Takeshi's Castle

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

The hugely popular game show started on Japanese TV in 1986. Contestants were faced with all sorts of physical challenges which often resulted in slapstick failure. It soon became an international success. Ashely Byrne has been speaking to Hayato Tani who played 'The General' in Takeshi's Castle.

Photo: Hayato Tani now. Credit:Yoshie Matsumoto.

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0:00.0	Choosing what to watch night after night the flicking through the endless
0:06.8	searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the
0:11.8	telly we share what we've been watching
0:14.0	Cladie Aide.
0:16.0	Load to games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.
0:19.0	Lovely. Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.
0:21.0	And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less
0:24.9	searching and a lot more watching listen on BBC sounds. Choosing what to
0:32.1	watch night after night the flicking through the endless
0:36.5	searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the
0:41.5	telly we share what we've been watching.
0:43.7	Cladie Aide!
0:45.7	Loads of games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.
0:48.2	Lovely.
0:49.0	Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.
0:51.2	And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less
0:54.7	searching and a lot more watching listen on BBC sounds hello you're
1:00.0	listening to the Witness History Podcasts from the BBC World Service.
1:04.8	I'm Ashley Byrne and today I'm taking you back to 1986 and the launch of a new TV program in
1:10.9	Japan that became an international success and inspired a new genre of
1:16.1	shows all around the world. Actor Hayartu Tani has been sharing his memories of
1:21.9	Tache's castle. On the 2nd of May 1986 a brand new type of Mad Cat game show hit TV screens in Japan. Our goal was to take over Takesh's castle.
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