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British Television Trivia
Questions
- Which British Prime Minister wrote a letter to John Logie Baird thanking him warmly for "the Television instrument put into 10 Downing Street"?
- Which television program originated in 2001 in Japan, where it is known as The Tigers of Money?
- What first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV on 26 September 2010?
- Which character is famous for the quote: "You stupid boy!"?
- What did Daffyd Thomas claim to be, despite much evidence to the contrary?
- What did hundreds of millions watch in 1981?
- Assisted by Leslie Mitchell as its master of ceremonies, Peter Dimmock was the first presenter of what in 1950?
- What was the last production by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and at the time the most expensive series produced for British TV?
- Geoffrey Bayldon played which bumbling 11th century wizard thrust into modern day life in the 1970s?
- The British comedy-drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet was set on a building site in which German city?
- In which city are the BBC Roath Lock Studios which produces Doctor Who and Casualty?
- What's the best known catchphrase of the Milkybar Kid?
- Whose portrayed Quentin Crisp in the 1975 play The Naked Civil Servant?
- True or false? Email spam gets its name from the Monty Python sketch "Spam"?
- Who once said: "Sinatra was the one that got away. Otherwise, I've met everyone I have ever wanted to meet."?
- What is the name of the chambermaid in the series Fawlty Towers?
- 'Surfer' is an advertising campaign launched in 1999 to promote which product?
- Best known for the sitcom Frasier, Jane Leeves made her screen debut as a dance troupe 'angel' on which 1983 British comedy TV show?
- Which dance company was introduced to a wider audience for the first time at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest?
- Who took over as the presenter of It'll Be Alright on the Night from Denis Norden?
- The Woodentops is a children's series first shown on the Friday edition of what television programme?
- Which TV character was known for the use of the phrase "my arse!"?
- Which BBC television serial drama was written by Dennis Potter and starred Michael Gambon?
- Broadcaster, writer, and comedian Sandi Toksvig was born in which European city?
- What 1984 advert was screened on Christmas Day 2014 as a tribute to Lynda Bellingham?
Answers
- Ramsay MacDonald (1930)
- Dragons' Den
- Downton Abbey
- Captain Mainwaring (Dad's Army
- The only gay in the village (Little Britain (TV series))
- The Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer
- Come Dancing
- Space: 1999
- Catweazle
- Dusseldorf
- Cardiff
- "The Milkybars are on me!"
- John Hurt
- TRUE
- Michael Parkinson
- Polly (played by Connie Booth)
- Guinness-brand draught stout
- The Benny Hill Show
- Riverdance
- Griff Rhys Jones
- Watch with Mother
- Jim Royle (The Royle Family)
- The Singing Detective
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Oxo advert