GamesMaster
Format	Game show
Created by	Jane Hewland
Starring	Dominik Diamond (Series 1-2,4-7) Dexter Fletcher (Series 3) Sir Patrick Moore Dave Perry (Series 1-6)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	7
No. of episodes	126
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Channel 4
Original run	7 January 1992 – 3 February 1998

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Origins

GamesMaster began when Jane Hewland, formerly of LWT, who had set up her own production company Hewland International, took an interest in her son's love of video games [1]. She put together a pitch for a show that would translate the excitement of games playing into watchable television. It was Channel 4 that became interested in the concept and greenlit production. However, because it had been pitched as a competitive event programme, the show was always under the jurisdiction of the "sports" department amongst shows such as Football Italia, horse racing and Indian volleyball. London Weekend Television logo, 1978-1996 London Weekend Television Limited (LWT) is the ITV contractor for London, Friday 5:15pm to Monday, 5:59am. ... This article is about the British television station. ... Football Italia was a football show on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom in the 1990s. ...

Format and hosts

Though it featured reviews of games, most of the show was about challenges where game players would compete against one another for the title of "GamesMaster Champion". Contestants who were successful at their challenges were rewarded with the coveted "GamesMaster Golden Joystick" trophy. Dominik Diamond usually presented the show with Sir Patrick Moore appearing in pre-recorded inserts as the 'Games Master'. During these challenges, Dominik was joined by a host of commentators. These included Derrick Lynch, Kirk Ewing, Rik Henderson, Dave Perry, Tim Boone, Edward Laurence amongst others. Image File history File links Gm4-1. ... Paul Dominik Diamond (known as Dominik Diamond) is a television and radio presenter from Arbroath, Scotland. ... Sir Patrick Moore presenting The Sky at Night, October 2005 Sir Alfred Patrick Caldwell-Moore, CBE, HonFRS, FRAS (born 4 March 1923), known as Patrick Moore, is an English amateur astronomer who has attained legendary status in British astronomy as a writer and television presenter of the subject and who... Derrick Lynch is a fcitonal character from Time Crisis series. ... Dave Perry. ...

For the third series, Dexter Fletcher became the main presenter; this change was criticised by fans, who saw the new host as over-the-top, and too 'in-your-face'. To balance this, the production company dropped all other co-presenters and gave UK games champion Dave Perry a regular co-presenter slot on every show. Fletcher was more well known for playing an American character called "Spike" in the ITV drama series Press Gang. Without his fake accent, some viewers thought his genuine Cockney slang was actually put on for the effect of making the show seem more trendy. Dexter Fletcher on the set of GamesMaster, of which he hosted only one series. ... Dave Perry. ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... Press Gang was a British childrens television comedy-drama, which ran for forty-three episodes in five series from 1989 to 1993. ...

Dexter Fletcher on the set of GamesMaster, of which he hosted only one series.

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Review segments

From the very first episode, GamesMaster included reviews of forthcoming titles. In an attempt to give the show some authority and get the gaming press on their side, as well as eliminate the need for extra staff to review games, the reviews featured a host of magazines journalists from the publishing house EMAP. This meant the show could pool the collective opinions of magazines like Mean Machines, C&VG and ACE. EMAP plc (LSE: EMA) is a British media company, specialising in the production of magazines, and the organization of business events and conferences. ... This article is written from a fans point of view, rather than a neutral point of view. ... Cover of C&VG from 1991 Computer And Video Games (C&VG) was a video game magazine in the United Kingdom, published monthly between November 1981 and 2004. ... ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) was a multi-format computer and video game magazine first published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing and later acquired by EMAP.[1] The magazine catered mainly for gaming on Atari ST and Amiga computers. ...

However, by series 5 it was decided that the reviews would be better presented by two of the show's co-commentators, namely Rik Henderson and Dave Perry. It brought a much-needed stability to the format and some interesting banter between the reviewers. Series 6 featured the same two reviewers, while series 7, due to time constraints and Dave Perry having resigned from the show's cast, employed two of its own research staff to present the slot, including Richard Pitt. Dave Perry. ... Dave Perry. ...

