Vintage comedy:
Do you enjoy vintage comedy shows? Find out how well you know these classic programmes by testing yourself in our bumper quiz.
How well do you know TV’s classic comedies? Test your skills in our bumper quiz.
1. Who played club owner Brian Potter in Phoenix Nights?
2. What was the name of Basil Fawlty’s wife in Fawlty Towers?
3. What character did Ronnie Barker play in Porridge?
4. In M*A*S*H, what was Margaret Houlihan’s nickname?
5. What crime did Gary Sparrow commit in Goodnight Sweetheart?
6. Who is the long-time writing partner of Dick Clement?
7. Which two It Ain’t Half Hot Mum stars had a number one hit with Whispering Grass in 1975? 8. In The Mary Tyler Moore Show, was Mary ever married?
9. Who didn’t appear in That ‘70s Show – Mila Kunis, Topher Grace or Jared Kushner?
10. Who played the dodgy landlord in The Young Ones?
11. Who played the dodgy landlord in Rising Damp?
12. A 1990s Australian comedy series satirising TV current affairs programmes starred Bruno Lawrence. What was the name of the show?
13. Absolutely Fabulous first screened in 1988. True or false?
14. A lead character in The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy took the name of which car?
15. In Seinfeld, what was Kramer’s first name?
16. Frasier Crane’s brother was called Miles. True or false?
17. In Cheers, bar owner Sam Malone had played baseball for which team?
18. Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges played two African-American boys in which US comedy series?
19. In the US version of The Office, what is the name of the character based on Ricky Gervais’ David Brent?
20. Ben and Susan Harper were the parents in which British comedy?
21. Hi-De-Hi was set at a Butlins Holiday Camp. True or false? 22. Robin Williams played which character from the planet Ork?
23. What was the name of the horse in
Steptoe And Son?
24. Which dodgy but big-hearted character lived in a tower block called Nelson Mandela House?
25. Terry And June was a classic British comedy starring which two actors?
26. Love And Marriage was the theme song to which US sitcom?
27. Who played the long-suffering wife of Frank Spencer in Some Mothers Do ‘Ave Em?
28. Who supposedly lived at 23 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam?
29. Mollie Sugden ran the Ladies Department in which British show?
30. Whose catchphrases in a British comedy series were “They don’t like it up em” and “Don’t panic”?
31. Who played Roseanne’s husband in the US series of the same name?
32. Taxi was set in which US city? 33. Who played Lord Melchett in Blackadder?
34. Which New Zealand-born former comedian is married to Billy Connolly?
35. The Royle Family was set in Liverpool. True or false?
36. The Simpsons started life as a segment on which show?
37. Which 1970s comedy was just Reg Varney’s ticket?
38. Which Red Dwarf star later turned up in Death In Paradise? 39. The Alaskan town of Cicely was the setting for which US comedy?
40. Back in the 1970s, who told us “We Don’t Know How Lucky We Are”?