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More Catchphrase for ITV
ITV continue to ask viewers to ‘say what they see…’
Four decades after hit game show Catchphrase was first greenlit in the UK, ITV has announced that an 11th series of Celebrity Catchphrase has been commissioned from STV Studios Entertainment. Stephen Mulhern, will return to host the show that asks household names to “say what they see” and try to guess well-known phrases from a series of animated picture puzzles.
Mr. Chips – the show’s much-loved mascot – will also be back for series 11 with a host of head-scratching sayings up his neckerchief for our celebrities to try to decipher.
Stephen Mulhern:
“Just when you thought it was safe to enter the living room without your mum, dad, grandparents, kids or pets shouting random catchphrases at the telly… we’re back, baby!
“Celebrity Catchphrase is one of those timeless shows that unites all the family and gets everyone playing along together. I always have far too much fun hosting it so I’m delighted to be back and can’t wait to hear some of the ridiculous guesses our celebs come up with in series 11 – that’s the best part of the show for sure! See you soon and remember just say what you see!”
Catchphrase has become one of the UK’s most popular game show formats of all time since it was first commissioned by ITV in 1985, airing its first series in January of the following year. STV Studios revived the format in 2013 after a nine-year hiatus, and the first series of Celebrity Catchphrase was commissioned in 2018. Since then, hundreds of stars, including Alison Hammond, Jonathan Ross, Joe Lycett and Ruth Jones, have joined Stephen in the studio to put their fingers on the buzzers and try to take home some money for their chosen charities.
The announcement of the series 11 commission comes just weeks before Celebrity Catchphrase returns to screens, with the tenth series set to air on ITV and STV later this spring.
Gary Chippington, Executive Producer and Creative Director of STV Studios Entertainment:
“It’s testament to Catchphrase’s fantastic format and universal appeal that it’s still one of the UK’s most-loved entertainment shows, four decades after ITV first commissioned it. The incomparable Stephen Mulhern is a huge part of the show’s success, and we’re looking forward to getting back in the studio with him and a great line-up of stars later this year for what promises to be another brilliant series of Celebrity Catchphrase.”
Originally created in the US by Pasetta Productions Inc. and Steven Radosh, Catchphrase is distributed by All3Media International. In the UK for ITV the programme was originally produced by TVS and later by Carlton.
