Challenge TV Reviews

I had known about the existence of Challenge for a long time, ever since it had that square red logo. However my lack of cable or Sky subscription meant I could never watch it. I got a pleasant surprise in March when I suddenly found Challenge sitting at number 46! Sky has had a shakeup of their channels and have bought a group of ...  Read the complete review

They just don't make quiz shows like they use to, with the surge in reality television, the traditional game shows we all loved to watch have most definetly declined. Challenge TV available on satellite & cable however allows you to relive the best of the gameshow era by reshowing these on the 24 hours entertainment ...  Read the complete review

This channel has its own +1 channel which is great if you miss the first show you can watch the +1 show. Challenge is all about Britian and what is great about Britian, the TV shows such as Family fortunes and others such as 1 vs 100 which is a great show to watch. The big problem with this channel is that all the programmes ...  Read the complete review

I think this has to be one of my favourtie channels on Sky because they show all the old school quiz and entertainment shows which you just don't see on TV anymore. The programmes tend to be all repeats with the occasional new show but no one seems to care as these old programmes are brilliant and much more entertaining than ...  Read the complete review

Do you remember quiz shows back in the day, when you could sit down to a bit of Supermarket Sweep with Dale Winton or maybe a bit of flight simulation on Krypton Factor, well thats just what you get on Challenge TV, its like been in a time warp...with 90's fashion. My favourite programme has to be the legendy Crystal Maze with ...  Read the complete review

We’ve had Sky TV for a couple of months now, and although there is a plethora of hundreds of different channels, I don’t know about you, but I find that there are only enough hours in the day to watch a few channels regularly. My 3 year old is addicted to the Cbeebies channel, and my wife usually has UK Gold on, in ...  Read the complete review

{I have put this in Challenge TV section as this is where The Crystal Maze is currently being shown. I have requested its own section in Game Shows, and I will have it moved when it appears. Thanks.} Since writing an opinion about how to appear on a gameshow, I have had a few requests to write another one regarding the ...  Read the complete review

There was just something so magical about the early 1980's on television. I used to sit up for hours at my grans house watching everything from 'Tales of the unexpected' to 'The Hammer House of Horrors', but out of all the Saturday nights viewing there was one program that burnt an image on my mind..... ...  Read the complete review

I don't get satellite any more. I refuse to put money into Rupert Murdoch's back pocket, but I used to watch it when I lived with my mum in a semi-detached house in Eastbourne (now there's two real confessions - lived with his mum and lived in Eastbourne!!!) But I feel that the time is right to make an even greater ...  Read the complete review

Challenge Tv is a channel that is on Sky Digital on channel 121. The channel is dedicated to game shows. Some of the shows are Candid Camera, Treasure Hunt, Gladiators, Strike It Lucky, 100%, Family Fortunes, Blankety Blank, Beadles About and The Crystal Maze. The majority of the shows are good on this channel. I like ...  Read the complete review

Noel's Telly Addicts was never a great piece of television - it was a cheap quiz show filler for a weekday evening. Now a decade on the same episodes are being repeated in prime time by Challenge TV - must now be an extremely cheap repeated quiz show filler. Challenge TV is the rebranded Family Channel broadcasting an output of ...  Read the complete review

I have been watching Challenge TV for about 1 1/2 months now. It is a channel entirely devoted to repeats of game and quiz shows, which were all originally shown on terrestrial TV. It shows a wide variety of shows, from 70s and 80s classics such as "Blankety Blank" and "3-2-1", and more up to date shows such as ...  Read the complete review

If you like game shows, you'll love this channel. If you like watching repeats of old game shows, such as 3-2-1 and Catchphrase when it was presented by Roy Walker, then you'll never want to leave the house again. Challenge TV has got to be one of the lowest-budget TV channels going. For a start, repeats of game shows ...  Read the complete review

Years ago there was a channel called "The Family Channel", which included all sorts of low budget family entertainment including lots of gameshows. In later years when they decided to remove all programmes except gameshows, Challenge TV was born. Do you like watching Bob Monkhouse and Max Bygraves host Family fortunes ...  Read the complete review

If you love quiz shows then this is the channel for you. This channel features some of the best quiz shows ever invented. This channel has almost the same quizzes on everyday. Which can become a tad bit boring. There are certain shows I don't mind watching regularly. The recent line up includes. The Krypton Factor. ...  Read the complete review

Challenge TV is dedicated purely to gameshows - anything from the Crystal Maze to Crosswits, which is great if you like watching re-runs of old gameshows over and over again. Yes, Crystal Maze is worth watching, as is Family Fortunes. Whittle isn't bad, and 100% is good if you're intelligent (in which case why watch ...  Read the complete review

I suppose this type of channel would appeal to some people (my mum for example). Those who like half an hour quiz and games shows, but it is SO samey I am surprised it has survived this long. All the programs seem to be repeats and although we (the adults) wouldn't sit and watch it all night, we do tune in occasionally for ...  Read the complete review

Being relatively new to cable TB and the choices it gives I have been trying out this channel. I was quite pleased to find programmes no longer on terrestrial and with most general jnowledge type shows age is not so important. Also a long enough period has passed since original showing to make them seem "fresh". However I am ...  Read the complete review

I love this channel, whenther I am bored all I have to do is flick over to this channel an watch one of the amazing game shows! They have all the best such as family fortunes, 100%, winner takes all, sale of the century, endurance UK, gladiators, beadles about and more. Allt he shows are re-run mainly fromt he early/mid nineties and are ...  Read the complete review

Crystal Maze used to be on Challenge TV every night at around eight until nine. It just doesn't seem to be on anymore. i used to love taht program. You had to do puzzles and stuff to win some gold coins or tickets (I can't remember!). Then, at the ned, each coin/ticket is worth 5 seconds (I think!). You go in a big dome and gold ...  Read the complete review