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

Logo used for the show.

Status: Partially lost

Champion Blockbusters was a British game show that ran on ITV from 1987 to 1990. It was a spin-off 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.

24 episodes were produced over 4 series, however, none of the episodes 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 wins the most of three games moves 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.