British Comedy Guide
The British Comedy Quiz

Quiz 290

Niki Walton has another set of varied questions for us all to try here.

1. Episodes of Gavin & Stacey traditionally begin with what setup as the first scene?

Gavin & Stacey. Image shows from L to R: Bryn (Rob Brydon), Gwen (Melanie Walters), Nessa (Ruth Jones), Stacey (Joanna Page), Gavin (Mathew Horne), Smithy (James Corden), Pam (Alison Steadman), Mick (Larry Lamb). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions

2. The first episode of Mrs Brown's Boys made its BBC debut in which year?

Mrs. Brown's Boys

3. The crew of Red Dwarf advertised the services of which motoring organisation on TV in 2019 and 2020?

Red Dwarf. Image shows from L to R: Cat (Danny John-Jules), Rimmer (Chris Barrie), Lister (Craig Charles), Kryten (Robert Llewellyn). Copyright: UKTV

4. In Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie, Mr Bean is welcomed in Los Angeles as a top art expert from the National Gallery. But what is Mr Bean's actual job?

Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie. Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions / Working Title Films

5. The third series of Porridge saw which character from Fletcher's past briefly become the third resident in his and Godber's cell?

Porridge. Image shows from L to R: Fletcher (Ronnie Barker), Godber (Richard Beckinsale). Copyright: BBC

6. Which was the only episode of Fawlty Towers to not open with an establishing shot of the hotel?

Flay Otters. Copyright: BBC

7. Which northern comedy household lived in a house in West Wallaby Street?

8. 1980s radio comedy show Radio Active transferred to television as...

Radio Active. Image shows from L to R: Geoffrey Perkins, Michael Fenton Stevens, Helen Atkinson-Wood, Philip Pope, Angus Deayton

9. Born in 1921 in Caerphilly, he grew up in Exeter, and undertook wartime service with the Royal Horse Guards before becoming a member of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes entertainment party. Who does this describe?

10. What was the title of Malcolm Hardee's 1996 autobiography?

Malcolm Hardee

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