A revival hosted by Paul O'Grady (under his drag alter-ego Lily Savage) was produced by Pearson Television's UK subsidiary Fremantle (UK) Productions for BBC One from 26 December 1997 to 28 December 1999, followed with ITV from 7 January 2001 to 10 August 2002 as Lily Savage's Blankety Blank.
[6] The contestant scores one point for each celebrity whose answer is either an exact match or reasonably close, as determined by a panel of off-screen judges.
Should the trailing contestant fail to at least tie the score, the game ends immediately without the leader having to take a turn.
[citation needed] The contestant is presented with a fill-in-the-blank phrase and must attempt to choose the most common response based on a studio audience survey.
Each episode offers a star prize for 300 Blanks, requiring a contestant to match the most popular answer in their own Supermatch and win the head-to-head final.
[6] On Lily Savage's Blankety Blank, the contestant with the highest Supermatch score or winner of a tiebreaker played the head-to-head round for an additional prize.
[citation needed] Channels regulated by the Independent Broadcasting Authority were limited to the giving away prizes with the maximum value usually being £1,750.
Blankety Blank returned to British screens in November 2004 as a one-off edition as part of the BBC's annual Children in Need telethon, in which Terry Wogan reprised his role as the host of the show, accompanied by his wand microphone.
[citation needed] Another one-off edition was shown on 21 April 2007 as part of ITV's Gameshow Marathon hosted by Vernon Kay.
[citation needed] A one-off edition of the programme was recorded in aid of Comic Relief's 24 Hour Panel People, on 6 March 2011.
The recording was broadcast live on the Red Nose Day website and, in an edited version, on BBC Three on 14 March.