Fort Boyard (game show) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Fort Boyard. Logo of Fort Boyard since 2. Also known as. Les Cl. Г©s de Fort Boyard (1. Genre. Game show. Created by. Jacques Antoine. Jean- Pierre Mitrecey. Pierre Launay. Presented by. Melinda Messenger (1. Jodie Penfold (2. Patrice Laffont (French version, 1. Jean- Pierre Castaldi (French version, 2. Olivier Minne (French version, 2. Starring. Leslie Grantham (1. Christopher Ellison (2. Geoffrey Bayldon (1. Tom Baker (2. 00. Team Fortress 2; The box art for the standalone PC version of Team Fortress 2: Developer(s) Valve Corporation: Publisher(s) Valve Corporation: Distributor(s). The Elder Scrolls: Arena was released in 1994 and was the first game of the The Elder Scrolls series and 12th game developed by Bethesda Softworks. Theme music composer. Paul Koulak. Country of origin. France. No. of series. French version)5 (English version)No. French version, at the end of 2. English version)Production. Location(s)Fort Boyard, France.
Running time. UK: 6. France: 1. 00 mins (2. France: 6. 0–1. Production company(s)Adventure Line Productions. Grundy Productions (UK: 1. Thames Television (UK: 2. Ronin TV (UK: 2. 00. Distributor. Pearson Television (UK: 1. Fremantle. Media (UK: 2. Zodiak Media Group. Release. Original network. Antenne 2 (France: 1. France 2 (France: since 1. Channel 5 (UK: 1. Challenge (UK: 2. Picture format. 4: 3 (1. HD (2. 01. 3–)Original release. French version: 7 July 1. English version: 1. October 1. 99. 8 (1. December 2. 00. 3 (2. UK)Chronology. Followed by. Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge. Related shows. The Crystal Maze (1. The Desert Forges (2. Interceptor (1. 98. External links. Official French Fort Boyard website. Production website. Logo of Fort Boyard from 2. Fort Boyard is a French game show created by Jacques Antoine that was first broadcast on 7 July 1. Les Cl. és de Fort Boyard, shortened to Fort Boyard from the second series in 1. It has been re- made around the world, successfully in many countries over a 2. Set and filmed on the real fortress of the same name in France, the programme appears similar to The Crystal Maze (which was created as an alternative format by Antoine for Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, after Fort Boyard itself was unavailable to film in because of its then ongoing refurbishment during 1. Channel 5 later bought the rights to Fort Boyard and made their own British version, using the now refurbished set, which aired from 1. October 1. 99. 8 to 2. December 2. 00. 1 for four series. It was briefly revived by Challenge in 2. UK television in 2. CITV, Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge. In both programmes the contestants have to complete challenges to win prize money. However, while The Crystal Maze varies the type of games quite considerably, Fort Boyard tends to focus mainly on physical and endurance challenges. Although Fort Boyard was something of a pioneer in the area of game show fear and adventure, later programmes such as Fear Factor have pushed things even further, requiring Fort Boyard to react and adapt with new twists and games, including a couple of seasons in which the contestants spent the night in the Fort (this was particularly popular in the French and Russian versions). Fort Boyard is the most exported French TV format and the fourth most exported adventure- style game show format in the world after Wipeout, Fear Factor and Survivor. UK cast[edit]In the UK, two sets of presenters have been used for Fort Boyard. The first set appeared during the first four series of the show, which were broadcast by Channel 5, with the second appearing in the 2. Challenge- aired fifth series. The Channel 5 years were produced by Paul Kirrage and executive produced by Richard Holloway, later known for producing The X Factor and other high profile shows on UK television. The leading presenters of Fort Boyard on Channel 5 and Challenge were Melinda Messenger (series 1–4) and Jodie Penfold (series 5). Their roles were to give advice and support for the teams, commentate for the viewers, and match wits with Boyard, the "Master of the Fort". The other characters in Fort Boyard are: Boyard (played by Leslie Grantham in series 1–4, Christopher Ellison in series 5) is the "Master Of The Fort", who sets the challenges that the team must complete to win. In the UK versions of the show, he is portrayed as a selfish, commanding, and malevolent character who takes great pleasure in ensuring that fear and failure plague the contestants. Play Exploders an Multiplayer game free online. Exploders is a nice, new multiplayer version of Bomberman! Blow up crates, enemies or even yourself by placing bombs. Grantham portrayed these traits slightly more strongly, with Ellison sometimes showing sympathy, or even being generous to the contestants. The Professor (Geoffrey Bayldon, series 1–4) is an eccentric scientist who has become mad over the years as a result of being kept prisoner by Boyard in the 'Watch Tower'. His task is to ask the contestants riddles, which, if answered correctly, will give the team a key or clue word. Along with Captain Baker, he also talks to the contestants briefly before asking the riddles and to the viewers. Captain Baker (Tom Baker, series 5), the replacement for The Professor, is an insane sea captain held captive by Boyard. Fort Boyard cast[edit]. Andr. é Bouchet, 2. Passe- Partout)There is also the resident Fort Boyard cast, who first appeared in the French version, and were subsequently featured in most of the other international formats, including the original UK versions, however these were all excluded for Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge: Jacques (1. Jules (1. 