BE
Much better than w/e 19th May!
Challenge
w/e 26 May 2013
1 TNA IMPACT (SUN 2100) 178
2 CLASSIC WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE S1 (THU 2101 158
3 CLASSIC WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE S1 (WED 2100 146
4 CLASSIC WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE S1 (FRI 2101 143
5 KNIGHTMARE (FRI 2230) 121
6 FAMILY FORTUNES (THU 2030) 116
7 FUN HOUSE (FRI 2200) 115
8 FAMILY FORTUNES (FRI 2000) 105
9 FAMILY FORTUNES (THU 2000) 102
10 PRICE IS RIGHT (SUN 1801) 87
Looking like two successful acquisitions to me
w/e 26 May 2013
1 TNA IMPACT (SUN 2100) 178
2 CLASSIC WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE S1 (THU 2101 158
3 CLASSIC WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE S1 (WED 2100 146
4 CLASSIC WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE S1 (FRI 2101 143
5 KNIGHTMARE (FRI 2230) 121
6 FAMILY FORTUNES (THU 2030) 116
7 FUN HOUSE (FRI 2200) 115
8 FAMILY FORTUNES (FRI 2000) 105
9 FAMILY FORTUNES (THU 2000) 102
10 PRICE IS RIGHT (SUN 1801) 87
Looking like two successful acquisitions to me
Much better than w/e 19th May!
JJ
Excellent performance from Knightmare there!! Let's build on this and draw more people into watching this show!! I guess some people weren't aware it was on the 1st week - so hopefully, it will maintain its position or grow now!! Come on!!! Let phaze together!!!
Juicy Joe
Founding member
Challenge
w/e 26 May 2013
1 TNA IMPACT (SUN 2100) 178
2 CLASSIC WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE S1 (THU 2101 158
3 CLASSIC WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE S1 (WED 2100 146
4 CLASSIC WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE S1 (FRI 2101 143
5 KNIGHTMARE (FRI 2230) 121
6 FAMILY FORTUNES (THU 2030) 116
7 FUN HOUSE (FRI 2200) 115
8 FAMILY FORTUNES (FRI 2000) 105
9 FAMILY FORTUNES (THU 2000) 102
10 PRICE IS RIGHT (SUN 1801) 87
Looking like two successful acquisitions to me
w/e 26 May 2013
1 TNA IMPACT (SUN 2100) 178
2 CLASSIC WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE S1 (THU 2101 158
3 CLASSIC WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE S1 (WED 2100 146
4 CLASSIC WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE S1 (FRI 2101 143
5 KNIGHTMARE (FRI 2230) 121
6 FAMILY FORTUNES (THU 2030) 116
7 FUN HOUSE (FRI 2200) 115
8 FAMILY FORTUNES (FRI 2000) 105
9 FAMILY FORTUNES (THU 2000) 102
10 PRICE IS RIGHT (SUN 1801) 87
Looking like two successful acquisitions to me
Excellent performance from Knightmare there!! Let's build on this and draw more people into watching this show!! I guess some people weren't aware it was on the 1st week - so hopefully, it will maintain its position or grow now!! Come on!!! Let phaze together!!!
FL
Cos it used to be good back then before they started tinkering with it.
Why do so many people watch Classic Who Wants to be a Millionaire? WHY?
Cos it used to be good back then before they started tinkering with it.
JB
One of the questions on Family Fortunes just now was 'name an independent tv company' Central was the top answer and LWT was the 6th answer and Thames cost a family one of their lives!
The question after that was 'name an Irish entertainer' this one did a lot better than it did with Max Bygraves!!
The question after that was 'name an Irish entertainer' this one did a lot better than it did with Max Bygraves!!
DA
Cos it used to be good back then before they started tinkering with it.
That may be so but how does it stand up to repeated viewing? How many questions are there in each episode? About 10? Once you have seen an episode you are going to remember any of the interesting questions and not care about any of the boring ones.
It's not as if they even show the original programme, which I could understand having some kind of historical interest, it's just badly edited bits of the original programme.
Why do so many people watch Classic Who Wants to be a Millionaire? WHY?
Cos it used to be good back then before they started tinkering with it.
