Viewers

[Fidjit]

Me mate thinks there were 4 million viewers watching Knightmare in the late 80's

Just ignore him he's such a dunce sometimes...

[HStorm]

We wouldn't have to ignore him if you hadn't mentioned it to us.

I think four million's about right actually. It did peak at six million at one stage but I think that was around '91-'92 when the series became more famous.

[WillsOfDoom]

If only 6 million were watching it on Challenge now. There might be a quicker answer as to whether KMVR gets commissioned.

[Malefact]

Well, I'd guess that Km is still doing pretty well on Challenge, otherwise they wouldn't have bought every series and be showing them in a prime-time slot.

[Illusion]

4/5 million was the figure normally mentioned at the time (in the Knightmare Adventurers Club magazine etc). I think it dropped off slightly towards the latter years (that's what ITV told me at the time) but there was a general decline in children's TV audiences on terrestrial TV due to competition from satellite/cable.

Indeed, the most popular CITV/CBBC shows nowadays only get about 2 million viewers.