Catchphrase used to be a popular staple of ITV's weekend and evening television schedule. Presented by the effervescent Roy Walker, it was funny, something you could play along with at home and enjoy fully. It's the kind of thing that would still be great fun now after You've been framed on a Saturday night. The basic premise of the show was that on a big screen a big pixelated character 'Mr Chips' would do something and reinact some kind of catchphrase which contestants had to guess for money, so you'd have things like a miner and a head and have to guess from this that the phrase was Minehead (Ok apologies not the best example but first I could think ...  Read the complete review

Catchphrase was one of my favourite gameshows growing up and I loved the idea of the game and the graphics they used. What was also great was that it was very easy to play along at home and have great fun. The show first aired in the mid 1980's and ran for years with host Roy Walker presenting who really made the show. It used to air on ITV at a prime time on a Saturday evening and remember always tuning in to watch every week. The idea of the game was very simple. You would have normally three contestants competing against other to win cash and prizes. They would get points for solving catchphrases on the screen that were wonderfully animated with computer ...  Read the complete review

Catchphrase was one of my favourite quiz shows and I really wish they would bring it back. It was hosted by Irish comedian Roy Walker originally and in fact some of his catchphrases from the show are used on radio 1 for a quiz they do. It was on our screens from January 1986 - December 2002, so had a very good running and I sort of grew up with the programme as I was only 12 when it started. It became a routine at the weekend that we had to watch it. The main aim of the game was the two contestants had to look at a screen and work out the catchphrase from it. The one to buzz in first and answered correctly won the points and could then reveal a ...  Read the complete review

Catchphrase was a quite popular game show and it ran on televisions throughout the UK from January 1986 to December 2002. I used to watch this show quite a bit growing up and the host Roy Walker was a big part of the show with his own catchphrases to go with the ones that were being shown on screen. The show was revamped with a new host and slightly different format in order to modernise it and increase its appeal but this proved to be generally unsuccessful and it has since been off our screens. The shows format consisted of two people who attempted to solve Catchphrases which were picture puzzles shown on a big screen which revealed a phrase/saying etc in ...  Read the complete review

I loved the TV show Catchphrase. I have fond memories of having a Chippy Tea on a Saturday. Dad would watch the Football results, then Catchphrase was on and then Bullseye. Me and dad were always shouting at the screen always trying to get the Catchphrase right, whereas mum used to just let us get on with it. I think this show came out in the late 80's but I more so remember it in the early 90's. Still found on the satellite tv channel Challenge on most nights although it is repeats, it is still a blast from the past. This was hosted by Roy Walker and consisted of 2 contestents. The aim of the game is that they watched a large screen where a ...  Read the complete review