{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}} {{Use British English|date=February 2013}} {{Infobox television | image = | runtime = {{nowrap|47 minutes {{small|(excluding adverts)}}}} | creator = | executive_producer = | presenter = {{ubl|Tony Robinson| Cassie Newland}} | country = United Kingdom | network = Channel 4 | first_aired = {{Start date|2015|08|23|df=y}} | last_aired = {{End date|2015|09|27|df=y}} | num_episodes = {{nowrap|6}} | num_series = 1 | list_episodes = | related = ''Time Signs'' | image_alt = | caption = | language = | released = | company = Wall to Wall Media and GroupM Entertainment | genre = Entertainment }} '''''Time Crashers''''' is a British entertainment television programme co-produced by Wall to Wall Media and GroupM Entertainment for Channel 4.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=13 August 2015|title=Time Crashers|url=https://www.channel4.com/press/news/time-crashers|access-date=3 May 2021|website=Channel 4}}</ref> The programme's format sees ten celebrities transported to different historical settings where they experience the life of the 'lower' classes and are set tasks relating to that era. It is presented by Tony Robinson and historian Cassie Newland.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Burns|first=Amy|date=23 August 2015|title=Time Crashers, Channel 4, review: Mix of role-play and reality TV is an engaging format|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/time-crashers-channel-4-review-mix-role-play-and-reality-tv-engaging-format-10468346.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/time-crashers-channel-4-review-mix-role-play-and-reality-tv-engaging-format-10468346.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=3 May 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
The first series premiered on Channel 4 on 23 August 2015. The series contained six episodes that were broadcast on consecutive Sundays at 8pm for six weeks.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Time Crashers|url=https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/3761/time-crashers|access-date=5 May 2021|website=Tvmaze.com|date=27 September 2015 }}</ref>
== Production == The production of the first series of ''Time Crashers'' was announced by Channel 4 in August 2014. It was initially described being a week-long celebrity game show with an ultimate winner crowned at the end of the series.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Eames|first=Tom|date=5 August 2014|title=Celebrities to become Time Crashers in new Channel 4 game show|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a588519/celebrities-to-become-time-crashers-in-new-channel-4-game-show/|access-date=5 May 2021|website=Digital Spy}}</ref> By August 2015, Channel 4 described the programme's genre as "entertainment" and the competitive game show element was dropped. Instead, each episode would feature historical "tasks" for the celebrities to fulfil.<ref name=":0" />
In production, the Channel 4 factual commissioning department worked alongside the entertainment team to make sure the programme was historically accurate.<ref name=":0" />
==Participants==
The following individuals were the participants in the premier run of the show:<ref>{{cite web|last=Mead |first=Charles |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-08-23/time-crashers-meet-the-celebrities |title=Time Crashers, Channel 4: meet the celebrities |publisher=Radiotimes.com |date=2015-08-23 |accessdate=2015-09-20}}</ref>
* Keith Allen * Kirstie Alley * Fern Britton * Charlie Condou * Meg Mathews * Jermaine Jenas * Louise Minchin * Chris Ramsey * Greg Rutherford * Zoe Smith
== Episodes == Each episode focuses on a different period in British history.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Time Crashers|url=https://www.walltowall.co.uk/program/time-crashers_1185.aspx|access-date=3 May 2021|website=Wall to Wall Media}}</ref>
=== Series 1 === {{Episode table |background= |overall= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Episode 1 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|08|23|df=y}} | ShortSummary = In the first episode of the series, the celebrities experience life as servants in an Elizabethan era 1588 country house. The episode was filmed in Haddon Hall, Derbyshire.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Raeside|first=Julia|date=24 August 2015|title=Time Crashers review: a great cast gets down and dirty in Olde England|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/aug/24/time-crashers-review-tv-kirstie-alley-keith-allen-meg-mathews|access-date=3 May 2021}}</ref> }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Episode 2 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|08|30|df=y}} | ShortSummary = The celebrities are split into two teams and are assigned to work for two knights as they prepare for a 1468 Jousting tournament.