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Blankety Blank

Blankety Blank

  • TV comedy
  • BBC One / ITV1
  • 1979 - 2023
  • 310 episodes (20 series)

Comedy panel-game-show of missing words hosted in turn by Terry Wogan, Les Dawson, Lily Savage and Bradley Walsh. Also features Paul O'Grady.

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Bradley Walsh to return for two more series of Blankety Blank

Blankety Blank has been commissioned for two more series on BBC One, with Bradley Walsh returning as host.

British Comedy Guide, 25th March 2024

Ghosts was the most-watched TV comedy of 2023

Ghosts, Michael McIntyre's Big Show, Have I Got News For You, Blankety Blank and Mrs Brown's Boys were the most-watched British comedies on TV in 2023.

British Comedy Guide, 10th January 2024

Bradley Walsh's Blankety Blank to return to BBC One

Iconic comedy game show Blankety Blank is to return to BBC One later this year for a second series with Bradley Walsh as host.

British Comedy Guide, 18th January 2022

Jimmy Carr trying to take over from Bradley Walsh?

Blankety Blank viewers have accused comedian Jimmy Carr of trying to steal host Bradley Walsh's presenting gig.

Katy Hallam, MSN Entertainment, 7th November 2021

Blankety Blank celeb flashes VERY cheeky picture

Blankety Blank suffered a momentous TV blunder over the weekend after presenter Karim Zeroual appeared to draw a phallic-shaped symbol on-air.

The iconic BBC programme often contains a number of innuendos, however, rarely does Bradley Walsh's show contain rude images - but Karim was about to change just that.

Robert Mann, The Sun, 18th October 2021

Blankety Blank back with a bang

The return of the comedy quiz show attracted just under 5.3 million viewers, getting a 35.7% audience share.

Alex Farber, Broadcast, 4th October 2021

Blankety Blank's funniest and freakiest moments

Eighties game show Blankety Blank returned to BBC1 last night, presented by Bradley Walsh in place of original host Sir Terry Wogan. Here we revisit some of the show's funniest and freakiest moments.

Nadia Cohen, The Sun, 2nd October 2021

Bradley Walsh to return with more Blankety Blank

Bradley Walsh is to host Blankety Blank again. Producers are preparing to film the iconic game show this summer.

British Comedy Guide, 23rd April 2021

Remembering Captain Tom Moore on Blankety Blank

Captain Tom's role as a contestant on the show in 1983 is arguably the closest he came to fame prior to his fundraising campaign last year.

Roisin O'Connor, The Independent, 3rd February 2021

Blankety Blank most-watched new TV comedy in 2020

Blankety Blank was the most-watched new British comedy on TV in 2020. 5.2 million viewers tuned in to see the comic game show's revival on Christmas Day. The Graham Norton Show and ITV sitcom Kate & Koji also got over 5 million viewers last year.

British Comedy Guide, 1st January 2021

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