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Knightmare @KnightmareTV

Official Twitter profile for the award-winning childrens' television show #Knightmare.

Joined December 2010
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Autumn Fridays are Knightmare time! The latest project from Knightmare artist David Rowe (@DJRowe) is called 'The Dungeon You Didn't See'. Ideas and drafts that never made it to air have been reimagined into full artworks. They are now available as prints. knightmare.com/fanzone/artic…
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Key takeaways: ⚫️ Why ideas didn't work out 🔴 New sketch on Rowe's easel 🟠 "I've caught the bug again" 🟡 New A3/A4 prints available.
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Autumn Fridays are Knightmare time! 🔥 Unbelievable to see Hugo Myatt and Mark Knight return as adversaries for the first time in the Knightmare Live comedy stage show last weekend. Full review with pics and clips: knightmare.com/fanzone/artic…
Hugo Myatt (Treguard) and Mark Knight (Lord Fear) meet ahead of the Knightmare Live 10th Anniversary Tour finale at the Leicester Square Theatre, London. Credit: Jackie Vance

ALT Hugo Myatt (Treguard) and Mark Knight (Lord Fear) meet ahead of the Knightmare Live 10th Anniversary Tour finale at the Leicester Square Theatre, London. Credit: Jackie Vance

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Highlights: ⚫️ Knightmare creator Tim Child attends 🫡 🔴 Bloodbath, as 3 dungeoneers perish 🫣 🟠 Comedy gold. "Quick pint then, my lord?" 😂 🟡 Children in the audience and participating 🤩 Photo: Hugo and Mark in rehearsal, by Jackie Vance.
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Knightmare retweeted
Knightmare@KnightmareUK
17 Nov 2025
This year marks Knightmare's 40th anniversary. Not the TV series (38) but the concept. From Knightmare.com's History of Knightmare: 'Spring 1985 and Tim Child, a journalist, reporter and occasional development producer for Anglia TV in Norwich, had a silly idea...' 🧵
A clockface showing 5:14, with the Anglia TV knight on horseback and the word Anglia. These features are white and silver on a blue background.

ALT A clockface showing 5:14, with the Anglia TV knight on horseback and the word Anglia. These features are white and silver on a blue background.

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Autumn Fridays are Knightmare time! 🔥 We're delighted to share our latest interview with David Rowe (@DJRowe), the extraordinary artist behind Knightmare's unforgettable hand painted scenes. knightmare.com/fanzone/artic…
David Rowe, artist and illustrator, whose projects included memorable hand painted artwork for Knightmare.

ALT David Rowe, artist and illustrator, whose projects included memorable hand painted artwork for Knightmare.

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Four key takeaways: ⚫️ Seeing Lillith's Domain was David's eureka moment. 🔴 The influence of movie poster illustrator, Drew Struzan. 🟠 Intense work of up to 20-hour days on Knightmare designs. 🟡 Static artwork wouldn't be enough for a new series.
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Autumn weekends are Knightmare time! 🔥 Inspired by the BBC's new documentary, Girlbands Forever, and looking back at what it meant to be young and making waves in the 1990s, we're revisiting an old article about Knightmare's moments of girl power. 💃 knightmare.com/fanzone/artic…
The sorceress Maldame (Iona Kennedy) looks down scornfully at a contestant in Knightmare Series 8 (1994).

ALT The sorceress Maldame (Iona Kennedy) looks down scornfully at a contestant in Knightmare Series 8 (1994).

The cavern-elf Elita (Stephanie Hesp) glares at a helmeted dungeoneer in Knightmare Series 6 (1992). Behind her, Skarkill the Goblin Master (Rayner Bourton) prepares his shakles to capture the contestant.

ALT The cavern-elf Elita (Stephanie Hesp) glares at a helmeted dungeoneer in Knightmare Series 6 (1992). Behind her, Skarkill the Goblin Master (Rayner Bourton) prepares his shakles to capture the contestant.

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The show had its cheeky and crude moments in this regard. It gave us the blonde Sidriss 'the Confused', later cloned as a 'Bimboid'. We had a troubadour who got into trouble for misbehaving with the ladies. Lord Fear turns his henchman into a barmaid and immediately asks him out!
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But Knightmare also gave us formidable female characters - both friend and foe. Some of the best contestants to appear on the show were all-girl teams, and many of the most memorable moments came from them too. All worth celebrating, and our appreciation! knightmare.com/fanzone/artic…
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31 Oct 2025
Autumn Fridays are Knightmare time! 🎃 For Halloween, we look at how the show spooked the British public. According to The Times, Knightmare drew complaints in 1988 as people believed the show 'encourages an interest in the occult'. 💀 We're indulging: knightmare.com/fanzone/artic…
A banner from an item in The Times, featuring a graphic from Knightmare, Hardwicke Hourse and Sins. Text reads: "Complaints department: viewers objected to (from left) the children's programme Knightmare, Hardwicke House and a rape in Sins".

