Takeshi's Castle: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Welcome to the Takeshi's Castle, a Japanese game show involving 100 to 140 contestants who try to go through a series of silly physical challenges designed to eliminate them. Designed like a live-action Mario game, thousands of people have come to take on Takeshi's Castle to try and win the ¥1,000,000 prize but hardly anyone does! Each episode was filmed over the entire length of the day, with some challenges going well into the night.

Series details

• Title: Takeshi's Castle
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Action, Family
• Premiere date: 2002-11-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 2013-03-29
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Challenge
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 2561

Cast and credited roles

• Craig Charles — Commentator
• Ruben van der Meer — Ruben van der Meer

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2002-11-09; final listed air date 2003-01-17; episode order: 40.
• Season 2: premiered 2003-04-21; final listed air date 2003-05-19; episode order: 30.
• Season 3: premiered 2003-05-20; final listed air date 2003-06-18; episode order: 30.
• Season 4: premiered 2003-07-21; final listed air date 2003-09-08; episode order: 22.
• Season 5: premiered 2013-03-08; final listed air date 2013-03-29; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Takeshi's Castle 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.