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''Blockbusters'' is a British television game show based upon an American game show of the same name in which contestants answer trivia questions to complete a path across or down a game board of hexagons. The programme premiered on 29 August 1983 on ITV and ran for eleven series, coming to an end on 19 May 1993. ''Blockbusters'' was revived for four additional series, the most recent of which aired on Challenge in 2012. ==Background== ''Blockbusters'' was created by Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions and originated as an American series in 1980. The UK version was created after Central Independent Television producer Graham C. Williams spotted the show in 1981 and produced a pilot in 1982. The difference was that instead of adults, which appeared on the American edition, the UK edition was produced for sixth formers. Bob Holness was the original presenter, staying on for the first eleven series of the first incarnation and a 1994 revival on Sky One. A 1997 edition featuring adults was produced for one series on BBC Two with Michael Aspel presenting. Sky One brought ''Blockbusters'' back under its original rules in 2001 with Liza Tarbuck at the helm, and the Challenge series was presented by Simon Mayo. The show's first series, in 1983, was recorded at the ATV Elstree Centre (which was still owned by Central until 1984 when it was sold to the BBC). Subsequent series were produced at Central's Nottingham "Television House" studios; however, at least one season (1989–90) was filmed at Central's Birmingham studios. The series was filmed in the summer months over a 6–8 week period, with five episodes being made each day. In the final episode of each day, the contestants were allowed to do a "hand jive" during the end credits, therefore only appearing on each Friday's episode. The hand jive first appeared in 1986 after one of the contestants was bored while sitting through filming several shows a day waiting for his turn. It lasted for the rest of the original series' run. The hand-clapping sequence was referenced by Half Man Half Biscuit in their song "Hedley Verityesque". The original game board was powered using 40 slide projectors, each with its own set of slides for the different Letters and Gold Run questions, and took up the entire height of the studio. Slides were preloaded onto carousels with enough slides for about 3 - 5 shows. Carousels took about 30 minutes to change over. There were 15 different board combinations (5 sets X 3 games per match) which meant the same letter combinations would reappear. The letter 'Q' was only on one board, the letter 'Y' on two boards. All 15 boards followed in the same sequence but if the third game in a set was not needed (as it was best of three) the carousel would skip onto the Gold Run (missing the third board) and then onto the first game of the next set of three. In 1987 and 1988, readers of ''TVTimes'' voted the series the most popular quiz show on television. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blockbusters (UK game show)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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