Catchphrase series 1 episode 1 TVS Production 1986. The TVS logo is a registered trademark of Steve Woodgate, CEO of TVS Television. www.tvstelevisi...
My dad loves this programme. Watched it from day one. Memories of Butlins Skeggy holidays in our touring caravan. Now ex Redcoat Stephen Mulhern presents it. Coincidence lol
Just seeing this in 2021 I remember being a young kid watching this on a big brown boxed tv with a coat hanger as an aerial, funny thing is I remember this like it was yesterday but was 35 years ago. Good old days eh watching this kinda tv while having dinner then getting ready for bed. Love it
I'll also add this was a direct copy of the US version. The only exception is in the US you didn't get any money for answering the toss up you had to answer the Super Catch Phrase (called the bonus here) to win all the banked money in that round.
I have to wonder seeing our (US) version before, if it mighta ran longer under this format than the one they used. Between that and the time given to think before guessing the super catch phrase, seemed like it bogged the show down a little bit.
I know Nick. He squandered his winnings on drugs and partying too much back in the day. Nowadays he wonders around the town, drunk on whatever handouts he can get from begging. Sometimes he has to do gentleman "favours", in order to get his next fix. Fame and fortune ruined him. A sad story for you. God bless you Nick!
On wikipedia it says "2013 revival There had been talk that ITV would bring back the show in late 2012. The successful pilot was made by STV Productions on 27 August 2012 at The London Studios.[4] According to Broadcast, the original format will remain, although the show will be updated with new 3D graphics and a new concluding game.[5]
A sobering point I read yesterday on Facebook... Chris Perry, the head of archive TV group Kaleidoscope, confirmed on their Facebook page that the entire TVS archive is now officially listed as "missing" after Disney confirmed it doesn't exist in their archive!!! They have repeatedly answered to several requests that these programmes are listed as "missing", "wiped", "not extant", and this has happened in the past 10 years as those programmes were listed as existing in an inventory made just before Disney inherited the TVS archive. :( ITV Leeds and various other organisations physically hold some TVS material (although of course don't actually own copyright or the rights to broadcast those programmes), but collectively they don't hold all of it, even most of the episodes of Knights of God are now only officially existing as Betamax off-airs! :( So the TVS material being uploaded to this channel and elsewhere may well be the *only* surviving copies of those episodes of the programmes being uploaded!
I saw that as well, not good news at all, just have to hope that someone made copies of the show at the time or worked for TVS and did some transfers from the masters. Some TVS stuff does come up on tapes I get from time to time but not that much. Fox/Disney have made a right old mess of the TVS archive.
@@ADCTVCollection I remember when Sandi Toksvig was a guest on The Jonathan Ross Show, JR introduced a clip from No.73 saying "we literally had to rescue this from skip in Maidstone just as they were throwing them all out".
Huge productions, but disappointing prize money during the TVS era of catchphrase £5 per catchphrase after contestsnt (the lady in first round, the player who trailed coming into future rounds) after being unlucky to select the lowest of 9 amounts flashing on the screen after pressing their buzzer, and it took an age for the bell to come in before they could press the buzzer and have a guess. Playing along at home I often knew what the catchphrase was well before the bell came in. Was the plsyer trying to select an smount to play for rigged by TVS so they wouldn't have one of the higher amounts per catchphrase right to play for?
Thank you very much for uploading the TVS version of Catchphrase because I enjoyed it when I was very, very, very, very young. It would be nice If the TVS era of Catchphrase and other TVS programmes are released onto DVD someday because that'll be good although there might be future generations of TVS buffs who would be more than interested in watching TVS programmes like this.
You're welcome, it's unlikely that a game show would come out on DVD, but even less chance for a TVS Production due to the lost paper work. There is even talks that most of the TVS programmes were skipped by the current owners.
It's amazing to see how the world has changed in my own lifetime. I watched this as a kid, and watching it now its so striking how a lot of Roy's 'jokes' would so not be allowed now. The way he talks to Christene. 😅
The only reason Challenge TV does not show any of the early episodes made by TVS - Television South is because the TVS archive was bought up after they lost their ITV franchise and between Fox TV & Disney owning the archive, they lost the paper work that was needed for them to be broadcast. So as of this most of the TVS productions won't ever get shown again, there has been talk that as of the lost paper work Disney had all the TVS Production skipped.
Nice to see that it was successful in the UK. Unfortunately, the same couldn't be said for the US. It only lasted in syndication there from September 1985 to January 1986 with Art James as host.
Being aired on a major terrestrial channel helped yes, but so was a lot of rubbish, that's where Roy Walker comes in, he was a brilliant host and a massive part as to how this became so popular
It's too bad the show wasn't a hit in America, where it was originally created. After seeing how successful it was across the pond, I'm amazed they don't bring it back here in the States, although they DID try in 2006, but it didn't sell. Maybe they can try again someday. By the way, does anyone know if the UK series ever mentioned the shows American roots or creators Steve Radosh and Marty Pasetta?
Technically not, this came after the US version, which was the original state of Catchphrase. So, the first Catchphrase would be the first episode of that.
Didn't remember going to the break in the middle of the round though: thought it always ended at the end of a round. Also when did Mr Chips get his name?
Very long shot question. I've been trying to find an episode of Catchphrase and it's proving impossible. The 60 second quiz at the end, there once was an episode featuring a kind of graveyard and a pot of coffee. All I can recall is the person frantically getting the answer wrong saying things like "coffee by the graveside". I remember dying laughing with my family and have been trying to locate it. I don't suppose it rings any bells? Thanks
+stevecamp06 Sorry that does not ring any bells that, with so many episodes it's not going to be easy to find, it could be one of the Carlton episodes.
Matt Naismith It’s a generic 70s computer “computing” sound effect, heard in the background of sci-fi shows of the time. Probably created by shortening synthesised notes into looped patterns.
On 9 October 2012, ITV announced that it had ordered a full series, with Stephen Mulhern as presenter.[6] The series will contain eight episodes, each of 45 minutes in length, to be aired in a Saturday-night timeslot from early 2013,[7][8] before Mulhern returns to his Britain's Got More Talent duties."