It was a bit better with Mark Curry than with Nick Weir. Mainly because they didn't make Mark goon around in an embarrassingly sub-standard attempt to rip off Michael Barrymore.
But Catchphrase will always belong to Roy Walker. Just as Blockbusters to Bob Holness, or Bullseye to Jim Bowen.
I'm going to throw a spanner in the works!! - I prefered Nick Weir's catchphrase more than Roy Walker's - but that was duely down to me being young when Roy Walker was on catchphrase
did that not come out a good 10 years before catchphrase began? what's more, in 1976 even the short-lived original american version was still a distant memory.
unless of course u're joking - and if so it isn't a good joke...
Yup. Ther theme music for this edition was composed by Simon Etchell, who also did the 1993-1998 music. I have a clean evrsion of this theme and it sounds completely different.
they didnt chuck walker out, he left to do bigger & better things! But I am a great fan of catch phrase. my fave titles and set is the mid 90's one. i was only little when it was on, but i remember it well. and the new 2000's 1. i didnt like that one
The series I personally like is the Carlton series from 1994 to 1999 which was the series featuring the 'snake charmer' catchphrase where Mr. Chips looked like he was 'touching himself'.
I actually didn't like the original 1986 to 1992 TVS version much. It wasn't very sophisticated.
Don't be brainwashed by what ITV say. Roy even admitted it himself that fateful morning when he appeared on The Big Breakfast soon after he left that he was effectively forced to leave by ITV - he left because ITV warned him beforehand that they would be forcing him to leave very soon - so he was forced to leave by them threatening that they would force him to leave!!!
The guy was even in tears on that morning when he was interviewed on The Big Breakfast!!!
Rubbish, Catchphrase went seriously downhill after they replaced Roy Walker for "young blood". Roy is not to old to come back as a host for a revived Catchphrase besides his own Catchphrases are a legend..."riiiiiiigt", "its a good guess but is not riiiight", "here's a fifty pounder" "you're back in play" etc.
Mark I apologise for my ageist comment. I recently read on DigitalSpy that Roy would do catchphrase again if he was offered it, and I'd support said notion.
Catchphrase went down as one of the greatest gameshows when Walker hosted it but not when Weir or Currie hosted it. They tried to copy and make themselves into the limelight of Roy Walker.
Phil Jupitus got rid of Roy, not ITV. He thought the show should have been revamped for the millennium. Stupid idiot (do NOT worry; I am not calling you whose user name is kyle2mild a stupid idiot, I'm saying Phil Jupitus is a stupid idiot just for throwing poor Roy out because of the millennium).
now i'd quite like to know WHERE u found out that phill jupitus was responsible for roy leaving catchphrase, and thought that it should be revamped for the new millennium...
Now I know Phil Jupitus WASN'T responsible for throwing out Roy; it said on Wikipedia he made an ANNOUNCEMENT that Roy was leaving Catchphrase but he DID leave because the show was being revamped for the millennium. That's what websites that give information on Catchphrase SAY.
how do u know, then, that the user who put it in wasn't confused or mischievous?
cos from what i remember about the time of roy leaving catchphrase, i can't recall phill jupitus being mentioned in any way - unless of course i was elsewhere...
No I was too busy getting laid and living my life. However I did tape the Eastenders repeat so hopefully, fingers crossed I got me some Last of the Summer Wine too.
The only Catchphrase theme music I personally like is the one that was used from 1994-1999; it was WAY better than the theme music used for when Nick Weir and Mark Curry presented it and was more sophisticated than the original.
I never said Nick Weir was a good host - in fact I thought he was a bit crap too, especially compared to Roy. Mark Curry, meanwhile, was better on Blue Peter.
HE WAS NOT. ROY WALKER was a good host and think again if you think that cretin who never even bothers to give out his date of birth Nick Weir was a good host.
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NoellylovesitOHYER 2 months ago
Catchphrase shoul return! with Nick Weir!!
HughBrian34 1 year ago
@HughBrian34 I agree with you!
MrRealradiofan2002 1 year ago
I want it back
Mobiman0168 1 year ago
I want catchphrase back or itv are the rubbish channel in the world
Mobiman0168 1 year ago
When they put it on challenge i used to watch it. Love the theme tune and i want catchphrase back!
DWFA100 1 year ago
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Pah, Nick Weir glad to hear that his school grade was D written next to his name and being called Nick Weird
lilwhiteboi339 1 year ago
Lol casual spoilers.
fredb3 1 year ago
This i'snt the original lol
jezzerusuk 1 year ago
It was a bit better with Mark Curry than with Nick Weir. Mainly because they didn't make Mark goon around in an embarrassingly sub-standard attempt to rip off Michael Barrymore.
But Catchphrase will always belong to Roy Walker. Just as Blockbusters to Bob Holness, or Bullseye to Jim Bowen.
97channel 2 years ago
Nick Weir and Mark Curry not a patch on Mr Catchphrase himself, Roy Walker.
