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ITV COMMISSIONS STV PRODUCTIONS TO MAKE SECOND SERIES OF ALL NEW CATCHPHRASE

21 August 2013

ITV has commissioned STV Productions to make a second series of hit game show Catchphrase.

The series of 9x 45' episodes, with an additional 3 x 60' celebrity specials, will start filming in September.

The iconic show was revived with a brand new series in April 2013, featuring a revamped set, 3D graphics and a dynamic new end game. The series was a ratings success with an average audience of 4.9 million and an overall reach of just under 20 million across the series, making it the biggest new game show of the year across all channels.

Host Stephen Mulhern will return for the second series, joined of course by his animated sidekick, Mr Chips.

The series was commissioned by ITV's Controller of Entertainment, John Kaye Cooper.

Gary Chippington, head of entertainment at STV Productions, said: "We are hugely excited to be working on a second series of Catchphrase and look forward to giving the audience another chance to 'say what they see' as they play along with Stephen, Mr Chips and our studio contestants."

John Kaye Cooper, ITV's Controller of Entertainment, said: "We were delighted with the first series of the new Catchphrase and we're delighted to welcome Stephen and Mr Chips back with another series."

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For further information, please contact the STV press office:

Eleanor Marshall

0141 300 3670 / 07803 970 143

eleanor.marshall@stv.tv

Anna Hendry

0141 300 3830 / 07921 494 654

anna.hendry@stv.tv

Notes to editors

STV Productions

STV Productions is one of the UK's leading content businesses, with ambitious plans for growth and expansion in the UK and overseas. The company has a record of success across a range of genres including drama, factual and entertainment, producing a wide range of programmes for a variety of networks. Recent commissions include Feature Documentary film Fire in the Night for BBC Scotland to mark the 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster. In the entertainment genre, STV Productions has produced Catchphrase and Fake Reaction for ITV1 and ITV2, and Jo Brand's Great Wall of Comedy for UKTV Gold. Further commissions include ratings success Antiques Road Trip, including a celebrity version, for BBC One and Two and drama The Poison Tree for ITV1. STV Productions also works in partnership with US production company, Kinetic Content, licensing original formats in their respective companies and developing new formats, such as the Perez Hilton Super Fan entertainment series for ITV2.