Stanley Appel (born 19 April 1933 in Twickenham, London) is a former British television producer and director of light entertainment at BBC television, most synonymous with his overhaul of Top of the Pops in the early 1990s, which saw the brief end to BBC Radio 1 DJs hosting the show and especially as the producer of popular game show, Blankety Blank, during the Les Dawson era.