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The British Comedy Quiz

Quiz 350

Niki Walton delivers here another fun set of questions to try and score big on...

1. In which year did Taskmaster make its debut on Channel 4?

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Daisy May Cooper, Johnny Vegas, Greg Davies, Richard Herring, Alex Horne, Katherine Parkinson, Mawaan Rizwan. Copyright: Avalon Television

2. Which comedy actors starred as mother and daughter in a long-running television advertising campaign for Tesco which began in the late 1990s?

3. Which of these storylines did NOT feature in an episode of To The Manor Born?

To The Manor Born. Image shows from L to R: Richard DeVere (Peter Bowles), Audrey fforbes-Hamilton (Penelope Keith). Copyright: BBC

4. Name the American actor who took the lead role in the 1989 Richard Curtis movie The Tall Guy, opposite Rowan Atkinson and Emma Thompson.

5. What was distinctive about the first and last episodes only of Channel 4 comedy Chelmsford 123?

Chelmsford 123. Image shows from L to R: Functio (Robert Austin), Mungo (Neil Pearson), Aulus Paulinus (Jimmy Mulville), Blag (Howard Lew Lewis), Badvoc (Rory McGrath), Grasientus (Philip Pope). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

6. In the world of British sitcoms, Karl Barratt is...

7. What was the title of the Radio 2 comedy series from which Miranda Hart's eponymous television sitcom evolved?

Miranda. Image shows from L to R: Penny (Patricia Hodge), Gary (Tom Ellis), Miranda (Miranda Hart), Stevie (Sarah Hadland), Clive (James Holmes). Copyright: BBC

8. Which of these classic Ealing comedy films was the last to be released?

9. What role did Rik Mayall play in the 2000 special Blackadder: Back & Forth?

Blackadder. Image shows left to right: Lord Edmund Blackadder V (Rowan Atkinson), Baldrick (Tony Robinson). Credit: Tiger Aspect Productions

10. All of these statements about Last Of The Summer Wine are true, except for one. Which one?

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

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