Bamzooki
Bamzooki (styled as BAMZOOKi) was a British children's television game show for CBBC. Teams engaged in knockout tournaments comprising a series of augmented reality contests, utilizing their virtual mobile creatures, known as "Zooks." The Zooks were created by the contestants using a computer-generated toolkit developed by Gameware Development. The toolkit was free to download from the CBBC website for the public to use.
Bamzooki | |
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Also known as | Bamzooki: Street Rules |
Genre | Children's Game show |
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Voices of | Richie Webb |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 4 |
No. of episodes | 56 |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
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Release | 8 March 2004 – 3 February 2010 |
The original series premiered in March 2004 on the CBBC channel, and was presented by Jake Humphrey. It initially ran until 2006, airing over forty episodes across three seasons. A new thirteen-part revival series, set on a street, titled "Bamzooki: Street Rules”, premiered in November 2009 with new presenters—Barney Harwood and Gemma Hunt—, a revamped toolkit with improved graphics and physics, new contests, new "House Zooks," a new format, and a "Zook Doctor."