Catchphrase - Series 16 Episode 8 (2002)

[@wrightgamer9969]

This was from Nick Weir's final series recorded in late 2001. It was originally meant to air in early 2002 but was dropped from the schedules and shown a year later instead. This explains why the end credits here use the 2003 "full screen" credits as by this time ITV had fully transitioned to its generic look. Had it been shown in 2002 as originally planned, it would have probably used the side credits like what was seen on the daytime series. This series took nearly a year and a half to complete airing as the episodes were all scattered around various timeslots, essentially filling up half hour gaps within ITV's schedules, before the remaining episodes were eventually burned off in the spring of 2004 in a weekday teatime slot, and even then not all of the episodes recorded in this series actually did make it to air. There's at least three episodes from this series that have never seen the light of day, not even Challenge has been able to show them when they've re-run this series.

[@MultiVince95]

I love catchphrase

[@leeswinburn-c4b]

Nick Weir's first episode was series 14 and it was replaced by Mark Curry in series 16 thanks for uploading mister doc tv 📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺📺

[@mclarenguy22]

It wasn’t actually shown until 2003 because Nick’s last series was pushed back in transmission and do they filmed daytime editions with Mark Curry to fill up the void. I think this was owing to falling ratings. Family Fortunes similarly. The push to daytime meant pay cuts and no studio audience, there was no way Nick Weir and Les Dennis would’ve accepted.

[@fnhlgn]

Salek does have this episode but under S15 E8 instead.

[@misterdocuk]

I’ve just checked and it is a different episode

[@fnhlgn]

Sorry, it's under E7 instead. And by the way do you have any other S16 episodes? Salek has most of them but I think there's a few he doesn't have. Thank you.

[@misterdocuk]

@@fnhlgn For now I don’t have any of Saleck’s unuposted Series 16 editions sadly :(

[@fnhlgn]

@misterdocuk no worries. I recently saw the challenge trailer and there was a few contestants in it I've never seen. I can proudly say I have one unposted ep tho

[@misterdocuk]

@@fnhlgn Would you perhaps be able to send me some? I always like watching Mark Curry unless you plan to upload it soon

[@keiranodonnell2953]

It was series 17 mark curry took over in 2002 series 16 nicks last series was aired In 2002 it's till April 2004

[@HughBrian34]

There is so many reasons why this series never aired in 2002 or why people can't recall series 16 ever airing on itv. Some say its poor ratings for that series 15, and itv forced another series with a different presenter (Mark Curry) to make it daytime rather than going for another embarrassment with Nick Weir for primetime slot. if i remember, what i've been told and read, the production company in Nottingham that was making catchphrase, had financial difficulties and actually closed down after filming of the series in late 2001 (studio later became a campus of nottingham university years later, which i was a student years ago), meaning the series is aborted because of this and doesn't air. I only remembered episodes like this around easter 2004, which aired straight after citv presentation. Series 17 is different because it's a different team in an itv company producing it and they didn't need an audience and went cheap with using repeated catchphrases and ignores all of the changes in this series (like sound effects in catchphrase, spot European prizes)

[@misterdocuk]

Could you cite this source? As I’m aware Carlton who made this show’s studios shut down in 2004. So as I’m aware I don’t think it would’ve switched companies

[@HughBrian34]

@ your right, Carlton ended in 2004. It’s action time I’m talking about. the founder left in 2001 and the company went bust. Carlton took over because Carlton had other channels which closed around that time. Its main presenter for those channels, Mark curry, needed to be paid, so the obvious choice for curry to present catchphrase, that’s what I meant about another company taking over. Don’t quote me though, it’s just what I was told by my former lecturer who worked in production when I had lectures at the king meadow campus in Nottingham more than a decade ago. it’s history about historic gameshows being produced there is fascinating (and I could tell which set catchphrase was used, though it’s just empty dark big drama space now).

[@misterdocuk]

@@HughBrian34 Oh yes. I didn’t think it would’ve changed that much due to the fact Carlton had owned Action Time since 1996 but that’s very interesting. Probably why they reused a bunch of Catchphrases

[@hakc97again]

God Nick Weir was woeful. A third rate Barrymore wannabe, not that Barrymore was likeable in the first place. Cruise ships are too good for him with his lack of genuine charisma.