Knightmare - A Retrospective | Documentary

[@officialbackintheday]

First of all, I would like to credit the website www.knightmare.com. The team over there have complied an incredible amount of information and resources about Knightmare and their website was invaluable to me in creating this video. Check them out when you get a chance! The longest video on the channel yet. Really enjoyed making this one and rewatching the entire series from start to end during the process. Please subscribe to the channel if you haven't already and let me know your thoughts in the comments below. Enjoy everyone! 😃

[@TheMightsparrow]

I loved this as a kid,I wish it came back. Even with the dated graphics & the mediocre acting I loved it.

[@jackfairhead1209]

Is there anywhere online I can see all the old episodes? Loved this documentary by the way, thank you!

[@pencilpauli9442]

It's a little after my time as I would have been 25 when the show started, but I remember seeing it on the telly. Was interested in the reference to the paintbox. Around that time, there was a series that invited 6 (iirc) artists to use the paint box to make art. I definitely remember David Hockney and Howard Hodgkin using the device, possibly Maggie Hambling. IIRC the graphics for many shows of the time were created on the artbox.

[@efc4693]

All your effort for 100 likes and 4 replies hardly worth your effort

[@SPIKE-0000]

@@TheMightsparrow It was a quality era to have experienced as a child, cos even though we all knew it was mediocre-graphics for the time still, we still got excited by those "near-misses" with giant Tarantulas etc....

[@Ali1986Koksal]

I would literally LEG IT HOME from primary school back in the 90's to bagsy the TV before my siblings even had a sniff of doing so themselves just to watch this show.

[@officialbackintheday]

'Bagsy'! Now that's a word I haven't heard in a long time!

[@swaitsysg4415]

Snap! I did exactly the same. I've also managed to pinpoint when I started watching Knightmare religiously; series 3. So 1989. I feel old.

[@Ali1986Koksal]

@@swaitsysg4415 I know what you mean.

[@freemonk3]

Same here. Rushed home from School for Knightmare. My Mum would make me toast with paste on each slice (those little jars of Beef or Salmon paste), and I’d eat it whilst watching Knightmare. Loved this show!

[@tetsuoshima7385]

@@freemonk3Same re the ol’ paste sandwiches mate. Better times😂👌🏻

[@sparxies]

Lol - at 23:32 - that's my team as we guided him off the edge (not me, someone else). We managed to span 2 episodes, but died just at the start of our second appearance (which is shown here). I still have the scroll and a signed photo with Dungeon Master Treguard. An amazing time for me, such great memories of being on the show and staying in Norwich. We were all "celebrities" in our school for a couple of weeks, it was fun while it lasted. Thanks for the memories!

[@officialbackintheday]

Awesome! There have been a couple of people commenting on this video saying they were on the show. I'm thinking in the future to have a bunch of you on for a group chat, kinda like a podcast I guess, and you can all share your memories from the show!

[@sparxies]

@@officialbackintheday Sounds like a plan! I can remember most of the behind the scenes stuff. My friend James (at the time) was the one in the helmet, so he'll know more of the dungeon side of things, but I definitely remember our quest and the mistakes we made along the way. Let me know how and when, and I'll be there!

[@_BoojieBen]

How long setup was there between rooms? Did it get a bit tedious? Did all the cast switch out of character once a room had finished shooting or did they try to keep the illusion alive? I've got so many questions 😅

[@sparxies]

@@_BoojieBen Switch between rooms was around 15 to 20 minutes, I presume to setup any practical scenery and for actors to get prepped. They had a Commodore 64 in a break room, so we were playing on that between rooms. There was no interaction with any actors while they set up rooms, the ones in the dungeons just went to another room and Treguard left when we were ushered to the break room. We never saw anyone out of costume or out of character, so it kept the illusion going.

