Earth doesn’t seem like the best place right now. Whether it’s the slow death of our climate being disrupted, or a quick nuclear explosion or an artificial intelligence revolution, it seems like there are plenty of things that could go very wrong, very fast.
However, if you’re looking for one, glimmer of hope, let me tell you that Takeshi’s Castle, the best challenge TV show of all time, is making a comeback. Moving past Total Annihilation, where the floor is lava, Takeshi’s castle, the king who filmed people falling and almost certainly getting injured, is back.
The show has returned in Japan, but now in the UK, it’s coming to Amazon Prime, with comedian Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Davis narrating. Stay tuned for when August 30th arrives.
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If you don’t know what Takeshi’s castle is, live it. In this show, contestants take on a series of ridiculous challenges in an attempt to face the impossible task of breaking through the walls of a castle. Dark Souls, if you will, is the challenge show, and if you need a reminder of how good this show is and hopefully how good it will be when it comes back, there are plenty of classic episodes to watch on YouTube.
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