   blankety blank is a british comedy game show based on the 1977â79 australian game show blankety blanks (which was in turn based on the american game show match game). the british version ran from 18 january 1979 to 12 march 1990 on bbc one, hosted first by terry wogan and later by les dawson. regular members of the celebrity panel on this version included kenny everett, lorraine chase, gareth hunt, gary davies, and cheryl baker. a revival fronted by lily savage (played by paul o'grady) was produced by the bbc from 26 december 1997 to 28 december 1999, followed by itv from 7 january 2001 to 10 august 2002. this version was produced by the reg grundy organisation (producers of the australian version), then thames television. ==format== ===main game=== two contestants competed. the contestants were always a man and a woman or two women; at no point did two men compete head-to-head. the object was to match the answers of as many of the six celebrity panelists as possible on fill-in-the-blank statements. the main game was played in two rounds. the contestant was given a choice of two statements labelled either "a" or "b". the host then read the statement. when les dawson became the host the programme did away with the a or b choice but this was reinstated when lily savage became the host. frequently, the statements were written with comedic, double entendre answers in mind. a classic example: "did you catch a glimpse of that girl on the corner? she has the world's biggest 'blank'." while the contestant pondered his/her answer, the six celebrities wrote 
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