h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Entry: Knightmare - Kids' TV Show - A716825
Author: Witty Ditty - U173978

Caper Plip and I eagerly rushed home from school to watch this mindblowing children's game show, and dreamt of going on it.

We know it's a tad long, but to edit this down any further would mean leaving out many really quite important stuff. Just due to the complex nature of the game, it was going to be long anyway.

Anyhow, comments, as always, will be gratefully received!

Stay ,
WD (and CP )

ps Try and guess who wrote which sections!

Wonderful!

You have filled all the gaps in my memory and understanding of this series.

shazz

Hooray! I loved that programme - very thorough entry. Well done!

Just wondering - did either of you appear on the show?

What a wonderful Entry!! really in-depth and... well, just spot on really.

I fel a bit meally-mouthed correcting anything, but it's so small I don't think you'll mind:

- Both Grange Hill and Newsround were products of the 1970s, so your argument that they were part of a 1980s TV revolution doesn't really stand. I'm not sure this paragraph is all that necessary as it can simply be covered by saying "Nightmare was a turning point in CITV's battle against CBBC" or something.

- An addition - in British TV, Chromakey tends to be referred to as Colour Separation Overlay or CSO.

Apart from those two points, and maybe a bit of last minute proof-reading, this Entry seems perfect to me. Well done!!

Jimster

Hiya!

Changes abound...

> In the 80s... section overhauled (We were guessing at their transmission dates in truth... thanks for telling us!)
> CSO footnoted

Thanks for the warm reception to this entry

Shazz:

Glad you enjoyed it Writing this brought back a whole truckload of memories back for us

La Reine de Poissons Rouges:

Thanks for reading the entry! To answer your question, nope, sadly I'm afraid neither of us were on the programme - but we both sorely wanted to go!

Jimster:

Thanks for taking the time out to read this Glad you enjoyed it

Any further comments, as always, gratefully received!

Stay ,
WD

...and ...
Caper Plip

Do you know, I'm not sure I ever saw this.

Skargill the Goblinmaster - sounds like a certain leader of the Miners Union?

Overall, I enjoyed the entry. I'm not sure about the need for the should the bring is back, yes or no bit, though, although I can see if fits in with the first paragraph.

Changes:

> Replaced Skargill with Skarkill...

:

Hmm - we'd prefer to keep it in, but if everyone thinks it's better out than in, we'll think about it

Thanks for commenting!

Further comments, as always, will be gratefully received!

Stay ,
WD
...and ...
Caper Plip

Absolutely incredible, I can't fault it after a very thorough reading. I'm probably not the only one that thinks that you should write together more often if this is the quality of the work.

I've just got one tiny criticism, don't knock Pat Sharpe's mullet

Just a couple of points -

1) If I were you I would mention nearer the beginning of the entry, exactly the genre of this tv prog and a little bit of what it was like/about. This would help international readers who aren't aware of it. I think you mention it in about para 17 - which is a bit late for most.

2) Was Sinclair the first company to release a home computer? I thought they were beaten to it by Apple (circa 1977)?

Hiya!

Changes abound!

Ad and Trees:

> added 'Main Objective of the Game' section after 'The Machinations...' section

> footnoted Apple, added that Sinclair created the first affordable home computer

Croz:


If only I *was* knocking his barnet... as it stands, I feel that it was quite an accurate description...


Thanks for the comments! Any further comments will be, as always, gratefully received!

Stay ,
WD
...and ...
Caper Plip

Hi there!

This is actually the first time I've seen the finished product, as I'm sans ISP at the moment. Well done, WD, looks like a great job well done on sticking my bits in!

Your bits aren't bad either!

Any comments?

Caper Plip

I loved it and so chose it for entrance to the Edited Guide Congratulations It is now sent onward to SubEd Land where it undergoes various tortutous trials (well SubEd makes sure it follows the Edited Guide Rules ) before appearing on the Front Page Any more questions about the process just give a yell here Well, congrats again, and until later....
BCNU - Crescent

Congrats

Yay!

Whoopee!

everyone for commenting!

Stay ,
WD
...and ...
Caper Plip

shazz

<>

Heh, I think I left my Iron Maiden in the other room...at any rate, if either of you want to check up on the entry while I'm working on it, the edited page I'm working on right now is at A722288

Yay! Well done!