Axed: Blankety Blank, Live at the Apollo. Entertainment shows go as BBC looks for cost reductions. The BBC has swung the axe on three entertainment shows: Blankety Blank, which screens in Australia on Seven, Live at the Apollo which airs on ABC, as well as Celebrity Mastermind. Blankety Blank has dropped from 5.5m viewers in 2021 to 2.3m for the most recent series. Live at the Apollo has dropped from around 1.3m viewers in 2018 to around 660,000 on its most recent series.