Blankety Blank

Season 16

20 episodes · Jan 7, 2001

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  • S16E1

    Episode 1

    Jan 7, 2001

    Lily Savage returns with Blankety Blank after a 17-month absence from the screen - yet this time, it's with ITV. Lily welcomes five celebrities new to the quiz to usher in the change, with only Keith Duffy having appeared before.

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  • S16E2

    Episode 2

    Jan 14, 2001

    Lily welcomes four celebrities brand new to the panel: Jayne Middlemiss, Billy Murray, Steve Penk and Stuart Miles. Among the contestants is Tom Roberts, a man who took part in the D-Day landings.

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  • S16E3

    Episode 3

    Jan 21, 2001

    It seems as if Lily's finally starting to get the show's "gentle innuendo" format, noting that questions give the temptation to say "something rude". However, it's not long before she's telling the teatime audience of her inauspicious past

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  • S16E4

    Episode 4

    Jan 28, 2001

    Lily deals with one contestant who lives in cemeteries, and another who got married in secret without letting her family know. Meanwhile, Sherrie Hewson decides she doesn't understand the programme, and declares she shouldn't be on it.

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  • S16E5

    Episode 5

    Feb 4, 2001

    Lily introduces another edition of the quiz show, in which contestants include a jelly wrestler, and a girl who can fit her entire fist in her mouth.

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  • S16E6

    Episode 6

    Feb 11, 2001

    Lily offers a star prize of a week's holiday in Sri Lanka, but can celebrity panellists including Leslie Grantham and Adele Silva help the contestants to win it?

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  • S16E7

    Episode 7

    Feb 18, 2001

    Lily is in a particularly jaded mood as a game threatens to "take all night", and many of the quiz elements are revealed as ones she hates.

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  • S16E8

    Episode 8

    Feb 25, 2001

    Dermot O'Leary makes his sole Blankety Blank appearance on a show full of pretend people: there's the stylised comic persona of Harry Hill, fictitious glamour model Gayle Tuesday, and, of course, the show is presented by Lily herself.

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  • S16E9

    Episode 9

    Mar 4, 2001

    Kevin Woodford and Nadia Sawalha make their second appearances as panellists on the show, and are joined by four guests new to the programme - including Nadia's sister, Julia.

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  • S16E10

    Episode 10

    Mar 11, 2001

    Chaos reigns when Liz Dawn and Donald Sinden can't understand the questions, and Bradley Walsh becomes obsessed with Lily's short skirt.

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  • S16E11

    Episode 11

    Mar 25, 2001

    Lily introduces more contestants and celebrity panellists to the quiz, including the sole appearances of Troy Titus-Adams and David Easter.

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  • S16E12

    Episode 12

    Apr 8, 2001

    Sherrie Hewson is having a nightmare with her answers, while Lily admits she's "not in the mood". However, elderly contestant George is on hand to make Lily laugh against her will.

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  • S16E13

    Episode 13

    Apr 22, 2001

    Contestant Chris Keeble is in luck when he reveals one of his ambitions is to meet Gail Porter - Gail makes her sole appearance on the panel this week. Also making his only guest spot on the show is Sid Owen.

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  • S16E14

    Episode 14

    Apr 29, 2001

    Giggly contestants and an emboldened panel help provide the fun in this edition of the show.

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  • S16E15

    Episode 15

    May 6, 2001

    Junior Simpson, Kerry Katona, George Layton and Debra Stephenson all make their sole appearances on the panel. Louise Jameson, who had appeared twice in the Les Dawson era, also makes her only guest spot on Lily's version.

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  • S16E16

    Episode 16

    May 13, 2001

    Lily has laughs with some lively contestants, including a girl who claims to be a relative of Mary Tyler Moore, and the elderly Nat Shine, who brings his own sense of fun to the show.

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  • S16E17

    Episode 17

    May 20, 2001

    Making their sole appearances on the panel this episode are Fiona Dolman, Jane Cox and Derek Fowlds.

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  • S16E18

    Episode 18

    May 27, 2001

    "Let's get this over with, we're not here to enjoy ourselves." So says Lily, introducing another edition of Blankety Blank, with a star prize of a trip to St. Lucia.

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  • S16E19

    Episode 19

    Jun 3, 2001

    The penultimate episode of the series sees old hands in Roy Barraclough and June Whitfield joined by newcomers Sarah Cawood and Ed Bryne.

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  • S16E20

    Episode 20

    Jun 10, 2001

    Lily sees out the series with some unruly contestants and the sole appearances of Michael Starke and Natasha Hamilton.

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