Coming home from school, Mum back from work, and then waiting to watch Blockbusters. Remember it like it was yesterday. Mum's gone now, I'm a Mum and my children come back and watch Pointless. How time passes so quickly, I'll never understand x

@spidermg1843

2 ай бұрын

pointless is crap bring back blockbusters i say lol

@peterwilliamskelhorn6675

Ай бұрын

​@@spidermg1843just as well i watch the chase

@spow1064

Ай бұрын

@spidermg1843 yes definitely x

@peterwilliamskelhorn6675

Ай бұрын

@@spow1064 just as well we don't watch pointless. I'm a fan of the chase

How come some old tv theme tunes musically are more competent than anything in the charts for the last decade?

@twocvbloke

3 жыл бұрын

Because, once upon a time, people used to care about what they created, rather than churn out whatever their computer composed for them...

@bentheswitchsportsfan06

3 жыл бұрын

@@twocvbloke Today people are blind and stupid and don't even care about shows.

@bobdawkins7473

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it has to be said.... what on earth is Cardi B a role model for 12 year old girls when the songs she's releasing are called WAP (WET A** P****) So skanky! Life list quality and settled for quantity in so many ways.

@SimonPeel

2 жыл бұрын

Ah now that would be.... come closer... I'll whisper... BECAUSE YOU'RE OLD.

@Parasmunt

2 жыл бұрын

@@SimonPeel I was listening to a typical 80s song today Paul Young Everytime you go away and i was picturing it without the vocals and i noticed i would still listen to it and love it, it could stand without the vocals (amazing as they are). multiple instruments, melodies etc then i realised if you did the same test with any modern song you would have some bland rubbish that sounds like it was made by a teen in his spare time. No it is not just a matter of getting old.

After my potato waffles, sausage and baked beans tea, it was time for Blockbusters. Right in the nostalgia.

@paradisebreeze1705

5 жыл бұрын

TardisMechanic I had an identical childhood

@The670533

4 жыл бұрын

Bob Holness was like an unofficial dad to me. Imparting knowledge, being polite. Bob Holness was a genetic mix of Jim Bowen and Bamber Gacoigne. On a serious note...... WAFFLES hmmm I'm hungry

@Belta-kw2bm

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha same here mate Hahahaha brilliant man

@alilloyd6132

2 жыл бұрын

Completely the same as mine except I reckon c 1992 I was ruining my tea with tomato bloody sauce!!

@hardcoreheaven4

2 жыл бұрын

@@alilloyd6132 Improving* 😂😂

I love this song so much, even though it doesn’t know how and when to end appropriately.

An irresistibly catchy and nostalgic theme tune is correct! And that’s Blockbusters!!!

I would ride into space battle upon my lightning tiger to this

@The670533

4 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see that!

@TheMarrification

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! But why am I getting He-Man vibes to that?

@Felix-Sited

3 жыл бұрын

This comment is 7 years old, but I would ride that Tiger into the sun with you!

@enlightenedone5474

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣 can I join you please?? ⚡🐯⚡

@benworthing

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve used this comment to work mates

This IS the 80's. Greatest quiz show ever. I never missed an ep and soooo wanted to be a contestant, but never quite managed it. Gold runs were nail-biting. Still remember screaming answers at the screen! Classic times :)

God Bless Bob Holness, a Gentleman of the highest order.. we wont ever see his like on TV again and this makes me very sad... R I P Big man...

@sillygoose635

4 жыл бұрын

actually, we will.

@johncarcher

3 жыл бұрын

And all I needed was A pee.

@bentheswitchsportsfan06

3 жыл бұрын

Kinda sad (especially as an American) that he died. But there are also a lot of American Blockbusters fans that remember the time Bill Cullen (hosted the American version for 2 years) passed away.

Oddly, this British theme tune is as good as Jean-Michel Jarre. Loved it George!

@muhammadalieesaa3379

19 күн бұрын

Jean Michel Jarre played Orient Express & that music was used for the Catchword theme tune.

Simply awesome this tune, a real gem and a throwback to my childhood.

This music makes me happy takes me back to when I was younger awww memories RIP Bob Holnes x😥❤😪

This reminds me of weekday teatimes sat in front of the tv, watching Blockbusters with my mum and brother, Barry. Happy times.

