TV Series

Series Name:	Blankety Blank
Format:	TV Series
IMDB:	IMDB Page
Years:	1979 - 2002
Country:	UK
Language:	English
Genre:	Game Show
Rating:	6.6 Rate
Collection:	Seen It Wishlist
Community:	21 Have Seen
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Selected Cast	Terry Wogan as Presenter (1979-1983)
	Les Dawson as Presenter (1984-1990)
	Lily Savage as Presenter (1997-2002)

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Quad5point1 SUBS 7th Aug 2022		Alternate Title Screen added



23skidoo 19th Jul 2015		This was a remake of the American game show The Match Game (the opening credits are even formatted similarly), which has run in various formats since 1962 (though the version Blankety Blank(s) is patterned after is the famous star-studded comedic version from the 1970s).



Record Collector 18th Jun 2015		Watched it two years ago you can tell how cheap the show was production wise oh well that's 1977 for you



Neil Forbes 18th Jun 2015		Thanks for that info, RC. They got in two full seasons, then churned it out again in repeats.



Record Collector 18th Jun 2015		Original run 24th of January 1977 - 3rd of November 1978 Australian version



Neil Forbes 18th Jun 2015		....And "Dick Did", too! And so did Cyril! My recollection of the Aussie show running into the 1980s is likely because of the shows being so often repeated to fill scheduling gaps.



Record Collector 18th Jun 2015		Yep I think the show went for twelve months due to low ratings and Daves jokes started to run out



Neil Forbes 18th Jun 2015		There was, of course, the Aussie version of this show, only here it was Blankety Blanks(plural), The first version was produced in the studios of Station ATV-Melbourne and the compere was the legendary Graham Kennedy. Included on the Panel* was Noelene Brown, Barry Creyton, Stuart Wagstaff* Ugly Dave Gray who were fairly regular on the show and two other panellists who were semi-regular or occasional guests. This version ran from about 1977 to sometime in the early 1980s. A revival of the format fronted by Shane Bourne(wonder if he had a brother named Mel - ha-ha) was produced in the studios of Station GTV-Melbourne in the early-to-mid 1990s but I don't remember who was on the panel. (*deceased - sadly missed)



Monolith 16th Jun 2015		Lenny Henry gets on everyone's nerves............ period. Sorry, I of course mean Sir Lenny Henry, if ever there was proof that they hand out knighthoods like confetti this is it.



harley 16th Jun 2015		Lenny Henry kept getting on my nerves on episode always had to be getting his voice in.



zabadak 17th May 2015		This had its charms... :happy:



biffbampow 16th May 2015		He he he... this was probably the crappest game show of all with the crappiest prizes. I think I saw about half the Wogan editions and then somebody at the BBC in a stroke of genius replaced him with Les Dawson who truly ripped the p*** out of it in his own inimitable manner with the expected comical results. Dawson certainly went to town when it came to the prizes, putting on his pithy voice and almost sobbing "lets have a look... at... the prizes" I do remember the Boy George make up set with a wig being one of the prizes in one show which legend has it was actually won by some granny, but I can't remember that being the case. Good fun. Never bothered with the Lily Savage version... some things are best left in the past! Especially the obligatory Blankety Blank cheque book and pen or as Dawson sometimes mangled it to a "Blankety Blank cheque pen and book!"



shnozzle 16th May 2015

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