Blockbusters - Theme Song (U.K)

[AutismWorks]

RIP Bob Holness - a true gentleman and gameshow legend. Blockbusters formed part of the fabric of the 1980s

[hamsteralert1]

hope you R.I.P bob :-)

[sc841]

I want this remix played at my funeral.

[WALESBOY21]

RIP BOB YOU WAS GREAT!!



[tizzard1970]

Holness composed this tune himself I read

[meanwillie]

Sad to know Bob Holness is no more. I'm not from the UK but I used to watch Blockbusters as a kid on Dubai TV (United Arab Emirates) Channel 33. RIP Bob :(

[richyorks2007]

RIP Bob...such a legend!!!

[Nick75111]

Bob Holness:  A true gentleman. RIP.

[mclarenguy22]

Can I have an RIP please, Bob?

[NCC63549]

RIP Bob you will missed sir!

[Landyman999]

RIP Bob sorely missed!

[KiyokaMakibi]

HE's dead? I just felt a part of me die... >_o

Loved this guy

[Wildfox01]

He was a gentleman and brilliant game show host!

RIP Bob! 

[AyrtonSennafan1984]

R.I.P Bob Holness 1928-2012

[sidewaysid]

RIP Bob we loved you after school..how sad

[Jeffreythepeffrey]

can I have an E Please Bob

[PPF75]

RIP Bob.

[AutismWorks]

RIP Bob Holness - a gentleman and true gameshow legend who will be so sadly missed. Feels like a part of my upbringing has gone - I used to imitate him presenting Blockbusters in the schoolyard along with a few other gameshow hosts, including Jim Bowen!

[TheReverendification]

RIP

[no1funstar]

Rest In Peace Bob Holness

[MrDCWood]

@no1funstar

Amen, mate.

[shedcastle]

AWESOME! they should do a Techno version!

[DanSullivan129]

RIP bob you will always be a legend a true legend from my childhood

[moloch808]

Rip bob holness original hexagon badman

[mb21uk]

"slight" reverb? This is a mess.

[mark261126]

My mate has this as his ring tone. What a goon!!

[samilliw1]

RIP

[Stalliion69]

Thanks bob my dad used to make me watch this when I was 13 laugh out loud RIP bob

[MrThunor]

fairwel to a fine james bond

[Excretia]

Can I have an 'R', can I have an 'I', can I have a 'P', please, Bob. What a legend! Miss you, Mr. Holness.

[Kieronoldham]

RIP Bob. I remember watching the intro to Blockbusters with my parents around the Christmas of 1985 when I was 5 years old.

[stevocooldude]

R.I.P. Bob Holness.

[Chunkymount]

I'll have an RIP please Bob.. Thankyou for being a legend.

[Draknix]

Very funny man, thinking of all the family, great man. R.I.P Bob Holness.

[mingebatter]

thanks for the childhood memories bob always warmed my heart when you was on..R.I.P...

[OynxWolf11]

RIP Bob Holness

You'll be forever missed.

[pistak09]

One of the greatest shows and presenters of the 80's and 90's. Rest in Peace Bob Holness.

[UKWavey]

RIP Bob.

[hardtoesxplain]

r.i.pee please bob.

[McConville2007]

RIP Bob Holness

[Ritujo3]

Every time I saw his face, I felt nostalgia, from my early childhood, turning 26 this year I can say age can be a scary thing, I imagine the gates of heaven are playing the blockbusters theme with passed on family, friends, and fans doing the hand jive, To a Legend RIP Bob Holness.

[depman1972]

RIP legend

[ShyGuy19898]

Oh I'm devestated to hear of his death today! :(( Can I have an R.I.P please Bob, for you. Ugh im gutted, the past 6 months or so I have been watching Blockbusters every night on Challenge and Im a new fan (im 23) oh im gutted!!!

[Harr123]

Farewell to Mr Holness, a true gent, Blockbusters childhoood memories much cherished

[mousinge]

I'll have a P Please Bob. RIP x

[kevr1983]

Rest in piece Mr Holness. Legend!

[rsteabag]

Best Theme Music Ever. RIP Bob

[Dcj58199t4]

rest in peace bob

[Vindictive0ne]

R.I.P Bob Holness.

