Quiz 207

Selling second-hand cars

As a private landlord

Selling timeshare properties in Spain

As owner of a loft conversion firm

By inheriting it from his father

A Little More Hair (Just There)

(Real Men) Sing A Ballad Like This

Meaningless Songs (In Very High Voices)

In Harmony (With My Brothers)

(The Soundtrack Of) My Life

Nurse

Primary school teacher

Aromatherapist

Environmental health officer

Hotel receptionist

Ken (Citizen Smith)

Basildon Bond (The Russ Abbot Show)

Swiss Toni (The Fast Show)

Mark (Peep Show)

Ritchie (Bottom)

Rooms

Rising Damp

The Banana Box

Multiple Occupation

Packing

It collapsed after a Navy training boat smashed into it

It caught fire in an air-raid the previous month

It was blown up to stop the enemy from landing on it

The metal and wood have been salvaged for the war effort

The whole pier will be demolished, but the demolition team have not yet completed their work

8 years, 10 months

10 years, 2 months

11 years, 1 month

14 years, 9 months

15 years, 6 months

An impoverished couple taking in a wealthy lodger

Old college friends meeting up again in their thirties

The trials and tribulations of a Blackpool-based dating agency

Former teenage sweethearts returning to their home town

The adventures of two unlucky-in-love birdwatchers

None

One

Two

Three

Four

Jennifer Saunders

Helen Atkinson-Wood

Kathy Burke

Paula Wilcox

Janine Duvitski

1. Boycie from Only Fools And Horses made his fortune...

2. Pick the genuine Hee Bee Gee Bees song.

3. What was the profession of the character Dorothy in Men Behaving Badly?

4. Which television comedy character's feeble attempts at chatting up women were notable for the use of the phrase "What a smashing blouse you have on"?

5. Eric Chappell's sitcom Rising Damp was adapted from his earlier stage play. What was this play called?

6. In the Dad's Army episode Menace From The Deep, what reason does Captain Mainwaring give to the troops for the town's pier missing its middle section?

7. Jennifer Saunders and Julia Sawalha played mother and daughter in Absolutely Fabulous. What is the age gap between the actors in real life?

8. 1970s sitcom The Cuckoo Waltz was about…

9. Robin Askwith is well-known for starring in the Confessions... film series. But how many appearances did he make in the Carry On film franchise?

10. Who played the role of Mary Arden, Shakespeare's mother, in Upstart Crow?