Blankety Blank

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

For the similar Australian game show, see Blankety Blanks (Australian game show). For the unrelated American game show, see Blankety Blanks (American game show).

Blankety Blank
GenreComedy panel game
Presented by
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series20
No. of episodes266 (inc. 12 Christmas specials, and 8 that were unaired)
Production
Running time30–60 minutes
Production companies
  • BBC (1979–1990)
  • Fremantle (UK) Productions (1997–98)
  • Grundy (1999, 2001)
  • Thames (2002, 2016, 2020–)
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release18 January 1979 (1979-01-18) –
28 December 1999 (1999-12-28)
NetworkITV
Release7 January 2001 (2001-01-07) –
10 August 2002 (2002-08-10)
NetworkITV
Release24 December 2016 (2016-12-24)
NetworkBBC One
Release25 December 2020 (2020-12-25) –
present

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.

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.

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