99. 0–2. Andr. é Bouchet and Alain Pr. évost respectively) are two dwarves who lead the team through the Fort to the next challenge. Deni (Anthony Laborde) later in the show replaces Jules, who retired in 2. Deni has appeared in the foreign versions since 2. Jules) and from 2. French series. The three are called Passe- Partout, Passe- Temps, and Passe- Muraille respectively in the French version. Jacques (Passe- Partout) is also responsible for locking the contestants in the cells of the Fort if they fail to get out within the time limit; whilst Jules (Passe- Temps), in later series, Deni (Passe- Muraille) takes contestants to the 'The Watch Tower'. In duel versions, Deni plays the same role of Jacques. This is because two teams are playing at the same time. Monique (1. 99. 1–1. Monique d`Angeon) turns a statue shaped as a tiger's head to release the gold or close the gate in the 'Treasure Room'. She is called Felindra in the French version and was absent in 1. Kareen Le Portier (Thierry's daughter). In 1. 99. 8, the unnamed Tiger Master (Thierry Le Portier) performs this role. He is called Major in the French version. La Boule (1. 99. 4–2. Yves Marchesseau, 1. La Boule is a whaler, who has possibly found refuge in the Fort. He left the show in May 2. Marchesseau died of esophageal cancer and diabetes in September 2. Since leaving Felindra, the tiger tamer, handles the sound the gong (now inside the Treasure Room) with her whip while Mister- Boo, the male wrestler, is responsible for taking the prisoners to the jails of the Fort. As of 2. 01. 4, there have been 4. French version. Most appeared in various games on the fort. Famous contestants[edit]UK series[edit]On 2. December 1. 99. 9, a celebrity edition of Fort Boyard was broadcast, featuring Gabby Logan, Frank Bruno, Sharron Davies, Samuel Kane, and Glenda Mc. Kay as contestants.[1] As a one- off, the show's length was extended to 8. The team won £7,9. Series 3 aired two celebrity editions of Fort Boyard following the success of the 1. January and 2. 5 August 2. Rhodri Williams, Lisa Rogers, "Handy" Andy Kane, Tricia Penrose and Phil Gayle as the contestants. Rhodri was the team captain and the team won £1. The other featured Anna Walker, Victor Ubogu, Annalise Braakensiek, Tim Vincent and Troy Titus- Adams. Anna Walker captained the team and they won £7,1. Another celebrity edition aired at the end of series four (episode 1. Sally Gray, Scott Wright, Nell Mc. Andrew, Keith Duffy and Tris Payne. Sally Gray was the team captain and the team won £1. Episode 4 of series 4, on 1. October 2. 00. 1, was a special featuring contestants from series 1 of The Mole. Celebrity editions were also broadcast during the 2. Challenge. It featured Doug Williams, Nikita (now stars in TNA), Paul Burchill, James Tighe, and Sweet Saraya, all of whom were wrestling stars from British promotion FWA. Doug Williams captained the team. Other celebrities appearing in series 5 included Tim Vine and Craig Phillips, Big Brother 2. The team won £1,8. £5,0. 00 because Tim Vine accepted a challenge to tell 1. French series[edit]Since 1. French version of the show consist entirely of celebrities. These include: cyclist Laurent Fignon, figure skating champion Brian Joubert (appearing in 2. Djibril Ciss. é, Omar Sy, R& B singer Leslie (in 2. Tony Parker and Eva Longoria in 2. Many former/new hosts of the show have often appeared as contestants. However, in 2. 01. The "duel" format was used that year. The celebrities returned in 2. Other series[edit]In most series of the Danish and Swedish versions, teams have consisted entirely of celebrities. In the 2. 01. 0 and 2. Finnish version, team members were celebrities. Most (or all) episodes of the Russian series consisted of famous national singers, actors, TV presenters and sportsmen. In the 2. 01. 3 Canadian version, the teams consisted of 2. In the Argentine version of the show, aired in 1. In the Moroccan version, aired in early 2. The first episode of Jazirat Al Kanz aired on 2. February and was watched by 6. MTV.[3]Fort Boyard around the world[edit]Fort Boyard is a French game show first broadcast in 1. Foreign versions of the show can last between 2. In total, 3. 1 foreign versions of the show have broadcast around the world since 1. Legend: Currently airing No longer airing Non- broadcast pilot Country. Local title. Presenters. Channel. Airdate Algeria. برج الأبطالBourj El Abtal. Mohamed Reda & Samira Zitouni. Canal Alg. érie. Argentina. Fort Boyard. Juli. án Weich & Araceli Gonz. ález. Canal 1. 