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Tonight, on this Christmas Blankety Blank,
is Angela Rippon,
Richard E Grant,
Tom Allen,
Sarah Millican,
Mel B,
and Danny Jones.
Please welcome your ho-ho-ho-host.
It's me, Bradley Walsh.
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Ho-ho-ho! Thank you, Santa. Take it away.
Thank you very much!
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Thank you so much. What about that? Thank you, Santa.
That's it. Brilliant stuff.
Hello, and welcome to a Christmas Blankety Blank.
Same as a normal Blankety Blank,
but with a couple of trees from a corner shop thrown in.
THEY LAUGH
Let's meet the gang. Hello, celebrities!
Hello! Hello, Brad!
Lovely to see you. Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
We've got Tom Allen.
Christmas in your abode - what's it like, Tom?
Hate it. Don't like it.
Well, I don't hate it.
I feel like Christmas is a bit overrated.
There, I've said it. I don't care.
What are you going to do?
Boo! Boo! Yeah!
Yeah, to hell with it. I don't care.
What's this?
Thank you, the Grinch.
Richard E Grant's with us, everyone!
Christmas in your place. What's it like, Richard?
Christmas pudding for breakfast, Christmas pudding for lunch,
and then the leftovers at 11 o'clock at night.
Perfect. Do you have any tipples during the day?
Allergic to alcohol. So just eat Christmas pudding.
Excellent stuff.
Merry Christmas.
Coming down. Christmas in the Millican house?
Oh, well, it's an opportunity to not have to have your bra on all day.
Isn't it?
THEY LAUGH
You know?
If you can, you tuck them in your 'jama bottoms.
That's always my plan.
You just have them as low as possible,
get everything in the right area.
I look a lot like Santa on that day. Just a big, round belly.
But it's full of everything.
Thanks for sharing.
OK, brilliant stuff.
Merry Christmas to you all. Thanks for coming on.
Give them all a round of applause. Thank you so much.
Right, let's crack on.
Let's bring on tonight's first pair of Blankety Blankers
who want to play Blankety Blank.
Give them a round of applause, everybody.
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Hey! Hey!
I like the jazz hands!
Well done for the jazz hands, yeah!
Lovely to see you and Tony.
Aanchal, we'll come to you first.
OK, what do you do? Where are you from?
I'm from Telford and I'm a podiatrist
working in the NHS.
And I'm just on my maternity leave at the moment.
Maternity? Well, congratulations to you. Thank you.
Thank you.So you mess around with people's feet? Oh, yeah.
What made you get into that?
I actually wanted to be a dentist, but missed out grades in school.
THEY LAUGH
So I thought...
You missed out on about 4.5 feet.
Didn't you?
From all of us, Merry Christmas. Thanks for coming along.
Tony, whereabouts you from? What do you do?
Hi, Brad. I'm from Bolton.
Wahey!
Yeah, what do you do? And I'm a refuse collector for 42 year,
and I'm also a priest in the Church of England.
I like that. Do the people sitting there in church go,
"Tony, you left one of my black bags out?"
It has been known. And when I've been doing a wedding,
couples have said, "He emptied my bin last week."
Do they really? Yeah!
Well, I wish you luck.
Aanchal, Tony, welcome to the show. Thank you.
And a Merry Christmas.
All you've to do on Blankety Blank is match the missing blank
with one of our celebs.
The one with the most matches plays our Supermatch game,
where the top prize on offer -
listen to this, Christmas -
not one, but two mountain bikes!
Oh, wow! Ooh!
Plus, guess what we're going to do?
We're going to throw in two helmets as well.
Plus knee and elbow pads - all matching.
Isn't that big of us?
Just what you need, isn't it? OK, do you ride a bike, Tony?
I've not rode a bike for 40 year.
THEY LAUGH
Quite a handy prize, then, isn't it, really?
It ain't all about the mountain bikes.
Simply because you go through the show
and one of you is going to go on to the grand final
for an even bigger prize. But more on that later.
I'm going to wish the pair of you the best of best of luck.
Aanchal, you're going to go first.
Some of the questions will be harder than others.
