{"id":714845,"date":"2026-07-28T06:15:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T06:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/714845\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T06:15:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T06:15:18","slug":"bradley-walsh-confirms-he-wont-return-to-blankety-blank-after-announcing-he-wants-acting-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/714845\/","title":{"rendered":"Bradley Walsh confirms he won\u2019t return to Blankety Blank after announcing he wants acting role"},"content":{"rendered":"

After pleading his case with pal Chris Chibnall<\/a> for a role in the TV adaptation of Death at the White Hart<\/a>, The Chase host Bradley Walsh might’ve just had his wish granted as he revealed he has some acting projects in the works that will take him away from one of his quiz shows, Blankety Blank.<\/p>\n

Walsh, currently on TV with The Chase Around the World, has confirmed he won’t be returning to Blankety Blank this year as he “[does] not have the time”.<\/p>\n

“The thing is we’re just doing Gladiators. I get a week off and then I go to rehearsals for the live Prat Pack show,” he told Radio Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“I take The Prat Pack back on the road for a month, and then I would normally go straight into Blankety Blank. <\/p>\n

“But at the moment, what I’m going to do is I’ve got other stuff which I can’t announce at the moment. We’re working on a couple of dramas and scripting, and I actually physically do not have the time.”<\/p>\n

Walsh branded Blankety Blank “one of his favourite shows”, teasing a possible return “next year”.<\/p>\n

“I just don’t have the time, which is sad because I’ve loved Blankety Blank. It’s been one of my favourite shows, and it’s been brilliant,” he said. <\/p>\n

“It really makes me laugh. It’s the most fun you can have in the studio, and I just cannot at the moment work on it. I just have not got the time. I would normally go to [the] studio [in] October, but I’m all taken up in October and November, so I just haven’t time to do it. Maybe next year.”<\/p>\n

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Earlier this month, Walsh attended a book event at Waterstones Piccadilly alongside Broadchurch creator and former Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall<\/a>. During the conversation, the quiz host officially asked his longtime friend, with whom he’d worked on Law & Order: UK, for a role in Death at the White Hart. <\/p>\n

ITV’s adaptation of Chibnall’s own novel, published last year, is a Dorset-set murder mystery that follows Detective Nicola Bridge as she returns home from years in the big city – only to find herself embroiled in the killing of the local publican.<\/p>\n

“Is there any chance of Bradley Walsh as Mel?” Walsh suggested to Chibnall, who promised to consider the offer. <\/p>\n

Walsh went on: “I thought he was a great character. I know guys like him. Or I was thinking young Harry could be turned into a 66-year-old quiz show host of some description who becomes a cop in his spare time.” <\/p>\n

The Chase Around the World airs next on 30 July at 9pm on ITV and ITVX.<\/p>\n

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Stefania is a freelance writer specialising in TV and movies. After graduating from City University, London, she covered LGBTQ+ news and pursued a career in entertainment journalism, with her work appearing in outlets including Little White Lies, The Skinny, Radio Times<\/a> and Digital Spy<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Her beats are horror films and period dramas, especially if fronted by queer women. She can argue why Scream is the best slasher in four languages (and a half).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After pleading his case with pal Chris Chibnall for a role in the TV adaptation of Death at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[147950,153378,379,236788,381,96,59,190731,1156,236787,223205,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-714845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-collection-the-chase","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-8d5a3eeb-da03-49be-9152-413feafe9c09","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-gb","tag-shorttitle-bradley-walsh-to-exit-blankety-blank-as-he-eyes-acting-role","tag-sponsored-false","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}