Tankboy TV
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| Tankboy TV | |
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| Also known as | Tankboy |
| Genre | Reality Television |
| Written by | Charles Knight |
| Directed by | 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 of | Jochen Fitzherbert |
| Theme music composer | David McIvor and Paul Burrnel |
| Composer | Jeco Music NY |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Charles Knight |
| Running time | 22 Minutes |
| Production company | Tankboy Global Ltd |
| Original release | |
| Network | Interesnoe TV |
| Release | 29 June 2009 |
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]
The show has six main characters:
- Captain Tankboy Charles Knight, a licensed arms dealer and explosives expert, who works on a strict military style 'need to know' policy.[4]
- The Sarge Evana Patterson, an ex-model and glamor queen starred for five episodes. After that, a new sarge, known as the Russian Sarge Iana Bikoulova appeared. A blonde Russian girl with attitude.[5]
- Krispy Jody Hooker, is the crew engineer who manages to fix anything, anywhere, anytime.
- Humma Paul Blenkiron, Nuke Nick Scott and Legs Sarah Bailey form the remainder of the crew. And as always, they end up in all sorts of crazy and unbelievable situations.
- Gungirl Tina Knight only appeared in one episode of Tankboy season 1, though she is rumored to return for season 2.[2]
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]