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Blankety Blank Season 11 Episodes
Season 11 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1987 - 1988
Episode 1
Episode #11.1
32 mins
Les introduces a brand new series of the show, assuring viewers that if they miss any of it, the BBC will repeat it, giving them chance to miss it again.
Episode 2
Episode #11.2
33 mins
A "Holiday '87"-themed edition of the programme, with all six celebrity panellists presenters from the BBC travel show.
Episode 3
Episode #11.3
31 mins
"I'm getting fed up now!" says Les after too many wrong answers. There's also Linda Lusardi's assertion that Paul Shane smells of garlic, and the sole appearances of Jim Bowen and Linda Davidson.
Episode 4
Episode #11.4
32 mins
Les meets perhaps his tallest contestant yet, and gets his ideal audience in another who can't stop laughing at his jokes. There's also the quiz breaking records for the most prizes won - though not in the way that Les would like.
Episode 5
Episode #11.5
34 mins
Featuring the panel debut of presenter Su Ingle, along with the sole appearances of Nina Myskow, actress Beverley Adams and clairvoyant Christian Dion. But will all of them combined make as much noise as Frank Carson with a sore throat?
Episode 6
Episode #11.6
35 mins
Les is concerned that the show is getting too intellectual, and that the producer is deliberately picking tall contestants to make him look bad. Doc Cox makes his panel debut, while putting in her sole guest appearance is Gloria Gaynor.
Episode 7
Episode #11.7
35 mins
A feisty edition, where the entire top row threaten to beat up Les, Rula Lenska hits her husband Dennis Waterman with a marker pen, and a contestant reveals how he once met Les in a Blackpool nightclub and "You ignored me."
Episode 8
Episode #11.8
32 mins
David Wilkie and Cherry Gillespie appear for the final time, while an overexcited and verbose Debbie McGee makes her panel debut. "Were you in that film, 'The Quiet Man'?" asks Les.
Episode 9
Episode #11.9
34 mins
"You can feel the failure in the air," says Les as another audience is hard to please. Joining him for the first time are Mark Curry and Jean Fergusson, while Bernard Cribbins makes his first appearance since series three.
Episode 10
Episode #11.10
35 mins
DJ Steve Wright and Roly Poly Mo Moreland make their debut on the panel, while putting in their sole appearances are Cynthia Payne and boxer Terry Marsh.
Episode 11
Episode #11.11
31 mins
Les introduces another edition of the quiz, featuring a contestant with no front teeth, and a celebrity panellist who "started in showbusiness at the bottom, and he's still there".
Episode 12
Episode #11.12
32 mins
Les takes to throttling the contestants in desperation, while some of them are so confused they ask his help with the answers.
Episode 13
Episode #11.13
34 mins
Les cannot believe how poor the night's contestants are, thinking the low-scoring games must be a set up. Making their panel debuts are Emlyn Hughes and Ted Robbins, while sole appearances come from Sally Thomsett and Jessica Martin.
Episode 14
Christmas Special
38 mins
Mr. Pickwick (Les Dawson) hosts a Dickensian version of the show for Boxing Day, with guests including Mr. Bumble (Geoff Capes), Dora Copperfield (Lorraine Chase), Sam Weller (Roy Hudd) and Scrooge (Joe Brown).
Episode 15
Episode #11.15
33 mins
A New Year's Day episode that fared badly against ITV's movie night, but contained Les trying on a Madeiran peasant's hat. Making his last appearance on the show is Ian McCaskill, while DJ Ken Bruce makes his sole guest spot.
Episode 16
Episode #11.16
32 mins
Les gives his "candle blowing" gag another outing, and welcomes the first appearance of Phillip Schofield on the panel, along with the sole appearance of Suzy Aitchison. It's also the last time for Liz Robertson and Harry Carpenter.
Episode 17
Episode #11.17
32 mins
"I'm sorry, but I'm beginning to snap!" Les is surrounded by wrong answers and bad spelling, and can't take any more.
Episode 18
Episode #11.18
33 mins
The last appearance on the show of Norman Collier, along with the sole appearance of Joe Longthorne. Anne Robinson also makes her only appearance in the original run, but would return for two separate revival versions.
Episode 19
Episode #11.19
35 mins
Les introduces what he calls a "knacker's yard" of a panel, where a fierce debate rages between him and Freddie Trueman over who's got the ugliest face. Making his sole appearance on the show is magician Wayne Dobson.
Episode 20
Episode #11.20
32 mins
Les starts the show by revealing he's been visited by travellers from another world, tests a contestant's self defence skills, then introduces his celebrity guests, who can "brighten a stage just by leaving it".
Episode 21
Episode #11.21
32 mins
The final appearances of Samantha Fox and Kenny Lynch, along with the debuts of Pamela Armstrong and June Brown. There's also a top-rated Star Prize - that nobody seems to want.
Episode 22
Episode #11.22
34 mins
Les ends the eleventh series with a toast, the tallest contestant yet, and old friends including Bertice Reading, Danny La Rue and Duncan Norvelle.