[@damianphelps]

No I remember this lmao 😂😅😊

[@weet1978able]

We had a TV at home in our Living Room. It was a rental, had no remote control, and had to be tuned manually. At the time, Knightmare and Grange Hill slightly overlapped, and my older sister would always walk into the room and demand I change channel. An argument would ensue (we had no VCR either), and that usually meant I missed the end of Knightmare, and she missed the beginning of Grange Hill. Until that was, the day I secretly tuned all eight channels to ITV. When my sister strode into the Living Room, ready for the usual clash, I stayed on the sofa, perfectly happy. It took no time at all for her to realise what I'd done, and soon went running to tell our Mom on me. 100% worth it though, what a great show it was for a kid my age at that time to watch!

[@josephthompson8948]

This is absolutely incredible and totally relatable for a bored 80s child with just the right amount of petty

[@MrRayLockton]

I was part of the team that beat the dungeon in series 5 (31:50). It was an amazing experience. It took a lot longer than it seemed on the TV. We would film each room and then go back to the.green room for 20 mins whilst the next room was set up. The whole thing took 4 days.

[@smallbluemachine]

Fascinating, thank you for that insight. I always wondered how contiguous these environments were, if it was one giant warehouse or something. 😀 -But it's TV and nothing's real on TV.

[@JennaBarJenna]

Hi! Your winning team’s back up team dungeoneer here 😂

[@MrRayLockton]

@@JennaBarJenna Ha ha hi! It has been a long time!

[@JennaBarJenna]

Indeed! Heading towards 33 years?! Hope you are well!

[@john-paulkesseler4180]

That's cracking man, sounds like an amazing experience. Bei g1 of only 32 people to have ever done something must feel a little bit mad.

[@vincent5525]

I was 8 years old when I first started watching Knightmare. I’m 43 now and if I ever open a door to somewhere new, or somewhere different I always say “Enter, Stranger” to my children before they walk in. I’ve been doing this for 13 years now, and my youngest one says it to me now. Great memories and thanks for the re-visit.

[@officialbackintheday]

That's awesome. Whenever it's hot in summer, I always shout 'Will you start the fans, please!?' in the voice of Richard O'Brien before turning on my fan haha

[@wesrobinson3500]

"You're in a room"

[@MundaneBrain]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@AnthonyCook78]

Falsehood

[@racheljames7]

Brilliant stuff. My kids go, "ooooh, naaaasty," If someone dies when they're playing videogames 😂 and if I lose my place when reading a book, I go, "where am I?" And they go, "You're in a room!"

[@DiRtYLaWs2007]

The horn sound when goblins were nearby used to scare the crap out of me. What a show ❤

[@CodingAbroad]

I thought I was the only one!

[@thejoin4687]

That and the death/timeout knell

[@therealchriscunningham]

I was absolutely confident nothing would put the fear into me when watching this (including the tarantula) and then I heard the words "goblin horn" for the first time in literally thirty years.

[@scifigeezer5271]

And they use it to this day at the end of Who Wants to be a Millionaire 😂. I always laugh and say "The goblins are coming!" to bemused looks from my family.

[@PardoItalo]

@@scifigeezer5271 For me it was the parts of the puzzles falling away as they were trying to solve them, like the number gird

[@pyjamacritic1171]

I saw Knightmare Live at the Leicester comedy festival. Lord Fear was delightfully camp, and with every new location when the dungeoneer asked "where am I?" The whole theater answered "you're in a room."

[@sewed102]

I've attended Knightmare Live twice and both times have been hilarious. "DRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGONNN!" lives rent-free in my head forever!

[@apex2000]

Lucky!

[@peacemaster8117]

Absolutely hilarious, I saw them at Bluedot festival last year.

[@JamesScholes]

Knightmare was literally a real world RPG and I don't think there's been anything like it since.

[@David-sk9vv]

It was a true one of a kind show!

[@iLikeTheUDK]

Have you LARPed before? Maybe it'd be worth a try to look for a LARP group. I was in one years ago and loved it

[@JamesLMason]

I think the nearest ones are Incredible Games, Raven and Trapped

[@Xegethra]

We got that one mini game in the Crystal Maze reboot. In the future zone there was a little game where you played it much like Knightmare. It's a small thing I know.

[@matthewpayton]

The best children's game show ever.