Markjuk 2 years ago 4
Is That GSN?
CanadianLog08 2 years ago
I remember I grew up w/ this version of the show. I also remember when the announcer said "a man who cried when Simba's father died"
FinallyImIn1 2 years ago
they killed him...
Mr. Chips
1986-1999
CaffineTV 2 years ago 4
See I liked Nick Weir on Catchphrase, must just be me.
celtdan1 2 years ago
I'm going to throw a spanner in the works!! - I prefered Nick Weir's catchphrase more than Roy Walker's - but that was duely down to me being young when Roy Walker was on catchphrase
Pakokelso93 3 years ago
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Pakokelso93 3 years ago
Thats the first time i got the opening titles...:S
MiNigle 3 years ago 2
great video, i loved catchphrase
tvandtransportmad 3 years ago
Catchphrase will never be the same without Roy, where was Mr Chips, he was so cool and you can't have Catchphrase without Mr Chips!
tailsdude828 3 years ago 5
The catchphrase theme clearly inspired Thin Lizzy's 'The Boys are Back in Town' solo!
Rich4rd1000 3 years ago
'the boys are back in town'???
did that not come out a good 10 years before catchphrase began? what's more, in 1976 even the short-lived original american version was still a distant memory.
unless of course u're joking - and if so it isn't a good joke...
timmyt258 2 years ago
or that purple/blue neon set. or those two massive TV screens that used to slowly spin round
AidanLunn 2 years ago 2
This version was just a plae imitation of the original Roy Walker era.
morgansifer82 3 years ago 2
Yup. Ther theme music for this edition was composed by Simon Etchell, who also did the 1993-1998 music. I have a clean evrsion of this theme and it sounds completely different.
Hoddersrevenge 3 years ago
catchphrase is nothing without roy waler
sapphiresanchez 3 years ago 4
That is right! How COULD he leave? How COULD he?!?
shermanvermin76 3 years ago
they didnt chuck walker out, he left to do bigger & better things! But I am a great fan of catch phrase. my fave titles and set is the mid 90's one. i was only little when it was on, but i remember it well. and the new 2000's 1. i didnt like that one
Johnsterdude94 3 years ago
The series I personally like is the Carlton series from 1994 to 1999 which was the series featuring the 'snake charmer' catchphrase where Mr. Chips looked like he was 'touching himself'.
I actually didn't like the original 1986 to 1992 TVS version much. It wasn't very sophisticated.
shermanvermin76 3 years ago
wasn't very sophisticated?
then i'm guessing u also prefer the 90s version of play your cards right to the 80s version...
timmyt258 2 years ago
Don't be brainwashed by what ITV say. Roy even admitted it himself that fateful morning when he appeared on The Big Breakfast soon after he left that he was effectively forced to leave by ITV - he left because ITV warned him beforehand that they would be forcing him to leave very soon - so he was forced to leave by them threatening that they would force him to leave!!!
The guy was even in tears on that morning when he was interviewed on The Big Breakfast!!!
AidanLunn 3 years ago
rubbish!
kalkrazy2084 3 years ago 2
GODDAMN IT ROY!!!!! Why did you have to leave?!?!?!
MrSoprano0125 3 years ago 6
I feel the same but Phil Jupitus MADE him leave to revamp the show for the millennium.
shermanvermin76 3 years ago
i prefer the original theme
exsquilax 4 years ago 4
I don't. I prefer the 1994-1999 Carlton theme.
shermanvermin76 3 years ago
well why don't u at least respect the original TVS theme?
FYI, it was composed by the same guy who did the blockbusters theme...
timmyt258 2 years ago
he cried when Simba's dad died?
fag
douggypledger 4 years ago 2
Why axe a good show????? Brad
bradbeaver 4 years ago
The show was axed because people were complaining it wasn't as good without Roy Walker.
shermanvermin76 3 years ago 2
Because many viewers left the series due to them realising that the show was never as good without Roy and that black studio set used in the 1990s.
AidanLunn 3 years ago
And also MR chips we are those random people??
623058 3 years ago
Your right, they could easily bring him back and it would be the sucess it once was. I mean why not, tv's rubbish nowadays!
Halfbricktv 4 years ago
Think roy should come back. How can we contact him? Brad
bradbeaver 4 years ago 3
Wouldn't Roy be a bit erm . . . seasoned to do this now?
AidanLunn 3 years ago
I saw Roy dancing on BBC 1 year or 2 years ago. He not too old to be dancing at his age so he wouldn't be that old to be presenting again.
Why not bring back Roy, however if Cathphrase comes back, the show needs a decent production team.
slammercj 3 years ago 2
Look in challenge television.
itvhearts 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Fair point Aidan. Methinks we need decent revivals with young blood like us :) Not encouiraging ageism of course.
Hoddersrevenge 2 years ago
Rubbish, Catchphrase went seriously downhill after they replaced Roy Walker for "young blood". Roy is not to old to come back as a host for a revived Catchphrase besides his own Catchphrases are a legend..."riiiiiiigt", "its a good guess but is not riiiight", "here's a fifty pounder" "you're back in play" etc.
