The Great British Cheque Report - Cheque and Credit Clearing ...

The cheque has also played a big part in some of Britain’s bestlovedgame shows. The BBC’s Blankety Blank ran from January1979 to March 1990, with a brief revival in the late 1990s. Theshow’s consolation prize was the ‘Blankety Blank chequebookand pen’. Despite the many jokes about the prize made by hostLes Dawson, these items are now extremely collectable, havingnever been commercially produced. Similarly, ITV game showWho Wants To Be a Millionaire?, which began in 1998, is still issuingwinners with cheques signed by host Chris Tarrant.As cheque usage declines, however, we may now be lookingat a younger generation that are familiar with cheques fromwhat they have seen on television, without ever having writtena cheque themselves.The Great British Cheque Report 17