When was blankety blank on tv

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I thought this was very interesting. In England, it was "Man About the House. All classic American shows, all originating from oversea in England. Now we come to this one called "Blankety Blank". It will see a panel of six celebrities try to fill in the missing blanks over a series of rounds as they try to help win some brilliant prizes for contestants.

Walsh is the sixth presenter to host Blankety Blank, following behind Vernon Kay and David Walliams, who each presented specials of the show in and respectively. But, who was the original host on the show? And which celebs have fronted Blankety Blank over the years? The late and great Sir Terry Wogan was the pioneering host of Blankety Blank from its conception in For four years Wogan presented the show, and is remembered for his rather unusual stick-like microphone and his funny failure to keep the guests in check.

On one memorable occasion, Kenny Everett bent the mic in half. Gameshow Marathon was originally hosted by Ant and Dec to commemorate the 50th anniversary of ITV in , and saw some of our fave 90s games, from Price is Right to Play Your Cards Right, revived for a seven episode special. Sign up to receive our newsletter! He seems to be even more busy than Romesh Ranganathan. Anyway, he's got a pretty good line up of guests on this show which will give it a mix of alternative and mainstream flavour.

Johnny Vegas should supply a bit of anarchy, Jimmy Carr should supply a few slick one-liners. As it's post-watershed, airing at 9pm, it might be a little ruder than the original version that tended to go for innuendo rather that outright filth. Blankety Blank is the latest in a number of revived TV formats.

I wonder if Bradley Walsh was offered that as well and was too busy to fit it into his schedule.