All right? What would you like to choose? A or B?
B. B? OK, here we go.
Let's play Blankety Blank.
Right... I'm so excited!
I've watched this since I was a kid!
And now I'm actually getting to finally...blank.
Yeah. Yeah, good, that.
OK.
Right, here we go.
Aanchal, my local vicar...
Oh, hello. My local vicar is trying to be a bit more hip.
So at this year's midnight mass, instead of a sermon,
he did a blank.
Mm, tricky, right?
My local vicar is trying to be a bit more hip,
so, at this year's midnight mass, instead of a sermon,
he did a blank.
What is that going to be?
Now, then, lights on, please. OK, here we go, Aanchal.
My local vicar is trying to be a bit more hip,
so, at this year's midnight mass, instead of a sermon,
he did a...?
Dance?
Dance? OK.
Here we go. Let's see how many you can match.
Angela, he did a...?
Dance.Dance!
Very good.
Very good. Richard E Grant?
Rap.
I think rap's a great answer, you see?
Tom Allen? Tap dance.
Does that count? Will you allow that for Christmas?
We can have that, Tom. We can have that.
Yeah, very good.
Excellent. OK, Sarah?
A twerk?
We can't have it, I'm so sorry.
Sorry, but it's a dance to me, flower.
Two up thus far.
Mel, what have you got?
Aw! Rap!
Yeah, yeah, yeah. "Aw, rap!"
Jonesy, what have you got?
Rap! Rap.Yeah, a bit more hip.
A bit more hip, I'd have said. Yeah, you're right. OK.
But it's 2-0. Tony, it's your turn. Here we go.
Celebrities, get ready. Tom Allen...
Oh, no. What?
..always wanted a big part in the nativity play
to show off his excellent acting.
But he always ended up being cast as one of the blank.
Once you put your answer down, celebs,
don't forget to put your lights on.
What have you got? Very good. What's everybody else putting?
It's quite good being up here...
They're all cheating now. The back row are cheating.
Don't be so protective. It doesn't matter.
We're not playing against each other.
Right, Tom, need your light on. Oh, sorry.
You're welcome. That's all right. Here we go.
Tony, Tom Allen always wanted a big part in the nativity play
to show off his excellent acting,
but he always ended up being cast as one of the...?
Wise men? Wise men?
Here we go. Angela?
Well, I thought something that didn't require any acting.
He's going to be one of the sheep. Sheep!
How dare you, Angela. How dare you.
"Doesn't require any acting." I'm an excellent actor!
Give me your sheep.
Er, maa...
Oh, I can do it! I can do it!
That's a proper good sheep, that.
That's a great sheep, Sarah. Baa!
I think that's a bit obvious, if you don't mind my saying so.
THEY LAUGH
Anyway, there you go.
OK, Richard, what have you got?
Sheep also! Yeah, it's a good answer, I've got to say.
Tom, what have you got? Donkeys.
Donkeys. Sarah?
See, I was going to go with sheep, but then I put donkeys instead.
Mel, what have you got? A flying fairy.
Yeah, fairy. Yeah, fairy's good.
Oh, Mel. I would have loved that. Fairy's good.
And here we go.
Right down at the end, there,
is one of Britain's greatest wise men.
Jonesy, what have you put?
Well, it's none of these.
I'll tell you that for a start.
And I thought sheep may have had one too many lines in it, you know?
Yeah. So I've put one of the candles.
THEY LAUGH
Well, people do say I'm flaming, so...
Now, then. After that first round, Angela's two up.
So here we go, Tony. You're behind. You are going first. OK.
What would you like? A or B? I'll go for B.
B it is. OK, celebs, here we go.
This Christmas, me and my family are trying to be
more environmentally friendly so are switching to wind power.
That's why we're eating so many blank.
Ah-ha!
Ah-ha, everyone!
Very good. Yeah.
I was quite quick, there. Yeah, yeah.
Didn't dawdle like last time. No, no dawdling.
Right, everyone. Lights on.
Tony, me and my family are trying to be
more environmentally friendly so are switching to wind power.
That's why we're eating so many...?
