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Blockbusters to be revived by Comedy Central

Dara O'Briain to host. (October 2018)

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IS
Inspector Sands
I know that Fremantle no longer own Channel 5, Viacom do, but I wonder if Channel 5 is the location for this programme?

Who owns what is irrelevant to which channel it will appear on
NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
I bet they mess it up and butcher it in reality.


Will probably be CGI which will IMO ruin them. Having seen the Blockbuster titles from when they were introduced in 1986 (and it eventually being revealed that majority of that was a physical model) to my eyes anything that attempts to recreate that look will look too polished as the video on the previous page demonstrates.
NB
NicB1971
rob posted:
A look at the potential branding...





When did Mel Giedroyc appear on a normal edition of Blockbusters? I know that Konnie Huq was a contestant on the Central version towards the end of its run on ITV and Stephen Merchant was on the awful BBC2 version.
NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
I think they've got the wrong name, I'm not aware of Giedroyc appearing on anything before 1996, so if it is true it may have been under another name? If it was on the original run it wouldn't have been any later than 1986 at the latest? She is married (has been since 2003) but seems to have kept her maiden name. If true, Giedroyc on Blockbusters is a hidden piece of TV trivia if ever I heard!
IS
Inspector Sands
She was on Magpie:



I've never heard of Stephen Mangan being on it, has a clip surfaced?

17 days later

RO
rob Founding member
CONFIRMED: Comedy Central to show the revival of Blockbusters, Dara O'Briain to host.

https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/5123/blockbusters_with_dara_o_briain/
GM
Gary McEwan
rob posted:
CONFIRMED: Comedy Central to show the revival of Blockbusters, Dara O'Briain to host.

https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/5123/blockbusters_with_dara_o_briain/


Well I certainly wasn't expecting this.
DV
DVB Cornwall
Won’t last there, a peculiar pickup from them. Really makes next to zero sense afaics.
PF
PFML84
Wrong channel. Wrong host. Ah well.
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JA
JAS84
Yeah, unless they'll be repeating it on Channel 5 later, this makes zero sense.
LL
Larry the Loafer
Oh bloody hell. Dara isn't the worst idea for a host but what a terrible channel to put it on! Gives me the impression there'll be some forced comedy to try and justify it being on CC, but given they're all part of the same family, I'm truly surprised they didn't opt to show it on Channel 5.
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JA
JAS84
Yeah, the only comedy that should be in Blockbusters are mascots and "can I have a P".

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