[@Mkbshg8]

...was Funhouse. I mean Knightmare was great to watch but it must've been so boring being one of the kids filming.

[@mb2000]

@@Mkbshg8Funhouse was awesome. And that Neil Bucannon one… not Art Attack… the one where kids wrecked rooms in a fake house looking for items, can’t remember the name.

[@steviepower9194]

@@mb2000 I'm sure that show was called Finders Keepers buddy. Ah memories

[@mb2000]

@@steviepower9194Yes! Thank you! Always felt sorry for whoever had to reset the house for the next show!

[@sonictelephone1526]

​@@mb2000Crystal Maze?

[@unclefred3128]

"Simon, sidestep to your left" -Kid who lost all his mates that day

[@danielwilliamson6180]

"What kind of navigation officer can't tell from left to right?!" Dave Lister

[@quinnzykir]

Everybody’s dead, Dave

[@danielwilliamson6180]

@@quinnzykir They lost the game cos they told him to sidestep left. They should have said "Sidestep left".

[@quinnzykir]

@@danielwilliamson6180 but why. Why would they say left instead of right

[@danielwilliamson6180]

@@quinnzykir They let their Dungeoneer fall to his doom. So stupid. Couldn't they see what was beside him on the left?

[@antfrancis9941]

47 years old now, this was my show back in the day.👍

[@gerbill13]

Same Man they need to remake this

[@davidmannion7333]

47 might be the optimum age for this show. Fond memories of sitting and eating my tea, watching this with my Dad while he made sarky comments about the people on it. If they remade it now it'd only be us lot watching it, most kids don't watch regular TV anymore, it's KZbin, Netflix or any other streaming service. I doubt if my kids have watched a regular TV programme in months!

[@MrElusive79]

I'm 44 and used to love this when I was younger - the one show I do remember looking forward to each week.

[@andylikesstuffchannel]

Im 47 aswell for some reason I like making Star Wars models 🙄😂

[@kipp1231]

I'm 46 I used to love pulling out the massive beanbag rolling it in front TV for Knightmare. Best kids show ever!

[@danielmay5065]

This Crystal Maze and GamesMaster were absolutely my favourite programs as a kid. It needs too come back

[@timdyer5903]

And the adventure game

[@colinyoung3685]

I used to love watching Sir Patrick Moore on The Sky at Night so having him become the GamesMaster was a real delight for me as a kid.

[@IndigoAquarius1980]

will you start the fans please

[@jubeikibogame5691]

I was the researcher on the last series of Gamesmaster in 1997. Great days. Knightmare was my all time favourite show as a kid. Anyone built a time travelling de Lorean yet.

[@danielmay5065]

@@jubeikibogame5691 or a TARDIS?

[@historian3290]

Use to love watching this show after school. This show, T-Bag, trapdoor, Grange Hill, he-man, bananamam, Emu & grottbags, dungeon and dragons, thunder cats, Fun house, Dogtanion & friends, crystal maze, list goes on and on, man I miss the 80’s and early 90’s shows. Great memories.

[@starwave8228]

We had a blind lady at the end of the street and her back garden was all square slabs & If she was in her garden we'd often see her from the field where we played and we would all go up to the back fence & give her directions around the slabs to help her pick up the dog mess from her guide dog, we treat it like a game of Knightmare & she enjoyed the conversation.

[@edturner9670]

That's awesome. I can imagine the real world perils she could have stepped in if your adventure team's instructions were not clear and on point. "Spellcasting: P O O P E R S C O O P E R"

[@RustyBigguns]

That’s got to be the funniest KZbin comment I’ve ever read… and I’ve read a lot.

[@donna8]

That. Is. Hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@adamwordsworth6732]

Omg I haven't laughed this hard of long in aaaaages. Brilliant imagery!!!! 🤣

[@TheInfiniteMiseryJumper]

This is utterly brilliant 👏

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Knightmare was truly ahead of it's time and was ground-breaking. A good show to watch on a Friday afternoon.

