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== Host ==
== Host ==
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UK version (voiceover):<br>
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Voiceover (UK version):<br>
[[Craig Charles]] (2002-4)<br>
[[Craig Charles]] (2002-4)<br>
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[[Richard McCourt|Dick]] & [[Dominic Wood|Dom]] (2013)
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[[Richard McCourt|Dick]] & [[Dominic Wood|Dom]] (2013)<br>
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[[Jonathan Ross]] (2017-8)<br>
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Roman Kemp (2018-)
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== Co-hosts ==
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Japanese hosts:<br>
 
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Takeshi Kitano (Count Takeshi)<br>
 
Hayato Tani (Commander Tani, known as "General Lee" in UK)
Hayato Tani (Commander Tani, known as "General Lee" in UK)
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Takeshi Kitano (Count Takeshi)
== Broadcast ==
== Broadcast ==
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Mole Films for Challenge, 9 November 2002 to 1 January 2004
Mole Films for Challenge, 9 November 2002 to 1 January 2004
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Challenge, 8 March 2013 to present
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as ''Takeshi's Castle Rebooted'': Challenge, 8 to 29 March 2013 (6 episodes in 1 series)
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Comedy Central, 26 October 2017 to present
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Challenge's reversion of the cult Japanese classic given an innuendo-filled voiceover by [[Craig Charles]].
Challenge's reversion of the cult Japanese classic given an innuendo-filled voiceover by [[Craig Charles]].
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<div class="image">[[File:Takeshis castle .jpg]]''Eat your heart out Crash Bandicoot.''</div>
100 people attempt to storm the castle but to do so they must win the challenging, wacky and slapstick games set up by the evil Count Takeshi and the Emerald Guard. Failing means elimination but seeing as most people fail, people are let through for falling into mud stylishly.
100 people attempt to storm the castle but to do so they must win the challenging, wacky and slapstick games set up by the evil Count Takeshi and the Emerald Guard. Failing means elimination but seeing as most people fail, people are let through for falling into mud stylishly.
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<div class="image">[[File:Takeshis_castle_tani.jpg|250px]]''General Lee''</div>
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<div class="image">[[File:Takeshis castle 1.jpg]]''Nearly there.''</div>
Favourite games include:
Favourite games include:
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*'''Skipping Stones''' - the blue riband event really. Make your way from one side of the pond to another using the stones provided. Hilariously, whilst most of the stones are stable, some will sink when you stand on them. The correct way to play this game is with a full run up and going A over T headfirst into another stone when you lose your balance on a sinker.
*'''Skipping Stones''' - the blue riband event really. Make your way from one side of the pond to another using the stones provided. Hilariously, whilst most of the stones are stable, some will sink when you stand on them. The correct way to play this game is with a full run up and going A over T headfirst into another stone when you lose your balance on a sinker.
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Actually - ha! - that last one makes us grin just thinking about it. But anyway, the handful of people who survive all of this get to 'do' the final showdown. They get into comedy battle cars, as do the Emerald guard and Takeshi himself (in his special brown car). Each car has a target which is either a piece of paper in a ring (in which case everyone carries water guns, the aim being not to let the paper tear) or a laser receptor (in which case everyone has a laser gun and your car goes up in a puff of smoke when you get shot). The last one standing wins and this is invariably Takeshi himself.
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<div class="image">[[File:Takeshis castle 2.jpg]]''Come on Dad, catch my balls.''</div>
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Overall, the series works marvellously well as a piece of xenophobic schadenfreude, because 'Ow!' equals pain in any language.
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<div class="image">[[File:Takeshis castle 3.jpg]]''Aston Villa's sober years in the 1980s.''</div>
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== Trivia ==
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Actually - ha! - that last one makes us grin just thinking about it. But anyway, the handful of people who survive all of this get to 'do' the final showdown. They get into comedy battle cars, as do the Emerald guard and Takeshi himself (in his special brown car). Each car has a target which is either a piece of paper in a ring (in which case everyone carries water guns, the aim being not to let the paper tear) or a laser receptor (in which case everyone has a laser gun and your car goes up in a puff of smoke when you get shot). The last one standing wins and this is invariably Takeshi himself.
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The original Japanese show ran from 1986 to 1989.
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<div class="image">[[File:Takeshis castle 4.jpg]]''Don't break my teeth dad.''</div>
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On the off chance that a contestant ''does'' win, by taking Takeshi's car out, the prize is 1,000,000 Yen which equates to roughly £7,500.
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Overall, the series works marvellously well as a piece of xenophobic schadenfreude, because 'Ow!' equals pain in any language.
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Clive James was a celebrity contestant on the show in 1987. He didn't make it past the Honeycomb Maze, sadly for him.
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<div class="image">[[File:Takeshis castle 5.jpg]]''Let's all hug a mushroom because Japan.''</div>
== Catchphrases ==
== Catchphrases ==
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"In the drink!"
"In the drink!"
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== Trivia ==
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The original Japanese show ran from 1986 to 1990.
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On the off chance that a contestant ''does'' win, by taking Takeshi's car out, the prize is 1,000,000 Yen which equates to roughly £7,500.
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Clive James was a celebrity contestant on the show in 1987. He didn't make it past the Honeycomb Maze, sadly for him.
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== Pictures ==
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<div class="image">[[File:Takeshis_castle_tani.jpg]]''General Lee''</div>
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<div class="image">[[File:Takeshis castle takeshi.jpg]]''Count Takeshi''</div>
== See also ==
== See also ==
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[[Category:Japanese Formats]]
[[Category:Japanese Formats]]
[[Category:Fictional Characters]]
[[Category:Fictional Characters]]
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[[Category:Challenge Programmes]]

