Blockbusters to return to TV screens
15/01/2012 - 16:47
The classic game show Blockbusters is set to make a small screen comeback - only this time with grown-up contestants instead of students.
Game show channel Challenge TV will screen 40 new episodes of the show - with production company Talkback Thames advertising for over-18s who would be keen to take part.
The ITV1 programme, which was a staple of the teatime schedule in the 1980s, was hosted by Bob Holness, who died earlier this month.
It saw contestants competing in teams of two against one, answering a series of questions based on letters of the alphabet, in a bid to reach the all-important Gold Run round.
The show was briefly revived for Sky One a decade ago with Liza Tarbuck as the host, while Michael Aspel fronted a short-lived version for the BBC.
No presenter has yet been announced for the new series.
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