31. Armenia. Fort Boyard. Tina Kandelaki & Ruben Jaghinyan. Armenia TV2. 00. 9 Azerbaijan. Fort Boyard. Zaur Bakhshaliyev & Matanat Aliverdiyeva. ATV2. 01. 3–2. 01. Belgium. De Sleutels van Fort Boyard(Dutch)Hans Schiffers & Alexandra Potvin. BRT1. 99. 2Fort Boyard(Dutch)Dagmar Liekens & Chris Van den Durpel. Team Fortress 2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Team Fortress 2. The box art for the standalone PC version of Team Fortress 2. Developer(s)Valve Corporation. Publisher(s)Valve Corporation. Distributor(s)Electronic Arts(retail)Designer(s)John Cook. Robin Walker. Composer(s)Mike Morasky. Engine. Source. Platforms. Microsoft Windows. Xbox 3. 60. Play. Station 3. OS XLinux. Release date(s)Microsoft Windows, Xbox 3. The Orange Box)[1]JP October 9, 2. NA October 1. 0, 2. EU October 1. 8, 2. Play. Station 3[2]NA December 1. EU November 2. 3, 2. AUS November 2. 2, 2. OS XLinux. Genre(s)First- person shooter. Mode(s)Single- player, multiplayer. Team Fortress 2 is a team- based first- person shootermultiplayervideo game developed and published by Valve Corporation. It is the sequel to the 1. Team Fortress for Quake and its 1. It was released as part of the video game compilation. The Orange Box on October 1. Windows and the Xbox 3. A Play. Station 3 version followed on December 1. On April 8, 2. 00. Windows. The game was updated to support OS X on June 1. Linux on February 1. It is distributed online through Valve's download retailer Steam; retail distribution was handled by Electronic Arts. In Team Fortress 2, players join one of two teams comprising nine character classes, battling in a variety of game modes including capture the flag and king of the hill. The development is led by John Cook and Robin Walker, creators of the original Team Fortress. Announced in 1. 99. After Valve released no information for six years, Team Fortress 2 regularly featured in Wired News '​ annual vaporware list among other ignominies.[4] The finished Team Fortress 2 has cartoon- like visuals influenced by the art of J. C. Leyendecker, Dean Cornwell and Norman Rockwell[5] and is powered by Valve's Source engine. Team Fortress 2 received critical acclaim for its art direction, gameplay, humor, and use of character in a multiplayer- only game.[6][7][8][9] Valve continues to release new content, including maps, items and game modes. On June 2. 3, 2. 01. A 'drop system' was also added and refined in this update, allowing free- to- play users to still receive game equipment by use of a random number generator. Gameplay. Team Fortress 2 in play; a group of RED players attack a BLU base on the map "Well"Like its predecessors, Team Fortress 2 is focused around two opposing teams competing for a combat- based principal objective.[1. In the game's fiction, the teams are composed of mercenaries hired by two feuding brothers to protect the company assets belonging to one brother while trying to destroy those of the other; the teams are thus represented by the names of these companies: Reliable Excavation & Demolition (RED) and Builders League United (BLU). Players can choose to play as one of nine character classes in these teams, each with his own unique strengths, weaknesses, and weapons. Although the abilities of a number of classes have changed from earlier Team Fortress incarnations, the basic elements of each class have remained, that being one primary weapon, one secondary weapon, and one melee weapon.[1. The game was released with six official maps, although 4. In addition, a number of community assembled maps have been released. When players join a level for the first time, an introductory video shows how to complete its objectives. During matches, "The Administrator",[1. Ellen Mc. Lain, announces various game events over loudspeakers.[1. The player limit is 1. Xbox 3. 60 and Play. Station 3.[1. 7] On the PC, in 2. Valve updated Team Fortress 2 to include a server variable that allows up to 3. Team Fortress 2 is the first of Valve's multiplayer games to provide detailed statistics for individual players. They include: time spent playing as each class, most points obtained, and the most captures or objectives achieved in a single life. Persistent statistics tell the player how he or she is improving in relation to these statistics, such as if a player comes close to his or her record for the damage inflicted in a round.[1. Team Fortress 2 also features numerous "achievements" for carrying out certain tasks, such as scoring a certain number of kills or completing a round within a certain time. New sets of class- specific achievements have been added in updates, which add new abilities and weapons to each class once unlocked by the player. This unlockable system has since been expanded into a random- chance system, where the player can also obtain the items simply by playing the game.