Blankety Blank
- TV comedy
- BBC 1 / BBC One / ITV / ITV1
- 1979 - 2026
- 330 episodes (22 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.
- Broadcast of the final episode of the latest series delayed
Key details
- Genre
- Comedy
- Broadcast
- 1979 - 2026
- Channels
- BBC 1, BBC One, ITV, ITV1
- Episodes
- 330 (22 series), plus 9 unaired episodes and specials
- Stars
- Terry Wogan, Les Dawson, Paul O'Grady and Bradley Walsh
- Writers
- Tony Hawes, Mike Radford, Les Keen, Laura Claxton, Tom Craine, Matthew Crosby, James Farmer, John Smith and more
- Directors
- Marcus Plantin, David Taylor, Richard Valentine, Diccon Ramsay, Barbara Wiltshire, Paul Jackson, Stanley Appel, Geoff Posner and more
- Producers
- Aoife Bower, Alan Boyd, Omar Adam, Megan O'Doherty, Emily Starns, Marcus Plantin, John Bishop, Stanley Appel and more
- Companies
Can you fill in the blanks for the chance to win a prize?
A comedy panel-cum-game show in which public contestants pick celebrity players to guess the missing word from a common phrase, with the hope their choice makes a point-winning combination.
Catch-up
Additional details
- Also known as
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- Lily Savage's Blankety Blank
- Production setting
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Thursday 18th January 1979 at 7:55pm on BBC 1
- Most recent repeats
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- Saturday 27th June 2026 at 6:05pm on BBC1 - Series 20, Episode 7
- Thursday 18th June 2026 at 2:15am on BBC1 - Series 22, Episode 9
- Thursday 11th June 2026 at 12:40am on BBC1 Scot - Series 22, Episode 8
Recording details
- The London Studios
- BBC Television Centre
- Maidstone Studios - 2020 special and Series 18 & 20-22
- Versa London Studios - Series 19
