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The British Comedy Quiz

Quiz 141

Can you achieve top marks in this week's quiz? There're some real toughies!

1. What was the name of the recent ITV sitcom, starring Jack Dee, about a family relocating to the countryside?

Name the show

2. Which of these is a railway-based sitcom starring Arthur Lowe?

3. In I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, who regularly writes to the Chairman from North Wales?

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. Image shows from L to R: Graeme Garden, William Rushton, Barry Cryer, Humphrey Lyttelton, Tim Brooke-Taylor. Copyright: BBC

4. Just one of the following sitcoms did NOT receive a radio adaptation - but do you know which?

5. In Steve Coogan's short-lived BBC Two sitcom Saxondale, what was the titular character's job?

Saxondale. Tommy (Steve Coogan). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions

6. Where is the sitcom Plebs filmed?

Plebs. Image shows from L to R: Marcus (Tom Rosenthal), Jason (Jon Pointing), Grumio (Ryan Sampson), Nanna (Paola Dionisotti), Atlas (Nigel Lindsay). Copyright: RISE Films

7. Which Conservative MP wrote scripts for drag double-act Hinge & Bracket?

Hinge & Bracket. Image shows from L to R: Patrick Fyffe, George Logan. Copyright: BBC

8. Who did NOT appear in BBC Three's teen sitcom Coming Of Age?

Coming Of Age. Image shows from L to R: Chloe (Anabel Barnston), Matt (Tony Bignell), DK (Joe Tracini), Ollie (Ceri Phillips), Jas (Hannah Job). Copyright: BBC

9. Which Perrier Award-winning comedian has written episodes of US sitcom Hot In Cleveland?

10. What is the name of the controversial Chinese character, played by Brendan O'Carroll, who runs a Ninja School for the Blind in Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie?

Brendan O'Carroll

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