Contestant: Can I have a P please Bob? Bob: You should have gone before we started.

As an 80s kid, this tune brings back a lot of memories 😀

RIP BOB HOLNESS 1928-2012

@AliGroves450

3 жыл бұрын

Its A Shame Really But This Song Reminds Me Of The Slammers BTW

@jameshardie9914

3 жыл бұрын

RIP

@AliGroves450

3 жыл бұрын

@@jameshardie9914 :(

@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329

3 жыл бұрын

Does it

@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s over 9 years now since we’ve lost Bob holness

Ed Welch is my grandfather :)

@97channel

10 жыл бұрын

WE'RE NOT WORTHY! WE'RE NOT WORTHY!!

@joewhite3882

9 жыл бұрын

Sol Rowe Welch Did he do Thomas and Friends ''roll call'' song? - that's a great bit of work!

@Classictv90s

8 жыл бұрын

+Sol Rowe Welch Just wanted to say Sol, that your grandfather Ed, created such an iconic piece of theme music to a great programme.

@solrowewelch3700

8 жыл бұрын

Joe White yes yes he did!

@solrowewelch3700

8 жыл бұрын

Classictv90s sadly I'm too young to have seen it on tv! Thanks

What a track one best game show themes ever. Advanced for it's time. Genius! !

The weeping guitar in Blockbusters gets me every time.

@The670533

4 жыл бұрын

The electronic cello and brass are quite good for that era. This was 1980s! Check out how poor the guitar still was in 1995 from a multi-billion organisation: kzread.info/dash/bejne/a4CbtZKLm6a0nLg.html

@tb6234

4 жыл бұрын

R. Charles Allsopp oh dear 🤣

This song makes me feel happy I think it reminds me of kids Sega game theme music. I think it is really cool.

@Muskateering

10 жыл бұрын

You're right, brings back memories.

@richardhedderly

8 жыл бұрын

Can I have a P please Sonic!

@KiddBloo86

6 жыл бұрын

Mike Brock If Tails had his own game lol

@Dan-pw3kb

3 ай бұрын

Because they were all made on the coolest synthesizer, the DX7

Gold to gold in sixty seconds or less.

This is the best thing that has ever entered my ears!

Great show, hearing this brings back memories. I was only 16 when Blockbusters started on tv. Where did 40 years go???? 😳

Nice one, I had never heard the full proper theme, as on the vinyl, only the TV theme and the midi version of this. Absolutely A1. Just a Shame Bob isn't around to give us a P anymore

RIP Bob Holness we will miss you and I will see you in the heavens

George, you're a prince among men. Thanks for putting this up.

Takes me back to such a Happy Place...

There was a dance routine that whent with this theme song. Remember watching it on TV.

@takethehighroad5027

5 жыл бұрын

it was a hand jive not a dance routine

@Felix-Sited

3 жыл бұрын

@@takethehighroad5027 Lol.

I loved Bob Holness sadly hes not here now :(

@charlottedeacon6031

5 жыл бұрын

Jaygamer553 I know. He lived up to the age of 83 though!

@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329

4 жыл бұрын

i love him too and im very heartbroken to hear that hes no longer here

its a modern day thing but i come home from school on thursdays and visit my grandma and we watch challenge, ch. 48. love it

Ed Welch. Brilliant composer. You don't get cracking gameshows with cool theme tunes like this anymore. This is up there with TVS Catchphrase.

@shaneharrisnj3484

2 жыл бұрын

Or TSW's iconic theme!

@RossPatzelt

Жыл бұрын

Yes you do. Catchprase and Saturday Night Takeaway and lots of good tv themes still going. Paul O Grady show was an awesome one too.

@cliffcook3993

10 ай бұрын

And guess who wrote the theme to Catchphrase yup Mr Ed Welch again

@stuartforbes

8 ай бұрын

@@cliffcook3993And Knightmare, I believe. Insane output.

@cliffcook3993

8 ай бұрын

@@stuartforbes indeed knightmare was another one of his theme tunes

Brilliant. Loved Blockbusters & Bob Holness!

Got back from school-homework-Blockbusters-Dinner-Lego with my Brother-Bedtime. Memories.