[chrisdcoool]

cant belive bob holmess has died will be sadily miss but never forgotten

[KiranTaker270]

@chrisdcoool same when i heard it on the news my exact words were " NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOO"

[MrMoviesEpic]

@chrisdcoool no i in sadly

[theOUCHcollective]

God Bless Bob Holness. Love you mate. xx

[philcovers]

I keep tryng to post a link for TheAidanorton but I keep getting an error

[thornerg2]

Can I have an RIP please, Bob?

[TheAidanorton]

A legend leaves us. Anyone find a "Can I have a P please Bob?" videos?

[vinnyc76]

R.I.P Bob

[bonytradofmelton]

R.I.P Bob



[sudentassu99]

A sad loss to my generation

[ccoulton1]

RIP please Bob! a true legend!

[Calfaeairdrie]

RIP Bob Holness you are a legend. You will be sadly missed.

[chrismecoy]

R.I.P. Bob. An absolute legend.

[lforster2]

Goodnight sweet prince

[sharpie19831]

R.I.P Bob Holness what a legend

[Conifer77]

R.I.P Bob

[Artho]

RIP Bob, I have missed those early days.

[MrDjc1970]

RIP bob..sadly missed along with show....

[1815ish]

RIP Bob Holness.Dies aged 83.A consumate professional.

[TheBritishmike]

Nice job!

[chrisprimera]

i so remember this! nothing like this now! future is shit past great!

[DanSullivan129]

this was on at 5pm always on when i was having my dinner!

[grahamashley100]

ashley in show

[grahamashley100]

can have a O please bob

[idontsignin]

fuuuuuuuuck, i remember this when i used to come back from school.

[rlough1980]

TV themes just aren't as catchy anymore.

[blue200tdi]

Bob looks like a paedo? Best you clean your eyes out with a couple of nails soaked in sulphuric acid.

[vaderjoe]

this.is.epic.music

[neitherdoi]

I'll have a T please Bob. Two sugars, ta.

[crouchy1984afc]

apperently its coming back on telly next year av it!!!

[astroboirap]

the guy looks like a pedo

[MYBIGKINDHEART]

this was a great tv quiz show, what do we get now?

[shatminer]

NOT THE ORIGINAL SONG. ARGGGHGHGHGHGHH!!!!

[kisbie]

Just to clear things up, he WAS the second actor to play James Bond (as mentioned on QI, it was a 1950s radio series, following an even earlier American TV series).

But he did NOT play sax on Baker Street - Stuart Maconie admitted he made it up as a piece of joke trivia. (On HIGNFY actually - panel shows are so informative, aren't they?)

[frankiewilliams]

This is great, you could make this into an extended trance remix. :)

[AD1255]

Give me an E ;)

[cmtrains]

he played james bond in a south african tv series of the film

[ukcelticpride]

Happy schoolday memories. Long gone.

[Cerebralator]

Let's play Blockbusters!

[LeppardPrintAnimal]

someone should do a metal cover version of this.

[jbeaver12]

In reference to the comments that Bob Holness played James Bond, here is a snippet from his wikipedia entry.

'In 1956, he starred in a South African radio adaptation of Moonraker, making him the second actor to portray James Bond (Barry Nelson played Bond in a 1954 adaptation of Casino Royale). '

[nothingrunslikeadear]

Can I have a P please Bob

[Littlealan1959]

the very first james bond was sir david niven casino royal

[Kyruis]

I remember this being on in the afternoons as well as Wheel of Fortune, Countdown etc. All the new programmes have something missing.

[MrWilliamtom]

This is the British version compared to the 1980's American version. Funny, they even have a host that bears a striking resemblance to the American host, Bill Cullen.

[BiroDark]

And I thought that YouTube was full of rubbish until I found this.... Class!

[Apophisguard]

Can I have an E please Bob?

[JakT714]

Bob Holness is the second actor in the world to play James Bond 007 but he played him in the South African radio adaptation of Moonraker. Barry Nelson was the first ever actor in the world to play James Bond 007 but he played him in a 1954 adaptation of Casino Royale. If you don't believe me, then go on Wikipedia and you will find out the truth.

