Jungle Run

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Jungle Run
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Genre Children's game show
Created byLesley Oakden
Presented by Dominic Wood (1999–2000)
Chris Jarvis (2001–2002)
Michael Underwood (2003–2006)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series8
No. of episodes99
Production
Running time25 minutes
Production company Yorkshire Television
Original release
Network ITV (CITV)
Release10 September 1999 (1999-09-10) 
29 November 2006 (2006-11-29)
Related
Fort Boyard
The Crystal Maze
Naked Jungle

Jungle Run is a British children's television adventure series that aired on CITV as part of the ITV network from 10 September 1999 to 29 November 2006. It was a game show similar to shows such as Fort Boyard and The Crystal Maze . The show has had three presenters, referred to as the "Jungle Guide": Dominic Wood from 1999 to 2000, Chris Jarvis from 2001 to 2002 and Michael Underwood from 2003 to 2006. It was recorded at the disused air base, RAF Newton, near Nottingham.

Contents

Format

A team of children come upon a mythical jungle ruled by the Jungle King, where the goal is to win treasure from the Temple of the Jungle King. On their way they compete in 5 challenges (3 or 4 in celebrity editions) to win time inside the temple to better their chance of winning the top prize. In the first 2 series, bananas win them time in the final challenge. However, from series 3 onward, these are replaced with silver monkey statues, each one giving them 10 seconds in the final challenge. There was also one golden banana worth 50 bananas, later replaced with a Ruby monkey worth 20 seconds, in each episode, with the total amount of possible time standing at 3:20.

Gameplay

Challenges took place in a variety of locations. Some were swamps or waterfalls; others were obstacle courses or mazes, and some were just places out in the open. The same location could be used for multiple challenges, but each task could only be played in one place.

Usually, 100 bananas or four to five statues were available in each of the challenges. Occasionally, members of the team could be trapped by running out of time in an obstacle course or failing to complete a game involving cages; the rest of the team would then decide if they wanted to forfeit 50 bananas/one (later two) statues to release them, or leave without them and lose no time. If multiple team members are trapped in the same game, one team member can be released for free while each additional team member must be bought out to be released. In some games, Sid and Elvis (a pair of monkeys loyal to the jungle king) would try to distract contestants by throwing coconuts or other objects in their direction.

Games took approximately two to three minutes each, and included challenges such as:

The Temple of the Jungle King

The final challenge involves contestants making their way through the Temple of the Jungle King, their time inside depending on the number of bananas/statues collected. Inside the temple is a series of chambers, each containing a challenge, the completion of which rewarded the team with a large monkey-shaped sacred idol that stood in each subsequent chamber. Once the challenge in each chamber is completed, the door to the next room opens. In series 1–2, teams would only win one prize based on the chamber they advanced to, but following this, teams won one prize per chamber completed. There were four challenges and one sacred idol for each completed chamber: Stone, Metal/Bronze, Silver and the Golden Monkey. In the 2003 Christmas special, these were replaced with large present sacks.

When a team has only 10/20 seconds left, a warning sound (a gong, a drum, or a chimp screaming) would be heard, signalling that they should make their way out of the temple. If some members or the entire team fail to get out in time, those people are locked in the temple and receive no prizes. In series 1–2 if anyone got trapped, even those who did get out with an idol received no prizes, but from series 3 onwards, anyone who made it out with an idol would win the prize. Anyone who took part would also receive a consolation prize, such as a t-shirt, backpack or monkey toy (depending on the series). When celebrities played their prizes are given to charity.

Challenges could involve:

Transmissions

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodesHost
110 September 199915 December 199913 Dominic Wood
26 September 20006 December 200013
322 October 20012 November 200110 Chris Jarvis
43 September 20025 November 200210
59 September 20039 December 200314 Michael Underwood
67 September 200430 November 200413
727 September 200520 December 200513
818 October 200629 November 200613

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