Blankety Blank (1979)

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Release Date

18 Jan, 1979

Runtime

00:30: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

286/17

Synopsis

Blankety Blank is a British comedy game show based on the 1977–1979 Australian game show Blankety Blanks. The British version ran from 18 January 1979 to 12 March 1990 on BBC One, hosted first by Terry Wogan and later by Les Dawson. Regular members of the celebrity panel on this version included Kenny Everett, Lorraine Chase, Gareth Hunt, Gary Davies, and Cheryl Baker. A revival fronted by Lily Savage was produced by the BBC from 26 December 1997 to 28 December 1999, followed by ITV from 7 January 2001 to 10 August 2002. This version was produced by Grundy, then Thames.

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Specials

01 Apr, 1978

Season 1

18 Jan, 1979

Season 2

06 Sep, 1979

Season 3

04 Sep, 1980

Season 4

03 Sep, 1981

Season 5

04 Sep, 1982

Season 6

03 Sep, 1983

Season 7

07 Sep, 1984

Season 8

11 Jan, 1985

Season 9

06 Sep, 1985

Season 10

05 Sep, 1986

Season 11

18 Sep, 1987

Season 12

09 Sep, 1988

Season 13

07 Sep, 1989

Season 14

26 Dec, 1997

Season 15

26 Jun, 1999

Season 16

07 Jan, 2001

Season 17

04 May, 2002

With falling ratings and the last episodes shelved by ITV, the series went off the air for over a decade. The unaired final episodes eventually premiered on the Freeview channel Challenge in August 2005, while the show itself received a reboot in 2021 with Bradley Walsh.