Sprouts. Sprouts!
MEL B: Huh? Sprouts. Brussels sprouts.
Cos they give you wind.
Oh, I was thinking of something completely different.
Well, we'll find out.
OK, Angela?
Beans.Beans.
Yeah, because you have beans for Christmas dinner.
Richard E Grant, what have you got? Sprouts, of course, sir.
OK, Tom, what have you put?
Sprouts. Yes!
OK, 2-2.
Sarah? Sprouts! Sprouts!
Yes!
Mel? Wait...
I'd just like to explain first.
I thought, you know like a windmill? Turbine?
So, then, these things fly in... Yeah.
..and they get killed and you eat them.
Birds! Yeah, birds.
There's a sort of logic.
OK, Danny Jones, what have you put?
I put beans.
Oh, I see, yeah.
I would have gone bean sprouts. Sorry about that.
You're in the lead, Tony.
OK, Aanchal, two to win, one to tie.
Are you ready? Ready.
Don't forget, you can only play alongside
Richard, Sarah, Mel and Danny.
What? Really? Once you match, you're out.
You two matched with Aanchal last time.
Has that always been a rule or did you just make that up?
Course it's a rule. I don't remember that with Les Dawson.
Right, here we go. OK, we take Christmas very seriously
in the Walsh household
and are always proud of our Christmas tree.
This year, it's got an impressively big blank.
We take Christmas very seriously in the Walsh household
and are always proud of our Christmas tree.
This year, it's got an impressively big blank.
Don't forget, put your lights up, please, Richard,
if you've answered. Thanks, mate. Sorry.
Dan, you done? Yeah.
Cool, here we go.
Aanchal, we take Christmas very seriously
in the Walsh household
and are always proud of our Christmas tree.
Mm-hm.
This year, it's got an impressively big...?
Bauble? Christmas bauble? Bauble?
Got an impressively big bauble.
Now, then. You look like you've all sucked the same lemon.
We have.
Right, here we go. Richard?
Oh, it's a star! Oh!
Are stars not a bauble?
No, it's not a bauble.
Different shape. Different shapes, Richard.
OK, Sarah? I was trying to think like Aanchal,
and first of all I thought a verruca.
Yes. Because she's a podiatrist.
But then I thought, you don't have those on trees.
So I put star. I'm sorry.
Star.
Mel, here we go.
There's a theory behind it. Absolutely.
Because you've already mentioned trees, so I thought a big tree.
Big tree.
Bucket for the big tree.
Big bucket!
Big bucket. I get that.
I get that. I get that.
No-one's ever walked into a Christmas scene and gone,
"Oh, what an impressive bucket."
I would take that as a compliment.
No?It comes down to the Jones boy again.
Now, listen. She doesn't get this one, she goes out.
And more to the point, she's got a new baby at Christmas.
Oh! Oh, no! Oh, Danny!
Dan, this year my Christmas tree's got an impressively big...?
I'm on the same wavelength.
Stand.
Stand! See? That makes sense to me!
I see, stand. It is not stand. I overthought it!
I don't overthink mine.
No, no.
Brilliant. Brilliant.
OK, which means, of course, Tony has won.
Come out, Tony. You're on the Supermatch, mate.
Come on. Here you come.
There you go.
OK, Aanchal, what can I say other than Merry, Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas. I'm so sorry Danny let you down.
But that's the way it goes.
Listen, lots of love to your family. You don't go away empty-handed.
You take home a Blankety Blank cheque-book and pen, everyone!
Woo!
Round of applause! Aanchal!
There you go. Thank you so much!
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Don't ask me why, but we asked members of the public
to fill in the blank to a simple two-word phrase.
If you can match one of the three top answers,
you'll win a great prize.
Have a look at this.
Guess the third top answer and you'll win £500.
The second top answer wins you 750 quid.
And the top answer wins you our Supermatch top prize -
these two mountain bikes with magic helmets, knee and elbow pads.
I've got to say,
Tony, you will look great in that. A man in Lycra.
You'll look sensational.
All right, to make things easier, Tony, you can ask
three celebrities to help you out with suggestions.
