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British Sitcoms Flashcards

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Plough Your Own Furrow was the first episode of which 1970s BBC sitcom, which was set in Surbiton and starred Richard Briers and Felicity Kendall?

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THE GOOD LIFE

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Who lived at 12 Coleridge Close on the “Poets Estate”, and worked as a sales executive at Sunshine Desserts before faking suicide and returning to open a shop called “Grot”?

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REGINALD PERRIN

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Also known for his roles in Brookside and Cracker, who played Jim Royle in The Royle Family?

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RICKY TOMLINSON

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Which football team did Alf Garnett support in Till Death Us Do Part?

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WEST HAM UNITED

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Who played the part of Queen Elizabeth I in Blackadder II and in Blackadder’s Christmas Carol?

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MIRANDA RICHARDSON

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In which sitcom did Peter Kay play the part of Brian Potter, the owner of a fictional working men’s club in Bolton?

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PHOENIX NIGHTS

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The character of Basil Fawlty was based on Donald Sinclair, the owner of the Gleneagles Hotel in which English seaside resort?

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TORQUAY

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“I Don’t Believe It!” Was the catchphrase of which irascible pensioner in One Foot in the Grave?

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VICTOR MELDREW

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Born in Liverpool, who was the screenwriter for Bread, Butterflies, The Liver Birds, Solo, and The Mistress?

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CARLA LANE

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Written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, Hi-Di-Hi! Was set in which holiday camp in the fictional town of Crimpton-on-Sea?

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MAPLINS

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In Citizen Smith, Robert Lindsay played Wolfie, who is the self-proclaimed leader of which revolutionary organisation?

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TOOTING POPULAR FRONT

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Who played Nora Batty in Last of the Summer Wine and Mrs Blewett in Open All Hours?

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KATHY STAFF

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What was the name of the aspiring actor played by Ricky Gervais in Extras?

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ANDY MILLMAN

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In Only Fools and Horses, The Trotter family lived in which tower block on the Nyerere estate in Peckham?

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NELSON MANDELA HOUSE

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Who played Nick Harper in My Family and Dave, the manager of the mosque in Citizen Khan?

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KRIS MARSHALL

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Which 1970s sitcom, set in London, starred Sid James and Diana Coupland as Sid and Jean Abbott, and was produced and directed by William G Stewart?

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BLESS THIS HOUSE

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What was the name of the character played by Adrian Edmondson in Bottom?

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EDDIE HITLER

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Which scriptwriting duo wrote a number of sitcoms including Please Sir!, Brush Strokes, Ever Decreasing Circles, and The Good Life?

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JOHN ESMONDE AND BOB LARBEY

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What was the sequel to Are You Being Served? Which ran from 1992 to 1993 and was set in the Millstone Manor country hotel?

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GRACE & FAVOUR

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Which actor, who died in 2017, was known for his role as the title character in the sitcoms Shelley and The Return of Shelley?

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HYWEL BENNETT

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Drop the Dead Donkey was set in the offices of which fictional TV news company?

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GLOBELINK NEWS

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What was the nickname of Gunner Harold Sugden, played by Don Estelle in It Ain’t Half Hot Mum?

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LOFTY

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In the episode of The Young Ones where Scumbag College play Footlights College on University Challenge, who parodied Bamber Gascoigne?

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GRIFF RHYS-JONES

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Which sitcom, broadcast on ITV from 1957 to 1961, was about National Service conscription and starred a number of actors who later appeared in the Carry On films?

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THE ARMY GAME

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Co-founded in 1986 by Rory mcgrath, which company, whose first commission was Chelmsford 123, went on to produce Father Ted?

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HAT TRICK PRODUCTIONS

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Who was the co-writer with Johnnie Mortimer of Man About The House, George and Mildred, and Robin’s Nest?

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BRIAN COOKE

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What was the name of Rigsby’s cat in Rising Damp?

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VIENNA

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‘Allo ‘Allo! Was set in a café in which town in German-occupied France during the Second World War?

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NOUVION

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In which sitcom did a divorced couple, played by John Alderton and Hannah Gordon, move to the country, only to find that they have moved into adjoining houses?

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MY WIFE NEXT DOOR

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Who starred as self-made millionaire Tony Carpenter in On the Up, and also sang the closing theme tune?

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DENNIS WATERMAN

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Created by Jennifer Saunders, which sitcom centred on a Women’s Guild in a fictional West Country town called Clatterford St. Mary and starred Sue Johnston and Pauline mclynn?

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JAM & JERUSALEM

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Which pop star played the role of Garth Stubbs in the first series of the revived ITV sitcom Birds of a Feather in 2014?

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MATT WILLIS

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Who played Gary Strang’s flatmate, Dermot Povey, in the first series of Men Behaving Badly?

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HARRY ENFIELD

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The theme tune to Brush Strokes, “Because of You”, reached number 13 in the UK singles chart in 1986, and was written and performed by which pop group?

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DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS

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Who played the U-Boat Captain in the Dad’s Army episode “The Deadly Attachment”? Pike finds his name on the Captain’s “List” once Mainwaring inadvertently gives it to him (“Don’t tell him, Pike!”).

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PHILIP MADOC

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Last of the Summer Wine was set and filmed in and around which town in West Yorkshire?

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HOLMFIRTH

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Which Manchester-born actress played Twinkle in Dinnerladies and Janice in the first series of Early Doors?

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MAXINE PEAKE

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What was the name of Hyacinth Bucket’s unseen son in Keeping Up Appearances?

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SHERIDAN

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Who played Norman Stanley Fletcher’s son Raymond in Going Straight, the spin-off from Porridge?

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NICHOLAS LYNDHURST

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Who played reluctant MI5 agent Peter “Piglet” Chapman in The Piglet Files, which was produced by LWT and ran for three series from 1990 to 1992?

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NICHOLAS LYNDHURST

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In which 1988 sitcom did Ronnie Barker play a short-sighted removal man who falls in love with Jane Travers, played by Josephine Tewson?

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CLARENCE

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Which English comic television writer is best known for creating Men Behaving Badly?

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SIMON NYE

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Who played Marshall Turtle, one of Edina’s unloved ex-husbands, in Absolutely Fabulous?

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CHRISTOPHER RYAN

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What role was played by Ballard Berkeley in Fawlty Towers?

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MAJOR GOWEN

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Which comedian has played Lee’s father, Frank, in Not Going Out, since 2009?

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BOBBY BALL

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What was the name of Dougal’s pet rabbit in Father Ted (because of some bizarre perceived connection between tennis and rabbits that he doesn’t explain)?

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SAMPRAS

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Who wrote and performed the theme tune to the 1974 LWT sitcom No Honestly, starring Pauline Collins and John Alderton?

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LYNSEY DE PAUL

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Set in a tower block in Leeds in the early 1970s, which sitcom starred Diana Dors, and was written by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall?

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QUEENIE’S CASTLE

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What was the spin-off from Desmond’s which starred Ram John Holder and ran for two series on Channel 4?

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PORKPIE

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Peter Davison played a house-husband and Patricia Hodge played his working wife in which 1980s ITV sitcom?

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HOLDING THE FORT

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