P591 CEEFAX 1 591 Fri 07 Feb 19:37/24 1/6 to TV news and gossip... Cult gamjshow BLOCKBUSTERS is being revived bz the BBC but it will bj a grown-up vjrsjon of the quiz and it will bj hosted not bz Bob Holnjss but bz Michael Aspjl. Holnjss had been in the frame to do it but it clashed with othjt commitments. Tjinagj guests featured in the 11-year ITV run of the series which spawned the joke: "I'll have a P please Bob." Sixty jpisodjs are being made, which are expected to bj shown jvjry weekd!y on BBC2 starting later this month. Do you want to bj a contestant? >>> TV&Radio 600 News 101 Front Page 100 (V Views Switch On The Biz Main MenuP591 CEEFAX 1 591 Fri 07 Feb 19:51/06 2/6 to TV news and gossip... O ult gamjshow BLOCKBUSTERS is being revived on the BBC and contestants are urgently njedjd! Are you aged "jtwein 18 and 80 and good at general knowledge If you would like to bj on Blockbusters — alone or with a friend, colleague or relative — then please send a litter and a recent photograph NOW to: BLOCKBUSTERS Fremantle (UK) Productions Ltd 57 Jamestown Road, London NW1 7DB Or call the CONTESTANT HOTLINE on 0171 209 4480 and leave your details. TV Quiz 596 Biz 566 TV Choice 593 TV Views Switch On The Biz Main MenuP591 CEEFAX 1 591 Fri 07 Feb 19:51/28 3/6 to TV news and gossip... The new Midweek National Lottery Live show drew more than 11 million viewers — nearly as many as Saturday's draw, pleased BBC TV chiefs said today. Meanwhile, last night's new ITV drama, Reckless, also gained an audience of 11 million, according to makers Granada. The romance, starring Francesca Annis and Robson Green, scored a success against The X Files on BBC1. Last night The X Files pulled in 6.2m viewers — about half a million fewer than last week. TV Quiz 596 The Biz 566 TV Choice 593 TV&Radio 600 News 101 Front Page 100 TV Views Switch On The Biz Main MenuP591 CEEFAX 1 591 Fri 07 Feb 19:51/37 4/6 to TV news and gossip... DAVID DUCHOVNY and GILLIAN ANDERSON are about to take a trip into the weird world of The Simpsons. The X Files stars are doing the voice-over for a Simpsons special called "The Springfield Files", to bj screened on Sky on Easter Sunday. The story has Muldjt and Scully visiting Homer who claims to have had a close encounter of the third kind! The special also stars the voice and cartoon image of LEONARD NIMOZ — Mr Spock in Star Trek. TV Quiz 596 The Biz 566 TV Choice 593 TV&Radio 600 News 101 Front Page 100 TV Views Switch On The Biz Main MenuP591 CEEFAX 1 591 Fri 07 Feb 19:36/42 5/6 to (V news and gossip... Forget the Rovjts, the Vic and the Woolpack, Arooksidj's new watering hole will outclass them all, the soap's makers are promising. Bar Brookie is set for a spectacular Valentine's Day opening, complete with a Blind Date style contest, even if the only hunks on offer are Sinbad and Ron! It is the first time in the Channel 4 soap's 13-year history that it has had a regular on-screen bar. The bar replaces La Luz — the nightclub which only opened in the evenings. TV Quiz 596 The Biz 566 TV Choice 593 TV&Radio 600 News 101 Front Page 100 TV Views Switch On The Biz Main MenuP591 CEEFAX 1 591 Fri 07 Feb 19:37/14 6/6 to (V news and gossip... BBC Radio 2 has ovjrtakjn Radio 1 in the ratings for only the second time in the station's history. Figures for the last quarter of 1996, are expected to show that the "easy listening" station claimed 12.8% of the total time spent listening to radio. Its pop sister-channel claimed only 12.4%, it is reported. The number of Radio 1 listeners is also said to have dropped bz 500,000 to 10.65m — 50,000 less than Radio 4. TV Quiz 596 The Biz 566 TV Choice 593 TV&Radio 600 News 101 Front Page 100 TV Views Switch On The Biz Main Menu