ALT A banner from an item in The Times, featuring a graphic from Knightmare, Hardwicke Hourse and Sins. Text reads: "Complaints department: viewers objected to (from left) the children's programme Knightmare, Hardwicke House and a rape in Sins".
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17 Oct 2025
Autumn Fridays are Knightmare time! 🔥 A genuine feast for the eyes and the imagination. How might a new series look if artificial intelligence was used to help create the dungeon? Long-term Knightmare fan Andrew talks us through some recent AI experiments knightmare.com/fanzone/fan-p…
An AI generated Knightmare-inspired scene of a cave serenely lit by crystals hanging perilously from the ceiling.

ALT An AI generated Knightmare-inspired scene of a cave serenely lit by crystals hanging perilously from the ceiling.

An AI generated Knightmare-inspired scene of a stunning floorway leading into a giant serpent's mouth.

ALT An AI generated Knightmare-inspired scene of a stunning floorway leading into a giant serpent's mouth.

An AI generated Knightmare-inspired scene of a vale clearing with a green pool, based loosely on the Vale of Banburn from Knightmare Series 3.

ALT An AI generated Knightmare-inspired scene of a vale clearing with a green pool, based loosely on the Vale of Banburn from Knightmare Series 3.

An AI generated Knightmare-inspired scene with multiple exits, lit in shades of violet and orange.

ALT An AI generated Knightmare-inspired scene with multiple exits, lit in shades of violet and orange.

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10 Oct 2025
Autumn Fridays are Knightmare time! 🔥 Discover more about the French and Spanish adaptations of Knightmare from the early 1990s. > One quest per episode. > Multiple lives. > Fascinating hybrid dungeons formed of different parts of Knightmare's history. knightmare.com/series/intern…
A scene from El Rescate del Talisman. A knight is standing on a ledge with a narrow pathway leading to safety.

ALT A scene from El Rescate del Talisman. A knight is standing on a ledge with a narrow pathway leading to safety.

A scene from El Rescate del Talisman. A knight is treading a narrow pathway in the computerised dungeon, surrounded by trenches.

ALT A scene from El Rescate del Talisman. A knight is treading a narrow pathway in the computerised dungeon, surrounded by trenches.
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Autumn Fridays are Knightmare time! 🔥 The final ever dungeoneer on the show, Oliver Duhl, tells us about his audition, filming the Corridor of Blades, and extra details of his quest that never made it to air. knightmare.com/backstage/exp…
Knightmare contestant Oliver Duhl with actor Hugo Myatt, who played Treguard on the show.

ALT Knightmare contestant Oliver Duhl with actor Hugo Myatt, who played Treguard on the show.
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Autumn Fridays are for Knightmare! We're delighted to share the promotional press pack for Knightmare Series 2, published by the Anglia Television Press Office in 1988. Huge thanks to winning dungeoneer (now TV presenter and actor) Jason Karl for providing the scans.
A centre spread from the press pack published by Anglia Television Press Office in 1988. Includes a mockup of a dungeoneer in the Dragon Room (created by David Rowe) alongside some behind-the-scenes shots of Tim Child in the control gallery and computer graphics artist Robert Harris.

ALT A centre spread from the press pack published by Anglia Television Press Office in 1988. Includes a mockup of a dungeoneer in the Dragon Room (created by David Rowe) alongside some behind-the-scenes shots of Tim Child in the control gallery and computer graphics artist Robert Harris.

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This short brochure demonstrates how Anglia Television promoted the show in its early seasons. We see concept graphics, behind-the-scenes shots and a gallery of the nine cast members. View and download the brochure at: knightmare.com/series/series…

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Autumn Fridays are for Knightmare! There's plenty of new content lined up for this season. First up: a journey back to the blue letters sent to hundreds of contestants in 1995 to say that the show had ended. Did anybody else get one of these? How did it hit you at the time?
30 years ago, in the summer of 1995, this letter on blue paper was sent by Broadsword TV to applicants for the latest series of Knightmare, confirming that the show had ended. Full text available via the link.

ALT 30 years ago, in the summer of 1995, this letter on blue paper was sent by Broadsword TV to applicants for the latest series of Knightmare, confirming that the show had ended. Full text available via the link.

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Full text of the letter and full story available at: knightmare.com/backstage/his…
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ITV Archive@ITVArchive
5 Sep 2025
Happy 38th Birthday Knightmare! This groundbreaking kids adventure game show debuted on 7th September 1987, dropping a sightless dungeoneer into a fantasy world full of early computer graphics. Enter, stranger… #Knightmare #CITV #AngliaTelevision #ITVArchive #80sTV
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Knightmare@KnightmareUK
7 Sep 2025
38 years ago today, Knightmare's first dungeoneer set out on a quest. There was no turning back.
Knightmare Series 1 Quest 1 (7th September 1987): Treguard (Hugo Myatt), dungeoneer David Campbell and the Helmet of Justice.

ALT Knightmare Series 1 Quest 1 (7th September 1987): Treguard (Hugo Myatt), dungeoneer David Campbell and the Helmet of Justice.

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