode 3

Sep 25, 1992

E4Episode 4

Oct 2, 1992

Episode 5

E5Episode 5

Oct 9, 1992

E6Episode 6

Oct 16, 1992

E7Episode 7

Oct 23, 1992

E8Episode 8

Oct 30, 1992

E9Episode 9

Nov 6, 1992

E10Episode 10

Nov 13, 1992

E11Episode 11

Nov 20, 1992

E12Episode 12

Nov 27, 1992

E13Episode 13

Dec 4, 1992

E14Episode 14

Dec 11, 1992

E15Episode 15

Dec 18, 1992

E1Episode 1

Sep 10, 1993

Team 1 (Day One): Simon, David, Matthew, Nicholas

E2Episode 2

Sep 17, 1993

Team 1 (Day Two): Simon, David, Matthew, Nicholas

E3Episode 3

Sep 24, 1993

Team 1 (Day Three): Simon, David, Matthew, Nicholas - Died Team 2 (Day One): Nicola, Diane, Lisa, Vicky

E4Episode 4

Oct 1, 1993

Team 2 (Day Two): Nicola, Diane, Lisa, Vicky

E5Episode 5

Oct 8, 1993

Team 2 (Day Three): Nicola, Diane, Lisa and Vicky - Died Team 3 (Day One): Alex, James, Neil, Richard

E6Episode 6

Oct 15, 1993

Team 3 (Day Two): Alex, James, Neil, Richard

E7Episode 7

Oct 22, 1993

Team 3 (Day Three): Alex, James, Neil, Richard - Died Team 4 (Day One): Naila, Aquilla, Asmita, Samreen

E8Episode 8

Oct 29, 1993

Team 4 (Day Two): Naila, Aquilla, Asmita, Samreen - Died Team 5 (Day One): Ben, Jonathan, Tim, Ben

E9Episode 9

Nov 5, 1993

Team 5 (Day Two): Ben, Jonathan, Tim, Ben

E10Episode 10

Nov 12, 1993

Team 5 (Day Three): Ben, Jonathan, Tim, Ben - Died Team 6 (Day One): Julie, Helen, Samantha, Helen

E11Episode 11

Nov 19, 1993

Team 6 (Day Two): Julie, Helen, Samantha, Helen

E12Episode 12

Nov 26, 1993

Team 6 (Day Three): Julie, Helen, Samantha, Helen - Won Team 7 (Day One): Barry, Simon, Derek, Daniel

E13Episode 13

Dec 3, 1993

Team 7 (Day Two): Barry, Simon, Derek, Daniel

E14Episode 14

Dec 10, 1993

Team 7 (Day Three): Barry, Simon, Derek, Daniel

E15Episode 15

Dec 17, 1993

Team 7 (Day Four): Barry, Simon, Derek, Daniel - Won

E1Episode 1

Sep 9, 1994

Team 1 (Day One): Richard, Anglea, Rebecca, Rowena - Died Team 2 (Day One): Daniel, Benjamin, Gideon, Justin

E2Episode 2

Sep 16, 1994

E3Episode 3

Sep 23, 1994

E4Episode 4

Sep 30, 1994

Episode 5

E5Episode 5

Oct 7, 1994

E6Episode 6

Oct 14, 1994

E7Episode 7

Oct 21, 1994

E8Episode 8

Oct 28, 1994

E9Episode 9

Nov 4, 1994

E10Episode 10

Nov 11, 1994

Storyline

Knightmare is a British television programme for children and was broadcast on CITV from 7 September 1987 to 11 November 1994. An adventure game show, Knightmare involves a team of four children – one taking the role of the sightless dungeoneer, and the remaining three acting as their guide – traversing a medieval environment as they attempt to complete a quest and exit the dungeon, using their wits to overcome puzzles, obstacles and the unusual characters they meet along the journey. The show is most noted for its use of blue screen chroma key and use of 'virtual reality' interactive gameplay on television. Broadcast to high viewing figures throughout its original run, it has garnered a cult status amongst its fans since its final television episode in 1994. It was revived for a one off special by YouTube in August 2013.

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