One of the earliest know uses of the term "Pants!" was Dominik Diamond's frequent use in relation to degrading something, due to its appalling quality.

Relationship with the games industry

Prior to GamesMaster appearing, games companies had very few TV shows on which to have their titles featured. UK broadcasters had shown sporadic interest in the scene, normally confining coverage to segments within Saturday morning children's programming. From time to time, news programmes would report on one of the very successful British games studios, but in contrast to programming involving films and music videos, there was no regular showcase for videogames.

GamesMaster was first broadcast in 1992, during the fourth (16-bit) console generation - after the launch of the Mega Drive, but before the SNES. 16-bit consoles were regarded as responsible for bringing gaming into UK culture, though it would take the ability of consoles with 3D graphics such as those found on the PlayStation for consoles to become largely popular. Youth culture was probably more focused on the gaming scene than ever before, and even arcades were still a big business, unlike today. That GamesMaster regularly drew in audiences in the millions proved that there was a huge and so far untapped audience. In the history of video games, the 16-bit era was the fourth generation of video game consoles. ... Sega MegaDrive 2 European version with joypad, game cart + box Sega Mega Drive (Japanese: メガドライブ Mega Doraibu) was a 16-bit video game console released by Sega. ... The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, also known as Super Nintendo, Super NES or SNES, is a 16-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Brazil, Europe, and Australia. ... The Sony PlayStation ) is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ...

Despite competition with specialist gaming magazines, the show managed to secure several exclusives over the series, showing games that were months or even years away from being finished. Because GamesMaster was largely a challenged-based show, games studios could, for example, present a single level to be used for these competitive segments. Blast Corps is one example of a game that was demonstrated long before it, or even the N64 that it played on, were released. Blast Corps (or Blast Dozer in Japan) is a video game for the Nintendo 64 developed by Rareware that was released in 1997, in which the player must clear a path for a truck carrying a pair of defective nuclear missiles. ... An N64 (with Super Smash Bros. ...

Occasionally, games studios made levels specifically for use on one of the challenges. Shiny Entertainment were one such studio when they put together a special level of Earthworm Jim. Though this worked out well for both game studio and the show, the experience was somewhat soured when this code ended up being leaked on the internet. It is believed that the only way for this to have happened is that one of the staff on the show must have had links with online ROM crackers. It led to a great deal of embarrassment and likely upset the trust that existed between the production, Shiny Entertainment and their publisher, Virgin Interactive. Shiny Entertainment is a video game developer based in Newport Beach, CA, and is the creator of several hits such as Earthworm Jim and Enter The Matrix. ... For the cartoon series, see Earthworm Jim (TV series). ... A ROM image, or simply ROM, is a computer file which contains a copy of the data from a read-only memory chip, often from a video game cartridge, a computers firmware, or from an arcade games main board. ... Shiny Entertainment is a video game developer based in Newport Beach, CA, and is the creator of several hits such as Earthworm Jim and Enter The Matrix. ... Virgin Interactive was a successful and influential British video game publisher. ...

Series 2 cold opening

For Series 2, the show began originally as in Series 1, except for it was plagued by numerous apparent technical faults, with the first challenge being a as-yet-unshown Marble Madness challenge. As the challenger was coming to the podium, the program "crashed", and then "rebooted" with the regular series opener, and a Street Fighter II challenge, the cast acting like the short segment before had not happened. Marble Madness is an arcade game by Atari Games released in 1984. ... Street Fighter II ) is a 1991 competitive fighting game by Capcom. ...

Every other series had the original series' closing moments portrayed in the series itself, with the final series breaking the fourth wall as the set is dismantled and the studio closed down. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Demise

Prior to Gamesmaster leaving UK television, there had been a crisis of confidence in games television over at rival channel ITV. Their children's department had commissioned another videogames show T.I.G.S.[2] to accompany Bad Influence. Then, one series later, they pulled the plug on both shows, deciding that kids did not need or want any games coverage on their channel. Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... Bad Influence! was a factual television show shown on Children’s ITV that looked at [video games] and computer technology. ...

