Playr

Last updated

Playr
Playr logo.png
Playr logo
Voices ofMarc Cieslak
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Production
Executive producerRichard Wilcox
Running time24 minutes
Production companyPlayr Ltd.
Release
Original network Bravo (2008-2009)
Film 24 (2009-2010)
Showcase TV (2011-2013)
Original release3 May 2008 (2008-05-03) 
January 2013 (2013-01)

Playr is a TV show about video gaming that aired weekly in a number of locations around the world, including the UK, Canada, South America, Spain, [1] South Africa and across Asia. [2] The show mixed in-depth previews, news, reviews and features on video games and is notable for its entertaining approach to the subject. Playr was executive produced by Richard Wilcox, [3] whose credits include GamesMaster , When Games Attack and Gamer.tv .

Contents

From 20 November 2009 to 19 October 2010, episodes also appeared on Playr's official YouTube channel, in up to 720p resolution. [4] [5] Full length segments from the show are also available.

It was distributed outside the UK by IMG Media. [6]

History

From 3 May 2008 until April 2009, [3] Playr aired Saturday and Sunday mornings on Bravo. Repeats of the show were shown on Bravo 2. Until January 2009, the series had two sister programmes on Bravo: Playr Guide and Playr 2. The show is voiced by Marc Cieslak, [7] previous narrators include comedian Rufus Hound and Tim Beckmann. On 25 April 2009, Playr ceased airing on Bravo. [8] [9]

The series returned to UK screens on 5 September 2009 on Film 24. [10] After the 22 May 2010 episode, the show was forced off the air after Film 24 refused to pay any outstanding fees and later entered liquidation. [11] [12] [13]

Playr returned once again to UK screens on 5 June 2011 for an initial 6-month run on the Information TV group of channels. [14] New episodes premiered on Tuesdays at 6:00 pm on Showcase TV, followed by Playr Guide, with repeats aired throughout the week. In January 2013, the last episode of Playr aired mentioning that the programme would be gone for some time but on 19 March 2013 a post on the Playr website confirmed that the show was not in production and that it had probably finished. [15]

Related Research Articles

<i>Home and Away</i> Australian television soap opera

Home and Away is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on January 18, 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip to Kangaroo Point, New South Wales, where he noticed locals were complaining about the construction of a foster home and against the idea of foster children from the city living in the area. The soap opera was initially going to be called Refuge, but the name was changed to the "friendlier" title of Home and Away once production began.

Adult Swim is a prime time and late night programming block broadcast by the American basic cable channel Cartoon Network. The block features stylistically varied animated and live-action series targeting a young adult audience, including original programming, syndicated series, and short films with generally minimal or no editing for content. Adult Swim is programmed by Williams Street, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Television Studios that also produces much of the block's original programming.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bravo (American TV network)</span> American pay television channel

Bravo is an American basic cable television network, launched on December 8, 1980. It is owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal. The channel originally focused on programming related to fine arts and film. It currently mainly focuses on lifestyle reality television series targeted at 25-to-54-year-old women as well as the LGBTQIA+ community.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">G4 (American TV network)</span> American television channel

G4 was an American pay television and digital network owned by Comcast Spectacor that primarily focused on video games.

<i>Click</i> (TV programme) British TV series or program

Click is a weekly BBC television programme covering technology news and recent developments in the world of technology and the Internet, presented by Spencer Kelly and Lara Lewington. It was created by then BBC presenter Stephen Cole.

<i>Johnny Bravo</i> American animated television series

Johnny Bravo is an American animated comedy television series created by Van Partible for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. It is the second of the network's Cartoon Cartoons, which aired from July 14, 1997, to August 27, 2004. The titular Johnny Bravo, who is loosely based on Elvis Presley and James Dean, is a sunglasses-wearing, muscular young man who lives with his mother and attempts to get women to date him, though he always falls short because of his actions. He ends up in bizarre situations and predicaments, often accompanied by celebrity guest characters such as Donny Osmond or Adam West. Throughout its run, the show was known for its adult humor and pop culture references.

<i>Midsomer Murders</i> British television detective drama series

Midsomer Murders is a British crime drama television series, adapted by Anthony Horowitz and Douglas Watkinson from the novels in the Chief Inspector Barnaby book series, and broadcast on two channels of ITV since its premiere on 23 March 1997. The series focuses on various murder cases that take place within small country villages across the fictional English county of Midsomer, and the efforts of the senior police detective and his partner within the fictional Midsomer Constabulary to solve the crime by determining who the culprit is and the motive for their actions. It identifies itself differently from other detective dramas often by featuring a mixture of lighthearted whimsy and dark humour, as well as a notable soundtrack that includes the use of the theremin instrument for the show's theme tune.

<i>Hollyoaks</i> British soap opera

Hollyoaks is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera Brookside. Since May 2005, episodes have been aired on sister channel E4 a day prior to their broadcast on Channel 4.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charlie Brooker</span> English television presenter, writer, and producer

Charlton Brooker is an English television presenter, writer, producer and satirist. He is the creator and co-showrunner of the sci-fi drama anthology series Black Mirror, and has written for comedy series such as Brass Eye, The 11 O'Clock Show and Nathan Barley.

