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Ninja Warrior UK (2015)

Ninja Warrior UK poster
Genre
game show
Country
United Kingdom
Length
6 seasons, 48 episodes
Rated
U
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Hundreds of contestants try to finish a very difficult obstacle course. They race against the clock and each other. The person who gets the farthest the fastest wins.

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What happens

Ninja Warrior UK (also known as Ninja Warrior UK: Race for Glory) is a British physical obstacle assault course game show, created for ITV that ran from 2015 to 2022. The show is based upon the format of the Japanese game show Sasuke, created by Ushio Higuchi, which is aired in the United Kingdom and other countries as Ninja Warrior. Presented by Ben Shephard, Chris Kamara and Rochelle Humes, the show focuses on around 250 contestants (160 in series 4–5) tackling a difficult assault course featuring a variety of obstacles, the most notable being the Warped Wall. Contestants advance in the competition by achieving a fast enough time or progressing far enough along the course. The competition culminates with a final, in which the contestant who goes furthest fastest is declared "Last Ninja Standing". If a competitor completes the final obstacle, Mt Midoriyama, in under 45 seconds, they will be declared winner of the contest and crowned "Ninja Warrior UK". Dubbed the "Toughest course on TV", the show originally aired five series between 2015 and 2019, including one celebrity special episode aired as part of the Text Santa telethon on 18 December 2015. The first competitor to complete the entire course was Tim Champion, beating Mt Midoriyama in the fifth series. After a three-year hiatus, the show came back for a sixth series in September 2022, this time under the name Ninja Warrior UK: Race for Glory, which featured contestants racing against each other. Beth Lodge and Fred Dorrington are the final champions, beating Midoriyama in the finale series (Race for Glory). On 7 November 2024, the show was cancelled by ITV. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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