Tankboy TV

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 Sara 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(s)	Jeco Music NY
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	14
Production
Producer(s)	Charles Knight
Running time	22 Minutes
Production company(s)	Tankboy Global Ltd
Distributor	Monarch Films Ltd, NY, (Worldwide Rights)
Broadcast
Original channel	Interesnoe TV
Picture format	HD
Audio format	Dolby 5.1
Original airing	29th June 2009
External links
Website

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]}

Cast

Some members of the Tankboy Crew after a live stunt show. Characters L-R, Captain Tankboy, Nuke, Sarge and Humma (on the bottom)

The show has 6 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 5 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.^[6]

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. ^[7]

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.^{[8] [9]}

Captain Tankboys weapon of choice is the Glock G19 Pistol but various military firearms dating back as far as WW2 have been used on the show. ^[10]

History

Koichi Sakamoto and the Alpha Stunts team provided stunt training for Captain Tankboy and the Tankboy Crew in Dec 2007, just before filming began. Koichi also directed fight scenes for a Tankboy episode, Operation Stuntman.^[11]

The Tankboy Crew performed live stunts and entertainment at such events as the Kumeu Car Show, SmashFest, Big Boys Toys, The Great Lakes Medieval Festival and numerous war re-enactments. ^{[12] [13] [14]}

Tankboy Season 1 was shot in New Zealand in 2008 and is screening worldwide. ^{[15] [16]} The show has become very popular in Russia and Kazakhstan.^{[17] [18]}

In Jan 2011, Team Tankboy ran in the prestigious CannonBall Run car rally and won third place. The vehicle they competed in was Tankboy's own ex-US Army, Humvee, making it the first time a military Humvee had been used on the CannonBall Run.[10][11]

The Tankboy crew filmed with Dai Henwood in 2009 ^[19] and with Greg Murphy for the TV series, Crash Course in late 2011/early 2012. ^[20]

External links

• Official website
• Tankboy TV on Internet Movie Database
• Tankboy TV on the Internet Movie Firearms Database
• Tankboy Fan Site
• Russian TV Promo Item

References