[@D4n1m3l]

This and Round the Bend were the highlights of my day as a kid

[@kn5715]

I spelt nightmare, knightmare until I was 18 because of this show. Watching this program as a child, it truly felt magical and thrilling. A very happy childhood memory.

[@emilyandrews-gd9sj]

It was fantastic. I was sad when they stopped production.

[@Georgina-kb4ju]

This and Crystal Maze were top tier children’s TV. I know I sound old but, they just don’t make tv shows like the used to. It’s all the same reality tv nonsense these days. I’m grateful I grew up with magical programs like Knightmare

[@boilerhousegarage]

Same! Literally every time I write it, I start with a "k" then immediately correct myself, but always reminded of the show and the Amiga/ST game that came out a little later.

[@deltorodee]

I still do it on badness for casual messages, it has kick started some unexpected retro chats :) like some sort of secret handshake lol

[@UKProgRock]

I bloody loved Knightmare when i was a kid.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Me too.

[@Dreadpirateflappy]

us 80s kids were spoiled with amazing tv shows.

[@VkmSpouge]

I found Knightmare terrifying as a kid. I remember loving the intro but getting so stressed and scared, especially when seeing the person's health being chipped away to reveal a skull. Brilliant series, even if it repeatedly scared me into changing the channel!

[@TheBeird]

Someone’s uploaded every episode to KZbin, and I’m rewatching them on my lunch break. Genuinely brilliant stuff, perfect for kids. And the adults they became

[@TheBeird]

@@maxmattt kzbin.info/aero/PLMrkhiGUJU5Y_4p5Im4ueUK8TeXIDEVXe

[@TheKris19840]

Knightmare uploader is the name of the KZbin channel it has all the episodes

[@Roadent1241]

Name of the channel because YT doesn't allow links, please?

[@TheBeird]

@@Roadent1241 Knightmare Uploader

[@Roadent1241]

@@TheBeird thankies.

[@MarkS_1768]

Great video! I had the pleasure of meeting Hugo in 1987/88 in WH Smith in Croydon (of all places) where he was sat in his Treguard gear looking understandably bored as everybody walked by, ignoring him. My sister and I were aged 8 and 10 respectively and were both big fans of the show (which was fairly new at that time) and were extremely shy as we approached him. He immediately perked up and signed the original Knightmare book for us. After he signed it, he breathed on his signature (presumably to dry the ink) and said “A bit of dragon’s breath for you!!!” which was rather random but made us both laugh! I’m pleased to say that I still have the book today. Hugo, if you’re reading this, thanks for the fond memories and I hope you’re keeping well.

[@officialbackintheday]

Wow that is incredible! Hold on to that book forever - what a treasure that is!

[@MarkS_1768]

@@officialbackintheday Absolutely, there is no chance that I will ever get rid of it!

[@thetraitorguardsmen.5321]

Lord of the rings Cartoon. Star wars. Knightmare. Heroquest. Space crusade. Warhammer 40k. These are some of the things that makes me the person i am today. And I'm grateful for this Adventure in life.

[@shhwinner6663]

Same here hours of fun with friends

[@SkeletonDrums1]

Mate, those are my exact ingredients too. With just an added sprinkle of Blood Bowl in there!

[@vegalacerda6097]

Same! Epic scale 2nd ed Space Marine as well.

[@vegalacerda6097]

@@SkeletonDrums1 Loved Blood Bowl, my mate had the 1st ed with cardboard players.

[@steveblunden2295]

Lord of the Rings - book and radio play (the film then was an unfinished cartoon), Fighting Fantasy books, Lone Wolf, Warhammer Fantasy Battles, Dungeons & Dragons, and Middle-Earth Role-Playing

[@hooksncrosses3419]

I loved this show. It was the highlight of my week. Four kids from my school went on it in 1992. They failed miserably.

[@NH55323]

That would have been series 6, come on, spill the beans, who were they? 😂

[@TheGunnarRoxen]

I know Mark. He remains a living legend for being the first to complete Knightmare. He's also a lovely guy.

[@_BoojieBen]

My favorite show as a kid. Brings back great memories of walking around the house with a pan on my head taking direction from my mum. Nostalgia gets you in the feels at times.

