Carnage on SkyOne Starts May 6th

owenmp · 05-01-2018, 04:20 PM

Sky One is airing six episodes of Carnage, a vehicular combat television series. I have not seen any vehicle statistics or arena maps posted yet that could be converted for Car Wars gaming.

Sky One
‏@SkyOne

Dust off your furry dice and start your engines! We're heading to the desert on Sunday 6 May.

Join @flintoff11, @LethalBizzle and @VickNHope for #CarnageTV!

https://twitter.com/SkyOne/status/988462564584681472

Sky.com - Carnage
https://www.sky.com/watch/channel/sky-one/carnage

Welcome to Carnage, the most extreme contest on the planet where thirty purpose built, weaponised vehicles clash and smash in three thrilling arenas in the blazing heat of the vast, arid desert.

Hosted by Freddie Flintoff, Lethal Bizzle and Vick Hope.
S1 E1
6 May 2018
7:00pm

Carnage, car racing show, is coming to Sky One in May
https://www.cable.co.uk/news/carnage...-may-700002502
cable.co.uk
April 30, 2018

43Supporter · 05-02-2018, 01:41 PM

There was a TV show like this on late-night TV in the US back in the '90s.

(No -- it was *NOT* "_Junkyard Wars_".)

It was filmed in what appeared to be a disused gravel pit. There were four-wheeled cars, as well as off-road motorcycle-sidecar rigs. Combat was by means of paintball markers. The show was, quite clearly, scripted; every episode ended with some sort of carefully-staged stunt (usually a car Reynolds-Ramping into a building, which would then "explode").

I never did get to see the beginning of the show, so I never have been able to find out what it was called; and being it was running at 11:30PM, it didn't have enough of a fan base that anyone's written a wiki about it.

ColBosch · 05-03-2018, 03:42 PM

Discovery had a few episodes of a similar idea back around 2008 or so. In keeping with their programs of the time, half the show was building the vehicles - often with some stupid theme - and the other half was remote-controlled autoduelling, with machine guns and whatever gimmicks the teams came up with during the build phase. I think it had three or four episodes; the teams were too small, the themes were not interesting, and the remote control rigs were clearly not robust enough.

LokRobster · 05-03-2018, 08:29 PM

That looks amazing. I’ll be keeping an eye out for a way to see it stateside.

The photo of a rigged-up Mini Cooper shows promise, and mystery... why is there a plastic ice cream cone on the door?

It’ll be fun for Car Wars as a game for this show to do well.

Squeaker · 05-09-2018, 06:12 AM

Well, I liked the action, the car combat was fun and the arenas were interesting but the commentary got a bit annoying. I just fast-forwarded to the good bits. :-)

Not a bad show though, I thought it was a good cross between robot wars and scrapheap challenge (or junkyard wars for the non-brits).

I'll watch the series, but only after recording them so I can fast forward again.

Nice to see one vehicle had dropped weaponry... I think they need to expand on that idea!

05-01-2018, 04:20 PM	#1
owenmp Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Bellevue, WA, USA	Carnage on SkyOne Starts May 6th Sky One is airing six episodes of Carnage, a vehicular combat television series. I have not seen any vehicle statistics or arena maps posted yet that could be converted for Car Wars gaming. Sky One ‏@SkyOne Dust off your furry dice and start your engines! We're heading to the desert on Sunday 6 May. Join @flintoff11, @LethalBizzle and @VickNHope for #CarnageTV! https://twitter.com/SkyOne/status/988462564584681472 Sky.com - Carnage https://www.sky.com/watch/channel/sky-one/carnage Welcome to Carnage, the most extreme contest on the planet where thirty purpose built, weaponised vehicles clash and smash in three thrilling arenas in the blazing heat of the vast, arid desert. Hosted by Freddie Flintoff, Lethal Bizzle and Vick Hope. S1 E1 6 May 2018 7:00pm Carnage, car racing show, is coming to Sky One in May https://www.cable.co.uk/news/carnage...-may-700002502 cable.co.uk April 30, 2018 __________________ Michael P. Owen Seattle Washington Autoduel Team https://www.seanet.com/~owenmp/swathome.html Twitter: Car Combat Central https://twitter.com/carcombat

05-02-2018, 01:41 PM	#2
43Supporter Join Date: Dec 2007	Re: Carnage on SkyOne Starts May 6th There was a TV show like this on late-night TV in the US back in the '90s. (No -- it was NOT "_Junkyard Wars_".) It was filmed in what appeared to be a disused gravel pit. There were four-wheeled cars, as well as off-road motorcycle-sidecar rigs. Combat was by means of paintball markers. The show was, quite clearly, scripted; every episode ended with some sort of carefully-staged stunt (usually a car Reynolds-Ramping into a building, which would then "explode"). I never did get to see the beginning of the show, so I never have been able to find out what it was called; and being it was running at 11:30PM, it didn't have enough of a fan base that anyone's written a wiki about it. __________________ "Dale who?" 79er The Jeremy Clarkson Debate Course: 1) I'm Right. 2) You're Wrong. 3) The End.

05-03-2018, 03:42 PM	#3
ColBosch Join Date: May 2007	Re: Carnage on SkyOne Starts May 6th Discovery had a few episodes of a similar idea back around 2008 or so. In keeping with their programs of the time, half the show was building the vehicles - often with some stupid theme - and the other half was remote-controlled autoduelling, with machine guns and whatever gimmicks the teams came up with during the build phase. I think it had three or four episodes; the teams were too small, the themes were not interesting, and the remote control rigs were clearly not robust enough.

05-03-2018, 08:29 PM	#4
LokRobster Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Republic of Texas; FOS	Re: Carnage on SkyOne Starts May 6th That looks amazing. I’ll be keeping an eye out for a way to see it stateside. The photo of a rigged-up Mini Cooper shows promise, and mystery... why is there a plastic ice cream cone on the door? It’ll be fun for Car Wars as a game for this show to do well. __________________ Our decades-old & rarely updated CarWars blog & Hotwheel conversion tutorial: North Texas Autoduel Association

05-09-2018, 06:12 AM	#5
Squeaker Join Date: Oct 2014	Re: Carnage on SkyOne Starts May 6th Well, I liked the action, the car combat was fun and the arenas were interesting but the commentary got a bit annoying. I just fast-forwarded to the good bits. :-) Not a bad show though, I thought it was a good cross between robot wars and scrapheap challenge (or junkyard wars for the non-brits). I'll watch the series, but only after recording them so I can fast forward again. Nice to see one vehicle had dropped weaponry... I think they need to expand on that idea!