British Comedy Guide
The British Comedy Quiz

Quiz 266

Another fifteen questions to exercise your grey matter today, courtesy of Niki Walton.

1. On which television channel did Friday Night Dinner originally air?

Friday Night Dinner. Image shows from L to R: Jackie (Tamsin Greig), Adam (Simon Bird), Jonny (Tom Rosenthal), Martin (Paul Ritter)

2. Early in her career, Sandi Toksvig was a regular on which children's television show?

The News Quiz. Sandi Toksvig

3. Sitcom character Rab C Nesbitt and his family made their television debut in which sketch show?

Rab C. Nesbitt. Rab C. Nesbitt (Gregor Fisher). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

4. Spot the fake Last Of The Summer Wine episode title:

Last Of The Summer Wine. Image shows from L to R: Herbert 'Truly' Truelove (Frank Thornton), Howard Sibshaw (Robert Fyfe), William 'Compo' Simmonite (Bill Owen), Norman Clegg (Peter Sallis). Copyright: BBC

5. Which Spice Girl had a recurring role as a fictionalised version of herself in the fifth series of Absolutely Fabulous, aired in 2003?

6. Billy Connolly's first 'World Tour' travelogue-cum-stand-up show broadcast by the BBC showcased which country?

Billy Connolly

7. In the Fawlty Towers episode The Anniversary, Polly gives in to Basil's pleas that she impersonate an absent Sybil so long as he immediately agrees to give her...

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

8. Which of these statements about the 1971 film Carry On At Your Convenience is not true?

Carry On At Your Convenience. Image shows left to right: Vic Spanner (Kenneth Cope), Willie (Geoffrey Hughes), Ernie (Hugh Futcher), Sid Plummer (Sid James), Bernie Hulke (Bernard Bresslaw)

9. Sometimes considered an episode of The Comic Strip Presents, The Bullshitters: Roll Out The Gun Barrel is principally a spoof of which crime drama series?

10. What was the title of the tie-in book published in 1984 to accompany the TV series The Young Ones?

The Young Ones. Image shows left to right: Mike (Christopher Ryan), Rick (Rik Mayall), Vyvyan (Adrian Edmondson), Neil (Nigel Planer)

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