Question: Which light entertainment comedy series was set in a fictional village called Walmington-on-Sea? Answer: Dad’s Army Question: Frankie Howard played a Roman slave in which film and TV comedy? Answer: Up Pompeii. Question: The TV show ‘Celebrity Squares’ was based on which simple game often played on a sheet of paper? Answer: In the UK it is called: Noughts and Crosses. In America it is called: Tic Tac Toe. Question: What popular British TV show in the 1980’s poked fun at politicians and celebrities? Answer: Spitting Image Question: As what were Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie collectively known? Answer: The Goodies Question: Who hosted BBC TV’s film review progamme from 1972 to 1999? The programme changed its name each year to incorporate the year; Film ’72, Film ’73 etc Answer: Barry Norman Question: What was the surname of Del Boy and Rodney in Only Fools and Horses? Answer: Trotter Question: Who was the creator of the TV series Dad’s Army and co-wrote the programme with BBC Executive David Croft? Answer: Jimmy Perry
Question: In the TV series Dad’s Army, what was Captain Mainwaring’s first name? Answer: George Question: Which was Britain’s longest running TV sitcom show? Answer: Last of the Summer Wine Question: Name the British TV comedy series with the catchprase, I don’t believe it! Answer: One Foot in the Grave Question: Richard Gibson played the Gestapo Officer Herr Otto Flick in which BBC sitcom? Answer: ‘Allo ‘Allo Question: Which cartoon series featured the characters Choo Choo & Benny? Answer: Top Cat Question: Who played Nigel in the Young Ones? Answer: Nigel Planer Question: With whom did John Cleese write the sitcom, Fawlty Towers? Answer: Connie Booth She is John Cleese’s former wife and played the part of Polly in the sitcom Fawlty Towers. Question: In which British sitcom did Jennifer Saunders appear as PR agent Edina Monsoon? Answer: Absolutely Fabulous Question: Name the British actor who was born in Berlin but was best known for playing a Spaniard. Answer: Andrew Sachs He played the Spanish waiter in Fawlty Towers Question: Who sang the signature tune of the Dad’s Army TV series, Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr Hitler? Answer: Bud Flanagan Flanagan and Allen were a British singing and comedy double act popular during World War II. Bud Flanagan died a few days after making the recording for Dad’s Army. Question: What was the name of Reggie Perrin’s shops in the TV series The Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin? Answer: Grot Question: Who was the British Big Band leader that became a major TV & Radio light entertainment star in the 1950s and 1960s with his catchphrase Wakey Wakey and had a son with the same name who became Managing Director of BBC TV? Answer: Billy Cotton He fought as a teenager in WW1 having falsified his age; then he became a professional footballer for Brentford & Wimbledon before becoming a racing driver winning the last race ever held at Brooklands in 1939. Ten years later he finished eighth in the British Grand Prix. Question: Who, along with Richard Curtis, co-wrote the British TV series Blackadder (except the first series)? Answer: Ben Elton Question: What was the name of the comic character that was depicted as an acrobatic old man by actor Richard Hearne and was a favourite on British TV during the 1950’s and 60’s? Answer: Mr Pastry This character and Richard Hearne’s performance was apparently admired by no-less-than Buster Keaton! Question: What was the name of Keith Harris’ puppets? Answer: Orville the Duck and Cuddles the Monkey Question: On the BBC TV’s children’s programme Blue Peter, what was John Noakes’s dog called? Answer: Shep Question: In which cartoon TV programme would you find the dog, snowy? Answer: Tin Tin. Question:Name the hit single that came from the TV comdey series It Ain’t Half Hot Mum? Answer: Whispering Grass Performed by Windsor Davies and Don Estelle, the record spent three weeks at No 1 in the British Charts.
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Question: Paul O’Grady was originally famous for his drag act. What was the name of the character he played? Answer: Lilly Savage Question: In the TV series Thunderbirds, what was Lady Penelope’s chauffeur called? Answer: Parker Question: Name the popular 1960’s BBC TV comedy sketch show that starred Peter Cook and Dudley Moore? Answer: Not Only … But Also Question: Which character did Robert Vaughn play in The Man From U.N.C.L.E.? Answer: Napoleon Solo. Question: In the cartoon series Captain Pugwash, what was the name of his ship? Answer: Black Pig. Question: Name the British actress from Liverpool who played Samantha Jones in the romantic comedy series Sex and the City? Answer: Kim Cattrall Kim was born in Liverpool and was brought up partially in Liverpool and partially in Canada. Question: Who was the popular British TV magician of the 1960s who first introduced Basil Brush to TV audiences? Answer: David Nixon 
TV Light Entertainment
Watch a famous clip from Dad’s Army – Don’t Tell Him Pike
One of Britain’s favourite sitcoms from the 1970s & 80s – courtesy of the BBC
Watch a performance of Whispering Grass by Windsor Davies & Don Estelle from the TV series It Ain’t Half Hot Mum
