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| VideoGaiden | |
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 Logo used for series 1 and 2 | |
| Starring | Robert Florence Richard Rankin Ryan Macleod Kenny Swanston Louise Stewart |
| Country of origin | Scotland |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 40 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 10 mins (Series 1) 30 mins (Series 2) 11–13 mins (Series 3) 16–20 mins (Series 4) |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two Scotland |
| Release | December 2005 – April 2016 |
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VideoGaiden is a Scottish computer games television show that was broadcast by BBC Two Scotland. Its creators and presenters, Robert Florence ("Rab") and Ryan Macleod, were responsible for the internet-distributed videogaming show Consolevania, upon which the show is based.
The show began as six ten-minute episodes on BBC Two Scotland, broadcast at around midnight on Fridays starting in December 2005. The episodes were also able to be viewed online from the BBC's web site. A second series, consisting of six half-hour episodes, was commissioned by popular demand and began broadcast on Sunday 5 November 2006 at 11:10pm, with episodes once again available on the BBC's website. A third series consisting of eighteen weekly 11-minute online episodes began in December 2007, with three half-hour TV specials episodes also being produced. A Christmas special aired on 23 December 2007.
A fourth series of the show was announced on 31 December 2015.[1] Series 4 began in March 2016, and consists of six online episodes and one televised special.[2]
Gaiden (外伝) is a Japanese word meaning 'side-story', a reference to the show's relationship to its predecessor Consolevania.
- ^ Virtue, Graeme (3 March 2016). "VideoGaiden – the return of video gaming's greatest TV show". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ "videoGaiden Direct". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 – via YouTube.