Or you can do your own thing. Okey doke.
Let's reveal the Supermatch. What is it?
Christmas blank.
Who would you like to help you?
I'm going to have Angela. Angela.
Er, I'm going to put Christmas tree. Christmas tree.
My Bolton friend from the other end. Danny?
Pudding. Christmas pudding.
Who else would you like?
I'm going to go for Mel, cos she's had a hard time.
THEY LAUGH
Mel's given some great answers! I have.
I'm telling you. Mel, Christmas...?
Don't say bucket, Mel.
Time.Christmas time. Oh!
Very nice. So, we have Christmas tree,
Christmas pudding, Christmas time.
Or you can use one of your own.
I'm going to go for Christmas tree.
Christmas tree? Yes.
Christmas tree. Understand. OK, here we go.
The third most popular answer, worth £500, is Christmas...?
..cracker! Oh, yeah.
For 750 quid, Christmas...?
..pudding!
I think you've nailed it.
I think the top answer, for the mountain bikes,
the helmet, the elbow pads, the kneepads,
and to make you look absolutely ridiculous on Boxing Day,
hammering it around Bolton with a bin dragged behind you.
In your cassock.
THEY LAUGH
You'll look like a superhero.
Ta-da, it's Bin Man!
Wait, it's Christmas...?
Yeah!
Brilliant stuff. Christmas tree.
We'll see you later on for the head-to-head,
with a chance to go on and win even bigger prizes.
Give it up! It's Tony, everyone!
Round of applause!
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Let's bring on our next pair of Blankety Blankers.
Here we go!
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Hello.
We have Bev and we have Theo.
Welcome to the show. Talk to Bev first. Hi.
Now, listen, whereabouts are you from? What do you do?
I'm Bev and I'm from Keighley, West Yorkshire.
I'm a health care assistant in a care home.
Aw, that's lovely. Well, give them all of our love, won't you? Yeah.
What hobbies do you have? All sorts of entertaining.
But I'm also a bit of a TikTok fanatic as well.
You like clocks?
TikTok?
It's an Internet thing, flower.
You dance to it. You can do whatever you want with it.
Oh, I don't do much dancing.
Do you do impressions of stuff? Do you tell jokes?
Well, I do Jimmy Krankie now and again, and Susan Boyle.
But...
Susan Boyle? I've been known to do Susan Boyle.
All right, OK. Welcome aboard. Lovely to have you on the show.
Theo, welcome to the show.
Where are you from? I'm from Leeds.
Yeah! Northerners!
Hang on, hang on. Did you all come down on the same coach?
What's going on?
If you were to win a prize tonight on Blankety Blank,
what would you like it to be? Er, a gym, please.
Can you kit me out a gym with some equipment?
That'd be fantastic.
No? OK, OK.
Do you want a bike?
So, welcome to the show.
I wish you luck, all right? Thank you.
Bev goes first. Some questions are tougher than others.
What would you like to choose, Bev? A or B?
B. B. Here we go.
All right, if you win this, you go through to the Supermatch, right?
And you'll be playing for something really, really serious.
This is a state-of-the-art fridge-freezer,
fully stocked with food and drink.
That's handy. How fortuitous.
Who needs a fridge? Need a fridge?
Definitely. Could go in the back garden.
In your back garden. Bev, do you need a fridge?
I've got a fridge. But I'll have another.
I told you. I told you.
Got a bike, Theo? No, no.
Bev, you got a bike? No.
Bring back the bikes!
Bring 'em back! Do you want to swap with Tony?
Yeah, Tony. Tone!
THEY LAUGH
Tone!
Tone, do you need a fridge?
TONY: I've got one!
I think he's keeping the bikes.
Right, good luck.
Bev, here we go.
See how many celebs you can match, all right?
Not many people know this,
but I auditioned for the Spice Girls.
Sporty and Scary were already taken,
so they called me Blank Spice instead.
Now, then, here you go.
Does it have to be the others?
The other girls?
They were going to call me Blank Spice instead.
All the names were already taken.
So this is a new name?
Oh, yeah, that's it.
