It has been a very long time since I saw 'Catchphrase' but I do remember enjoying it enormously, at least when it was presented by Roy Walker. The likeable Irish presenter had a wonderful persona and a unique delivery, as well as, ironically, giving the show some memorable catchphrases such as ''say what you see and if you see it, say it!'' and ''It's a good one, but it's not right!''.
It was all like this - a screen onstage would show an animation combining words and objects. Of what was on screen the contestants would then have to try and devise a catchphrase from the picture. For instance - the word 'job' appears on screen and a human hand would then clamp down on the word. No, the answer is not what you are thinking you dirty minded people, the answer is, of course, 'holding down a job'! Sometimes appearing on the screen giving clues was the show's mascot 'Mr. Chips', a gold coloured animated robot. The contestant who scored the most points would then have to take part in the general knowledge round.
That's really all I can remember about the show. It was re-ran on the satellite channel Challenge some years back but has not been seen for sometime. Though the show came to an end in 2015, I gave up watching it after Roy's departure, he just made the show his own. We need badly to be reminded about how good the show used to be when he was in charge!
It was all like this - a screen onstage would show an animation combining words and objects. Of what was on screen the contestants would then have to try and devise a catchphrase from the picture. For instance - the word 'job' appears on screen and a human hand would then clamp down on the word. No, the answer is not what you are thinking you dirty minded people, the answer is, of course, 'holding down a job'! Sometimes appearing on the screen giving clues was the show's mascot 'Mr. Chips', a gold coloured animated robot. The contestant who scored the most points would then have to take part in the general knowledge round.
That's really all I can remember about the show. It was re-ran on the satellite channel Challenge some years back but has not been seen for sometime. Though the show came to an end in 2015, I gave up watching it after Roy's departure, he just made the show his own. We need badly to be reminded about how good the show used to be when he was in charge!