Trapped! (TV series)
A dark fantasy children's game show set in a tower.
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An adventure game show with a twist, it watches six children arrive at the top of a scary tower and compete as a team to get to the bottom and escape.[1] From the opening titles, the series' location is a dark tower with six floors, depicted as standing on a tiny island surrounded by open sea.[2]
Making and release
Every episode is introduced by "The Caretaker" (played by Simon Greenall), a male world traveller imprisoned there by "The Voice".[2] The Voice was performed by Eve Karpf in series 1 and Faith Brown from series 2-4.[2] This marked the first time a BBC in-house children's series was not distributed by BBC Worldwide.[3] The agreement covered finished and format rights to the adventure competition series.[4]
All three shows in the deal posted good ratings during their inaugural runs on CBBC.[4] Distribution was brought back in-house when BBC Worldwide resumed worldwide distribution five years later on 16 April 2013.[3]
What the cited sources add
The World Screen article describes Trapped as set in a gothic fairytale world.[1] Patrick Elmendorff, general manager of Studio100 Media, said the company was pleased to welcome the formats to its portfolio.[1] Tim Morley, head of commercial and business affairs for CBBC, said the partnership would build on their relationship with Studio100 in preschool programming.[1] The C21Media article notes that Studio100 was at work on Kerwhizz, a coproduction with CBeebies, set to premiere in the autumn.[4]
References
- "Studio100, CBBC in Distribution Partnership", World Screen, May 8, 2008. facts only, no text reused. worldscreen.com
- Wikipedia, "Trapped! (TV series)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Trapped! Full Episode - Series 1, Episode 1 (Poplar) [CBBC, 2007] TTV" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Trapped! (TV series)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Studio100, CBBC in Distribution Partnership", World Screen, May 8, 2008; Brookes, "Studio100 goes into Slammer, gets Trapped", C21Media, May 8, 2008; "More Sadie J, Steve Backshall and Serious Explorers sold to ABC4Kids", BBC Media Centre, 16 April 2013 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Brookes, "Studio100 goes into Slammer, gets Trapped", C21Media, May 8, 2008. facts only, no text reused. c21media.net
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- Wikipedia: Trapped! (TV series) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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