[1. Game modes. The objective of the game is defined by the game mode in use. In Capture the Flag maps, the objective for both teams is to obtain a briefcase of intelligence from the enemy team's base and return it to their own base while preventing the opposing team from doing the same. The player carrying the intelligence can be killed to drop the briefcase, or the player can willingly drop it; in either case this starts a two- minute timer. If the intelligence is not collected by another player on the opposing team before that timer expires, it is returned to its home base. A team can only score by delivering the enemy's intelligence to their base. A match lasts until one team scores a set number of points or time runs out.[2. A variant of Capture the Flag, called Special Delivery, has teams vying over a single suitcase in an attempt to deliver to the end target. Once the intelligence is picked up by one team, only members of that team can carry it until either it successfully delivered, or the drop timer expires and it is returned to its original spawn point. Control Point modes are more varied in their objectives, but share the common aim of capturing a particular point on the map by having one or more team members stay on the point without the presence of the opposing team for a short period of time.[2. In standard control point maps, each team already controls an equal number of points, with one additional point left unclaimed; teams can only attempt to capture points that are nearest to those points they already control. Each team attempts to progressively capture all the control points to win the round. In attack/defend- style maps, the RED team already controls all the points on the map, and must hold these points from being captured by the opposing team (BLU Team) for a length of time. Territorial control is a more complex version of Control Point, in which each map is divided into a number of closed sections, held between the two teams. Each round has one team attempting to seize control of the opposing team's capture point for that section in a fixed amount of time. Once a team holds all but the enemy's home base point, they then attempt to capture the enemy base point while the enemy defends for a fixed amount of time.[2. The only official map made by Valve for Territorial Control is called Hydro, presumably because of its complex design.[citation needed]King of the Hill features a single control point in the center of the map, with teams attempting to gain control over it. The control point is locked for a set amount of time after the round start. Once the point is unlocked, either team can capture it. Capturing the control point starts the team's clock counting down. The clock that is currently counting down will only stop if the other team captures the point, the clock reaches 0: 0. Halloween boss spawning during the Halloween event. Teams win the round when their clock reaches 0: 0. If the other team is capturing the point, the round will not end until the point's capture progress resets to 0.[2. Payload maps feature a length of track atop which sits a bomb mounted on a cart. This mode have two variants; Payload and Payload Race. In normal Payload maps, one team must escort the cart through a series of checkpoints in a limited amount of time to reach a final target that the other team defends. The cart moves when one or more players of the team are near it without enemies nearby; during this, the cart heals and provides ammo to those close by. If no one is by the cart, it may move backwards towards the last checkpoint, or roll off uphill sections of the track.[2. In Payload Race, both teams race to deliver a bomb- cart to a final target; there are no checkpoints and unmanned carts will not move in reverse, but still require team members nearby to fully complete uphill sections.[2. Both types of Payload maps can come in single- round or multiple- round maps. In standard payload, further rounds will only be played if BLU wins. In Payload Race, all rounds will be played regardless of which team wins, but the winner of previous rounds starts with their cart farther up the track. Arena is a team deathmatch mode, typically occurring smaller environments featuring a single control point. In each round, players do not respawn on death; a team wins the round by capturing the control point or eliminating all of the other team members.[2. Mann vs. Machine (shortened to Mv. M) is a six player co- operative mode where the mercenaries are defending a structure against increasingly difficult waves of robots. Players have the ability to buy upgrades and improvements between rounds using in- game money earned during previous waves.[2. A "Mann Up" version is available by purchasing tickets with real money to participate in larger events on official servers with the opportunity to win unique cosmetic items after successfully completing a Tour of Duty.[2. Mannpower is a modified version of capture the flag in which teams must capture the enemy's briefcase of intelligence a set number of times while preventing the enemy from doing the same. The game mode is characterized by its usage of grappling hooks and twelve unique power- ups. Player Destruction is a game mode that focuses on teams collecting items (bottles of beer) by killing enemy players, and then entering a specific area (jumping into a UFO tractor beam) in order to add them to their team's score.
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