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Graham|first=Alison|title=Time Crashers Series 1 - Episode 2|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/drhrmg/time-crashers--s1-e2-time-crashers/|access-date=3 May 2021|website=Radio Times}}</ref> }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Episode 3 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|09|06|df=y}} | ShortSummary = The celebrities become servants in a 1913 country house which is holding a shooting party.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Time Crashers - Episode 3|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-crashers/on-demand/58661-003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816053528/http://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-crashers/on-demand/58661-003|archive-date=16 August 2017|access-date=3 May 2021|website=All 4|publisher=Channel 4}}</ref> }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Episode 4 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|09|13|df=y}} | ShortSummary = The celebrities are transported to a Georgian era 1796 manor house. The women celebrities experience life in the manor house kitchen while the men work on the landowner's farm.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Graham|first=Alison|title=Time Crashers Series 1 - Episode 4|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/drxvs7/time-crashers--series-1-episode-4/|access-date=3 May 2021|website=Radio Times}}</ref> }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = Episode 5 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|09|20|df=y}} | ShortSummary = The celebrities begin this episode by an estuary in Suffolk where they experience being 1885 Victorian era oystermen and fishwives. The episode sees the celebrities fulfil an order of fish for Billingsgate Fish Market, London.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Butcher|first=David|title=Time Crashers Series 1 - Episode 5|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/dr7wtx/time-crashers--s1-e5-time-crashers/|access-date=3 May 2021|website=Radio Times}}</ref> }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = Episode 6 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|09|27|df=y}} | ShortSummary = The final episode of the series is set in the Iron Age in 43 AD where the celebrities have two days to prepare a Celtic feast. The celebrities elect Greg Rutherford and Meg Mathews as their tribe leaders.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Graham|first=Alison|title=Time Crashers Series 1 - Episode 6|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/dsfnv9/time-crashers--series-1-episode-6/|access-date=3 May 2021|website=Radio Times}}</ref> }} }}
== Reception == The first episode of ''Time Crashers'' attracted 1.33 million viewers on the Channel 4 HD and SD channels. The second episode attracted 730,000 viewers, and each subsequent episode attracted fewer than 790,000 viewers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Weekly top 30 programmes on TV sets (July 1998 – Sept 2018)|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-top-30/|access-date=5 May 2021|website=BARB}}</ref>
Julia Raeside of ''The Guardian'' positively reviewed the first episode and described it as "simple entertainment perfection". She also praised the casting as "outstanding [...] These are proper people all and quite the mix."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Raeside|first=Julia|date=24 August 2015|title=Time Crashers review: a great cast gets down and dirty in Olde England|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/aug/24/time-crashers-review-tv-kirstie-alley-keith-allen-meg-mathews|access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref> Amy Burns of ''The Independent'' also gave a positive review of the first episode, calling the programme's format "truly engaging".<ref name=":1" />
Michael Hogan of ''The Telegraph'' gave the first episode two out of five stars, saying the programme "wasn’t educational, nor entertaining, and felt stitched together for novelty value".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hogan|first=Michael|date=23 August 2015|title=Time Crashers, episode one, Channel 4, review: 'a panto version of Wolf Hall'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/11817594/Time-Crashers-episode-1-review.html|access-date=5 May 2021|website=The Telegraph}}</ref>
''Time Crashers'' was featured in Series 6 Episode 1 of the Channel 4 reality show ''Gogglebox''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gogglebox|url=https://www.channel4.com/programmes/gogglebox/episode-guide/series-6|access-date=5 May 2021|website=Channel 4}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Channel4.com|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-crashers}} * {{IMDb title|4963252}}
Category:2015 British television series debuts Category:2015 British television series endings Category:2010s British reality television series Category:Channel 4 reality television shows Category:English-language British television shows Category:Historical reality television series Category:Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios