Tankboy TV explained

Alt Name:Tankboy
Genre:Reality Television
Director: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:Jochen Fitzherbert
Theme Music Composer:David McIvor and Paul Burrnel
Composer:Jeco Music NY
Num Seasons:1
Num Episodes:14
Producer:Charles Knight
Runtime:22 Minutes
Company:Tankboy Global Ltd

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]

Cast

The show has six main characters:

Vehicles

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]

Guns

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]

History

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tankboy TV Series (2009–) . . 16 May 2018.
  2. Web site: The Next Generation In Destruction TV . Tankboy TV . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140114160134/http://tankboytv.com/ . 14 January 2014.
  3. Web site: Tankboy . Monarch Films . 16 May 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091204210956/http://www.mfilms.com/index.php?section=prog_film_dis&id=528 . 4 December 2009.
  4. Web site: Knight, Charles . Mandy.com . 16 May 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140730030511/http://www.mandy.com/1/services.cfm?t=newz&c=armr . 30 July 2014.
  5. Web site: Iana Bikoulova . Model Mayhem . 16 May 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120223191014/http://www.modelmayhem.com/466664 . 23 February 2012.
  6. Web site: Tankboy TV vehicles . . 16 May 2018.
  7. Web site: Charles Knight . . 16 May 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111001083755/http://www.imfdb.org/index.php?title=Charles_Knight . 1 October 2011.
  8. Web site: Tankboy TV . IMFDB . 16 May 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111001083749/http://www.imfdb.org/index.php?title=Tankboy . 1 October 2011.
  9. Web site: Koichi Sakamoto . IMDb . 16 May 2018.
  10. Tankboy Patrols Auckland CBD . Blomfield . Paul . 9 November 2006 . . 16 May 2018.
  11. Web site: Sports tonight part 2 . SmashFest 09 . 16 May 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120227200112/http://www.smashfest.co.nz/video/_sports_tonight_part_2.html . 27 February 2012 . dmy-all .
  12. Web site: Tankboy TV . Finda.co.nz . 19 October 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724183925/http://www.finda.co.nz/business/listing/4y5fyn/tankboy-tv/ . 24 July 2011 . dead . dmy-all .
  13. Web site: Production Listings . July 2008 . Onfilm magazine . 16 May 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100525035640/http://www.onfilm.co.nz/productionlistings/2008%20(31)%20July.pdf . May 25, 2010.
  14. Web site: Show me your HDTV Tankboy . 2008 . Soundnut Studio . 16 May 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120220012757/http://www.soundnut.co.nz/news2008ab.htm . 20 February 2012.
  15. Web site: Танкбой . Interesnoe TV . ru . 16 May 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203203/http://www.interesnoetv.ru/498/?id=87 . 3 March 2016.
  16. Web site: Танкбой . 3 October 2009 . TV Gazeta.kz . ru . 16 May 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091004113621/http://tv.gazeta.kz/channel76/region1/2009/10/3/ . 4 October 2009 . dmy-all .
  17. Web site: Team Tankboy Takes Third Place: CannonBall Run 2011 . Peach . Margaux . 24 January 2011 . Express Press Release . 16 May 2018.
  18. Web site: CannonBall Run 2011 Winners . Auckland MotorSports . 29 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110420031954/http://www.aucklandmotorsport.co.nz/home/content/cannonball-run-2011-winners . 20 April 2011 . dmy-all .
  19. Web site: Dai Henwood on Jono's Show . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/qMAJvsPyPdQ . 2021-12-20 . live. GunsForever . 17 July 2009 . YouTube . 16 May 2018.
  20. Web site: Tankboy TV is with Greg Murphy and Sarms King . 21 March 2012 . Facebook . 16 May 2018.

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