Blankety Blank
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First episode date | January 18, 1979 |
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Final episode date | December 24, 2016 |
Production location | The London Studios |
Also known as | Lily Savage's Blankety Blank |
Presented by | Terry Wogan |
Paul O'Grady | |
Les Dawson | |
David Walliams | |
Reviews | www.imdb.com |
Present by | Terry Wogan; Les Dawson; Paul O'Grady; David Walliams; Bradley Walsh |
Product compani | Fremantle ; Grundy (1999–2001); Thames Television (2002); Thames (2016, 2020–) |
Networks | BBC One ; ITV (2001–02, 2016) |
No of episod | Christmas |
No of seri | 18 |
Genres | Comedy Panel Game |
Origin releas | 18 January 1979 –; present |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1185345 |
About Blankety Blank
The comedy quiz game everyone can play at home.
Paul O'Grady granted posthumous freedom of Wirral
... " O Grady rose to fame in the 1990s with his drag queen persona Lily Savage, going on to present BBC One game show Blankety Blank and other light entertainment programmes...
Paul O'Grady obituary: From Lily Savage to TV national treasure, with a love of dogs
... The transition to mainstream TV personality became complete when she followed in the footsteps of Terry Wogan and Les Dawson as the host of game show Blankety Blank...
Paul O'Grady: Camilla says she is 'deeply saddened' by TV star's death
... Later, he hosted chat show The Lily Savage Show for BBC for a short run in 1997, before turning his hand to hosting a revived version of game show Blankety Blank, which remained on air until 2002...
Paul O'Grady: TV star dies aged 67
... O Grady rose to fame in the 1990s with his iconic scouse drag queen persona Lily Savage, going on to present game show Blankety Blank and other light entertainment programmes...
Bill Tidy: Cartoonist who appeared on Countdown and Countryfile dies aged 89
... Over the years he also appeared on television shows such as Watercolour Challenge, Countdown, Blankety Blank and Countryfile and he illustrated more than 70 books...
Kelly Monteith: US comic who had own UK show dies at 80
... Once he moved to the UK, Monteith appeared on Des O Connor Tonight and Blankety Blank...
Children in Need: Lewis Capaldi, Joe Wicks and Graham Norton to star in BBC fundraiser
... The charity night on BBC One will include ex-Strictly stars Maisie Smith and John Waite going on Blankety Blank...
Barry Cryer: Tributes paid to veteran comedian and writer
... Hugely missed Cryer s early TV appearances were bolstered by a string of panel shows, with his comic timing entertaining audiences on That s Showbusiness, Blankety Blank and What s My Line...
Children in Need: Lewis Capaldi, Joe Wicks and Graham Norton to star in BBC fundraiser
Lewis Capaldi , Graham Norton , Joe Wicks , Bradley Walsh and Diversity will be among The Stars taking part in this year's Children in Need show later.
The Charity night on Bbc One will include ex-Strictly stars Maisie Smith and John Waite going on Blankety Blank .
, will perform her song live for the First Time at the Salford-based event.
DJ for this year's appeal through a gruelling treadmill challenge.
The Radio 2 presenter walked, jogged and ran for 24 Hours - Even recreating his infamous Strictly Come Dancing " crab dance".
Friday's three-hour show will be hosted by Ade Adepitan , Mel Giedroyc , Chris Ramsey , Alex Scott and Jason Manford .
Manford, who is co-presenting the annual event for the First Time , said: " Being from an underprivileged background, to help a charity that helps those children, means a lot to me".
Giedroyc highlighted " so many children facing the very real crisis of poverty this winter" and Adepitan said it would be " a really emotional night with a lot of powerful stories".
Last Year 's show for children and Young People across the UK.
Friday will also see Wicks walk a 30-mile ultra-marathon, aiming to finish in 10 Hours to join the evening's show. He will meet drag queens, athletes, actors and fellow broadcasters along The Way .
" I wanted to do as much as I could for The Charity again this year, especially given how hard things are for so many children and Young People in the UK right now, " He Said .
The Repair Shop team will reveal the results of a special restoration, while Romesh Ranganathan will host a charity edition of The Weakest Link.
Norton's Big Red Chair is returning, while The Children in Need Choir will sing Keane's Somewhere Only We Know.
Fundraising events to have been broadcast already include Matt Baker 's Rickshaw Relay, along with a team of five Young People , all of whom have been supported by Children in Need-funded projects.
Diy Sos built a brand-new home for Leeds-based CiN-funded project Getaway Girls, which saw Nick Knowles and his team work alongside Radio 2 presenters and a group of volunteers.
Source of news: bbc.com