The Record Breakers

Record Breakers is a British children's TV show, themed around world records and produced by the BBC. It was broadcast on BBC1 from 15 December 1972 to 21 December 2001. It was originally presented by Roy Castle with Guinness World Records founders twin brothers Norris McWhirter and Ross McWhirter. The programme was a spin-off series from Blue Peter which had featured record breaking attempts overseen by the McWhirter twins. Producers of the series over the years were, Alan Russell (its creator), Michael Forte, Eric Rowan, Greg Childs, Annette Williams and Jeremy Daldry. The closing theme was "Dedication", performed by Roy Castle, who broke nine world records on the show himself.

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  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 374565
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired December 15, 1972
  • Recent December 28, 1977
  • Network BBC
  • Average Runtime 25 minutes
  • Genres Children
  • Original Country Great Britain
  • Original Language English
  • Episode Screenshot Format 4:3 Screencap
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  • Created December 29, 2019 by
    goodkingmemorex
  • Modified January 7, 2026 by
    Bussterj
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