History Trivia / BlanketyBlank

** The prizes still remained spectacularly bad even after a channel hop to Creator/{{ITV}} in 1997, who weren't a public broadcaster and who raised their money from adverting, and therefore, could in theory afford better prizes, and then a ChannelHop back to Creator/TheBBC in 2021, who could also afford better prizes at that point. In the 2021 revival a contestant can win either £500, £750, or a prize that is apparently worth more than that, but still looked liked the producers had gone shopping at the above mentioned Argos in the head to head round. You could tell some contestants were deliberately going for an answer they knew wouldn't win the prize, just so they could get the money instead. The grand prize doesn’t look any more expensive in the last round. As a comparison, on teatime quiz show Series/{{Pointless}}, which is also shown on The BBC, the lowest a contestant can win is £1000. At that point however, naff prizes were just expected on Blankety Blank, adding to it's NarmCharm.

** The prizes still remained spectacularly bad even after a channel hop to Creator/{{ITV}} in 1997, who weren't a public broadcaster and who raised their money from adverting, and therefore, could in theory afford better prizes, and then a ChannelHop back to Creator/TheBBC in 2021, who could also afford better prizes at that point. The most a contestant can win in the 2021 revival is £750, or a grand prize that is apparently worth more than that, but still looked liked the producers had gone shopping at the above mentioned Argos. You could tell some contestants were deliberately going for an answer they knew wouldn't win the grand prize, just so they could get the money instead. As a comparison, on teatime quiz show Series/{{Pointless}}, which is also shown on The BBC, the lowest a contestant can win is £1000. At that point however, naff prizes were just expected on Blankety Blank, adding to it's NarmCharm.

** The prizes still remained spectacularly bad even after a channel hop to Creator/{{ITV}} in 1997, who weren't a public broadcaster and who raised their money from adverting, and therefore, could in theory afford better prizes, and then a ChannelHop back to Creator/TheBBC in 2021, who also could afford better prizes at that point. The most a contestant can win in the 2021 revival is £750, or a grand prize that was apparently worth more than that, but still looked liked the producers had gone shopping at the above mentioned Argos. You could tell some contestants were deliberately going for an answer they knew wouldn't win the grand prize, just so they could get the money instead. As a comparison, on teatime quiz show Series/{{Pointless}}, which is also shown on The BBC, the lowest a contestant can win is £1000. At that point however, naff prizes were just expected on Blankety Blank, adding to it's NarmCharm.

** The prizes still remained spectacularly bad even after a channel hop to Creator/{{ITV}} in 1997, who weren't a public broadcaster and who raised their money from adverting, and therefore, could in theory afford better prizes, and then a ChannelHop back to Creator/TheBBC in 2021, who also could afford better prizes at that point. The most a contestant can win in the 2021 revival is £750 + the grand prize. As a comparison, on teatime quiz show Series/{{Pointless}}, which is also shown on The BBC, the lowest a contestant can win is £1000. At that point however, naff prizes were just expected on Blankety Blank, adding to it's NarmCharm.

** The prizes still remained spectacularly bad even after a channel hop to Creator/{{ITV}} in 1997, who weren't a public broadcaster and who raised their money from adverting, and therefore, could in theory afford better prizes, and then a ChannelHop back to Creator/TheBBC in 2021, who also could afford better prizes at that point. The most a contestant can win in the 2021 revival is £750 + the grand prize. As a comparison, on teatime quiz show Series/{{Pointless}}, which is also shown on The BBC, the lowest a contestant can win is £1000. At that point however, naff prizes were just expected on Blanketey Blank, adding to it's NarmCharm.

** The prizes still remained spectacularly bad even after a channel hop to Creator/{{ITV}} in 1997, who weren't a public broadcaster and who raised their money from adverting, and therefore, could in theory afford better prizes, and then a ChannelHop back to Creator/TheBBC in 2021, who also could afford better prizes at that point. The most a contestant can win in the 2021 revival is £750 + the grand prize. As a comparison, on teatime quiz show Series/{{Pointless}}, which is also shown on The BBC, the lowest a contestant can win is £1000. At that point however, naff prizes were just expected, with the show being what it is.

** The prizes still remained spectacularly bad even after a channel hop to Creator/{{ITV}} in 1997, who weren't a public broadcaster and who raised their money from adverting, and therefore, could in theory afford better prizes, and then a channel hop back to Creator/TheBBC in 2021, who also could afford better prizes at that point. The most a contestant can win in the 2021 revival is £750 + the grand prize. As a comparison, on teatime quiz show Series/{{Pointless}}, which is also shown on The BBC, the lowest a contestant can win is £1000. At that point however, naff prizes were just expected, with the show being what it is.

** The prizes still remained spectacularly bad even after a channel hop to ITV in 1997, who weren't a public broadcaster and who raised their money from adverting, and therefore, could in theory afford better prizes, and then a channel hop back to The BBC in 2021, who also could afford better prizes at that point. The most a contestant can win in the 2021 revival is £750 + the grand prize. As a comparison, on teatime quiz show Series/{{Pointless}}, which is also shown on The BBC, the lowest a contestant can win is £1000. At that point however, naff prizes were just expected, with the show being what it is.

** The prizes still remained spectacularly bad even after a channel hop to ITV in 1997, who weren't a public broadcaster and who raised their money from adverting, and therefore, could in theory afford better prizes, and then a channel hop back to The BBC in 2021, who also could afford better prizes at that point. The most a contestant can win in the 2021 revival is £750 + the grand prize. On teatime quiz show Series/Pointless, which is also shown on The BBC, the lowest a contestant can win is £1000. At that point however, naff prizes were just expected, with the show being what it is.

* NoBudget: The BBC, as a public broadcaster, couldn't spend licence-payers' money on fancy prizes. As a result, most Supermatch prizes were cheap, ''[[Series/{{BullseyeUK}} Bullseye]]''-grade items of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6-hXd2UY5Q questionable value.]] As a show that isn't known to take itself seriously often, this was, of course, lampshaded by just about everyone (and ''especially'' Les Dawson).
-->For the benefit of anyone who hasn't got an Argos catalogue, here's the rubbish you could be landed with tonight...

* NoBudget: The BBC, as a public broadcaster, couldn't spend licence-payers' money on fancy prizes. As a result, most Supermatch prizes were cheap, ''[[{{BullseyeUK}} Bullseye]]''-grade items of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6-hXd2UY5Q questionable value.]] As a show that isn't known to take itself seriously often, this was, of course, lampshaded by just about everyone (and ''especially'' Les Dawson).

->For the benefit of anyone who hasn't got an Argos catalogue, here's the rubbish you could be landed with tonight...