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British adaptation of the American [[Game Show]] ''[[Match Game]]''. The show aired on [[The BBC|BBC1]] in all but its last few years, when it [[Channel Hop|Channel Hopped]]ped to ITV.
 
Much like its American counterpart, ''Blankety Blank'' used a six-celebrity panel and two contestants, who would compete with humorous fill-in-the-blank questions in hopes that the celebrity panel would match up to them.
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The title comes from the standard used to describe missing entries. A single missing entry is "blank." An item with more than one missing entry has every one except the last called "blankety" and the last is "blank." So an item with three missing entry would be described as "blankety-blankety-blank."
 
[[Terry Wogan]] hosted the original version from 1979-831979–83, followed by Les Dawson (1984-901984–90) and Paul O'Grady (1997-2002 as his drag queen alter-ego Lily Savage). Vernon Kay hosted a one-off as part of ''Gameshow Marathon'' in 2007, and O'Grady himself did a one-off in 2011 for Comic Relief as part of ''24-Hour Panel People''.
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* [[Bonus Round]]: Supermatch, played identically to the American counterpart: an Audience Match round and a Head-to-Head Match. Unlike the American version, however, it wasn't played for cash but for "Blanks", an in-game currency that could be traded for ''[[Sarcasm Mode|fantastic prizes!]]''
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