Blankety Blank(1979)
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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Cast
Seasons
Season 1
16 episodes · 1979
Season 2
17 episodes · 1979
Season 3
16 episodes · 1980
Season 4
17 episodes · 1981
Season 5
14 episodes · 1982
Season 6
15 episodes · 1983
Season 7
14 episodes · 1984
Season 8
11 episodes · 1985
Season 9
22 episodes · 1985
Season 10
22 episodes · 1986
Season 11
22 episodes · 1987
Season 12
12 episodes · 1988
Season 13
21 episodes · 1989
Season 14
14 episodes · 1997
Season 15
13 episodes · 1999
Season 16
20 episodes · 2001
Season 17
20 episodes · 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.
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Blankety Blank was first aired in 1979.
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Blankety Blank has 17 seasons and 286 episodes in total.
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Blankety Blank stars Paul O'Grady.
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