Virgin Media Two, also called Virgin Two, is an Irish free-to-air television channel operated by Virgin Media Television.

<i>Gamer.tv</i> British television series

Gamer.tv was a weekly television show produced by the company of the same name and owned by IMG, that ran from 2002 to 2008. Each half-hour episode mixed topical video game news, reviews, previews and features. The series aired on a number of networks around the world including Bravo in the United Kingdom and Starz in North America. It was also shown in Canada, South America, Spain, India, and New Zealand, and video segments appeared on a number of websites, as well, including MSN. The show was banned in China.

<i>Neighbours</i> Australian soap opera (1985–)

Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera, which has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap Sons and Daughters. Although successful in Melbourne, Neighbours underperformed in the Sydney market and was cancelled by Seven four months after it began airing. It was immediately commissioned by rival Network Ten for a second production season, which began screening on 20 January 1986. Neighbours became the longest-running drama series in Australian television history. In 2005, it was inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">5Star</span> British digital television channel

5Star is a British free-to-air television channel owned by Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global, which is grouped under Paramount Networks UK & Australia division. It originally launched as the female-orientated Five Life on 15 October 2006, and was relaunched as Fiver on 28 April 2008 with a revised version of the same concept. The channel later re-branded as 5star on 7 March 2011, and later to its current name on 11 February 2016. The network focuses on documentaries, comedy and drama, with a range of original content such as Rich Kids Go Skint and Young, Dumb & Banged Up in the Sun, along with some American and Australian imports.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">E4 (TV channel)</span> British free-to-air television channel

E4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. The "E" stands for entertainment and the channel is primarily aimed at the 16/18–34 age group.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Film 24 (channel)</span> Television channel

Film24 was a British television channel, that was available on Sky channel 157. The company had offices at Pinewood Studios and produced content for the TV channel as well as programmes for international TV, the Internet and mobile distribution. Before its sale in 2010, the channel averaged around a million viewers a week.

The Real Housewives is an American reality television franchise that began on March 21, 2006, with The Real Housewives of Orange County. Each installment of the franchise documents the personal and professional lives of a group of affluent women residing in or around a certain city or geographic region. 11 different series have been produced in the United States, with another 21 international adaptations. The American series are primarily broadcast on Bravo, with one installment broadcast on Peacock.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fred Figglehorn</span> Fictional character

Fred Figglehorn is the central character in an Internet video series created by then-teenager Lucas Cruikshank from 2006 to 2015. It yielded other spin-off series and a relationship with Nickelodeon, including three movies and a television series.

<i>Just for Laughs</i> (British TV series) UK adaptation of a Canadian TV series

Just for Laughs UK is an adaptation of the Canadian series of the same name, that began in Montreal in late 2000. The hidden camera comedy show was broadcast on Saturday nights on BBC One. It was produced by Wild Rover Productions with Philip Morrow as producer. It started airing in 2003 and ran for five seasons, going off air in 2007. During its run, it was the only Saturday night entertainment show currently on BBC One to be produced by an independent television company based outside London.

Four was the second New Zealand television channel owned and operated by MediaWorks New Zealand, broadcast via the state-owned Kordia transmission network. The channel launched on 29 June 1997 as TV4 and was replaced by C4 on 3 October 2003. It was relaunched on 6 February 2011 as a separate channel from C4.

References

  1. "Playr". Syfy Universal. Archived from the original on 8 August 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  2. "About". The official blog of Playr. 20 February 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  3. 1 2 "New games TV series coming to Bravo". MCV. 9 May 2008. Archived from the original on 27 July 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
  4. "Playr, Episode 81 Part 1 (Assassin's Creed 2, Left 4 Dead 2)". YouTube. 20 November 2009.
  5. "Playr Ep 129 Pt 2 (Fallout New Vegas, LEGO universe)". YouTube. 19 October 2010.
  6. "PLAYR". IMG Media Programming. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
  7. "Marc Cieslak". Mandy Voicevers. Retrieved 23 January 2013.[ dead link ]
  8. "Where's The Show?". PlayrHQ. 25 April 2009. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009.
  9. "Wish You Were Here!". PlayrHQ. 1 May 2009. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009.
  10. "Playr Returns to UK screens on Film 24". PlayrHQ. 5 September 2009. Archived from the original on 8 September 2009.
  11. "Apology". PlayrHQ. 22 July 2010. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010.
  12. "Canis handling Film24 Sky channel sale". Digital Spy. 22 June 2010.
  13. "Film24 operators call in Canis Media". Broadcast. 22 June 2010.
  14. "Playr returns to UK TV screens this weekend". PlayrHQ. 1 June 2011. Archived from the original on 24 August 2011.
  15. "Sleeping Quietly". PlayrHQ. 19 March 2013. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013.