Revision as of 18:15, 2 November 2018

Contents

Host

Voiceover (UK version):
Craig Charles (2002-4)
Dick & Dom (2013)
Jonathan Ross (2017-8)
Roman Kemp (2018-)

Co-hosts

Hayato Tani (Commander Tani, known as "General Lee" in UK)

Takeshi Kitano (Count Takeshi)

Broadcast

Mole Films for Challenge, 9 November 2002 to 1 January 2004

as Takeshi's Castle Rebooted: Challenge, 8 to 29 March 2013 (6 episodes in 1 series)

Comedy Central, 26 October 2017 to present

Synopsis

Challenge's reversion of the cult Japanese classic given an innuendo-filled voiceover by Craig Charles.

File:Takeshis castle .jpgEat your heart out Crash Bandicoot.

100 people attempt to storm the castle but to do so they must win the challenging, wacky and slapstick games set up by the evil Count Takeshi and the Emerald Guard. Failing means elimination but seeing as most people fail, people are let through for falling into mud stylishly.

File:Takeshis castle 1.jpgNearly there.

Favourite games include:

  • Bite the Bun - one of the openers. Whilst wearing a restrictive rubber ring (or with their hands tied behind their back), contestants have to grab one of the hanging buns with their teeth to progress. Surprisingly low-tech hilarity.
  • The Gauntlet - players compete in a giant real life Super Mario-style platform computer game and try and get from right to left before the time runs out or the Guards knock them off the platforms by throwing large balls at them.
  • Rice Bowl Downhill - players get into a giant rice bowl. They are pushed downhill into a swimming pool. If they stay in the bowl when they hit the water they're through, if not they're out.
  • Bridgeball - walk across a rickety and unstable bridge whilst being pelted by 'cannonballs'. Balancing is tricky as the contestants must perform this feat whilst carrying a golden ball shot to them by General Lee.
  • Honeycomb Maze - Get from one side of the maze to the other, avoiding the monsters and making sure you go leave through the right door. Failure means running into thin air over a muddy stretch of water.
  • Skipping Stones - the blue riband event really. Make your way from one side of the pond to another using the stones provided. Hilariously, whilst most of the stones are stable, some will sink when you stand on them. The correct way to play this game is with a full run up and going A over T headfirst into another stone when you lose your balance on a sinker.
File:Takeshis castle 2.jpgCome on Dad, catch my balls.
File:Takeshis castle 3.jpgAston Villa's sober years in the 1980s.

Actually - ha! - that last one makes us grin just thinking about it. But anyway, the handful of people who survive all of this get to 'do' the final showdown. They get into comedy battle cars, as do the Emerald guard and Takeshi himself (in his special brown car). Each car has a target which is either a piece of paper in a ring (in which case everyone carries water guns, the aim being not to let the paper tear) or a laser receptor (in which case everyone has a laser gun and your car goes up in a puff of smoke when you get shot). The last one standing wins and this is invariably Takeshi himself.

File:Takeshis castle 4.jpgDon't break my teeth dad.

Overall, the series works marvellously well as a piece of xenophobic schadenfreude, because 'Ow!' equals pain in any language.

File:Takeshis castle 5.jpgLet's all hug a mushroom because Japan.

Catchphrases

"No winners this time on Takeshi's Castle... but maybe next time!"

"Happy clappy Jappy chappies"

"The mud is specially imported from a pig farm in Southern Japan"

"As my old Dad used to say..."

"Don't let them penetrate your ring!"

"What a wazzock!"

"In the drink!"

Trivia

The original Japanese show ran from 1986 to 1990.

On the off chance that a contestant does win, by taking Takeshi's car out, the prize is 1,000,000 Yen which equates to roughly £7,500.

Clive James was a celebrity contestant on the show in 1987. He didn't make it past the Honeycomb Maze, sadly for him.

Pictures

File:Takeshis_castle_tani.jpgGeneral Lee
File:Takeshis castle takeshi.jpgCount Takeshi

See also

Ninja Warrior

Unbeatable Banzuke

Web links

Wikipedia entry

Keshi Heads - fan website

IMDb entry

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