Well-known faces on ‘Blankety Blank’
Peter Sinclair finds himself in a new role in this year’s series of “Blankety Blank” (One, tonight). For once he is not the front man of a show. Instead he appears as one of the guest panellists, while ‘ cooking entertainer David Halls is the host. This year in the 26 “Blankety Blank” shows, not only television and show business people will be part of the panel, but also well known faces from other walks of life, such as marathon runner Allison Roe, who sits in for a couple of programmes, and David Harvey, International Mastermind. Visiting actor Doug Fisher from “Man About The House” appears in the first show. He is here to direct the Richard O’Sullivan .play that is currently touring New Zealand. The other guests on the first programme are Annie Whittle and Marcus Craig, also known as Diamond Lil from the Ace of Clubs. Resident panellists this year are Wally Lewis, who plays the jokester of the panel, and actress Tina Grenville, fresh from Australia. She is expected to be the host of ‘Good Morning
New Zealand” later in the year. Debbie Dorday replaces last year’s panellist Alice Worsley, who now has her own radio show and has found her work commitments are too heavy to allow her to participate. Debbie appeared on the first “Give Us A Clue,” and the way she came across so impressed the producer, Kevan Moore, he decided to give her a regular spot on this year’s panel. The director, Maureen Andrew, says of Debbie: “Debbie tends to play the role of dummy, with littlegirl charm, even though she is certainly not dumb. She is also very sympathetic to the contestants, although all the panel are sympathetic, as it is not the aim of the show for the panellists to score points off the contestants.” Maureen goes on to describe the show: "It is not like a quiz in that there is not one right answer; there may be a more logical answer, but there is no loss of face, if the contestants guess different answers from the panellists. Often the panellists disagree.” Because there is no fear of being wrong, Maureen says,
contestants thoroughly enjoy the show once they get over their nervousness, and panellists too are eager to appear. All the contestants get some sort of, prize and for the more successful it could be anything from television sets to washing Machines. Contestants were selected from people who responded to radio advertisements or articles in Auckland’s suburban newspapers. “Blankety Blank” is produced by/Kevan Moore Associates in association with Television New Zealand.
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