British Sitcoms

Question 1

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?

Answer 1

THE GOOD LIFE

Question 2

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”?

Answer 2

REGINALD PERRIN

Question 3

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

Answer 3

RICKY TOMLINSON

Question 4

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

Answer 4

WEST HAM UNITED

Question 5

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

Answer 5

MIRANDA RICHARDSON

Question 6

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

Answer 6

PHOENIX NIGHTS

Question 7

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

Answer 7

TORQUAY

Question 8

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

Answer 8

VICTOR MELDREW

Question 9

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

Answer 9

CARLA LANE

Question 10

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

Answer 10

MAPLINS

Question 11

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

Answer 11

TOOTING POPULAR FRONT

Question 12

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

Answer 12

KATHY STAFF

Question 13

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

Answer 13

ANDY MILLMAN

Question 14

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

Answer 14

NELSON MANDELA HOUSE

Question 15

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

Answer 15

KRIS MARSHALL

Question 16

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?

Answer 16

BLESS THIS HOUSE

Question 17

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

Answer 17

EDDIE HITLER

Question 18

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

Answer 18

JOHN ESMONDE AND BOB LARBEY

Question 19

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

Answer 19

GRACE & FAVOUR

Question 20

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

Answer 20

HYWEL BENNETT

Question 21

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

Answer 21

GLOBELINK NEWS

Question 22

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

Answer 22

LOFTY

Question 23

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

Answer 23

GRIFF RHYS-JONES

Question 24

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?

Answer 24

THE ARMY GAME

Question 25

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

Answer 25

HAT TRICK PRODUCTIONS

Question 26

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

Answer 26

BRIAN COOKE

Question 27

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

Answer 27

VIENNA

Question 28

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

Answer 28

NOUVION

Question 29

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?

Answer 29

MY WIFE NEXT DOOR

Question 30

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

Answer 30

DENNIS WATERMAN

Question 31

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?

Answer 31

JAM & JERUSALEM

Question 32

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

Answer 32

MATT WILLIS

Question 33

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

Answer 33

HARRY ENFIELD

Question 34

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?

Answer 34

DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS

Question 35

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!").

Answer 35

PHILIP MADOC

Question 36

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

Answer 36

HOLMFIRTH

Question 37

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

Answer 37

MAXINE PEAKE

Question 38

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

Answer 38

SHERIDAN

Question 39

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

Answer 39

NICHOLAS LYNDHURST

Question 40

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?

Answer 40

NICHOLAS LYNDHURST

Question 41

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

Answer 41

CLARENCE

Question 42

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

Answer 42

SIMON NYE

Question 43

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

Answer 43

CHRISTOPHER RYAN

Question 44

What role was played by Ballard Berkeley in Fawlty Towers?

Answer 44

MAJOR GOWEN

Question 45

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

Answer 45

BOBBY BALL

Question 46

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)?

Answer 46

SAMPRAS

Question 47

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

Answer 47

LYNSEY DE PAUL

Question 48

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?

Answer 48

QUEENIE’S CASTLE

Question 49

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

Answer 49

PORKPIE

Question 50

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

Answer 50

HOLDING THE FORT