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Ah the humble gameshow, Mere mortals duking it out in some bizarrely formatted, elaborately theme-tuned scenario. It's sad to admit it but the golden age of the gameshow is gone. It died when 15 to 1 got the axe and with it went the gameshow catchphrase.

It's an odd thing, the gameshow catchphrase. It doesn't have that cloying please-laugh-at-me element that the comedy catchphrases suffer from (we're looking at you Walliams). There's something decent and honest and brave and true about them.

And so, to honour the quiz maxim, in the best way we know how, we've made a list of them that you could use... in the boudoire.

"I've started so I'll finish." (John Humphreys, Mastermind)

"If it's there I'll give you the money myself." (Les Dennis, Family Fortunes)

"It's good but it's not right." (Roy Walker, Catchphrase)

"What's Mr Chips doing there?" (Roy Walker, Catchphrase)

"Do you want to phone a friend?"(Chris Tarrant, Who Wants to be a Millionaire?)

"But we don't want to give you that!" - (Chris Tarrant, Who Wants to be a Millionaire?)

"Missed red." (Jim Davidson, Big Break)

"I'm going to have to hurry you." (Jeremy Paxman, University Challenge)

"Who are you going to be tonight?" (Matthew Kelly, Stars In Their Eyes)

"Didn't they do well?." (Bruce Forsyth, Everything)

"You win nothing but your BFH, that's your bus fair home." (Jim Bowen, Bullseye)

"Bully's bellowed you out there!" (Jim Bowen, Bullseye)

"We really want to see those fingers." (Shooting Stars, Vic and Bob)

"You get nothing for a pair – Not in this game!" (Bruce Forsyth, Play Your Cards Right)

"Left a bit, up a bit, right a bit, fire!'? (Contestants to Bernie the Bolt on The Golden Shot)

"Stay out of the black and into the red, Nothing in this game for two in a bed." (Jim Bowen, Bullseye)

"Contender ready! Gladiator ready!" (John Anderson, Gladiators)

Now your turn. Hit us with your favourite tenuously bedroom-related gameshow catchphrases, in the comments...