TV Shows like Kick Start
If you enjoy Kick Start, you may also like Spidey and His Amazing Friends, Top Gear and Get Smart. These recommendations share similar tone, themes, or genres, making them natural follow-ups once you finish this show, and can be streamed for free.
Spidey and His Amazing Friends • TV Show • Rating 7.1 out of 10
Top Gear • TV Show • Rating 7.6 out of 10
Get Smart • TV Show • Rating 8.0 out of 10
The Amazing Race • TV Show • Rating 6.9 out of 10
Wheel of Fortune • TV Show • Rating 6.9 out of 10
The Challenge • TV Show • Rating 7.2 out of 10
The Transformers • TV Show • Rating 7.8 out of 10
Chopped • TV Show • Rating 6.4 out of 10
Darkwing Duck • TV Show • Rating 7.4 out of 10
The Grand Tour • TV Show • Rating 8.0 out of 10
Mayans M.C. • TV Show • Rating 8.0 out of 10
Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil • TV Show • Rating 8.2 out of 10
Beast Games • TV Show • Rating 7.4 out of 10
Mickey and the Roadster Racers • TV Show • Rating 6.3 out of 10
Wipeout • TV Show • Rating 6.4 out of 10
Knight Rider • TV Show • Rating 7.5 out of 10
The Great Food Truck Race • TV Show • Rating 6.6 out of 10
George of the Jungle • TV Show • Rating 5.8 out of 10
Squid Game: The Challenge • TV Show • Rating 6.5 out of 10
Long Way Home • TV Show • Rating 7.9 out of 10
What is Kick Start about?
Kick Start was a popular series on BBC television inspired by motorcycle trials riding, a sport akin to horse show jumping, but on motorbikes. The programme was first aired in August 1979 and ran until 1988. The programme was devised by Nick Brittan and produced by BBC Pebble Mill producer Derek Smith, who also created Top Gear. The idea for Kick Start originated when the 1978 Lombard RAC Rally organiser, Nick Brittan, realised that top trials motorcyclists, competing over a hazardous track and obstacles, might make exciting television Run against the clock, the show illustrated some of the skills needed in normal trials riding. In the Kick Start format, the riders went over awesome obstacles such as piles of logs, oil drums, rockeries, water troughs, up a wall, up steep banking or a cliff-face and over a car. Penalties, in the form of time added to their round time, would be given for putting a foot on the ground while tackling an obstacle or touching or knocking over specified parts of an obstacle. The show aired originally during the summer, filling the slot vacated by Nationwide. It was hosted by Dave Lee Travis. who deserted his own sport of drag racing to take part in the series. The series reflects a distinct United Kingdom style and perspective.