That may be so but how does it stand up to repeated viewing? How many questions are there in each episode? About 10? Once you have seen an episode you are going to remember any of the interesting questions and not care about any of the boring ones.
It's not as if they even show the original programme, which I could understand having some kind of historical interest, it's just badly edited bits of the original programme.
JO
Cos it used to be good back then before they started tinkering with it.
That may be so but how does it stand up to repeated viewing? How many questions are there in each episode? About 10? Once you have seen an episode you are going to remember any of the interesting questions and not care about any of the boring ones.
It's not as if they even show the original programme, which I could understand having some kind of historical interest, it's just badly edited bits of the original programme.
I imagine most people don't watch night in night out, but they dip in and out because they know what they're getting when other channels don't have anything on.
Why do so many people watch Classic Who Wants to be a Millionaire? WHY?
Cos it used to be good back then before they started tinkering with it.
That may be so but how does it stand up to repeated viewing? How many questions are there in each episode? About 10? Once you have seen an episode you are going to remember any of the interesting questions and not care about any of the boring ones.
It's not as if they even show the original programme, which I could understand having some kind of historical interest, it's just badly edited bits of the original programme.
I imagine most people don't watch night in night out, but they dip in and out because they know what they're getting when other channels don't have anything on.
JS
Cos it used to be good back then before they started tinkering with it.
That may be so but how does it stand up to repeated viewing? How many questions are there in each episode? About 10? Once you have seen an episode you are going to remember any of the interesting questions and not care about any of the boring ones.
It's not as if they even show the original programme, which I could understand having some kind of historical interest, it's just badly edited bits of the original programme.
I imagine most people don't watch night in night out, but they dip in and out because they know what they're getting when other channels don't have anything on.
This is me. I watched it quite a lot recently though, when they were showing 1999/2000 episodes. The contestants are so much more daring than in recent series and that makes it much more entertaining with many big wins.
I agree about the editing though, it is bloody awful. Why do they insist on the 'Classic' strand and not just show an episode that hasn't been butchered? Surely all they'd have to edit out were the parts where Chris gives the application phone number? Or was the Classic Millionaire concept shown elsewhere, on ITV even, before being picked up by Challenge?
Why do so many people watch Classic Who Wants to be a Millionaire? WHY?
Cos it used to be good back then before they started tinkering with it.
That may be so but how does it stand up to repeated viewing? How many questions are there in each episode? About 10? Once you have seen an episode you are going to remember any of the interesting questions and not care about any of the boring ones.
It's not as if they even show the original programme, which I could understand having some kind of historical interest, it's just badly edited bits of the original programme.
I imagine most people don't watch night in night out, but they dip in and out because they know what they're getting when other channels don't have anything on.
This is me. I watched it quite a lot recently though, when they were showing 1999/2000 episodes. The contestants are so much more daring than in recent series and that makes it much more entertaining with many big wins.
I agree about the editing though, it is bloody awful. Why do they insist on the 'Classic' strand and not just show an episode that hasn't been butchered? Surely all they'd have to edit out were the parts where Chris gives the application phone number? Or was the Classic Millionaire concept shown elsewhere, on ITV even, before being picked up by Challenge?
JO
Cos it used to be good back then before they started tinkering with it.
That may be so but how does it stand up to repeated viewing? How many questions are there in each episode? About 10? Once you have seen an episode you are going to remember any of the interesting questions and not care about any of the boring ones.
It's not as if they even show the original programme, which I could understand having some kind of historical interest, it's just badly edited bits of the original programme.
I imagine most people don't watch night in night out, but they dip in and out because they know what they're getting when other channels don't have anything on.
This is me. I watched it quite a lot recently though, when they were showing 1999/2000 episodes. The contestants are so much more daring than in recent series and that makes it much more entertaining with many big wins.
I agree about the editing though, it is bloody awful. Why do they insist on the 'Classic' strand and not just show an episode that hasn't been butchered? Surely all they'd have to edit out were the parts where Chris gives the application phone number? Or was the Classic Millionaire concept shown elsewhere, on ITV even, before being picked up by Challenge?
