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All Star Record Breakers, which ran annually from 1974 to 1982, was a special Christmas edition of the show.Castle was joined for this extended edition by virtually all the BBC's children's TV presenters for music and dance numbers, which generally culminated with the ensemble cast performing a classic story.
Record Breakers were known for their speed, and on smooth surfaces were capable of 20 miles per hour (32 km/h), translating to 500–640 scale miles per hour. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The cars lacked the pins or blades which characterized most Mini 4WD cars, and instead were fitted with guide wheels allowing them to run on a track.
This was the moment when he tap-danced his way to a new record and raised £1 million for charity. The comedian, host of TV's Record Breakers, averaged nearly twelve steps a second during the sponsored feat in London. Roy, 53, had already qualified as the world's fastest tap-dancer."
Sergey Bubka's 1993 pole vault world indoor record of 6.15 m was not considered to be a world record, because it was set before the new rule came into effect. Bubka's world record of 6.14 m, set outdoors in 1994, was surpassed by six consecutive records set indoors, most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2023 with a 6.22 m mark. In 2020 ...
The new White Star record-breakers were especially economical because of their use of compound engines, but their high ratio of length to beam (10:1 compared to the previous norm of 8:1) increased vibration. To counter this, White Star placed the dining saloon midships and made their ships more luxurious.
During his illustrious career, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson of Iceland set more than 100 world records and numerous feats of strength across every single strongman event, making him the most prolific record breaker of all time, in all of strength sports. Below list is a summary of some of those world records and his PRs.
Donald Malcolm Campbell, CBE (23 March 1921 – 4 January 1967) was a British speed record breaker who broke eight absolute world speed records on water and on land in the 1950s and 1960s. [1] He remains the only person to set both world land and water speed records in the same year (1964).
On Record Breakers Baker set a world record for the longest rope slide, descending from Blackpool Tower, and was part of the world's largest Jazz ensemble and the longest Riverdance line. [66] In 1987, Baker and Gyles Brandreth kissed onscreen for three minutes and 33 seconds, longer than the then-record longest onscreen kiss. [73]