{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=October 2013}} {{for|the 2000 video game|Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters}} {{Infobox television | image = | creator = Tim Child | country = United Kingdom | language = English | company = Broadsword Productions | num_series = 3 | num_episodes = 37 | runtime = 25 minutes | channel = BBC2 | first_aired = {{Start date|1993|1|17|df=y}} | last_aired = {{End date|1995|1|22|df=y}} }}
'''''Time Busters''''' is a British children's television series created by Tim Child and the same producers of ''Knightmare''. It was first shown on BBC2 from 17 January 1993 to 22 January 1995.
==Format== Each run of the game involves a team of children taking a 'time-travelling' bus that drove them to a historical reenactment. The children would be involved in a quest to find a Time-Capsule.<ref>{{cite web |title=18 game shows you desperately wanted to appear on when you were a kid |website=Daily Mirror |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/usvsth3m/anything-for-a-trendy-watch-5575440}}</ref> This challenge would be a race against the clock to succeed and each episode would result in the team being successful, or having to abandon their attempt due to running out of time. Regardless the episode would conclude with the children quickly returning to the bus before it disappeared from that era.
==Transmissions== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Series !! Start date !! End date !! Episodes |- | '''1''' || 17 January 1993<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0f5dd719ae9a402aa896924fafa967b4 |title=Time Busters - BBC Two England - 17 January 1993 |publisher=BBC Genome Project |accessdate=3 November 2021}}</ref> || 28 March 1993<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/26befe74875a449da627a504d8d32633 |title=Time Busters - BBC Two England - 28 March 1993 |publisher=BBC Genome Project |accessdate=3 November 2021}}</ref> || 11 |- | '''2''' || 24 October 1993<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f10b99e0c180425d825e6311dc7bcb18 |title=Time Busters - BBC Two England - 24 October 1993 |publisher=BBC Genome Project |accessdate=3 November 2021}}</ref> || 23 January 1994<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8efe3b97ea0a4441a65fcc52d850a598 |title=Time Busters - BBC Two England - 23 January 1994 |publisher=BBC Genome Project |accessdate=3 November 2021}}</ref> || 13 |- | '''3''' || 16 October 1994<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/078ddf72487049cca85ce0954ada2cb3 |title=Time Busters - BBC Two England - 16 October 1994 |publisher=BBC Genome Project |accessdate=3 November 2021}}</ref> || 22 January 1995<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c46017ef321348fd9419ec77be526d27 |title=Time Busters - BBC Two England - 22 January 1995 |publisher=BBC Genome Project |accessdate=3 November 2021}}</ref> || 13 |}
==See also== * Time travel in fiction * List of time travel works of fiction
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{UKGameshow|Time_Busters}} * [http://interactive.knightmare.org.uk/component/legacy/page/display/lexicon?s=view&EID=Timebusters Time Busters]
Category:Games about time travel Category:1993 British television series debuts Category:1995 British television series endings Category:1990s British children's television series Category:1990s British game shows Category:BBC children's television shows Category:English-language British television shows