Tankboy TV | |
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Also known as | Tankboy |
Genre | Reality Television |
Written by | Charles Knight |
Directed by | Nigel Cope |
Starring |
Charles Knight aka Captain Tankboy Paul Blenkiron aka Humma Nick Scott aka Nuke Sarah Bailey aka Legs Evana Patterson aka Sarge Iana Bikoulova aka Russian Sarge Tina Knight aka Gungirl |
Voices of | Jochen Fitzherbert |
Theme music composer | David McIvor and Paul Burrnel |
Composer | Jeco Music NY |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 14 |
Production | |
Producer | Charles Knight |
Running time | 22 Minutes |
Production company | Tankboy Global Ltd |
Original release | |
Network | Interesnoe TV |
Release | 29 June 2009 |
Tankboy TV or Tankboy (Танкбой in Russia and Kazakhstan) is a reality show based on the antics of Captain Tankboy and his crew as they travel the world, blowing things up, driving tanks over cars, building rockets and generally creating havoc. [1]
The show is often touted as the next generation in destruction television and the show's tagline "Girls, Guns and Tanks!" has become infamous with the politically correct. [1] [2] [3]
The show has six main characters:
The main "tank" used in the show is a Russian BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle, but Tankboy also uses a British Sabre light tank when the need for a small, lightweight tank arises.
Other common vehicles used on the show include a 6-wheeled British amphibious army truck, the Stalwart FV622, an International fire engine and an ex-Army Land Rover. [6]
The show uses two primary firearms, the M4 carbine and the Heckler & Koch G36. But they also use a number of other military firearms, most of which are owned by the Captain who is also a licensed firearms dealer. [4] [7]
Captain Tankboy's weapon of choice is the Glock G19 pistol, but various military firearms dating back as far as World War II have been used on the show. [8]
Koichi Sakamoto and the Alpha Stunts team provided stunt training for Captain Tankboy and the Tankboy Crew in December 2007, just before filming began. Koichi also directed fight scenes for a Tankboy episode, "Operation Stuntman". [9]
The Tankboy Crew performed live stunts and entertainment at such events as the Kumeu Car Show, SmashFest, Big Boys Toys, The Great Lakes Medieval Festival and numerous war re-enactments. [10] [11] [12]
Tankboy Season 1 was shot in New Zealand in 2008 and is screening worldwide. [13] [14] The show has become very popular in Russia and Kazakhstan. [15] [16]
In January 2011, Team Tankboy ran in the CannonBall Run car rally in Auckland, New Zealand, and won third place. The vehicle they competed in was Tankboy's own ex-US Army Humvee, making it the first time a military Humvee had been used on the CannonBall Run. [17] [18]
The Tankboy crew filmed with Dai Henwood in 2009. [19] and with Greg Murphy for the TV series, Crash Course in late 2011/early 2012. [20]