British Comedy Guide
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The British Comedy Quiz

Quiz 341

Niki Walton's first quiz of 2025 is full of entertaining questions. Have a go:

1. Which of these comedy performers took to the Strictly Come Dancing dancefloor first?

2. Who sang the theme songs to Only Fools And Horses?

Only Fools And Horses. Image shows left to right: Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst), Del (David Jason), Grandad (Lennard Pearce)

3. The film version of Porridge sees Fletcher and Godber facing the prospect of breaking back into prison. How do they attempt this?

Porridge. Image shows from L to R: Norman Stanley Fletcher (Ronnie Barker), Mackay (Fulton Mackay), Lennie Godber (Richard Beckinsale). Copyright: WitzEnd Productions

4. On which television channel was 2000s sitcom Suburban Shootout broadcast?

Suburban Shootout. Copyright: Feelgood Fiction

5. What is the name of the much-mentioned but never-seen local pub in The Royle Family?

The Royle Family. Image shows from L to R: Dave Best (Craig Cash), Antony Royle (Ralf Little), Denise Royle / Best (Caroline Aherne), Jim Royle (Ricky Tomlinson), Barbara Royle (Sue Johnston), Norma Speakman (Liz Smith). Copyright: Granada Productions / Jellylegs

6. Select the comedy show which was broadcast on BBC Radio 1 between 1989 and 1990, and on BBC2 from 1990 to 1992.

7. Which of these topics was NOT featured in the 2020s comedy/documentary series Billy Connolly Does...?

Billy Connolly Does.... Billy Connolly

8. Name the actor who provided the voice of Lady Tottington in the 2005 film Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit.

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit. Copyright: Aardman Animations

9. Which Monty Python member made a guest appearance in an episode of The Young Ones?

Monty Python's Flying Circus. Image shows from L to R: Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam. Copyright: BBC

10. In The Vicar Of Dibley episode The Window And The Weather, what scene did the destroyed stained-glass window portray?

The Vicar Of Dibley. Image shows from L to R: David Horton (Gary Waldhorn), Geraldine Grainger (Dawn French). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

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