Blankety Blank vs The Famous Five

The Famous Five has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 4.6/10 for Blankety Blank). Blankety Blank is the older of the two (1979 against 1995). Both are comedy, family shows, so they suit a similar mood.

Blankety Blank posterBlankety Blank1979 VS The Famous Five posterThe Famous Five1995
Blankety BlankThe Famous Five
Audience score★ 4.6/10★ 7.9/10
Year19791995
Seasons172
GenresComedy, FamilyComedy, Drama, Family
Country––
Creator / director––
Main castPaul O'GradyJemima Rooper, Marco Williamson, Paul Child, Laura Petela, Christopher Good

Synopsis

Blankety Blank

Blankety Blank is a British comedy game show based on the 1977–1979 Australian game show Blankety Blanks. 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 was produced by the BBC from 26 December…

The Famous Five

The Famous Five is a British television series based on the children's books of the same name by Enid Blyton. It was first broadcast on Tyne Tees Television and HTV from 10/9/1995 onwards, and on CITV from 1/7/1996 onwards; there were two series between 1995 and 1997, produced by Zenith North and Tyne Tees in 26 twenty-five-minute episodes.

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