THEY LAUGH
OK, there you go, then.
Good. Lights on, please. Sarah, lights on. Sorry.
Richard, lights on. Angela, lights on.
Thank you, this is going to be great.
Bev, not many people know this but I auditioned for the Spice Girls,
don't you know? Sporty and Scary, Ginger and the gang
were already taken, so they called me Blank Spice instead.
Tiny Spice?
What?!
What is going on with this show?!
Tiny Spice?
Angela, here we go.
Fingers crossed.
Really rooting for you, Bev.
Angela, right.
And they called me Blank Spice instead.
Well, you see, I thought Bev,
she's got such a great sense of humour,
the fact that she called herself Tiny Spice proves it,
so I called her Fun Spice.
Fun Spice. I like that. I like that.
They called ME blank instead!
Ah!
Not me? I didn't get that.
I thought you meant me!
No, not you.
It would have said, "Bev auditioned for the Spice Girls."
But you were talking on behalf of Bev? Yes
That wasn't clear at all. You didn't make that clear.
You didn't. I understood it.
You didn't make it clear.
Brad, we got it. We got it.
Absolutely, Rich. Thank you so much.
Sporty, Scary and the gang were already taken,
Richard E Grant, so they called me Blank Spice instead.
Old Spice! Old Spice!
Yes!
It's a scent that everyone who's old gets...
What do you mean Old Spice?
That ain't about me. This is about Bev.
All right. Tom Allen, what have you got?
Mixed spice.
Sarah Millican? I wanted to keep with the Christmassy theme.
Yes. So I put Min.
Min? Minspice.
Minspice? Oh!
Mince Pies! Oh, that's lovely.
Ah, that's very good.
Very good. Very good, very good. I like what you did there.
Mel, what have you put, being one of the Spice Girls themselves?
And I've now joined the band and I'm of a certain age.
Well, it wasn't very clear how you said it.
So I didn't know who you were talking about.
I went like that.
People?
People Spice. Makes perfect sense, yeah.
To me, it did.People Spice. Please, Jonesy, come on.
Old Spice. Old Spice, yeah!
Old Spice. You'd have called me Old Spice, yeah.
Wow, a bit inexplicably, Bev has none.
What?! Theo, your go.
All right, guess what, I... I, me, Brad.
I felt sorry for Frosty The Snowman, so, this year,
invited him in for a hot chocolate and a mince pie.
We were having a lovely time
until he started to blank all over the carpet.
I felt sorry for Frosty The Snowman this year,
so I invited him in for a chocolate and a mince pie.
We were having a lovely time
until he started to blank all over the carpet.
Don't forget to put your lights on.
Can you see mine?
No, we're trying. Yes, I can!
OK, Theo, I felt sorry for Frosty The Snowman this year,
so I invited him in for a hot chocolate and a mince pie.
We were having a lovely time
until I started to blank all over the carpet.
Theo? Melt.
Melt!
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Melt! Angela Rippon?
He melted! Melted!
He melted! Of course he did!
Richard E Grant? Melt!
Tom Allen?
I went with melt as well. Melt!
Sarah Millican?
Melt.
Sarah Millican, melt.
Come on, Mel.
I did! I did put melt!
But I crossed it out, because I second-guessed.
And I thought, he's had a drink, then just pee.
Jonesy, what have you put?
Melt!
So, Theo, you're five up.
Bev, you're behind.
You get to go first.
A or B?
B. Right.
Now, you, Bev, can play with everyone.
But you've got to get five for a tie-breaker at least.
Anything below five, sadly, Theo will not have to play.
Get ready. Are you ready, Bev? Yeah.
This year, a huge fight broke out in Santa's grotto.
I knew it was time to leave when I saw an elf
hit Father Christmas over the head with a blank.
There you are.
And you can play with all of our celebs.
This year, a huge fight broke out in Santa's grotto.
I knew it was time to leave when I saw an elf
hit Father Christmas over the head with a blank.
Put your lights on when you're there, folks, for me.
Thank you. All right, everyone there?
Thank you, Angela. Cheers. Here we go.
