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Blankety Blank

1979 · 17 seasons · 30m per episode · Comedy, Family

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.

Seasons

• Season 1 — 16 episodes (January 18, 1979)
• Season 2 — 17 episodes (September 6, 1979)
• Season 3 — 16 episodes (September 4, 1980)
• Season 4 — 17 episodes (September 3, 1981)
• Season 5 — 14 episodes (September 4, 1982)
• Season 6 — 15 episodes (September 3, 1983)
• Season 7 — 14 episodes (September 7, 1984)
• Season 8 — 11 episodes (January 11, 1985)
• Season 9 — 22 episodes (September 6, 1985)
• Season 10 — 22 episodes (September 5, 1986)
• Season 11 — 22 episodes (September 18, 1987)
• Season 12 — 12 episodes (September 9, 1988)
• Season 13 — 21 episodes (September 7, 1989)
• Season 14 — 14 episodes (December 26, 1997)
• Season 15 — 13 episodes (June 26, 1999)
• Season 16 — 20 episodes (January 7, 2001)
• Season 17 — 20 episodes (May 4, 2002)

Cast

• Paul O'Grady as Lily Savage - Presenter

Details

First aired

January 18, 1979

Episodes

286

Genres

Comedy, Family

Network

ITV1 and BBC One

Status

Ended

TMDB score

5.2 / 10 from 8 votes