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Blankety Blank

★ 4.6 (7 votes) | 1979 | 0h 30m
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Overview

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.

Details
  • Status Ended
  • First Air Date January 18, 1979
  • Last Air Date August 17, 2002
  • Seasons 17
  • Episodes 286
  • Networks ITV1, BBC One

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Seasons

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Specials

13 episodes • 1978

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Season 1

16 episodes • 1979

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Season 2

17 episodes • 1979

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Season 3

16 episodes • 1980

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Season 4

17 episodes • 1981

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Season 5

14 episodes • 1982

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Season 6

15 episodes • 1983

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Season 7

14 episodes • 1984

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Season 8

11 episodes • 1985

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Season 9

22 episodes • 1985

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Season 10

22 episodes • 1986

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Season 11

22 episodes • 1987

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Season 12

12 episodes • 1988

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Season 13

21 episodes • 1989

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Season 14

14 episodes • 1997

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Season 15

13 episodes • 1999

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Season 16

20 episodes • 2001

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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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