Gamesmaster was not affected and continued with success. In 1998, towards the end of production for the 7th series, the show was looking set to be re-commissioned; viewing figures were still strong, and the show was finding a new audience, benefiting from the emerging PlayStation culture with the success of Sony's console bringing gaming into the mainstream. The production was also more oriented towards actual games players than the first few series, which had been decidedly light in feature content, and no longer poked fun at 'nerds' and 'geeks', as it was young adults and not children and teenagers who appeared on the show; indeed, they and the publicity-seeking celebrities were now the subject of jokes. The Sony PlayStation ) is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ...

It is believed that Dominik Diamond, along with the show's producers, were wanting to make a more adult programme that would air in a late night, more mainstream time slot. There was also talk of a spin off show being made that would seek to emulate the US talk shows of the time. Whether this would have meant a programme that focused far less on games is unknown. No confirmation exists that any pilots of this concept were ever made; Channel 4 did not see the potential of a gaming show for an older, adult viewership. Paul Dominik Diamond (known as Dominik Diamond) is a television and radio presenter from Arbroath, Scotland. ... This article is about the British television station. ...

However, changes in senior staff at Channel 4 were responsible for taking the show off the air. The new head of Channel 4 was Michael Jackson who had worked at LWT at the same time as Jane Hewland; the two never saw eye-to-eye. Alternatively, having been the head of BBC2, Jackson may have wanted less entertainment programming on Channel 4. This article is about the British television station. ... This article is about the British television station. ... Michael Jackson (born 1958) is a British television executive. ... London Weekend Television logo, 1978-1996 London Weekend Television Limited (LWT) is the ITV contractor for London, Friday 5:15pm to Monday, 5:59am. ... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and... This article is about the British television station. ...

Also it has been rumoured that the GM production team were creatively burned out.

The first series of the show was repeated on Challenge? in 2003, but no further episodes have been shown. Challenge thought the show was "too dated" and "the games being played wouldn't stand up today".[3] Challenge is a British digital TV channel owned by Virgin Media Television. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Broadcasting spin-offs

Several gaming shows were commissioned by Sky One in 1993 from Hewland International (one of which was Games World). Due to this close relationship with BSkyB, Hewland International were even successful in convincing them to launch a whole new channel dedicated to gaming, computers, the internet and technology. The Computer Channel launched in 1996 for only BSkyB subscribers, appearing for just two hours every night. Originally, the only gaming show was Game Over, made by some of the same production team as Gamesmaster and Games World. When The Computer Channel was relaunched as .tv in 1998, others shows began to start covering the gaming scene. These included Gear, Roadtest, ExMachina and also Games Republic [4]. The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Bob Mills and Dave Perry present The Eliminator in Series 3 of Games World. ... British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB - formerly two companies, Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, which merged) is a company that operates the most popular subscription television service in the Ireland. ... For the country code top-level domain for Tuvalu, see . ... British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB - formerly two companies, Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, which merged) is a company that operates the most popular subscription television service in the Ireland. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Bob Mills and Dave Perry present The Eliminator in Series 3 of Games World. ... For the country code top-level domain for Tuvalu, see . ... .tv (referred to onscreen as . ... Spur gears found on a piece of farm equipment A gear is a wheel with teeth around its circumference, the purpose of the teeth being to mesh with similar teeth on another mechanical device -- possibly another gear wheel -- so that force can be transmitted between the two devices in a... Games Republic is a 30 minute TV game show which was broadcast on BSkyBs . ...