I think there was a 'Classic Millionaire' on ITV, it's been mentioned recently but it had talking heads from the players so not the same edit, it may have had a different name too. This 'Classic Millionaire' has been made for Challenge. I'm sure they could have chopped it up better.
Why do so many people watch Classic Who Wants to be a Millionaire? WHY?
Cos it used to be good back then before they started tinkering with it.
That may be so but how does it stand up to repeated viewing? How many questions are there in each episode? About 10? Once you have seen an episode you are going to remember any of the interesting questions and not care about any of the boring ones.
It's not as if they even show the original programme, which I could understand having some kind of historical interest, it's just badly edited bits of the original programme.
I imagine most people don't watch night in night out, but they dip in and out because they know what they're getting when other channels don't have anything on.
This is me. I watched it quite a lot recently though, when they were showing 1999/2000 episodes. The contestants are so much more daring than in recent series and that makes it much more entertaining with many big wins.
I agree about the editing though, it is bloody awful. Why do they insist on the 'Classic' strand and not just show an episode that hasn't been butchered? Surely all they'd have to edit out were the parts where Chris gives the application phone number? Or was the Classic Millionaire concept shown elsewhere, on ITV even, before being picked up by Challenge?
I think there was a 'Classic Millionaire' on ITV, it's been mentioned recently but it had talking heads from the players so not the same edit, it may have had a different name too. This 'Classic Millionaire' has been made for Challenge. I'm sure they could have chopped it up better.
GO
Cos it used to be good back then before they started tinkering with it.
That may be so but how does it stand up to repeated viewing? How many questions are there in each episode? About 10? Once you have seen an episode you are going to remember any of the interesting questions and not care about any of the boring ones.
It's not as if they even show the original programme, which I could understand having some kind of historical interest, it's just badly edited bits of the original programme.
I imagine most people don't watch night in night out, but they dip in and out because they know what they're getting when other channels don't have anything on.
This is me. I watched it quite a lot recently though, when they were showing 1999/2000 episodes. The contestants are so much more daring than in recent series and that makes it much more entertaining with many big wins.
I agree about the editing though, it is bloody awful. Why do they insist on the 'Classic' strand and not just show an episode that hasn't been butchered? Surely all they'd have to edit out were the parts where Chris gives the application phone number? Or was the Classic Millionaire concept shown elsewhere, on ITV even, before being picked up by Challenge?
There was a period where ITV would show Classic Millionaire during the daytime, possibly at 5pm in about 2002/3 (I think). I remember there was red button interactivity and you could win a set of BT walkie talkies.
Don't know if these episodes are the same or if they were simply edited by Challenge.
Why do so many people watch Classic Who Wants to be a Millionaire? WHY?
Cos it used to be good back then before they started tinkering with it.
That may be so but how does it stand up to repeated viewing? How many questions are there in each episode? About 10? Once you have seen an episode you are going to remember any of the interesting questions and not care about any of the boring ones.
It's not as if they even show the original programme, which I could understand having some kind of historical interest, it's just badly edited bits of the original programme.
I imagine most people don't watch night in night out, but they dip in and out because they know what they're getting when other channels don't have anything on.
This is me. I watched it quite a lot recently though, when they were showing 1999/2000 episodes. The contestants are so much more daring than in recent series and that makes it much more entertaining with many big wins.
I agree about the editing though, it is bloody awful. Why do they insist on the 'Classic' strand and not just show an episode that hasn't been butchered? Surely all they'd have to edit out were the parts where Chris gives the application phone number? Or was the Classic Millionaire concept shown elsewhere, on ITV even, before being picked up by Challenge?
There was a period where ITV would show Classic Millionaire during the daytime, possibly at 5pm in about 2002/3 (I think). I remember there was red button interactivity and you could win a set of BT walkie talkies.
Don't know if these episodes are the same or if they were simply edited by Challenge.
BH
BillyH
Founding member
The ITV version, with new interviews from the early (1998-99) contestants and generic Chris Tarrant linking bits ("That's all for now! Tune in next time to see how far he goes!") were shown around summer 2003. Challenge's repeats started the following year from I think Series 4 (late 1999), although with no new talking heads or linking material.