Blankety Blank (1979)
Blankety Blank (1979)
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Cast & Crew.
Terry Wogan
Self - Presenter
Les Dawson
Self - Presenter
Paul O'Grady
Lily Savage - Presenter
Bradley Walsh
Self - Presenter
Patrick Moore
Self
Bernie Clifton
Himself
Patrick Moore
Himself
Thora Hird
Honor Blackman
Sherrie Hewson
Kathy Staff
Lorraine Kelly
Julian Clary
Aimi MacDonald
Anita Harris
Larry Grayson
Noele Gordon
Jan Leeming
Judy Cornwell
Gorden Kaye
Francesca Gonshaw
Richard Gibson
Roy Hudd
Elaine Stritch
Keith Harris
Mollie Sugden
Alexandra Bastedo
Bernie Winters
Shirley Anne Field
David Copperfield
Peggy Mount
Derek Griffiths
Bill Tidy
Kate O'Mara
Michael Barrymore
Angela Rippon
Cherry Gillespie
Stu Francis
Lynsey de Paul
Marti Caine
Frank Thornton
Andi Peters
Tim Vincent
Malandra Burrows
Richard Madeley
Barbara Windsor
Roy Barraclough
Karen Kay
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Release DateJanuary 18, 1979
StatusEnded
Seasons17
Episodes286
Running Time30m
Genres
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Blankety Blank is a British comedy game show which first aired in 1979. The show is based on the American game show Match Game, with contestants trying to match answers given by celebrity panellists to fill-in-the-blank questions.
The original series ran from 18 January 1979 to 12 March 1990 on BBC1, hosted first by Terry Wogan from 1979 until 1983, then by Les Dawson from 1984 until 1990. A revival hosted by Paul O'Grady (under his drag alter-ego Lily Savage) was produced by Pearson Television's UK subsidiary Fremantle (UK) Productions for BBC One from 26 December 1997 to 28 December 1999, followed with ITV from 7 January 2001 to 10 August 2002 as Lily Savage's Blankety Blank.
David Walliams hosted a one-off Christmas Special for ITV on 24 December 2016, with Bradley Walsh hosting a 2020 Christmas Special of the show for the BBC, which in turn led to a second revival series that premiered on 2 October 2021.