The latter show was closest in style and tone to Gamesmaster, featured a themed studio set, studio challenges and the irreverent presenters Trevor and Simon. Though the show did not include any features or VT content, as it was a question based game show based on video games, it was produced by Gamesmaster and When Games Attack Producer Johnny Ffinch. The series unfortunately came into repute from fans after several questions asked in the show had incorrect answers, furiating several contestants over the series. (Incorrect questions about the Dreamcast's Online Capabilities and Characters from Tekken immediately come to mind). Trevor Neal and Simon Hickson were a British comedy duo best known for their contributions to the BBC1 childrens shows Going Live! and Live & Kicking. ... This article is about the television series. ... When Games Attack is a UK TV show, shown on Bravo. ... The Dreamcast , code-named White Belt, Black Belt, Dural, Dricas, Vortex, Katana, Shark and Guppy during development) is Segas final video game console and the successor to the Sega Saturn. ... Tekken is a fighting game and is first of the series of the same name. ...

Dominik Diamond returned to games television first as an interviewee in the 1999 documentary Games Wars, in which he commented that boys getting turned on by Lara Croft was tragic and "desperately sad". He then returned to presenting in 2004 with a show on Bravo, called When Games Attack. This programme was largely feature-based and contained plenty of Dominik's trademark humour. Prior to its broadcast, Dominik featured in a sizeable Edge interview, with his long time producer Johnny Ffinch. Both of them were quite vocal in stating their contempt for other shows about videogames that were doing a bad job. Paul Dominik Diamond (known as Dominik Diamond) is a television and radio presenter from Arbroath, Scotland. ... Lara Croft is a fictional British video game character and the heroine of the Tomb Raider series of video games, movies, and comic books. ... Bravo is a British television channel, owned by Flextech. ... When Games Attack is a UK TV show, shown on Bravo. ... Edge is a multi-format computer and video game magazine published by Future Publishing in the United Kingdom. ...

When speaking about Gamezville, he expressed that: "I have more respect for suicide bombers than I do for the people who are involved with Gamezville... it's all fucking 'Yo mate...' I mean these guys can't even speak fucking English" Gamezville was a computer games show broadcast on Sky One that ran for two series during the years 2003-2004. ...

Though it did also feature minor celebrity challenges (mainly football players and glamour models), there were never any head-to-head competitions. To date, Bravo has yet to show a second series. Bravo is a British television channel, owned by Flextech. ...

Gamesmaster was also the first UK show to feature the sport of robot fighting in a news item, which at the time was on Local Public Access Television in the US. Hewland International worked for several years to translate the sport into something for UK viewers. Though they never succeeded, another production company, Initial, were able to get their show concept Robot Wars picked up by BBC2. Initial P in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire Detail from a rare Blackletter Bible (1497) printed in Strasbourg by J.R.Grueninger. ... Robot Wars is a British game show broadcast on BBC Two from 1997 until 2002, with a final series broadcast on Five in 2003. ... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and...

Publishing spin-offs

Main article: GamesMaster (magazine)

In 1993, Future Publishing began a tie-in magazine, also called GamesMaster, which as of 2007 is still published, headed up by editor-in-chief Robin Alway. GamesMaster is a monthly multi-format computer and video game magazine published by Future Publishing in the United Kingdom. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Future Publishing (FTSE:FUTR) is a magazine publishing company based in Bath, UK. Future Publishing employs more than 1,500 people worldwide, and is one of the largest publishing houses in the UK. It is responsible for publishing over 150 magazines, in the UK, US, France and Italy. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... The Editor in chief is a publications primary editor. ...

In the Philippines, GamesMaster ceased its publication after three years of publishing. Its final issue was released September 2006. The magazine has a huge following of Filipino gamers and its demise has caused shockwaves in the local gaming community. An online commentary of the magazine's demise, and its effects, has been published recently [5].

Series guide

The following listed is a list of all episodes, by the celebrity who featured on each show. All transmission dates are as accurate as possible. The show was often switched, half way through a series run, between Tuesday and Thursday evening schedules.

