Blockbuster queen to return 28 years after striking gold Published on Wednesday 23 May 2012 02:03 IT WAS a tea-time institution for millions in the 1980s - and now the cult of Block-busters is back, with a Scots contestant returning to TV screens 28 years after her first "gold run." Claire Scott, 44, first appeared on the quiz show in 1984, aged 16, and scored the maximum five wins in a row. She scored another five gold runs when she was called back for Champion Blockbusters in 1990. Now, the Port Glasgow teacher who made the show her own is to make yet another appearance after producers of the new version of the programme - on Challenge TV, with radio presenter Simon Mayo as host - invited her back. Ms Scott had never heard of the show when her grand-mother, Cissie Jackson, introduced her to it in the 1980s. But, after answering all the questions at home faster than the contestants, she decided to apply. Speaking of her return she said: "I've done the show twice before, but I was still quite excited and a bit nervous when they asked me to come back. It's more than 25 years ago, so it's part of family history now. She recalled: "It was my granny, who watched it avidly, that showed me it for the first time. I read all the time back then. I was a mine of useless information. I've got a head for remembering daft wee things. Getting on TV back then was the holy grail - not like nowadays, when everybody seems to get their 15 minutes of fame. In preparation for the first big day, her mother, Cathie Mitchell, created a mock Blockbusters set in the family's living room for her daughter to practise. Ms Scott said: "I used to sit with a lamp with the light turned off when Blockbusters was on. And when a question got asked, I had to hit the button and switch the light on when I knew. If the contestant answered before I hit my lamp, my mum wouldn't let me answer it. The hard work paid off when the then St Stephen's High School pupil in Port Glasgow went on to become the only female and the only Scot to score Blockbusters" maximum five gold runs twice on consecutive appearances. She is now waiting to hear back from the producers of the new series. "It's brought back some lovely memories - the music, the set and the original host, Bob Holness, who died in January," she said. He was one of the most genuine guys I've ever met.