Knightmare: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Knightmare is a fantasy adventure game show and was broadcast on Children's ITV in the UK between 1987 and 1994 spanning 8 seasons with the final episode being aired on 11th November 1994. A team consisting of four 11-16 year olds was tasked with recovering a quest item by sending one member, blind-folded, into a virtual reality dungeon. The dungeoneer was guided by the fellow team mates who observed the quest from an ante-chamber. Sparked heavily by the video game boom of the late 80's and 90's, Knightmare is still considered to be one of the most influential and technologically advanced television shows created to this day.

Series details

• Title: Knightmare
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Genres: Adventure, Children, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 1987-09-07
• Final broadcast date listed: 1994-11-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 4826

Cast and credited roles

• Hugo Myatt — Treguard
• Mark Knight — Lord Fear
• Jackie Sawiris — Majida
• Joanne Heywood — Stiletta
• Clifford Norgate — Hordriss
• Jacquelin Joyce — Marta
• Erin Geraghty — Mistress Goody
• Paul Valentine — Motley
• Anthony Donovan — Grimaldine
• Cliff Barry — Brother Strange/Lissard
• David Learner — Pickle
• Edmund Dehn — Gumboil/Automatum/Igneous

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1987-09-07; final listed air date 1987-10-26; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 1988-09-05; final listed air date 1988-12-19; episode order: 16.
• Season 3: premiered 1989-09-08; final listed air date 1989-12-22; episode order: 16.
• Season 4: premiered 1990-09-07; final listed air date 1990-12-21; episode order: 16.
• Season 5: premiered 1991-09-06; final listed air date 1991-12-20; episode order: 16.
• Season 6: premiered 1992-09-11; final listed air date 1992-12-18; episode order: 15.
• Season 7: premiered 1993-09-10; final listed air date 1993-12-17; episode order: 15.
• Season 8: premiered 1994-09-09; final listed air date 1994-11-11; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Knightmare on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.