Catchphrase

Catchphrase used to be one of my favourite programmes and in the early to mid nineties i used to watch it religiously. It was first aired on january 12th 1986 and was eventually taken off air on december 19 2002. It ran during a golden age of television when Brucie was presenting the generation game and Jim Davidson (whom i now loathe) was presenting Big Break. The show saw two contestants trying to be the first to solve a number of famous catchphrases displayed on a screen. After getting a catchphrase right the contestant then had to push their buzzer to reveal another picture puzzle that was covered in nine squares, obscuring it from ...  Read the complete review

Catchphrase is a simple and entertaining family game-show that graced the UK airwaves between 1986 and 2002. For its first ten years the show was hosted by Irishman Roy Walker, whose endearingly rubbish catchphrases of "Riiiiight!" and "It's good but its not the one" quickly became synonymous with the show, as did its memorable theme-tune and its robot mascot, 'Mr Chips'. The format has changed remarkably little over the years, effectively being little more than Pictionary with moving images. Contestants take turns to randomly pick squares covering part of an image on a giant screen, at which point the square is removed, the first person to ...  Read the complete review

When i was a young kid, i remember being completely addicted to watching Catchphrase. Roy Walker who hosted the show was brilliant and i loved his phrases and the way he laughed at some of the stupid answers the guests gave. I was completely gutted when they got rid of him as the host. Catchphrase was a UK game show that ran from 1986 to 2002. Although it has ended, i still watch repeats of it on Challenge TV which can be found in your Sky package. The aim of the game was for two contestants to identify a familiar phrase or saying by watching an animation on screen. The shows mascot Mr Chips often appeared in the animations ...  Read the complete review

It's good but it's not there, as my headline says, for a start this show has great quotes from the legendary Roy Walker, love it. But, anyway onto this great 90s gameshow...really was quintennsial 90s stuff this. The aim of the game was to win a round the world trip all around the world! Whilst winning money along the way, via trying to guess what the computer animation was trying to say in terms of a popular phrase, as a kid i used to struggle to get them but now on Challenge i'm better at it, and truly is one of the beauties of this game, i think out of all the gameshows i've watched in my lifetime this is the most i've ever got involved in it, i'm always ...  Read the complete review

It is a shame that this programme does not run anymore, or if it does I am not aware of it! Catchphrase is a gameshow where two contestants are shown an image on a screen and have to guess what well known saying is being acted out by the unfolding animation. The quicker that they buzz in means that they can be in with a chance of getting the question correct and bagging some money. The show builds to a finale, where the winner has to create 'a path' across the tv screen by solving individual catchphrases. Imagine it as a bit like completing a game of Connect Four. The winner then wins a comfortable sum of money. The host Roy ...  Read the complete review