Challenge TV - September 2011 onwards

That isn't Matt Edmondson. That is a man called Johnny Minkley. I expect he was Challenge[TV]'s second choice when they couldn't get Vernon Kay.

I hope that's a joke and you've seen a snippet of his latest documentary.

Or is that you he talks about?

Remember to tune in to watch 1983 Bullseye editions tonight! Never seen these before! Probably some vintage Central globe action too.

And the ITV regions of that time got name checked by the area of where the contestants came from.

Does series 3 feature celebrities alternating each episode with professional darts players?

I really hope Challenge haven't butchered this series with stupid edits.

Someone should work on an episode guide. I'll make a start if no one else wants to. Unless there already is one that I don't know about.

EDIT : Also, what opening titles does Series 3 have? Is it the one with the nipples?

If the Blockbusters Failbook group is to believed, Bob Holness is on it.

No Challenge have cleared it up that Bob is not appearing on it, however he did appear on Bullseye in 1988 as part of the Christmas special with Eric Bristow as the Darts partner. Les Dennis and Roy Walker was also on it.

There was a great moment just now when Jim Bowen referred to the remaining contestants as lads even though there were two women left. He said sorry and did the link again and said "lady and gentlemen" instead. Bizarrely we got to see both takes.

There have been a few other dodgy edits too but I don't think there have been any Challenge edits so far, which is good. There are no subtitles or audio description on this episode.

That Central cake frontcap before Bullseye sounded really slowed down - did it start off like that and later get speeded up, or was that some odd edit mistake? Never heard it like that before.

How often do Challenge leave in the frontcaps?

Don't blow things out of proportion. Appears a genuine error.



Might not be any Challenge edits, but the entire transmission looked painfully grainy.
Early Bully looks incredibly scary compared to what he ended up looking as a few years later.

Yes, obviously a genuine error. If they had just left it in it would have been fine and gone by without note. The odd thing is that they did a retake and then showed both takes anyway.

I'd remember seeing the 1984 series back in 2004, but I couldn't believe how much, err slower probably being the word the 1983 series was tonight, although still very enjoyable, although Bully's prize board lacked the nostalga, just a case of Tony Green reading the prizes out very fast....



( ^Sorry about the size ^ )

Bully's special prize was a TV and a VHS recorder....