[@lornarettig3215]

I love this ❤

[@joelmakinson4849]

A core memory for me, being 4 years old, getting in from school, having a bath and drying myself in front of the fire whilst watching Knightmare.

[@delbongo]

Four??

[@TheHopperUK]

Bless the algorithm for bringing this to me! Treguard, what a legend. I loved Pickle when I was a kid.

[@PJWey]

Love your comment… 😂 All hail the algorithm, and we thought the AI takeover was still months or even years away!? 😅

[@CaptainMurder62]

I'm 61 now and remember watching this with my kids. We were all very excited. Brings back fond memories.

[@MendelsonShape]

I remember witnessing the first team to beat the dungeon. My jaw dropped; it seemed like no one was ever going to do it. I remember asking friends at school the next day if they'd seen it, and the ones who hadn't were GUTTED!

[@AnnathePiana]

I have never in my life looked forward to a show, as much as I looked forward to Knightmare. It's still one of the best things I've ever watched. Thank you for this video.

[@officialbackintheday]

Glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@NH55323]

I still think one of the best moments on Knightmare, that's often overlooked is the flubbed up dispelling of "SHROUD" where the team momentarily forgot the letter O existed, causing Tregard to intervene by groaning "Letter O!" I met a lot of the cast, Tim Child and David Rowe at the first (and only) Knightmare Convention in Norwich. Excellent retrospective, you've got yourself a sub from me!

[@officialbackintheday]

Thanks so much! I hope I can attend a future Knightmare Convention if one is held :)

[@volkte37]

Serious anxiety when watching Knightmare. The relief when a team escaped a close call was intense. No other TV show has ever given me that reaction on such a consistent basis. And what a brilliant documentary. Thanks for making it!

[@Lorric101]

Nothing like it when the corridor of blades came up... That room took out so many teams.

[@xMasterAssassin93]

I'm a 90's child so this was a bit earlier than my time, BUT it was rerun throughout that decade and into the 2000s from what I remember and I loved it! This is one of those shows that is etched permanently into my memory with foundness and awe at the time. This would do well I think if they relaunched it.

[@marzipom5630]

Same here! The re-runs are what I watch too. This was probably my favourite show as a kid - we've not had anything else like it.

[@zacetto]

Each time I think of the T.V. show, Knightmare, I cannot help but mutter, “….you fvckin’ pr1ck!!” under my breath, to myself. I lived in Pinner, Northwest London in the 80’s and enjoyed the show, I had a brief spell with D&D, so it appealed on a similar level. By my late teens, I owned a couple of vintage British motorcycles and was in awe of a well spoken chap who rode amongst other things, a Vincent Rapide and Vincent Black Shadow. We always bumped into each other at Tesco’s Pinner Green and he always had time to chat British motorcycles with me. Unlike most Vincent owners, he rode all year round as his steed was thoroughly used - and he did not talk down his nose at you. We met a few times and he was always kind. He introduced himself as, Hugo….. Only realised at the age of 45 - a few years back, I had been chatting to Knightmare all these years……and never realised. When I told my wife, she could not stop laughing and threw peanuts at me. Thanks for being such a gentleman, Hugo. A true Knight who rode classic motorcycles to suit. If you are reading this, I am still riding my vintage Triumphs!

[@neilholmes8200]

I was born in 79 and absolutely loved this programme, even had a few of the books back in the day

[@LingLiu2014]

When Nightmare came out in 1985 I was fascinated. I was born in 1981 in China but came into the UK aged 6 in 1988/89 and started to watch on CITV after school. It's such an awesome show! I didn't understand the game at first but I managed to understand it. I had owned a ZX Spectrum and played Attic Attack and it was tricky! I'm 42 now and still loving the 80s & 90s era!

[@CockneyRebel1979]

This show totally needs to make a comeback, and soon. I bet I'd get addicted to it all over again, even now, as a grown-up!

[@James_utv]

This program turned me into the geek I am today …. Forever grateful 🙏

[@johnmellor6924]

Caught Knightmare in its second season and it blew me away,am now 48 and it was so iconic.