Thanks so much for the upload! I really enjoy watching Blockbusters on Challenge :)

@r4h4al

10 жыл бұрын

Yes I am going to do the same next week and watch it on Challenge

Fun fact: Ed Welch also composed the Eurovision entry for Iceland in 1995, 'Nuna'.

How can anyone ever dislike this. Seriously, how?

I love the tune so much when blockbusters came on I turned the TV high. A brilliant game show with a superb host.

George, this is a wonderful upload. I never appreciated the theme until now and you are so lucky to have this fabulous version. I so enjoy your channel.

UK had a great run with Blockbusters then we did here in the USA, Bob Holness did a great job, he's up there with Bill Cullen who hosted the show here in the USA. little know fact, Blockbusters was the only quiz game show producted by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman

Can I have a P please Bob? No your wait till we have finished filming. :D

@TyMarshall007

4 жыл бұрын

Never gets old

@The670533

4 жыл бұрын

"Can I have a U please Bob" Bob Holness: "Which porcelain thing I provide when you ask for a P was invented by Armitage Shanks?" Contestant: "urinal"

RIP Bob Holness.

The McVities Jaffa Cake ad was on before this, how fitting :)

If I were a WWE wrestler this would be my entrance music.

@Johnnyafc

7 жыл бұрын

Jonathon Cowley 😂😂

@jameslife6300

6 жыл бұрын

Lol What would your wrestler name be tho

@Cashback13

6 жыл бұрын

"It's THE BLOCKMANNNNNNNNNNNN!"

@mrblobby316able

6 жыл бұрын

U would probably get a stone cold stunner for it as well lol

@StandardGoose

6 жыл бұрын

James Marshall Bob Holness

this is not the original. This was a later commercial recording done by Welch without the orchestra and acoustic instruments of the TV master (bass, guitar, horns) . The master tapes to the original 1983 recording were lost in the mid nineties. If you want hear the original version which is the definitive recording, listen to a 1992-1994 show where it was broadcast in stereo.

@nst1981

5 жыл бұрын

NERD!!!!

@WillScarlet1991

5 жыл бұрын

@@nst1981+ You twat.

@DemonTomatoDave

5 жыл бұрын

They were LOST?? WHAT

@charlottedeacon6031

5 жыл бұрын

What Ever I think it’s called liking a show and having a tiny bit of intelligence!!

@mjt8199

5 жыл бұрын

This is the version Sky used for their series. Doesn't have the depth compared to the original.

I was pleased when I got my copy back in 1988, although I thought it was in wider stereo than this, but no I just played my single and its virtually mono Nice upload, ten years ago. doesn't time fly

Thank you for your lovely comment! My Grandad has got loads of BlockBusters on Betamax I will have to dig them out and watch them! Its not the same watching it on Challenge with all the modern adverts! Yes i have ceartantly took good care of this record! the man who had this before never took it out of the sleeve!

Rushing home from school to watch it happy memories

I was mainly hopeless at the questions, but as a teen I absolutely loved this.

That music was used in an adult swim commercial bumper. Inform the UK!

@The670533

4 жыл бұрын

Similar stuff was produced by Jean-Michel Jarre. Happy to look at any evidence of direct copy from the USA Nathan, although Central TV would most likely have legitimately paid for license to use the sheet music.

Bob Holness had a radio programme on LBC (London Broadcasting Corporation, home of Independent Radio News) in the early 1980s; I tuned in quite often back then.

This is crying out for a new remix

If this theme can only be put on a loop, oh, would that be wonderful. It's that great of a theme song.

weeknights 5.15 on ITV

Ed welch is my grandfather!

funky

That Jaffa Cake advert brought me here :-)

I Would Fly Around the World in 1 go While Listening to This I used To Watch it With My Family in 2011 Just Before The Legendary Bob Holness RIP Bob you Will Be Missed

RIP Bob

I have a STUNNING version of this. I've not ever uploaded to KZread before, but I'll gen up and submit it shortly. And yes, I'm an old Blockbusters fan and a half !

My Sunday evening.... sat down to watch uncle Bob as my old fella would call him.

Thanks Joe,coming from you that means a lot!

Great!

Straight after was ITN news then at 545.

