This is a list of episodes for the BBC Scotland show videoGaiden, an entertainment show with a magazine format, dedicated to video game reviews, gaming features, and comedy sketches based on gaming culture. The show's format was adapted from the internet television show Consolevania, featuring the same lead presenters and some of the same supporting cast. Production of the two shows overlapped during their initial period of production in 2005–08.
The first series of videoGaiden was broadcast in late 2005 and the second in late 2006. The main run of the third series (2007–08) was released online, with three TV specials. The show was cancelled following the third series, but returned for a run of six online episodes and one TV special in early 2016. No further episodes have yet been commissioned.
33 episodes were produced during the show's original 2005–08 run, while a further 7 episodes were produced in 2016, making a total of 40.
Series overview
Episodes
Series One (2005)
The first series of videoGaiden was broadcast on BBC Two Scotland.
| No. overall |
No. in series |
Title | Release date | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Episode One" | 5 November 2005 | 09'08" | |
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Reviews: Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (Rab), The Suffering: Ties That Bind (Ryan). | |||||
| 2 | 2 | "Episode Two" | 12 November 2005 | 09'04" | |
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Reviews: Psychonauts (Ryan), WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006 (Rab). | |||||
| 3 | 3 | "Episode Three" | 19 November 2005 | 09'01" | |
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Reviews: City of Villains (PC) (Rab), GUN (Ryan). | |||||
| 4 | 4 | "Episode Four" | 26 November 2005 | 09'12" | |
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Reviews: True Crime: New York City (Rab), Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie (Ryan). | |||||
| 5 | 5 | "Episode Five" | 3 December 2005 | 09'06" | |
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Reviews: Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (Rab), Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (Ryan). | |||||
| 6 | 6 | "Episode Six" | 10 December 2005 | 10'03" | |
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Reviews: Kameo (Xbox 360) (Ryan), Need for Speed: Most Wanted (Rab). | |||||
Series Two (2006)
The second series of videoGaiden was broadcast on BBC Two Scotland.
| No. overall |
No. in series |
Title | Release date | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1 | "Episode One" | 5 November 2006 | 28'53" | |
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Reviews: Dead Rising (Xbox 360) (Rab), Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories (PS2) (Ryan). | |||||
| 8 | 2 | "Episode Two" | 12 November 2006 | 29'01" | |
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Reviews: NHL 07 vs. NHL 2K7 (Rab), Just Cause (Ryan). | |||||
| 9 | 3 | "Episode Three" | 19 November 2006 | 28'29" | |
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Reviews: Sam & Max (PC) (Ryan), DEFCON (PC) (Rab). | |||||
| 10 | 4 | "Episode Four" | 26 November 2006 | 28'44" | |
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Reviews: Ōkami (PS2) (Ryan), Rule of Rose (PS2) (Rab). | |||||
| 11 | 5 | "Episode Five" | 3 December 2006 | 29'07" | |
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Reviews: Gears of War (Xbox 360) (Ryan), Need for Speed: Carbon (Rab). | |||||
| 12 | 6 | "Episode Six" | 10 December 2006 | 28'43" | |
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Reviews: Viva Piñata (Xbox 360) (Ryan), God Hand (PS2) (Rab). | |||||
Series Three (2007-08)
The third series of videoGaiden was announced on 14 October 2007.[1] In addition to the main series comprising 18 episodes, which was released online via the show's site on BBC Online, three specials were also broadcast on BBC Two Scotland.