[@davidd9976]

the anxiety would kick in when that lifeforce animation would start to wear away 😂

[@tonydolton4544]

I’m sure I will hear and see this in my last few seconds of life

[@edturner9670]

​@tonydolton4544 Just remember to pop the bread into your knapsack and you'll be fine. 😀

[@davidd9976]

This one if I die on land and the underwater countdown in Sonic the Hedgehog if I drown 😂

[@tonydolton4544]

@@davidd9976 or the actual song from the TV show countdown, but only if you lived a boring life that goes hand in hand with tune, sort of a dull end to a dull life.

[@KINGMONKEY1989]

Wow,i adored this programme as a kid. Cult classic is spot on. Absolutely everyone i knew at that time literally got home as quickly as possible to watch it. 80's tv was amazing.

[@KidarWolf]

Though I'd never really connected Knightmare to my eventually playing Dungeons and Dragons, a hobby I've now been involved in for over 25 years, watching this, while planning my next Dungeons and Dragons adventure, has now made me wonder if perhaps it was this wonderful show that first got me on the path toward one of my longest-lived hobbies.

[@Ori-Retro-Gamer]

Wow what a brilliant Documentary. I used to run home from school to watch this, back in 87 age 13 , one of may favs of my childhood. Well done, imagine if they did a VR version of Knightmare for 2024, Warning Team! nostalgia overload imminent! lol

[@officialbackintheday]

Glad you enjoyed :)

[@iambish]

A VR version of Knightmare would be amazing!!

[@Hammers-Mikey]

That Horn noise when a Goblin was approaching scared the shi* out of me as a kid!!!

[@robg5161]

What a time to be alive.

[@HordrissTheConfuser]

I once went as Lord Fear to a university fancy dress party. Not many people realised who I was dressed up as, but those that did were most enthusiastic.

[@warriorontheedgeoftime4224]

Thanks for covering this, this show was pretty much the last children's tv show I watched from my late teens, i used to set the vhs to record every episode whilst I was working. I'm now in my fifties and it still looks looks good today in 2024.

[@mister_M.]

BRO THIS WAS MY CHILDHOOD. NOSTALGIC AF

[@beklanaze]

The dragon/pension joke was genuinely good. Well played that lad.

[@stevenmcpeake3387]

This was by far my favourite show when I was young. Thanks for showing how the show was made, I always wondered how they did it back in the day with such limitations in technology.

[@officialbackintheday]

Thanks for watching!

[@cantabrian1009]

I absolutely loved this show when I was a kid, especially when the evenings were drawn in and it was darker outside as that made it feel like a campfire setting. It was impossible to not be immersed in this show and get caught up in the whole vibe. I'd often finish watching it and still be in that headspace for hours after. Excellent stuff.

[@jedthementalist5112]

Original, creative and so much fun. I'm very grateful to those who made this show. Speaking of excitement and overwhelming gratitude, 🙁 31:44.

[@JackSmith-gv5yw]

The only show I ever applied to go on! (didn't get on...sad times).....Propelled me into a life of table-top role playing games, LARP and later online gaming, and I'm 46 now! :)

[@richardhaynes3925]

Impossible to state the love I have for this show and its importance in my desire for perpetual youth. Great documentary and magnificent programme. Thank you

[@officialbackintheday]

Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@stefan8303]

Very interesting watch, brought back lots of memories. I have a large Ron Lyons metal Knight sculpture, that I have on my desk, which I absolutely love

[@Robbie.L.44]

Man this was great. Absolutely loved it. The 80s TV shows were the best. Always wished they made shows like this again 😢

[@CaptainAndy]

I really appreciate your depth of knowledge here. This certainly was a classic show, with an unusually high difficulty level for children.

[@aishalotter9995]

Remember really wanting the kids to win !!! Which was pretty unusual for a kids quiz type show ,!! Excellent show , top tier, way ahead of its time

[@TheFlixFiles]

I was 17 when this first aired, a little older than its target demographic, but I still enjoyed it immensely. I also enjoyed watching this video, well done!

