(The two male twins ended up playing each other in a head-to-head.) In the same year, Mastermind did something similar with the 'Hancock's Half-Hour' edition, in which the married couple Paul and Christine Hancock played against each other, right up to a sudden-death play-off - and they also appeared together on Masterteam. Apparently, Les Dawson had not been told about this, so, after he had finished with 2 of the contestants, he had to do a double take, because there they were again and of course both sets of twins were identically dressed! It was very rare for Dawson to be caught on the hop like that. In a particularly memorable 1987 edition, the BBC had booked 2 sets of identical twins as contestants. Another one in the same year featured 3 weathermen (Michael Fish, John Kettley and Ian McCaskill) and the Beverley Sisters. Two 1987 specials featuring the cast of 'Allo 'Allo! and Hi-De-Hi making up the entire celebrity panel. Judging by the first episode we wondered whether this was a wise thing to do. ![]() The program defected from the BBC to ITV in 2001, when it lasted a year. The problem with Lily Savage's humour is that a lot is fairly adult and as a result, about half the show (the funny half) had to be edited from recording to suit the audience. drag artist Paul O'Grady), host of the revival. Everyone thought she/he would be really bad at it but in fact she/he/it managed to pull quite an audience, and in fact the show was later renamed "Lily Savage's Blankety Blank" as a result, which was actually a rather dubious honour, but then she was a rather dubious character. Acerbic Lily had little respect for the format and had no trouble at all with keeping people in check. This was almost certainly an attempt at a new version of Blankety Blank, even giving away address books instead of cheque books and pens as consolation prizes, but Fast Friends flopped after only one series, since it had none of Blankety Blank's entertainment value - which was actually considerable, for all its unashamed tackiness! However, Blankety Blank was revived in 1998 with Lily Savage as the host. Les Dawson, host of the second incarnation.īlankety Blank left the screens in 1990, 3 years before Dawson's death, during which time he hosted an even more cheap and tacky show, Fast Friends. The words on the board were worth 50, 100 and 150 Blanks depending on popularity and more blanks meant better prizes (although I've already told you that didn't mean much.). The winning player was allowed to ask three of the celebs as to what they thought the most popular filler was and afterwards the player was allowed to take one of their words or come up with one of their own. Wogan used to ask some unseen bloke (originally Eugene, later Eamonn - they just had to be Irish names, didn't they?) to reveal the legend, while Dawson would usually say, "Please reveal the leg-end, Alf."īefore the show, the whole audience were polled as to what word should fill in the blank of the Supermatch phrase, and the three most popular answers were hidden away on the board. The legend was revealed revealing a two word phrase with one word blanked out. The winner went through to the Supermatch Game (with the appropriate "Supermatch Game" theme tune, which was nearly as inane as the "Blankety Blank" one). Except in the more recent Lily Savage revived version they were actually not bad, when there was a holiday for a grand prize and things that actually worked. The tackiness continued with the set which was cheap and the prizes which were cheaper. ![]() Yes! This was Blankety Blank! Cheap and tackiness for the masses.Īnd it all started with *that* theme tune, the one that went "Blankety Blank, Blankety Blank (Boom Boom), Blankety Blank, Blankety Blank (Boom Boom)" for about five years which we suppose was dead handy if you suffered from amnesia and forgot which programme you were currently watching. Several words you could fit in that blank, but it was up to the contestants to try and match their answers to the celebrities playing alongside them. ITV Productions and TalkbackThames for ITV1, 21 April 2007 (Gameshow Marathon one-off)ībc.co.uk webcast, 5 to 6 March 2011 (24 Hour Panel People) "Lily Savage" ( Paul O'Grady) (1997-2002)īBC 1, 18 January 1979 to 12 March 1990 (208 episodes in 12 series + 10 specials)įremantle for BBC One, 26 December 1997 to 19 September 1998 (13 episodes in 1 series + 1 special)Īs Lily Savage's Blankety Blank Grundy for BBC One, 26 June to 28 December 1999 (12 episodes in 1 series + 1 special)Īs Lily Savage's Blankety Blank Grundy for ITV, 7 January to 17 June 2001 (20 episodes in 1 series)Īs Lily Savage's Blankety Blank Thames for ITV1, 4 May to 10 August 2002 (12 episodes in 1 series + 8 unaired)
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