Markjuk 2 years ago 25
Mark I apologise for my ageist comment. I recently read on DigitalSpy that Roy would do catchphrase again if he was offered it, and I'd support said notion.
Hoddersrevenge 2 years ago 9
@Hoddersrevenge
How's that ageist? That's like using the word "black" and thinking you said something racist.
SAIL4323 10 months ago
Catchphrase went down as one of the greatest gameshows when Walker hosted it but not when Weir or Currie hosted it. They tried to copy and make themselves into the limelight of Roy Walker.
kyle2mild 4 years ago
when is catchphrase coming back on itv? Brad
bradbeaver 4 years ago
Don't know.
kyle2mild 4 years ago
If roy can do car park catchphrase and also a dvd game surely he would want to bring it back. Brad
bradbeaver 4 years ago
I don't know why ITv or whomever got rid of Roy in the first place.
kyle2mild 4 years ago
Phil Jupitus got rid of Roy, not ITV. He thought the show should have been revamped for the millennium. Stupid idiot (do NOT worry; I am not calling you whose user name is kyle2mild a stupid idiot, I'm saying Phil Jupitus is a stupid idiot just for throwing poor Roy out because of the millennium).
shermanvermin76 3 years ago
now i'd quite like to know WHERE u found out that phill jupitus was responsible for roy leaving catchphrase, and thought that it should be revamped for the new millennium...
timmyt258 2 years ago
Now I know Phil Jupitus WASN'T responsible for throwing out Roy; it said on Wikipedia he made an ANNOUNCEMENT that Roy was leaving Catchphrase but he DID leave because the show was being revamped for the millennium. That's what websites that give information on Catchphrase SAY.
shermanvermin76 2 years ago
it said on wikipedia, eh?
how do u know, then, that the user who put it in wasn't confused or mischievous?
cos from what i remember about the time of roy leaving catchphrase, i can't recall phill jupitus being mentioned in any way - unless of course i was elsewhere...
timmyt258 2 years ago
Blame Phil Jupitus. It's HIS fault Roy Walker left and was replaced by Nick Weir then Mark Curry.
shermanvermin76 3 years ago
Oh i Remembered this. Please could you upload the full episode?
graphicgrief 4 years ago
We all cried when Simba's dad died. :(
SPAG22 4 years ago 4
Was this version of Catchphrase's theme done on a keyboard?
1tardising 4 years ago
Probably used some sampling software too.
Hoddersrevenge 3 years ago
Hi scblack,
I saw Mark Curry in Last of the summer wine 2 weeks ago playing a science-fiction fan called Kevin did anyone else see it?
1tardising 4 years ago
I saw Mark Curry in last sunday's Last of the Summer Wine playing a science-fiction fan called Kevin did anyone see it?
1tardising 4 years ago
No I was too busy getting laid and living my life. However I did tape the Eastenders repeat so hopefully, fingers crossed I got me some Last of the Summer Wine too.
ChadBischoff 4 years ago
This version of Catchphrase's theme music is so out of tune it's not match for the original or the one that was used from 1994-1999.
1tardising 4 years ago 2
The only Catchphrase theme music I personally like is the one that was used from 1994-1999; it was WAY better than the theme music used for when Nick Weir and Mark Curry presented it and was more sophisticated than the original.
shermanvermin76 3 years ago
To be fair Mark Curry is a good presenter. Although you can't beat Mr Walker in this role. Much better than Nick Weir!
cultguy 4 years ago
Well, Nick Weir will always be best remembered for falling down some steps and breaking his leg on his first show.
deselmes 4 years ago 2
To cultguy and deselmes, Nick Weir and Mark Curry are RUBBISH hosts! Only Roy Walker was a good presenter.
shermanvermin76 3 years ago
I never said Nick Weir was a good host - in fact I thought he was a bit crap too, especially compared to Roy. Mark Curry, meanwhile, was better on Blue Peter.
deselmes 3 years ago
Mark Curry was a good host actually.
mason642 4 years ago
Yes, his catchphrase being "I don't have a catchphrase". He was OK, but with the scrapping of Mr CHips and ROy Walker by now Catchphrase was dead.
Hoddersrevenge 3 years ago 2
Roy Walker had a MUCH better sense of humour than that IDIOT Mark Curry. HOW DARE THEY DO THIS TO CATCHPHRASE!
shermanvermin76 3 years ago
shermanvermin, Nick Weir had an even worse sense of humour. In the episode after he broke his leg - "Crutchphrase". *groans*
AidanLunn 3 years ago
HE WAS NOT. ROY WALKER was a good host and think again if you think that cretin who never even bothers to give out his date of birth Nick Weir was a good host.
shermanvermin76 3 years ago
Bring back Roy Walker and Mr Chips :(
col2006ie 4 years ago 2