A number of the panellists joke with Les Dawson that he's not as good as Terry Wogan - Wogan was the previous host, who had left the show just the previous season.
Fifth in the BBC-only chart, with 11.15 million viewers.
This was the sole appearance on the programme of Dustin Gee and Kelly Monteith. Other guest panellists who made their sole appearance in series seven were Kirsten Cooke (7.8), Finola Hughes (7.10), Joanna Monro (7.11), Cyril Smith (7.12), Lonnie Donegan (7.13) and Suzanne Danielle (7.14: Christmas Blankety Blank).
This was the 100th edition of Blankety Blank to be broadcast.