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British comedy game television show

Blankety Blank is a British comedy game show which started in 1979 and is still running today, albeit with some sizeable gaps. 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.

Two contestants compete, each attempting to match as many of the six celebrity panellists as possible in a series of fill in the blank statements. The main game is played in two rounds. The contestant with initial control in each round is given a blind choice of two statements, "A" or "B", and the host reads the chosen one aloud, with one word missing that is indicated by the word "blank". Statements are frequently written with comedic, double entendre answers in mind. A classic example: "Did you catch a glimpse of that girl on the corner? She has the world's biggest blank." While the contestant thinks of an answer, the celebrities write their responses on cards, without conferring. Once all six have done so, usually indicated by the celebrities lighting up their name card, the contestant states their answer. The host then asks the celebrities to reveal theirs, one at a time. The contestant scores one point for each celebrity whose answer is either an exact match or reasonably close, as determined by a panel of off screen judges. The opposing contestant then takes a turn with the unused statement. Initial control of the first round is determined by coin toss, The poor quality prizes on Blankety Blank became a running joke throughout the show's various runs, particularly during the Dawson era. Dawson drew attention to the fact that the prizes were less than mediocre, not pretending that the show had "fabulous prizes" as others did, but making a joke of it, such as referring to them as "fire salvaged" prizes. On one occasion, the 300 Blanks star prize was a trip on Concorde. As the audience (expecting the usual cheap prizes) clapped and cheered appreciatively, Dawson waved them down with "Don't get excited—it goes to the end of the runway and back." Most famous, because it was a constant across all series, was the consolation prize—the Blankety Blank chequebook and pen, which Dawson would often call "The Blankety Blank chequepen and book!" The "chequebook" consisted of a silver trophy in the shape of a chequebook. When one contestant had not won anything, Dawson rolled his eyes and asked her "I bet you wish you'd've stopped at home and watched Crossroads. Do you want me to lend you your bus fare home?" However, despite Dawson's constant jibing of the consolation prize ("Never mind love, you might have lost, but you'll never be short of something to prop your door open with now "), the chequebook and pen are now worth a great deal, as they were never commercially available and only a limited number were made. A Blankety Blank chequebook, minus the pen, was one of the items uncovered by Andy in Mackenzie Crook's BBC comedy Detectorists. In 1993, the IBA prize limits had been lifted, and the star prize on the 1990s revival was generally a holiday. In the 2021 series, the Supermatch prizes consist of £500, £750, and prize worth over £750.

Blankety Blank returned to British screens in November 2004 as a one off edition as part of the BBC's annual Children in Need telethon, in which Terry Wogan reprises his role as the host of the show, accompanied by his wand microphone. In 2006, the show was brought back this time as an interactive DVD game, with Terry once again reprising his role of host and once again being accompanied by his magic wand type microphone. However, the theme tune to the DVD game is not the original theme, but a version that was used for the ITV revival. Another one off edition was shown on 21 April 2007 as part of ITV's Gameshow Marathon hosted by Vernon Kay. Yet another one off edition of the programme was recorded, in aid of Comic Relief's 24 Hour Panel People, on 6 March 2011. The recording was broadcast live on the Red Nose Day website and, in an edited version, on BBC Three on 14 March. Paul O'Grady returned as host, this time as himself. On 22 August 2016, it was announced that David Walliams would front a Christmas special on ITV. At 5.26 million viewers, it was the third most watched Christmas Day programme in the overnight ratings. This special was so successful that the BBC announced on 30 April 2021 that it had been commissioned for a full series to air on Saturday nights later in the year on BBC One. A further series of 10 episodes (including a Christmas special) had been commissioned for transmission in 2022.

Series Start date End date Episodes Presenter 1 18 January 1979 10 May 1979 26 March 1985 3 April 1987 17 June 2001 Lennie Bennett, Lorraine Chase, Wendy Craig, Sandra Dickinson, Shirley Anne Field, Kenny Everett, Liza Goddard, David Hamilton, David Jason, Roy Kinnear, Patrick Moore, Beryl Reid Terry Wogan 26 December 1980 Katie Boyle, Windsor Davies, Les Dawson, Sandra Dickinson, Kenny Everett, Shirley Anne Field, David Hamilton, Roy Hudd, The Krankies, Rula Lenska, Patrick Moore, Beryl Reid, Madeline Smith, Jimmy Tarbuck 26 December 1981 Lorraine Chase, Liza Goddard, Larry Grayson, Lenny Henry, Beryl Reid, Jimmy Tarbuck 27 December 1982 Lorraine Chase, Dana, Diana Dors, Jimmy Edwards, Larry Grayson, Roy Hudd 25 December 1983 Sabina Franklyn, Roy Kinnear, Ruth Madoc, Patrick Moore, Beryl Reid, Freddie Starr 25 December 1984 Lorraine Chase, Suzanne Danielle, Ken Dodd, Russell Harty, Ruth Madoc, Derek Nimmo Les Dawson 27 December 1985 Debbie Greenwood, John Inman, Aimi Macdonald, Tom O'Connor, Mollie Sugden, Gary Wilmot 26 December 1986 Lynda Baron, Frank Carson, Samantha Fox, Syd Little, Eddie Large, Wendy Richard 26 December 1987 Lynda Baron, Joe Brown, Geoff Capes, Lorraine Chase, Roy Hudd, Wendy Richard 27 December 1989 Floella Benjamin, Anne Charleston, Linda Lusardi, Danny La Rue, Ian Smith, Peter Woods 26 December 1997 Ronan Keating, Gwen Taylor, Christopher Cazenove, Liz Dawn, Gareth Hale, Carol Vorderman Paul O’Grady as Lily Savage 28 December 1999 Donald Sinden, Roy Barraclough, Honor Blackman, Barbara Windsor, Anthea Turner, Tim Vincent 24 December 2016 The Chuckle Brothers, Lesley Joseph, Joe Lycett, Anne Robinson, Brooke Vincent, Louis Walsh David Walliams 25 December 2020 Jimmy Carr, Emilia Fox, Danny Jones, Amir Khan, Sue Perkins, Anita Rani Bradley Walsh 25 December 2021 Tom Allen, Mel B, Richard E. Grant, Danny Jones, Sarah Millican, Angela Rippon 24 December 2022 Joanna Lumley, Alex Horne, Jonathan Ross, Alison Hammond, Joanna Page, Guz Khan 23 December 2023 Brian Blessed, AJ Odudu, Katherine Ryan, Rob Beckett, Ainsley Harriott, Gemma Collins