[L1701]

This theme song brings back memories. I used to spend summers in England with relatives when I was a kid, and I loved this show. I was very fascinated by the different colored hexagons. I even had the home game.

[jrgboy]

Bob did play James Bond long before the films - it was on radio

[jezzerusuk]

Why did you soup up bass and add a horrible micro echo?

[pabvision]

can i have a G please Bob!

[timm1960]

Fantastic job! Would love to see what you could do with the 1980 US version's theme. Thanks!

[soundzok]

Love this version!

[btccginettajuniorfan]

what ever happened to bob holness???

[TheExtremeCore]

@btccginettajuniorfan His last tv appearance was on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway in 2004, when he presented the last round of Ant and Dec's Blockbusters, with Ant as a contestant.

[jayshere1973]

he died :0(

[ghughesarch]

He had a stroke in 2002, but he's still around.

[mick818522]

Sacks of shit. ALL OF YERS!!!

[spikeyroberto]

Does anyone out there have the 7" single (or 12" if it exists)? I saw it on ebay once but never seen it since!

[HRH1966]

Can i have a P please Bob!

[idontsignin]

@HRH1966 use a bloody toilet.

[Delta10666]

Oh man, THANK YOU for this! It's made my day :)

(Oh and ignore the reverb comments made by that other user, this is way better than nearly every other version!)

[WilliamMorris]

good work!

[twocvbloke]

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aayyyy too much reverb!!!

[flares]

Er.. I think I'll stick to the original.

[BUTTERFLYOFLUNA]

Nice! I love using Goldwave myself. Wish they'd bring the Challenge channel over to the states, but don't suppose that'll happen anytime soon, eh? Nice work though.

[Dave14051988]

This is excellent! compliments to the person who remastered the original tune

[Dave14051988]

Love it!!!!!

[pumpboygr]

What an excellent version of a classic cult theme. Really nice verb and the repetition totally complements the previous tchord ... well done. When I was at school a boy from my class was a contestant on this show ... turned out to be a total dork and didnt even get one gold run.

[jh94]

According to Qi ( a panel show on BBC1) Bob Holness was the second man to play James Bond!

[allenreavie]

lol

[SzicoVII]

I don't think that's true somehow ;D

[jh94]

Everything on Qi is true. It obviosuly wasn't the actually James Bond films which we all know it was something in the 50's.

[SzicoVII]

Ahh I see, not the famous James Bond film franchise then. Not everything on QI is true though. Far from it.

[canbac21]

@SzicoVII no, it was actually the BBC radio programme version of James Bond. And as for QI, much of it is true, just they base the show on technicalities rather than blatantly wrong ideas to which they correct.

[Borusa1976]

@SzicoVII Was a radio version that Bob Holness played James Bond....

[HippyMcSlippy]

@SzicoVII Its quite true - Bob Holness played Bond in Moonraker. It was a South African radio production

[EvenflowBlack]

@SzicoVII Bob Holness was James Bond on the radio, before the books were made into films.

[Richiepookinshoo]

@SzicoVII In 1956, he starred in a South African radio adaptation of Moonraker, making him the second actor to portray James Bond

[daystilljersey]

@SzicoVII Actually, not at all far from it, it's extremely strongly researched and they made mention of the couple of incorrect facts they got when they later found out.

[Thisisace]

@SzicoVII "In 1956, he starred in a South African radio adaptation of Moonraker, making him the second actor to portray James Bond"

[AidanLunn]

@SzicoVII Holness was a South African-born actor. He played Bond (only the second actor to do so) in a South African radio adaptation of Moonraker.

And the researchers work night and day to get facts right on QI. Often people debunk what is said on it as wrong because popular myth - even such reliable texts like textbooks - sometimes say otherwise.

[AdamSeeb]

@jh94 QI is the veneer'v fact but when wun ixaminz it..things r not so accurat. a 'fact' they reported was that 'cairo' means 'mars' - it doesn't. that's kahir - a wurd which is not used all that much..mars is mirreekh. morovr: cairo is feminin whereas mars is male. qi= quite inaccurat.

[jh94]

@AdamSeeb I think i'll listen to someone who can type a sentence in English.

[AdamSeeb]

@jh94 u nobskrac. but I dersa u won't lisn urgo don't undrstand my langwij. .

