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Trapped! (TV Series)
''Trapped!'' (known in its final series as ''Trapped!: Ever After'') is a British children's dark fantasy-themed adventure game show that was first shown on BBC channels from 28 September 2007 through to 4 November 2010. Plot The show is set in a dark, six-floor fictional tower with windows which, from the opening titles, is situated on a small island in the middle of the open sea. Every episode is introduced by "The Caretaker" (played by Simon Greenall), a male world traveller who only came there for one good night's sleep, but he was imprisoned there by "The Voice" (performed by Eve Karpf in series 1 and Faith Brown from series 2-4) after they caught him trespassing on their domain. To eventually earn his freedom, the Caretaker must trap as many children (referred to in the programme as "Unfortunates") as the Voice personally deems worthy. Caretaker: "I only came here for a nights kip hundreds of years ago, but I've been trapped here ever since! The Voice caught me. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Greenall
Simon James Greenall (born 3 January 1958) is an English actor, presenter and voice artist. Among his television appearances are as the Caretaker on '' Trapped!'', Richard in '' Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married'', and as Michael the Geordie in the Alan Partridge programs and films. He also voices Captain Barnacles in the '' Octonauts'' franchise, the twins in the Shaun the Sheep films, and Aleksandr Orlov and Sergei the meerkats in the comparethemarket.com adverts. Early life Greenall was born on 3 January 1958 in Longtown, Cumberland. He attended the Manchester School of Theatre at the same time as Steve Coogan, who was two years below him and would later become a repeat collaborator. Career Greenall has appeared in a number of television shows, shorts, movies, and video games. Earlier roles include as policemen in '' Life Without George'' (1987), ''One Foot in the Grave'' (1990), and '' Between the Lines'' (1993); as various characters in '' Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legends Of The Hidden Temple
''Legends of the Hidden Temple'' is an American action-adventure television game show that broadcast from 1993 to 1995 on Nickelodeon. Created by David G. Stanley, Scott A. Stone, and Stephen Brown, the program features a fictitious temple, "filled with lost treasures protected by mysterious Mayan temple guards." Kirk Fogg is the show's host, while Dee Baker is both announcer and voice of a stone head named Olmec who "knows the secrets behind each of the treasures in his temple." Six teams (Red Jaguars, Blue Barracudas, Green Monkeys, Orange Iguanas, Purple Parrots, Silver Snakes) of two children (one boy and one girl) compete to retrieve one of the historical artifacts in the temple by performing physical stunts and answering questions based on history, mythology, and geography. Contestants trying out had to compete in several physical tasks, including rope climbing and running, as well as a written test. The majority of the contestants were picked from the surrounding Orland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBBC Original Programming
CBBC is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 6 to 12. Its sister channel, CBeebies, is aimed at children aged 6 and under. It broadcasts every day from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm, timesharing with BBC Three. History Launched on 11 February 2002 at the same time as its sister channel CBeebies, the CBBC name (a contraction of Children's BBC) has been used from 1997 onwards to brand all content on BBC One and BBC Two aimed at children. It has continued to be used as a brand on these channels even after regular weekday broadcasting was discontinued in 2012. Prior to the dedicated channels' launch, there were CBBC strands on other cable and satellite stations. First, on Nickelodeon (British and Irish TV channel), Nickelodeon as CBBC on Nickelodeon between 1996 and 1999, and on BBC Choice with exclusive programmes a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Television Shows Featuring Puppetry
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BBC Children's Television Shows
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public broadcasting, public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current state with its current name on New Year's Day 1927. The oldest and largest local and global broadcaster by stature and by number of employees, the BBC employs over 21,000 staff in total, of whom approximately 17,200 are in public-sector broadcasting. The BBC was established under a Royal charter#United Kingdom, royal charter, and operates under an agreement with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Its work is funded principally by an annual Television licensing in the United Kingdom, television licence fee which is charged to all British households, companies, and organisations using any type of equipment to receive or record live television broadcasts or to use the BBC's streaming service, BBC iPlayer, iPla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 British Television Series Endings
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2007 British Television Series Debuts
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De Verraders
is a Dutch television show broadcast by RTL 4, which premiered in 2021. The format of the show is similar to the party game ''Mafia'', and the show is presented by Tijl Beckand. The first and second seasons took place at and around Castle Erenstein in Kerkrade, the Netherlands. The third and fourth seasons were filmed in France. Overview In the show, three of 18 contestants take on the role of ''Verrader'' (Traitor/Betrayer), and all other contestants take on the role of ''Getrouwe'' (Faithful). The faithful do not know who the traitors are, but viewers of the show are made aware in the first episode. Each night, the traitors gather in secret to decide whom they wish to eliminate from the game; this contestant is said to have been killed and does not show up at the next morning's breakfast. In each episode, the contestants take part in a challenge to earn silver bars, which can be won in the end. In some challenges, contestants can also win a shield, which protects them from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Mol (TV Series)
''De Mol'' (''The Mole'') is a Belgian Reality television, reality game show that originally aired from 6 December 1998 to 19 March 2000 and again from 19 January to 16 March 2003 on Eén, TV1 with Michiel Devlieger as host. A revival has aired since 1 February 2016 on VIER with Gilles De Coster as host. The show won the famous Rose d'Or award in 2000. The format has been licensed in 40 countries from all around the world. Players in ''The Mole'' must work together to complete various physical and mental challenges to build up a significant prize for the winner. One of them, however, is "the mole (espionage), Mole", a double agent hired by the producers to sabotage the efforts of the group. The Mole must be careful to avoid drawing too much suspicion to themself. Using journals, players must track vast amounts of data about the person(s) they suspect of being the Mole, such as seating positions, clothing colours, minor discussion topics, and so on. The quiz at the end of each epi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