Series 1 – 10 shows, shown Tuesdays at 6:30pm
Location: Church (St Paul's Church, Dock Street, London)
Recorded: 11th - 16th November 1991
Servant: Monk
Show 01 | (07/01/92) – John Fashanu
Show 02 | (14/01/92) – Gary Mason
Show 03 | (21/01/92) – Annabel Croft
Show 04 | (28/01/92) – Eric Bristow
Show 05 | (04/02/92) – Jimmy White
Show 06 | (11/02/92) – Pat Sharp
Show 07 | (18/02/92) – Wrestling - Featuring Kendo Nagasaki
Show 08 | (25/02/92) – Pat Cash
Show 09 | (03/03/92) – Gary Wilson
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Series 2 – 26 shows, shown Thursdays at 6:30pm
Location: Oil Rig (Sunbury Pumphouse, London)
Servant: Diver
(Unaccounted celebrity shows – Todd Carty, Ian Wright and more)
Show 01 | (01/10/92) – Tony Slattery
Show 02 | (08/10/92) – Frank Bruno
Show 03 | (15/10/92) – Vinnie Jones
Show 04 | (22/10/92) – Rory Underwood
Show 05 | (29/10/92) – Take That
Show 06 | (05/11/92) – "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
Show 07 | (12/11/92) – Gladiators
Show 08 | (19/11/92) – ?
Show 09 | (26/11/92) – John Parrott
Show 10 | (03/12/92) – Richard Norton
Show 11 | (10/12/92) – ?
Show 12 | (17/12/92) – Kristian Schmid
Show 13 | (24/12/92) – Bob Holness
Show 14 | (31/12/92) – Linford Christie and Colin Jackson
Show 15 | (07/01/93) – Johnny Herbert
Show 16 | (14/01/93) – ?
Show 17 | (21/01/93) – Cathy Dennis
Show 18 | (28/01/93) – Ulrika Jonsson
Show 19 | (04/02/93) – Vic Reeves
Show 20 | (11/02/93) – Gordon Burns
Show 21 | (18/02/93) – East 17
Show 22 | (25/02/93) – Josie Lawrence
Show 23 | (04/03/93) – Tony Daley
Show 24 | (11/03/93) – Steve Backley
Show 25 | (18/03/93) – Arm Wrestlers
Show 26 | (25/03/93) – Ice Hockey stars
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Series 3 – 26 shows, shown Thursdays then Tuesdays at 6:30pm
Location: Prison (Oxford Prison, New Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire) (until they lost the rights to film there!)
Servant: Caretaker
Show 01 | (09/09/93) – Mortal Kombat
Show 02 | (16/09/93) – Sean Maguire
Show 03 | (23/09/93) – Gabrielle
Show 04 | (30/09/93) – Gladiators 1
Show 05 | (07/10/93) – Gladiators 2
Show 06 | (14/10/93) – Gladiators Final
Show 07 | (21/10/93) – Mary Whitehouse Experience
Show 08 | (28/10/93) – Utah Saints
Show 09 | (04/11/93) – Paul Whitehouse
Show 10 | (11/11/93) – GamesMaster Live
Show 11 | (18/11/93) – Ian Botham vs Graham Gooch
Show 12 | (25/11/93) – Dani Behr
Show 13 | (02/12/93) – Feature on GM Team Championships
Show 14 | (09/12/93) – Start of GM TC. Footy 1 Vinnie Jones Vs. John Barnes
Show 15 | (16/12/93) – Footy 2
Show 16 | (23/12/93) – Christmas Special
Show 17 | (28/12/93) – Games Mistress
Show 18 | (04/01/94) – Kris Akabusi
Show 19 | (11/01/94) – Neighbours star
Show 20 | (18/01/94) – The Bill
Show 21 | (25/01/94) – Ronnie O'Sullivan
Show 22 | (01/02/94) – Randy Savage
Show 23 | (08/02/94) – 2 Unlimited
Show 24 | (15/02/94) – ?
Show 25 | (22/02/94) – Bad Boys Inc
Show 26 | (01/03/94) – GM TC Final
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Series 4 – 18 shows, shown Tuesdays at 6:30pm
Location: Hell
Servants: Goblins
(Unaccounted celebrity shows - Frank Skinner, Prince Naseem, CJ Lewis, Stars and Stripes, Emmerdale stars, Let Loose and more)
Show 01 | (20/09/94) – ?
Show 02 | (27/09/94) – Rick Alessi and Lauren Carpenter
Show 03 | (04/10/94) – ?
Show 04 | (11/10/94) – Ant and Dec
Show 05 | (18/10/94) – ?
Show 06 | (25/10/94) – ?
Show 07 | (01/11/94) – ?
Show 08 | (08/11/94) – ?
Show 09 | (15/11/94) – ?
Show 10 | (22/11/94) – ?
Show 11 | (29/11/94) – ?
Show 12 | (06/12/94) – ?
Show 13 | (13/12/94) – ?
Show 14 | (20/12/94) – ?
Show 15 | (27/12/94) – Christmas 'Stars' Special
Show 16 | (03/01/95) – ?
Show 17 | (10/01/95) – Beth from Neighbours
Show 18 | (14/01/95) – *Shown 00:35am* Gore Special Ricardo (Rick) Alessi was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Dan Falzon. ... Lauren Carpenter was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Sarah Vandenburgh from 1993 until 1994. ... Ant (left) and Dec appearing in an ITV 1 ident. ... Natalie Jane Imbruglia (IPA: ) (born February 4, 1975) is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. ...