It is as seminal as John Malcolm's Non Stop, the end of which was used for the ITV News programme from 1955 until 1982

Amazing tune. It’s like Harold Faltermeyer meets Mozart. Vinyl? I’m in. I’m off to Discogs to try and find a copy.

@scitechasmr

3 жыл бұрын

Forget discogs.... Go into Google.. Hit youtube downloader... Select as MP3 and smash the convert button, and you're done

Blockbusters was one of my favorite shows when I were about your age. How we laughed when anybody asked for a "P" (IVORIESMAN has beaten me to that one though!) This is also one of my top 2 TV themes (the other is Juliet Bravo) That is in really fine condition - no crackles or pops. It doesn't sound as if it has been played much, if at all. Right up there with some of IVORIESMAN's 78's! Top stuff

Anyone think the Blockbusters theme and the Guile theme from Streetfighter bear more than a passing resemblance?

Since I live in the United States, Blockbusters only survived a fraction of years, as oppose to this gem. Bob Holness was a perfect match to our Emcee, Bill Cullen but not Bill Rafferty a few years later. The original opening of Bob's version was beautifully done. As for Ed Welch and his theme, there is no comparison whatsoever.

bob!

Gimme a p please Bob. I miss this show.

@The670533

4 жыл бұрын

Bob "whole-ness" Stuart. He was polite, kind, humorous and influential for kids like me watching. A bit like Jim Bowen, Bamber Gascoigne and Leslie Crowther.

@stuartclarke1033

4 жыл бұрын

@@The670533 I know that. I grew up with blockbusters in the 90s. Much simpler times. Anyway, enjoy the full theme everyone. I'm going to find other childhood game show themes now.

What a banger

I'm in a show where there's a gameshow scene I do with this other guy and this is our theme song which plays

I do find it odd that when ever i listen to Jane Widlen Rush hour I can hear the chords from this there are similarities and so always makes me think of blockbusters

'' Can i have a P please Bob? ''

Happy memories

I dearly hope that challenge put all the ones with the late great master bob holness presenting

This really feels like it should have been the intro to some sort of actioney adventure fiction series, not a gameshow.

Give us an awl p there Bob God bless ya filled many childhood afternoon for me love this music x x

I'll take a "P' please, Bob.

Somehow this has all the soul you'd expect from the composer of the music for Spike Milligan's narration of The Snow Goose.

This theme is a complete contrast to the music from the American show it was spun off of. That version had a Big-Band-flavored theme.

Briefly during the shows early run, Bob Holness presented a copy to winners and I think runners up.

Wow, it can't be because of that reference to this music, surely they also put it in the advertising of video stores in television commercials about this name that says on the cover of a competition program and in the business when it was the old days and this it also had in the movie rental business before it went bankrupt because Netflix took over a new platform called Streaming. Published Spring Thursday 14 April 2022 Time 2.38 AM

best track ever to do a balloon

Kind of like if Britain made an even shitter MacGuyver. Still somehow love it tho'. Come back Bob we miss you.

Used on Mcvitie's Jaffa biscuits

2:20 gives me chills

'I'll have a P please bob"....."Not whilst your on stage you bloody wont" :-)

BUD DA BUM BUM BUM

Nice to hear a few music nods to Beethoven's 5th

Bloody hell this is so f**king awesome. We were lucky to be alive back then!

Thank you Sir xmas! for that lovely comment! it really is a good record to have and a rare record to!

As near as dammit, is better than the 40 second intro.

This is really a great find and upload. I remember this single being advertised at the end of a BB episode and spent the rest of my stay haunting the record stores of Leeds for a copy, but no salesclerk ever heard of it. Btw, is it just me, or does the section from 1:14 to 1:20 feel it doesn't really belong there?

I want this played at my funeral

Fun fact, the Blockbusters theme tune was composed by the same person who composed the theme tune for Knightmare.

And it reminds me of tee times when I was a kid

What B was a show that started in America in 1980, got cancelled by NBC in 1982, and then debuted in the UK in 1983?

CAN A HAVE A P BOB? YOU CAN BUT NOT RIGHT NOW TILL THE NEXT EDITION OF BLOCKBUSTERS A LONG TIME TO WAIT FOR A PEE

Ahhh Rockbusters

this theme was used for the mcvitites jaffa cake advert sweet