Search
☰
Home
TV
Radio
Film
Online
Live
People
Shop
Pro
More
Search
BCG
Features
Quiz
#290
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?
A closeup of a mechanical calendar clicking to a new date
The title characters speaking to each other over the phone
Gavin driving home, intercut with Stacey walking home
One of the title characters receiving a text on their mobile phone from the other
Stacey writing an entry in her diary
2. The first episode of
Mrs Brown's Boys
made its BBC debut in which year?
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
3. The crew of
Red Dwarf
advertised the services of which motoring organisation on TV in 2019 and 2020?
RAC
The AA
Direct Line
Green Flag
Autoglass
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?
Admissions desk clerk
Security guard
Staff canteen chef
Education assistant
Janitor
5. The third series of
Porridge
saw which character from Fletcher's past briefly become the third resident in his and Godber's cell?
His former brother-in-law
His cellmate from HMP Maidstone
An accomplice from a robbery in his youth who managed to escape arrest at the time
The judge who sentenced him to his current prison stretch
A bribe-taking warden from his time at HMP Shepton Mallet
6. Which was the only episode of
Fawlty Towers
to not open with an establishing shot of the hotel?
A Touch Of Class
The Builders
The Germans
The Anniversary
Basil The Rat
7. Which northern comedy household lived in a house in West Wallaby Street?
Gladys Emmanuel and her never-seen mother (Open All Hours)
The Royle Family
Wallace & Gromit
The Boswells (Bread)
Bob and Thelma Ferris (The Likely Lads)
8. 1980s radio comedy show
Radio Active
transferred to television as...
KYTV
The Fast Show
Drop The Dead Donkey
Colin's Sandwich
Big Train
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?
Harry Secombe
Tommy Cooper
Spike Milligan
Arthur Lowe
Terry-Thomas
10. What was the title of Malcolm Hardee's 1996 autobiography?
I Found Queen Victoria's Lost Dentures
I Was Bernard Bresslaw's Dance Teacher
I Stole Freddie Mercury's Birthday Cake
I Washed Graham Chapman's Rugby Kit
I Bought George Orwell's Exam Papers
Submit your answers
Share this page
×
Search