Blankety Blank: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Blankety Blank was a British comedy game show based on the 1977–79 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 from 1979 until 1983 followed by Les Dawson from 1984 until 1990. Regular members of the celebrity panel on this version included Kenny Everett, Lorraine Chase, Gareth Hunt, Gary Davies and Cheryl Baker. A revival hosted by Paul O'Grady (as 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. Two contestants competed. The contestants were always a man and a woman or two women; at no point did two men compete head-to-head. The object was to match the answers of as many of the six celebrity panellists as possible on fill-in-the-blank statements.

Series details

• Title: Blankety Blank
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1979-01-18
• Final broadcast date listed: 2002-08-10
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 9580

Cast and credited roles

• Les Dawson — Host
• Terry Wogan — Host
• Paul O'Grady — Lily Savage (Host)
• David Walliams — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1979-01-18; final listed air date 1979-05-10.
• Season 2: premiered 1979-09-06; final listed air date 1979-12-25.
• Season 3: premiered 1980-09-04; final listed air date 1980-12-26.
• Season 4: premiered 1981-09-03; final listed air date 1981-12-26.
• Season 5: premiered 1982-09-04; final listed air date 1982-12-27.
• Season 6: premiered 1983-09-03; final listed air date 1983-12-25.
• Season 7: premiered 1984-09-07; final listed air date 1985-03-26.
• Season 8: premiered 1985-09-06; final listed air date 1986-03-21.
• Season 9: premiered 1986-09-05; final listed air date 1987-03-13.
• Season 10: premiered 1987-09-18; final listed air date 1988-02-26.
• Season 11: premiered 1988-09-09; final listed air date 1988-12-16.
• Season 12: premiered 1989-09-07; final listed air date 1990-03-12.
• Season 13: premiered 1997-12-26; final listed air date 1998-09-19.
• Season 14: premiered 1999-06-26; final listed air date 1999-12-28.
• Season 15: premiered 2001-01-07; final listed air date 2001-05-20.
• Season 16: premiered 2002-02-16; final listed air date 2002-08-10; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Blankety Blank on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.