FightBox (partially found BBC Three game show; 2003): Difference between revisions

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The show’s logo.

Status: Partially Found

FightBox was a multimedia game show that aired originally for one series on BBC Three from October 13th to November 10th, 2003.

From around May of 2003, there was a large leader board style tournament on the BBC website which thousands took part in. Players were tasked with creating their own virtual warrior from which they could customise and upgrade by completing challenges. Points were accrued by playing a series of games. The top 30 from the leaderboard and 31 wildcards were invited to appear on the show. The website is available to view via the wayback machine.

Hosted by Lisa Snowdon and Trevor Nelson, the show consisted of 15 heats, 4 semi finals and the grand final. The number 1 seed from the online competition, Wiseguy, was automatically placed in the semi placed in the semi final. Each show had 4 contestants and their respective created warriors, they would face off in 1v1 battles with the winners of the 1v1 contests facing eachother in the episode 'showdown.' The eventual winner of the show was warrior 'Kill Frenzy' who, as a prize, achieved sentient status and joined the other 6 sentients who were said to have won previously (unseen) tournaments. The sentients featured heavily in all combat during the show, essentially marshalling the playing arena and making life as difficult as possible for the warriors to score points during games. Sentients included; Pearl, Banshee, Vesuvius, Kodiak, Big George and Nail.

Of the 20 episodes, 18 exist on YouTube, uploaded by user ‘Centurygoals.’ Part of episode 1 has been uploaded by user ‘Andrew Tham’ however nothing exists of episode 18.

Gallery

Episode 1.

External Link

UKGameshows.com listing of FightBox. Retrieved 31 Mar '20

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-'''''FightBox''''' was a game show that aired on BBC Three from October 13th to November 10th, 2003 and was hosted by Lisa Snowdon and Trevor Nelson with Paul Dickenson as commentator. It ran for one series.
+'''''FightBox''''' was a multimedia game show that aired originally for one series on BBC Three from October 13th to November 10th, 2003.
-Contestants designed their fighters and submitted them to the BBC in a leader board style tournament. Out of hundreds of submissions. the top 30 and 30 wildcards were chosen to appear on the show.
+From around May of 2003, there was a large leader board style tournament on the BBC website which thousands took part in. Players were tasked with creating their own virtual warrior from which they could customise and upgrade by completing challenges. Points were accrued by playing a series of games. The top 30 from the leaderboard and 31 wildcards were invited to appear on the show. The website is available to view via the wayback machine.
-As well as battling each other, the fighters would face one of six "Sentients", warriors who had won previous (unseen) tournaments and achieved this honour. The Sentients were: Banshee, Big George, Kodiak, Nail, Pearl and Vesuvius. Although immortal, they did have certain weaknesses which a fighter could use against them. After winning the first series, competitor warrior Kill Frenzy, created by Usman Arshad, achieved sentience and joined the current six. These seven Sentients featured in the video game mentioned below.
+Hosted by Lisa Snowdon and Trevor Nelson, the show consisted of 15 heats, 4 semi finals and the grand final. The number 1 seed from the online competition, Wiseguy, was automatically placed in the semi placed in the semi final. Each show had 4 contestants and their respective created warriors, they would face off in 1v1 battles with the winners of the 1v1 contests facing eachother in the episode 'showdown.' The eventual winner of the show was warrior 'Kill Frenzy' who, as a prize, achieved sentient status and joined the other 6 sentients who were said to have won previously (unseen) tournaments. The sentients featured heavily in all combat during the show, essentially marshalling the playing arena and making life as difficult as possible for the warriors to score points during games. Sentients included; Pearl, Banshee, Vesuvius, Kodiak, Big George and Nail.
-The show wasn't terribly well-received and little remains of it. There is half of the first episode in the series on youtube uploaded by user Andrew Tham. Other smaller clips are available but these are few and far between. To date, no full episodes exist in any form online.
+Of the 20 episodes, 18 exist on YouTube, uploaded by user ‘Centurygoals.’ Part of episode 1 has been uploaded by user ‘Andrew Tham’ however nothing exists of episode 18.
 ==Gallery==
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 ==External Link==
 *[http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/FightBox UKGameshows.com listing of ''FightBox''.] Retrieved 31 Mar '20
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