Series 5 – 18 shows, shown Thursdays at 6:30pm
Location: Heaven
Servants: Angels - Helena Tepper and Tanya Kecskes

Show 01 | (21/09/95) – The Shamen
Show 02 | (28/09/95) – Jadine Doran
Show 03 | (05/10/95) – Stephen Hendry
Show 04 | (12/10/95) – Donna Air and Vicky Taylor from Byker Grove
Show 05 | (19/10/95) – Stuart Wade and Tonicha Jeronimo from Emmerdale
Show 06 | (26/10/95) – Dean Holdsworth and David Kerslake
Show 07 | (02/11/95) – Phil Babb and Graeme Le Saux
Show 08 | (09/11/95) – Dean Holdsworth and Phil Babb
Show 09 | (16/11/95) – Johnny Herbert and Mark Blundell
Show 10 | (23/11/95) – Cobra and Panther from Gladiators
Show 11 | (30/11/95) – Ronnie O'Sullivan
Show 12 | (07/12/95) – EYC
Show 13 | (14/12/95) – Whigfield
Show 14 | (21/12/95) – Patsy Palmer and Dean Gaffney from Eastenders
Show 15 | (28/12/95) – Christmas Special - highlights from previous series
Show 16 | (04/01/96) – Mr Motivator
Show 17 | (11/01/96) – Stewart Lee and Richard Herring
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Series 6 – 18 shows, shown Thursdays at 6:00pm
Location: Atlantis
Servants: Mermaids - Theresa Tilley and Leigh-Ann Woodall