| No. overall |
No. in series |
Title | Release date | Length | |
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| 13 | 1 | "Complaint" | 1 December 2007 | 11'51" | |
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Overview: Rab and Ryan read out viewer "compliments". | |||||
| 14 | 2 | "Miscommunication" | 7 December 2007 | 13'19" | |
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Overview: Rab and Ryan get drunk. | |||||
| 15 | 3 | "Holidays" | 14 December 2007 | 13'05" | |
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Overview: Rab and Ryan go on holiday. | |||||
| 16 | 4 | "Comedy" | 21 December 2007 | 12'42" | |
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Overview: Stand up comedy night. | |||||
| 18 | 5 | "Graphics" | 4 January 2008 | 16'01" | |
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Overview: The boys want more graphics in the show. | |||||
| 19 | 6 | "Lust" | 11 January 2008 | 11'50" | |
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Overview: Ryan falls in love. | |||||
| 20 | 7 | "Convention" | 18 January 2008 | 13'47" | |
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Overview: The boys announce GaidenCon. | |||||
| 21 | 8 | "Critique" | 25 January 2008 | 13'39" | |
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Overview: The episode reviews itself (reviewing itself (reviewing itself)). | |||||
| 22 | 9 | "Continuity" | 1 February 2008 | 15'47" | |
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Overview: The boys edit the show themselves. | |||||
| 23 | 10 | "Censorship" | 8 February 2008 | 12'13" | |
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Overview: Rab is furious about being censored in the previous episode. | |||||
| 24 | 11 | "radioGaiden" | 15 February 2008 | 13'55" | |
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Overview: videoGaiden takes to the radio. | |||||
| 25 | 12 | "Celebration" | 22 February 2008 | 16'21" | |
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Overview: The boys celebrate the end of the series. | |||||
| 26 | 13 | "Convalescence" | 29 February 2008 | 16'13" | |
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Overview: Rab and Ryan are brutalised by Gerry but attempt to carry on regardless. | |||||
| 28 | 14 | "Celebrity" | 7 March 2008 | 15'07" | |
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Overview: The boys attempt to arrange a celebrity appearance in the show. | |||||
| 29 | 15 | "Conflict" | 14 March 2008 | 13'44" | |
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Overview: The boys have had a falling-out. | |||||
| 30 | 16 | "Ca$h" | 21 March 2008 | 14'11" | |
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Overview: The boys are made an offer they can't refuse, but is it on the level? | |||||
| 31 | 17 | "Captive" | 28 March 2008 | 14'17" | |
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Overview: Gerry has captured the boys. Will they get out of this alive? | |||||
| 33 | 18 | "closeDown" | 4 April 2008 | 16'35" | |
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Overview: The boys don't attend the vG wrap party, but Zack, Gerry, Damien, Dominik Diamond, Gavin Mitchell, Emily Booth, and Frank Sidebottom do. | |||||
Series Three TV Specials
| No. overall |
No. in series |
Title | Release date | Length | |
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| 17 | N–A | "The videoGaiden Show Christmas Special" | 23 December 2007, 23:30, BBC Two Scotland | 29'17" | |
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Reviews: Mass Effect (Xbox 360) (Ryan with Randolph the Reindeer and the Wise Old Snowman), Need for Speed: ProStreet (Xbox 360) (Rab), Halo 3 (Xbox 360) (Dominik Diamond's Christmas story). | |||||
| 27 | N–A | "The February Christmas Special in March" | 2 March 2008, 22:50, BBC Two Scotland | 29'21" | |
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Overview: A retro special, presented in the styles of earlier programmes: GamesMaster, Micro Live, and Bits. | |||||
| 32 | N–A | "The videoGaiden Awards 2008" | 30 March 2008, 22:55, BBC Two Scotland | 29'28" | |
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Overview: The boys, Gavin, Gerry, and the series' guest stars present the 2008 awards in their usual professional fashion. Hopefully it can be fixed in the edit. | |||||
Series Four (2016)
Episodes were released simultaneously on the BBC iPlayer and on BBC Scotland's YouTube channel. The TV Special was broadcast on BBC2 Scotland.
| No. overall |
No. in series |
Title | Release date | Length | |
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| 34 | 1 | "Episode One" | 3 March 2016 | 18'39" | |
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Overview: Rab and Ryan find themselves trapped in an existential prison while their hyperactive doppelgangers cavort outside. | |||||
| 35 | 2 | "Episode Two" | 10 March 2016 | 20'13" | |
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Overview: Rab and Ryan attempt to escape the existential prison. | |||||
| 36 | 3 | "Episode Three" | 17 March 2016 | 17'07" | |
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Overview: Rab and Ryan discover that they are still subject to an editorial remit. | |||||
| 37 | 4 | "Episode Four" | 24 March 2016 | 18'47" | |
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Overview: Rab and Ryan receive a transmission from outside, but their hopes of rescue are swiftly dashed. | |||||
| 38 | 5 | "Episode Five" | 31 March 2016 | 17'31" | |
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Overview: Rab and Ryan's lives are in danger from Gerry - and themselves. | |||||
| 39 | 6 | "Episode Six" | 7 April 2016 | 16'55" | |
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Overview: As one existential crisis concludes, another takes its place. | |||||
Series Four TV Special
| No. overall |
No. in series |
Title | Release date | Length | |
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| 40 | N–A | "The TV Special" | 14 April 2016, 22:00, BBC Two Scotland | 28'56" | |
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Overview: Rab and Ryan investigate the future of gaming. Featuring interviews with games designer and producer Ian Livingstone, gaming design academic Dr Romana Ramzan, and YouTube commentator Stampy. | |||||
References
- ↑ "Consolevania » "Wonderful, wonderful news!" by Brian Blessed". www.gaiden.consolevania.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2022.