FightBox

*FightBox*
FightBox
Genre	Game show
Presented by	Trevor Nelson; Lisa Snowdon
Voices of	Paul Dickenson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	20
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Ricochet
Original release
Network	BBC Three
Release	13 October –; 10 November 2003

FightBox is a game show that aired on BBC Three from 13 October to 10 November 2003 and is hosted by Lisa Snowdon and Trevor Nelson with Paul Dickenson as commentator.

Format

Contestants design their fighters and submit them to the BBC. Out of hundreds of submissions, only sixty were chosen to appear on the programme.

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.

Six Games were played during the show these were: Conquest, Demolition, Duel, Helix, Panic and Revolution. Another game was Showdown, a straight one on one battle to determine the winner of each tournament.

Even though the show only lasted one season, a video game for the PlayStation 2, PC and Game Boy Advance was made, developed by the BBC's internal development division Gamezlab.

External links

FightBox at UKGameshows.com