Classic Challenge TV

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Andrew Founding member 18 May 2005 10:58pm

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Ant 18 May 2005 11:08pm

Jeez I remember all that. Reminds me of the time my mum won a stereo system on this on-air competition. Silly Dad taped over it by accident though!

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Mr-Stabby 18 May 2005 11:10pm

Looks good.

I wouldn't say that Challenge is rubbish now though by a long shot. I think they play quite good content, and keep the shiny frontcaps and such like intact. But then again i never knew what it was like in 1997. Was it really that much better?

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nwtv2003 18 May 2005 11:12pm

The weird thing was that Challenge TV revamped very quickly, by the time I got cable in August of 1997 the set had changed. But I'll see what I can do upload wise as I have a couple of old Prize Time's somewhere.

I also remember a friend telling me that because of a TCC breakdown Challenge TV had to come on air at 4.45pm once, though I can believe it then, not sure if I can believe it now.

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Andrew Founding member 18 May 2005 11:18pm

Mr-Stabby posted:

Looks good.

I wouldn't say that Challenge is rubbish now though by a long shot. I think they play quite good content, and keep the shiny frontcaps and such like intact. But then again i never knew what it was like in 1997. Was it really that much better?

The good thing was the live presentation around the programmes, you only have to look at that menu above to see there were 10-15 min gaps between each show for live phone-in games.
Another thing being that the schedules were full of proper game shows all night, none of these lifestyle shows or foreign imports. It only broadcast from 5pm to 12.30am in those days, with 2 presenting shifts changing over at about 9pm

They used to change the set very often, after a few months they moved to a smaller set, presumably because the Maidstone Studios needed the large studio for something else. Plus after not very many years they axed Prize Time and replaced it with The Games Room, and then a bit later axed that and it went downhill thereafter.

I'd like to see some captures from later as unlike the Nick thread this is it, there is no more footage from my end. The moral of the story, always tape everything even if you don't think it is significant now!

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nwtv2003 18 May 2005 11:21pm

That was odd with Challenge TV, they gave Prize Time a whole new look during 1998, they even gave it an additional slot and set after 10pm known as Challenge Late, then they converted the old PT studio into The Games Room which came on in 1999, lost alot of viewers and was axed by the end of that year.

But by the end of 2000 IVC came back to Challenege TV thanks to Toby Anstis and Carill Varley (sp?) who used to present Prize Time.

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Lottie Long-Legs 18 May 2005 11:22pm

Love At First Sight - yes, it was the poor-man's Blind Date - but it had Lord Bruno of Brookes as host.... what more could you want?

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Andrew Founding member 18 May 2005 11:24pm

nwtv2003 posted:

That was odd with Challenge TV, they gave Prize Time a whole new look during 1998, they even gave it an additional slot and set after 10pm known as Challenge Late, then they converted the old PT studio into The Games Room which came on in 1999, lost alot of viewers and was axed by the end of that year.

Indeed, and the only presenter who survived the cross over from PT to TGR was Kevin Duala.

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But by the end of 2000 IVC came back to Challenege TV thanks to Toby Anstis and Carill Varley (sp?) who used to present Prize Time.

It was a simple CSO job though wasn't it?

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nwtv2003 18 May 2005 11:33pm

Andrew posted:

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But by the end of 2000 IVC came back to Challenege TV thanks to Toby Anstis and Carill Varley (sp?) who used to present Prize Time.

It was a simple CSO job though wasn't it?

Yes it was, for a few months it remained umbranded, but then due to the success of it, it was later renamed iPlay. It wasn't like PT, it was more about reading out E-Mails etc.

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harshy Founding member 18 May 2005 11:56pm

Challenge in 1997, wow Andrea Boardman and her sexy legs were on all the time, do you have by any chance Andrew Andrea Boardman presenting Prize Time?

Thanks.

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BillyH Founding member 19 May 2005 12:01am

That DOG is interesting. By 2001 it had changed to a 2D one with no lettering underneath. But then, for some odd reason, the 1997 DOG returned for a few months...

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The Nurse 19 May 2005 9:16am

I wouldn't say Challenge has gone all that downhill, the prize time things just got in the way of the programmes. It was a shame to lose all the continuity recently but apart from their strange obsession with American nobodies playing poker the schedule isn't too bad. Love at first sight? Are you really telling me you'd like to see them show that again?!

Classic Challenge TV

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