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Test you knowledge of past British TV
- What word is the only one uttered, many times over, in a 1980 film featuring a police inspector and a vicar?
- What exactly did Basil Fawlty once describe as "sounds like somebody machine-gunning a seal"?
- Hywel Bennett is best knwon for playing which "thinking man's layabout"?
- Derek Hobson is best known as the original host of which ITV talent show?
- English comedian Cyril Fletcher is best remembered for his section on which television show?
- What was the nickname of the person who loaded the bolts on The Golden Shot?
- Which character is Nicholas Bond Owen most famous for playing>
- Which song written in 1966 is the signature tune of Morecambe &Wise?
- "The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Walker" is a missing episode of which British comedy series?
- What was the name of the cat voiced by Kenny Everett in a series of short animated cartoon public information films for children?
- Who occupied the centre square for the majority of editions of Celebrity Squares?
- Roger Tilling has been the voice of which programme since 2001?
- Boys from the Blackstuff helped to establish the amazing career of which actress?
- Yes Minister follows the ministerial career of which character played by Paul Eddington?
- What's the three word catchphrase most associated with John Noakes?
- Which 1993 British animated short film is the second film featuring Wallace and Gromit, following A Grand Day Out?
- Who is known for her amazing performance as Livia in the BBC television series I, Claudius?
- Which series ends with Laurence Olivier saying "Remember"?
- Which sitcom was based on a sketch entitled, "Modern Mother and Daughter"?
- Which British television children's programme featured future stars such as Jeremy Irons, Tony Robinson and Alex Norton?
- What was the name of the character Michael Gambon played in The Singing Detective?
- In a famous Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch what was a Norwegian Blue?
- Jamie McCrimmon appeared in more episodes than any other companion of Doctor Who. Which actor played him?
- Which 1966 drama, directed by Ken Loach, exposed Britain's chronic housing shortage?
- Michael Parkinson had a car crash interview with which American actress in 2003?
- Footballer Danny Blanchflower is famously the only British person to refuse to go on which programme?
Answers
- Rhubarb
- Sybil’s (or his wife's) laugh
- Shelley
- New Faces
- That's Life!
- Bernie or, "Bernie, the bolt"
- Tristram (in George &Mildred)
- Bring Me Sunshine
- Dad's Army
- Charley (Charley Says was the name of the public information cartoons)
- Willlie Rushton
- Announcer of University Challenge
- Julie Walters
- Jim Hacker
- "Get down, Shep!"
- The Wrong Trousers
- Sian Phillips
- The World at War
- Absolutely Fabulous (also known as Ab Fab)
- Play Away
- Philip Marlow
- A parrot ("Dead Parrot" sketch)
- Frazer Hines
- Kathy Come Home
- Meg Ryan
- This Is Your Life