Blankety Blank is a British comedy game show which ran from 18 January 1979 to 12 March 1990 on BBC 1. It was hosted first by Terry Wogan from 1979 until 1983, then by Les Dawson from 1984 until 1990. A revival hosted by Paul O’Grady was produced by the BBC from 26 December 1997 to 28 December 1999, followed by 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.
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Blankety Blank is a British comedy game show which ran from 18 January 1979 to 12 March 1990 on BBC 1. It was hosted first by Terry Wogan from 1979 until 1983, then by Les Dawson from 1984 until 1990. A revival hosted by Paul O’Grady was produced by the BBC from 26 December 1997 to 28 December 1999, followed by 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. The show was based on the 1977–79 Australian game show Blankety Blanks. Two contestants compete. The object of the game is to match the answers of as many of the six celebrity panelists as possible on fill-in-the-blank statements.
The contestants write their answers first on a card in secret, then the celebrities are canvassed to give their answers. The first celebrity response to match a contestant’s answer gives that contestant the victory. If there is still no match, the round is replayed with a new question. If a contestant fails to match any of the three answers, the bonus round ended. Another game is played with two new players, and the one who amassed the most from the Supermatch wins the game. The most popular answer in the survey is worth 150 Blanks, the second-most popular 100 Blanks and the third most popular 50. Matching the 150-blank answer and winning the head-to-head final won the star prize. On one memorable occasion, the 300 Blanks star prize was a trip on Concorde.
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