Bits (TV series)

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Bits
Genre Entertainment
Presented by Aleks Krotoski
Emily Newton Dunn
Emily Booth
Claudia Trimde
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5
No. of episodes73 (plus 8 specials)
Production
Running time25 minutes
Production companyIdeal World
Original release
Network Channel 4
Release4 June 1999 (1999-06-04) 
6 April 2001 (2001-04-06)
Related
Thumb Bandits

Bits is a British entertainment television series that aired on Channel 4 from 4 June 1999 to 6 April 2001, with both late night and edited morning versions of the show, the show reviewed computer games, testing the (then) latest games releases across multiple platforms.

Five series were produced and, uniquely at the time for a show about computer games, had an all female presentation team.

There were also a number of special episodes, notably a three-parter in early 2000 titled the Bits 'Super Console Tour' which primarily featured the girls challenging various "pro" gamers in 1v1 battles around the UK in each episode (London, Blackpool, and one other location), as well as their usual sketches and short reviews and newsclips. The games chosen were usually new releases on various consoles, one of which was FantaVision on the newly launched PlayStation 2, at which Emily Booth was defeated by Alek Hayes, who was employed at the time at BarrysWorld.

Transmissions

SeriesBlockStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
14Later4 June 199920 August 199912
24Later27 August 199912 November 199912
34Later11 April 200028 July 200015
T416 April 200016 July 200010
44Later2 October 200018 December 200012
54Later20 January 20016 April 200112
Specials4Later5 January 200023 September 20008