So, Bev, this year, a huge fight broke out in Santa's grotto.
I knew it was time to leave when I saw an elf
hit Father Christmas over the head with a...?
Sack.Sack?
Oh...
You need five.
Theo, where are you going to put your fridge?
Angela Rippon, you put? Christmas tree.
You put Christmas tree. Richard E Grant?
Present. Yeah.
Yeah, Tom? Toy.
Toy, yeah. Get it.
Sarah? Present.
Present, yeah.
Mel B? I wasn't going for a Christmas vibe.
I was just going for, you know, what you'd whack someone with.
A bat?
That makes sense to me.
Wow, Christmas in Leeds is very different.
Exactly!
Danny Jones? A reindeer.
Just grab Rudolph.
Well, you've got none.
I don't know how that's happened.
Well done, Theo.
He's through to the Supermatch. Come on, son. Here you come.
Give it up for Theo, everyone!
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What happened to the rest of your trousers? You look like an elf.
It's one of Santa's helpers! What's going on?
Listen, Bev, I'm sorry to see you go.
Oh, it's all right. Merry, Merry Christmas to you.
And to you. Big present for you.
Taking home a Blankety Blank cheque-book and pen.
Bev, everyone!
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Supermatch game
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Supermatch game. What about this?
Well done, Theo. Good luck, mate.
It's the Supermatch game.
We asked the public to fill in the missing blank of a two-word phrase.
All you've got to do is match that phrase. Simple.
All right? For a big prize. Take a look at this.
Guess the third top answer, you'll win £500.
The second answer gets you 750.
And the top answer wins you our Supermatch top prize.
Yes, this state-of-the-art American-style
fridge-freezer, stocked full of your favourite food and drink.
Right, let's reveal the Supermatch.
Candle blank.
Now, you can ask three of our celebrities to help you.
You can take their advice or make one up of your own. Yeah.
Who would you like to ask first?
I'll go with Tom first.
Tom, candle...? Stick.
Candlestick. Brilliant, Tom.
Thank you. Candlestick we're looking at. Who else?
Sarah.Sarah Millican?
Candlelight.
Very good. Candlelight. I love it.
Last one. Mel.
Mel? Come on, Mel.
Candle...
Go on, Mel. You can do it.
Candle...
THEY LAUGH
You can almost see the wheels going around, can't you?
Wax!
CHEERING
Brilliant!
Brilliant! Candle wax. Very good, Mel.
We have candlestick, candlelight. We have candle wax.
Good. Strong.Or you can completely dismiss those
and make your own thing up. What would you like to do?
I'm going to go with light. Candlelight.
Candlelight? OK. No pressure.
Let's see, the third most popular answer for 500 quid is...
Wax! Oh, brilliant! Very good, Mel!
500 quid.
All right, two, for second place, for 750 quid?
Light! £750.
That's all right.
You get 750 quid.
Let's see what the top answer is?
Candle... I reckon it's Tom's.
Stick, yeah! OK, so no fridge-freezer.
You don't win the fridge-freezer, but you do win 750 quid.
You know what? More to the point, you're in the head-to-head
against the player from our first round
to go through to the final to win the big prize. You ready?
I'm ready.Time to bring back Tony, everyone. Come on.
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Theo, take a seat, mate.
All right. Welcome back, Tony. Thank you.
Tony is playing Theo in the head-to-head
to go through to the final.
I'm going to give you both the same two-word phrase
and ask you to fill in the blank.
This time, I want you both to write down your answer
but keep it to yourself, all right?
I'll then ask our celebrity panel the same question.
And the first player to match with one of our panel
goes through to the final to play for this massive
Blankety Blank prize.
It is a luxury living room makeover,
a sofa set with scatter cushions, coffee table, rug,
freestanding light, plus an assortment of board games
to entertain the guests when they come over
to admire your brand-new sofa.
What about that?
I wish you luck. Here we go.
Who's going to the final?
Who's going to get the luxury living room makeover?
What's your living room like, Theo?
We're in a new build house, so it's completely done.
So...
..we can put the sofa on top.
Tony, what's your living room like?
