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The British Comedy Quiz

Quiz 129

10 more questions to tease you... good luck!

1. When not running the Home Guard, what job did Captain Mainwaring hold?

Dad's Army. Image shows from L to R: Lance Corporal Jones (Clive Dunn), Private Pike (Ian Lavender), Captain Mainwaring (Arthur Lowe), Sergeant Wilson (John Le Mesurier), Private Frazer (John Laurie), Private Godfrey (Arnold Ridley). Copyright: BBC

2. Which classic comedy ran for 65 episodes?

3. What type of stuffed animal was featured in the Steptoe And Son set?

Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold Steptoe (Harry H. Corbett), Albert Steptoe (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

4. The two series of Fawlty Towers aired in which years?

Fawlty Towers. Image shows from L to R: Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), Polly (Connie Booth), Manuel (Andrew Sachs). Copyright: BBC

5. Where was It Ain't Half Hot Mum set, in the early series?

It Ain't Half Hot Mum. Image shows from L to R: Gunner 'Lofty' Sugden (Don Estelle), BSM Geoffrey 'Shut Up' Williams (Windsor Davies), Bombardier 'Gloria' Beaumont (Melvyn Hayes). Copyright: BBC

6. Come & Get Your Black Bin Bags was a song used in which sitcom?

7. In Taskmaster, the runway extension added to the stage for some of the studio tasks has what name?

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Daisy May Cooper, Johnny Vegas, Katherine Parkinson, Mawaan Rizwan. Copyright: Avalon Television

8. In the Radio Times poll of the Top 40 greatest British radio comedies, which show came 40th?

9. As of 2020, select how many comedians have won I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

10. Here's a behind-the-scenes picture from a film. We have hidden the director. Who is it?

No clues here

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