[GingerPhilG]

@jh94 He voiced bond in a radio adaptation...

[L1701]

@SzicoVII According to Wikipedia, in 1956, Holness portrayed James Bond in a South African radio adaptation of the novel Moonraker.

[sjsharp2007]

@SzicoVII it's not prior to taking up his role on Blockbusters I believe I read somewher Bob Holness was a teacher

[daystilljersey]

@SzicoVII In 1956, Bob Holness starred in a South African radio adaptation of Moonraker, making him the second actor to portray James Bond (Barry Nelson played Bond in a 1954 adaptation of Casino Royale).

[MrAndrewGCGibson]

@SzicoVII it is true.

[LANbritain]

yeh in 1956, he was in a radio production of moonraker in south africa

[LANBritain1]

@jh94

Yes..he played Bond on South African radio in mid-late 1950s in Moonraker

[voodooknife]

@jh94 Actually it is partly true, he played James Bond in Moonraker in a Radio version. So technically he did.

[jh94]

@voodooknife That's what I have been trying to say.

[bradbeaver]

@jh94 It is true...he played a radio James Bond

[NeISSProject]

@jh94 Apparently, If i remember right, he played James Bond in an early radio series by the BBC before the movies were made.

[AidanLunn]

@NeISSProject It was by SABC, not the BBC.

[madabbafan]

@jh94 He was the first to play the part as written by Ian Flemming although this was on Radio not the films

[Theclearthinker1]

@jh94

Its true, he played 'Jimmy Bond' in an American radio dramatisation of the James Bond franchise

[maccie33]

@jh94 people should be aware, it was a radio incarnation, but yes, the second man to play james bond nonetheless!

[Centralfan94]

@maccie33 This my new account, jh94 was closed down a while ago, yes I know it was the radio adaptations.

[FlooringLegend]

@jh94 nope,you're wrong,that was George Lazenby!!!

[blangear]

@jh94 You can't just blindly accept something as true just because it's an alternative information source and doesn't go along with most common beliefs

[sphoney]

@blangear QI is pretty well researched, but arguable that he didn't accept it as blindly as others reject it:

"Bob Holness was the second actor to portray James Bond, starring in a 1957 South African radio dramatization of 'Moonraker'." - imdb (and everywhere else)

He didn't say anything about the Eon films (started with 'Dr. No' in 1962), just the first recorded performances of the novels.

A fair number of the comments in the last two years have already covered it.

[Centralfan94]

@blangear This is my new account, jh94 closed down a while ago, it is technically true though and a fair few James Bond fans have said the same thing to me. Infact i'm sure someone said it's mentioned in a book...

Anyway those comments by me were written a long time ago, back when I was a big fan of Qi, these days I don't believe to show to be completley write, but you do learn something new from it every episode. It's nice to know a well known gameshow host once played a famous character :)

[huggy176]

yeh this is the skys version.will never be as good as the original. thanks mate for the effort though

[anthonythirteen]

is this the guy who didn't play sax on 'Baker Street'????

[SzicoVII]

Say that again?

[anthonythirteen]

An urban myth went around 15-20 years ago that the presenter of Blockbusters (Bob Honless) played the famous sax solo on Jerry Raferty's song. He didn't although he admired the actual saxophonist (Raf Ravenscroft).

What is apparently true was that BH was the original James Bond 007 - he played him in a radio show in South Africa.

[christschinwon]

I heard the Bond thing is true. Stuart Maconie 'claims' to have started the Baker Street sax rumour amoung many others not so well known

[MrTrumptonriots]

and also Bill Rafferty was the host of the American version of Blockbusters.

[biscit1972]

@SzicoVII There was an urban myth that Bob Holness- the Bob Holness who was Blockbusters host and James Bond on the radio- played the sax riffs on Gerry Rafferty's Baker St.

It was in a joke column of spoof facts in the NME. Oddly none of the other joke facts became urban myths.

[LoganDace]

@anthonythirteen he was kind of, it was a radio adaption of the novels

[623058]

this was never used by ITV, it was used by SKY for there version when there took it over:

[Retardis]

I want a pee please Bob.

[bradbeaver]

Not bad mate. Brad