Champion Blockbusters (partially found spin-off of British game show; 1987-1990)

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Logo used for the show.

Status: Partially Found

Champion Blockbusters was a British game show that ran on ITV from 1987 to 1990. It was a spin-off of the British version of Blockbusters, which focused primarily on juniors answering trivia questions in order to win prizes. Hosted by Bob Holness, the spin-off focused on winners from the original program facing off against other winners. Twenty-four episodes were produced over four series and over three decades after it's original airing, none have resurfaced online.

Format

Similarly to the original Blockbusters, a single player competed against a team of two by connecting a path from one side of the game board to the other. Whoever won the most of three games moved on to the bonus round. Unlike the original, however, the contestants were made up of previous Gold Run winners. The Gold Run was the bonus round, where whoever played must connect one side of the board to the other within 60 seconds. If accomplished, the player would receive a prize. If the player went undefeated for a number of games, they would win a huge prize, usually a trip. In Champion Blockbusters, the money that the contestants won in the front game would be given to charity, while the Gold Run prizes would still be for the players, now related to what they were doing at the time.

Availability

It is unknown whether these episodes were reran after their initial airings, but it's likely that they were not rebroadcasted on Challenge, a British television channel dedicated to classic game shows. Despite this, a partial clip from a 1990 episode was uploaded by YouTube user "ThePet266" on January 6, 2012, the day Bob Holness passed away. The rest of the series remains elusive.

Gallery

Photos

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  A 1987 behind-the-scenes photo from the audience's perspective.

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  A 1987 photo of Bob Holness with presumably one of the contestants.

Video

Clip from a 1990 episode.

External Links

• UKGameshows page on Blockbusters.

See Also

Pilots

• Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour (lost unaired pilot of NBC game show; 1983)
• Showoffs (partially lost unaired pilots of ABC game show; 1975)
• The Price Is Right (partially found unaired pilot for syndicated game show; 1993)
• The New Price Is Right (lost unaired pilot of Goodson-Todman game show; 1972)

Television

• The Price Is Right (partially lost Dennis James episodes of game show; 1972-1977)
• Tattletales (partially found syndicated version of CBS game show; 1977-1978)
• To Tell The Truth (lost first season of syndicated panel show; 1969-1970)
• The Price Is Right (partially found Australian adaptation of Mark Goodson game show; 1973-1974)
• Snap Judgement (partially found NBC game show; 1967-1969)
• Call My Bluff (partially found NBC game show; 1965)
• Match Game (partially lost Mark Goodson Bill Todman game show; 1973-1982)
• Family Feud - Popular Vs Freaks & Geeks (found episodes of Pearson game show; 2000)
• Family Fortunes (partially lost British version of Goodson-Todman game show; 1980-2002)
• The Price Is Right (partially found Doug Davidson version of Goodson-Todman game show; 1994-1995)
• Match Game (found ABC revival of Goodson-Todman game show; 1990-1991)
• Släktslaget (lost Swedish adaptation of "Family Feud" game show; 2000)

Miscellaneous

• Super Password (lost builds of unreleased NES port of word game; 1980s)