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Blankety Blank Season 10 Episodes
Season 10 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1986 - 1987
Episode 1
Episode #10.1
33 mins
Les begins a new series, only to find there's a guest missing on the panel. Can Blankety Blank's warm-up man (and "Hi-de-Hi!" star) Felix Bowness step in to save the day?
Episode 2
Episode #10.2
32 mins
Bruno Brookes makes his debut on the panel, while Eve Ferret and Sara Hollamby put in their sole appearances on the show.
Episode 3
Episode #10.3
35 mins
"I couldn't fault your performance tonight," Les tells a losing contestant, "there wasn't enough to form an opinion." Meanwhile, Bernie Winters has an eye infection, so has to spend the whole show wearing sunglasses.
Episode 4
Episode #10.4
31 mins
Three long-standing regulars make their final appearance in this edition, as Janet Brown, Alfred Marks and Sabina Franklyn sit on the panel for the last time.
Episode 5
Episode #10.5
33 mins
A low-scoring game has Les wondering if the show has the worst-ever contestants on it. Occupying the panel are guests including Linda Lusardi, Barry Sheene, Gary Wilmot and journalist Lynda Lee-Potter.
Episode 6
Episode #10.6
34 mins
The centenary year of aluminium gets celebrated with a selection of aluminium-based prizes. Plus, with Fenella Fielding, the panel gets a celebrity guest who is so bad she insists herself that they should have got someone else.
Episode 7
Episode #10.7
34 mins
Les is faced with a panel that he believes are so inept, he advises the contestants to reapply to come back on the show again.
Episode 8
Episode #10.8
32 mins
A chaotic edition, with disruptive contestants, Les at his most abusive, and the return of Lennie Bennett to the panel. There's also the sole appearance of DJ Dixie Peach, along with a contestant who Les insists is Little Richard.
Episode 9
Episode #10.9
32 mins
Madhur Jaffrey and Miss UK Mandy Shires make their sole appearances on the panel, while William Gaunt makes his first. Yet Les is so dismayed with the quality of the panel, he decides that the best thing to do is to shoot them all.
Episode 10
Episode #10.10
30 mins
Les is at breaking point with the show's low budget, while the questions are some of the most obscure yet. New to the panel is Rustie Lee, while among the returnees is Les's old co-star Roy Barraclough.
Episode 11
Episode #10.11
35 mins
Dinah Sheridan returns to the panel and this time brings her daughter Jenny Hanley with her. Also new to the show is comedian Greg Rogers.
Episode 12
Episode #10.12
33 mins
Les hosts a special Eastenders-themed edition of Blankety Blank, as show regular Wendy Richard is joined by five of her castmates from the soap opera.
Episode 13
Christmas Special
35 mins
The costumes and decorations come out as Les celebrates Christmas with Lynda Baron, Little and Large, Wendy Richard, Frank Carson and Samantha Fox.
Episode 14
Episode #10.14
31 mins
Les presents a special "Hi-de-Hi!" themed edition, as panel regulars Ruth Madoc and Paul Shane are joined by four of their castmates from the sitcom.
Episode 15
Episode #10.15
33 mins
Les oversees a very high-scoring game, though when the producer is monitoring viewers who switch off after seeing the panellists, things don't go quite so well.
Episode 16
Episode #10.16
31 mins
The Krankies return to the show for the first time since series three, but with Jeanette as herself, not in her guise as Wee Jimmy. Appearing for the first time is comedian Tom Pepper, while there's also the sole appearance of Sneh Gupta.
Episode 17
Episode #10.17
32 mins
"I'm getting no help from you, I'm getting no help from the producer - the panel's a waste o' time. The contestants look as though they've just been dug up. What'd you expect from me, eh? I'm a person."
Episode 18
Episode #10.18
35 mins
Les welcomes Charlie Williams to the show, and Derek Guyler returns for the first time since the second series. But Derek and Aimi MacDonald both struggle to find a pen that works.
Episode 19
Episode #10.19
31 mins
This week the female panellists are Beverley Sisters, and the males weathermen. Les introduces John Kettley, Michael Fish and Ian McCaskill by assuring viewers that "They are to weather forecasts what Long John Silver was to tap dancing."
Episode 20
Episode #10.20
31 mins
Les isn't happy with the week's panel, telling the producer "They're has beens before they was ones." The contestants don't please him much more, being told they'd be lucky to get no points, and the questions are some of the rudest yet.
Episode 21
Episode #10.21
25 mins
Les introduces a special 'Allo 'Allo!-themed version of Blankety Blank, with all six panellists stars from the sitcom.
Episode 22
Episode #10.22
32 mins
The panel storm off in disgust when Les criticises them, forcing Les to assemble a replacement panel. As it's the last show in the tenth series, Les also brings on a special surprise waitress to toast the audience.