[@lornarettig3215]

I **adored** Knightmare! This makes me want to watch it all over again! A thousand thanks for this loving retrospective ❤️

[@big_ry82]

Thanks for this video. Love the show and still go back and watch it regularly. Ah.. to be a wee boy again, simpler times

[@StabStabStabStabby]

I'm surprised this only had 8 seasons. It must have been repeated a lot in the 90s because I watched it a hell of a lot in my youth back in the day when we only had 4 channels.

[@Skreezilla]

Ohh Nasty. loved Nightmare!

[@danpettinger1353]

I had the good fortune of spending quite a few hours with Hugo observing the Eastbourne fire parade safely from afar in a terraced beer garden . Many drinks, many stories and an all round wonderful chap.

[@smilesforcinephiles]

Don't think I ever saw anyone complete the quest back in the day.... Amazing job, well done Sir!

[@TheHankScorpio]

I loved this show, great video. Remember watching all the episodes in one sitting with a mate all night once (we'd only ever seen series 8 once), we were so tired by the end I couldn't tell if some bits were partly dreamt from fatigue or from watching the show as I didn't know enough about the last series to seperate it.

[@utubenoobie01]

One of the greatest TV shows, not just kids TV shows, of all time! I was so lucky to have been young enough to see it in my time. Spellcasting... T H A N K Y O U

[@KevSmithMusic]

Thank you so much for this wonderful retrospective! I'm of the age where Knightmare was must-see TV and still enjoy watching the show today. It was an incredible programme!

[@officialbackintheday]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@EvilBrit89]

On-screen life force... I knew the source of my sleepless nights had a name!!!

[@emmaa4595]

This and Choose your own adventure books were my ultimate jam as a kid. 90s Friday night feels.

[@jamielloyd2289]

Almost an hour of Knightmare content, but not a single utterance of ‘oooh, NARSTY!’

[@aliorr9356]

Shocking isn't it

[@edturner9670]

My thoughts exactly. That quickly became Treguard's catchphrase. He was absolutely perfect for this show.

[@pma001]

This documentary is a work of love and dedication. Thank you for the nostalgic trip.

[@officialbackintheday]

Thanks so much for watching, glad you enjoyed it :)

[@ScandalUK]

Four of my friends from Bath were on this show (one of the last series), they hyped up the whole school to watch it. But then they literally died right at the start and were immediately replaced by the next team…

[@mattcarey67]

That's me series 2, team 4 - first team to win!

[@officialbackintheday]

Awesome! I've had like 4 or 5 people comment on the video saying they were on the show too. Definitely need to do a podcast/interview with you all at some point in the future!

[@JesterLaughAtU]

This was orders of magnitude of gold. I showed it to my daughter a few years back, she was unimpressed. But what do they have for kids telly these days, youtube and tiktok? Knighmare was all sorts of creative and challenging. So so good, so original. Otherwise known as, things were better back in my day!

[@richardtwyning]

I always remember it being on a Friday afternoon after school and it was a brilliant way to start the weekend 👍🏻

[@johnmakin-shaw3516]

That’s me winning Series 5! Ray still has the trophy I think

[@officialbackintheday]

Awesome! Hope you have some amazing memories from filming the show :)

[@newwavepop]

Did this only air in the U.K.? i have NEVER heard of this show but it looks like something i would have loved. here in the U.S. my favorite show growing up was Voyagers which aired in 82/83 when i was about 11, but sadly only got one season. man i LOVED that show. and the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon, which was also cancelled way too soon. thank you for the video that was really interesting.

[@IanJTaylor]

Spellcasting A-W-E-S-O-M-E!

[@superspecky4eyes]

Every now and again, if I have to spell something out, I still say "Spellcasting" in my head.

[@agenda697]

@@superspecky4eyes not just me then !

[@RetroCrisis]

Oh my goodness this brought back a flood of memories! Well constructed video !!!!

