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''Record Breakers'' was a British children's TV show, themed around
world records
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. It was broadcast on
BBC1
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from 15 December 1972 to 21 December 2001.
It was originally presented by
Roy Castle
Roy Castle (31 August 1932 – 2 September 1994) was an English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician. In addition to being an accomplished jazz trumpet player, he could play many other instruments. Following a vers ...
with
Guinness World Records
''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...
founders twin brothers
Norris McWhirter
Norris Dewar McWhirter (12 August 192519 April 2004) was a British writer, political activist, co-founder of The Freedom Association, and a television presenter. He and his twin brother Ross were known internationally for the founding of ''Gui ...
and
Ross McWhirter
Alan Ross McWhirter (12 August 1925 – 27 November 1975) was, with his twin brother, Norris, the cofounder of the 1955 ''Guinness Book of Records'' (known since 2000 as ''Guinness World Records'') and a contributor to the television programm ...
. The programme was a spin-off series from ''
Blue Peter'' which had featured record breaking attempts overseen by the McWhirter twins. The closing theme was "Dedication", performed by Roy Castle, who broke nine world records on the show himself. Producers of the series over the years were, Alan Russell (its creator), Michael Forte, Eric Rowan,
Greg Childs, Annette Williams and Jeremy Daldry.
As well as interviews with people who held British or World records, early editions of the programme would include a feature in which the studio audience would test the McWhirter brothers on their (almost infallible) knowledge of records, and the climax of each show would usually be a world record attempt in the studio. Ross was murdered by a
Provisional IRA
The Irish Republican Army (IRA; ), also known as the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and informally as the Provos, was an Irish republicanism, Irish republican paramilitary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, fa ...
gunman in 1975, but his brother continued to appear on the show in the "Norris on the Spot" feature.
By the time ''Record Breakers'' was cancelled, it had been on air for 29 years, 7 days and was one of the longest-running TV programmes in Britain.
Hosts
Other hosts included Dilys Morgan (1973),
Fiona Kennedy
Fiona Kennedy Clark, OBE, DL is a Scottish singer, actress, and broadcaster, and the daughter of Scottish and Gaelic singers Calum Kennedy and Anne Gillies. As a child, she appeared with her parents as they performed as a family, and this dev ...
(1983–86),
Julian Farino
Julian Farino (born 12 December 1965) is an English film and television producer and director. He was the sports editor of ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and directed much of the first three seasons of the HBO series ''Entourage''.
Farino wa ...
(1985–86),
Mark Curry (1995) and
Ronald Reagan Jr. (1996–97).
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/ref> After Castle died in 1994, the show was hosted by Baker and Akabusi, then Linford Christie
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took over in 1998 with co-presenters Jack Lattimer, Jez Edwards (1998–2001), Kate Gerbeau
Kate Gerbeau (née Sanderson; born 9 August 1968 in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham) is an English television presenter and news reader, currently on ''British Forces News''.
Education
Gerbeau went to school in Formby and graduated from Bristo ...
(1998) and Sally Gray
Constance Vera Browne, Baroness Oranmore and Browne (''née'' Stevens; 14 February 1915 – 24 September 2006), commonly known as Sally Gray, was an English film actress of the 1930s and 1940s. Her obituary in ''The Irish Times'' described he ...
(1999–2000). Fearne Cotton
Fearne Wood ( Cotton; born 3 September 1981) is an English broadcaster and author''.'' She began her career in the late 1990s presenting various children's television shows for GMTV, CITV and CBBC. In 2007, she presented '' The Xtra Factor'', ...
was the host for the final series in 2001 with Edwards and Shovell
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.
Specials
''All Star Record Breakers'', which ran annually from 1974 to 1982, was a special Christmas edition of the show. Castle was joined for this extended edition by virtually all the BBC's children's TV presenters for music and dance numbers, which generally culminated with the ensemble cast performing a classic story.
Transmission guide
Original series
''All Star Record Breakers''
Specials
''Record Breakers Gold''
See also
* ''Guinness World Records Smashed
''Guinness World Records Smashed'' is a British television show for Sky1, that features record attempts, celebrity guests and death-defying stunts. A one-off pilot episode was transmitted on 23 November 2008, and a full 10-part series was broa ...
''
References
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External links
British Film Institute Screen Online
1972 British television series debuts
2001 British television series endings
1970s British children's television series
1980s British children's television series
1990s British children's television series
2000s British children's television series
BBC children's television shows
BBC reality television shows
British reality television series
English-language television shows
Guinness World Records