Japanese game show Takeshi’s Castle saw contestants take on a series of crazy obstacle courses in an attempt to storm Takeshi’s Castle and win a prize.
It was probably the only game show on UK television where you could watch ten episodes back-to-back and never see anybody win.
Airing on Challenge in the UK, it was brilliantly narrated by Craig Charles and had the most bonkers, seemingly impossible challenges on the planet.
Dressing up as a fly and launching yourself at a Velcro cobweb, hanging on to an oversized mushroom stalk for dear life or sliding into horrendous-looking slurry face-first – we’ve all wondered whether we could… Read the full story