[@asparagustrevor]

This is my childhood right here. I remember a few years ago when the TV channel Challenge showed a huge run of Knightmare and it was glorious to revisit as an adult. I remember they showed Fun House and Finders Keepers as well. God I miss those days where Challenge didn't just air The Chase 99% of the day.

[@thisnthat42]

Ah Finders Keepers, I was trying to remember what that show was called. Finders Keepers, Fun House, Knightmare, Crystal Maze and the Krypton Factor those were my favourite game shows as a kid.

[@jasonphilip1198]

I used to watch this, as a kid, but had no idea it ran until the mid 90s. I'll have to find those other seasons now. Great video.

[@tazzatamania]

Wouldn't miss an episode of this when i was young, used to all talk about it in school the next day.

[@MatthewCaunsfield]

Great retrospective. I'd forgotten how much they developed their own fictional world with people and places

[@SimplyAustins]

Brilliant look back at one of my most fondest TV shows. You did an excellent job here mate and you deserve far more subs and views for the quality you put in. Liked and subbed, look forward to the adventure that awaits!

[@officialbackintheday]

Thanks for the kind words mate and for subbing to the channel. Hard at work on the next upload now!

[@MegaCatlady66]

i used to love this show i cried when it ended one of the best shows for kids still is i say and i watched the reruns of it as well

[@steventhompson3268]

CITV left terrestrial television on the 1st September 2023 after 40 years of televising our screen as the first children’s television debut on the 1st January 1983 until 2 years before I was born on the 5th July 1985. I remembered catching up with CITV when I was a boy during my school holidays in the late 1980’s 1990’s and the early 2000’s. Now CITV is televised on ITV2 and there really is the streaming service called ITVX Kids since the 4th September 2023 in the present.

[@bluesabar]

This was one of my favourite shows and during the 2020 lockdown I went back and watched each episode with my kids and watching them get wrapped up in the adventure

[@12345gerrard]

I loved this series to death. Thank you so much for this documentary. This is fantastic! Thank you!

[@chrism7395]

Knightmare Live is ridiculously good fun; it makes a regular appearance at the UK Games Expo

[@tonydolton4544]

I know children of all generations say their childhood was the best but what I can say categorically is that my childhood watching this was so special as our expectations weren’t high like todays kids, we waited for games to load we waited for knightmare every week, we waited for the monthly Sega Power, we waited for all these things because it gave us eminence anticipation and appreciation. I love today’s technology but kids expect too much these days and everything is all about ‘now’ and they can have it now. This takes away a lot of the fun for me. We are are the only generation that has seen life without smart phones, social media and the World Wide Web, this in my opinion makes us very special as we are the last generation that lived through the past into the digital future. By the way it’s 2024 and I’m 45 years young!

[@alexkidd3d]

Thanks for the nostalgia, "you're in a room!" Said in a dodgy British accent was a running joke with my siblings all through childhood.

[@downtuned9000]

"You're in a room," 😂 but on a serious note, this was awesome. And probably a big reason I love RPG games so much they nailed it with Knightmare and great memories crowding around the TV in the early 90's

[@papa_sloth_gaming547]

You deserve a lot more subscribers. This documentary was great. I would actually buy this if it was released on Blu Ray, as a Collector's set with Art cards and posters, etc. 👏 Also, add a selection of the best episodes, and it would be brilliant! Someone make it happen!

[@officialbackintheday]

Thanks so much, really glad you enjoyed it. Please share with with anyone you think might be interested :)

[@moffman87]

I would have ate a pinecone to be on that show as a kid. It was amazing.

[@pixienyx4306]

35 now and still watch the old episodes on KZbin! It definitely played a part in my lifelong obsession with adventure games and all things medieval ❤ thanks for this video, that nostalgia hit hard!

[@jermainesrealplatinumgamin1331]

Met David Rowe in Blackpool a few years back, legend

[@garethdavies3175]

46 years old but loved this as a teenager in the 90s on a Friday evening before being subjected to watching neighbours because of my older sister 😅❤

[@TheGerkuman]

My favourite wall monster was Granitas. "MY NAME IS NOT AMUSING" - Granitas