Show 01 | (24/10/96) – Samantha Fox
Show 02 | (31/10/96) – Danny John-Jules
Show 03 | (07/11/96) – John Regis and Tony Jarrett
Show 04 | (14/11/96) – Paul Leyshon
Show 05 | (21/11/96) – Uri Geller
Show 06 | (28/11/96) – Richard Rufus and Michael Duberry
Show 07 | (05/12/96) – Chris Armstrong
Show 08 | (12/12/96) – Richard Rufus and Chris Armstrong
Show 09 | (19/12/96) – Christmas Special - The Gamesmaster Christmas Quiz
Show 10 | (02/01/97) – Zoë Ball
Show 11 | (09/01/97) – Deepak Verma
Show 12 | (16/01/97) – Bear Van Beers
Show 13 | (23/01/97) – Tracy Shaw
Show 14 | (30/01/97) – Phil Tufnell
Show 15 | (06/02/97) – Paul McKenna
Show 16 | (13/02/97) – The Brotherhood (Band)
Show 17 | (20/02/97) – Gene (Band)
Show 18 | (27/02/97) – Michael Fish This article is about the English model and singer; for the American erotic actress, see Samantha Fox (porn star). ... Danny John-Jules as the Cat in Red Dwarf Daniel (Danny) John-Jules (born in London on September 16, 1960) is a British actor and dancer. ... John Regis (born October 13, 1966 in Lewisham) is a retired English athlete who mainly competed in the 200 metres. ... Tony Jarrett (born: August 13, 1968 in Enfield, London, England) was a sprint and hurdling athlete. ... Uri Geller (‎, born Gellér György[1] December 20, 1946 in Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine) is an Israeli-British performer and celebrity famous for claiming to have psychic powers. ... Birth date: Jan 21 1975 Birth place: Lewisham Birth Nation: England Height: 185cm Weight: 66Kg Nationality: England Position: Defender Rufus was forced to retire from football prematurely at the age of 29 because of a serious knee injury. ... Michael Wayne Duberry (born 14 October 1975 in Enfield) is an English footballer. ... [[1]] Christopher Peter Armstrong (born June 19, 1971 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England) is a former England B international football player, who has played as a centre-forward for Wrexham (twice), Millwall, Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur and Bolton Wanderers between 1989 and 2005. ... Birth date: Jan 21 1975 Birth place: Lewisham Birth Nation: England Height: 185cm Weight: 66Kg Nationality: England Position: Defender Rufus was forced to retire from football prematurely at the age of 29 because of a serious knee injury. ... [[1]] Christopher Peter Armstrong (born June 19, 1971 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England) is a former England B international football player, who has played as a centre-forward for Wrexham (twice), Millwall, Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur and Bolton Wanderers between 1989 and 2005. ... Zoë Louise Ball (born November 23, 1970 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English television and radio personality, most famous for becoming the first female host of the prestigious BBC Radio 1 breakfast show. ... Verma as Sanjay in EastEnders. ... Tracy Shaw (b. ... Philip (Phil) Clive Roderick Tuffers Tufnell (born April 29, 1966 in Barnet) is a television personality and former English cricketer. ... Paul McKenna (born 8 November 1963, in Enfield, Middlesex, England) is a British hypnotist, and television personality. ... Michael Fish (born April 27, 1944) was a weather forecaster, most known for his BBC television weather presentations, although he was actually employed by the Met Office. ...

Series 7 – 10 shows, shown Wednesdays then Tuesdays at 6:00pm
Location: Desert Island
Servants: Castaways - Helena Tepper and Leigh-Ann Woodall

Show 01 | (19/11/97) – Jo Guest
Show 02 | (26/11/97) – Kaleef
Show 03 | (03/12/97) – Ryan Rhodes and Khalid Shafiq - Boxers
Show 04 | (10/12/97) – Sol Campbell and Christian Dailly
Show 05 | (17/12/97) – Emma Harrison (Xmas special)
Show 06 | (06/01/98) – All Saints
Show 07 | (13/01/98) – Sarah Vandenbergh
Show 08 | (20/01/98) – Catalina
Show 09 | (27/01/98) – Debbie Flett
Show 10 | (03/02/98) – Compilation Look-back Show
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See also

• GamesMaster (magazine)

GamesMaster is a monthly multi-format computer and video game magazine published by Future Publishing in the United Kingdom. ...

External links

• The Official GamesMaster magazine website
• GamesMasterLive.co.uk Dedicated to channel 4's GamesMaster, Downloads, GamesMaster Magazine Archives, Series info & More
• First episode (1992), Google Video
• GamesMaster at TV.com
• Full listing (with guest appearances) on the IMDB
• NTSC-uk.com's feature on the making of Gamesmaster
• Former GamesMaster commentator Derrick Lynch on a UK television in 2001, giving his thoughts on the Tekken/Virtua Fighter rivalry
• Website of co-presenter Dave Perry
• Official Website of GamesMaster Magazine Philippines
• Gamesmaster feature on the Bad Influence! Website
• Clips From Gamer TV made by Ex GamesMaster staff (listed under Gaming & technology)
• benpreece.com/photos/gamesmaster Photos taken during filming of the last series by a member of the production team