It's only two year old. It's all right.
We could do with an extension, put bikes in.
THEY LAUGH
Here we go.
Ginger blank.
Right, OK. Ginger blank.
And light up, please, when you're done.
Thanks, celebs.
I'm confident with this. Oh, listen, I don't doubt that.
OK, Angela, thank you. Here we go.
I'll go to Angela first.
Angela, Ginger blank?
Hair. Ginger hair.
No.
Richard E Grant, Ginger Spice.
No.
Tom Allen?
Ginger Spice.
No.
Sarah Millican? Ginger nuts.
No.
Mel B? Ginger...?
Spice. Spice, of course!
Cos we've got one of the Spice Girls.
Danny Jones, it rests on you AGAIN.
Ginger...?
..bread man.
Gingerbread! Yes!
It's a yes!
Yes!
Unbelievable!
Tony, what did you have?
Ginger Rogers.
THEY LAUGH
We didn't want a makeover. We didn't need one.
THEY LAUGH
He lost intentionally because he thinks your prize is rubbish!
What a slap! It's such a slap, isn't it?
Come and join me, Theo.
You're going to play the final.
Come on, mate.
You're over there, mate. There you go.
Oh, wow. It's been great having you, mate.
Give my love to the congregation and everyone,
and all your family and everything.
You don't go away empty-handed, of course.
You get the mountain bikes and you also get
a Blankety Blank cheque-book and pen.
Love to everyone at home.
Tony, great to meet you, mate. Thank you. God bless you.
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Theo, yeah, all right.
Congratulations, Theo.
You're now going to play in the grand final for the chance
to win tonight's luxury star prize.
Of course, that unbelievable living room makeover, everyone.
Where we come round your house... It's unbelievable.
We come round your house and just give you a luxury makeover
in your living room and then leave.
God Almighty. I was expecting...
Do you live on your own? No, I live with my partner, Simon.
Simon. What an insult that is to a gay couple.
We literally pride ourselves on having amazing taste.
And then you turn up with your DFS special.
Hey!
"What's this?"
Listen, let me tell you.
Listen, all right. Listen. Forget the living room.
What about a kitchen?
Got a kitchen.
A built-in kitchen. Bathroom?
All sorted. Loft conversion?
We can't build in the loft yet.
All right, what if we work out getting some planning
permission from the local council?
Here we go. Right.
You are going to pick just one of our celebrities to help you.
That's it. All right?
I'm then going to ask you both the same question,
and if your answer matches the celebrity's,
you're going home to a luxury living room makeover
that might be done by the time you get back.
You ready? Ready.
Moody lighting, please.
Ooh!
All right, here we go. Turn around, choose a celebrity.
Who do you want to play with?
I'm going to go with...
THEO LAUGHS
..Sarah. Oh, no.
Sarah Millican!
Go on, Sarah. But you don't really want the prize, though? Right?
Er... You don't really want it?
Yeah, so I could sell it. You could sell it, OK.
Smart. Smart lad.
As seen on Blankety Blank.
It's not a bad idea.
Are you ready?
All right, Theo and Sarah, blank bells.
Blank bells.
All right?
It's for the top prize, this, Theo.
Sarah, you ready? Yeah.Cool.
For the top prize, Theo, blank bells.
Christmas.
THEY GASP
Christmas bells.
Sarah, Christmas bells?
Jingle bells. Jingle bells!
What a shame, everyone! Sorry, flower.
Sarah, I don't think he's that bothered.
You've just saved him having to hire a skip.
It's not a match. I'm so sorry, Theo.
But not to worry, you'll still be taking home 750 quid,
and, of course, the Blankety Blank cheque-book and pen.
That's all right, isn't it?
Give him a round of applause. Theo, everyone!
And of course, thanks to everyone here.
Thanks to you for watching as well.
And my thanks to the brilliant panel.
Angela Rippon, everyone!
Richard E Grant!
Tom Allen!
Sarah Millican!
Mel B, everyone!
And Danny Jones!
CHEERING
What about that? From all of us here to all of you,
Merry Christmas, everybody! And a happy New Year!
Goodnight!