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It’s our mission at TV Guide to keep you informed about the best programmes on TV. So what do you know about the shows and personalities we featured on our cover in 2019? Test your TV skills.
Try our Cover quiz.
1. Which show, starring Nathan Fillion, is about a middle-aged construction worker who pursues a new career in the LAPD?
2. A Very British Scandal, starring Hugh Grant, was about the misdeeds of which UK politician?
3. John Nettles and Neil Dudgeon have played the leading role in which British drama?
4. Jenna Coleman stars in which show about a British monarch?
5. In Mrs Wilson, Ruth Wilson played which of her relatives?
6. Which sort of medical professionals reside at Nonnatus House in London’s East End?
7. Dai Henwood hosts this show, which in 2019 featured Nadia Lim and Glen Osborne among others?
8. Grantchester is a popular British crime drama. But does the place really exist?
9. The Bligh family feature in which Australian period drama?
10. The movie Saving Grace, about a widow who grows cannabis in a Cornish village, gave rise to which long-running comedy series?
11. The picturesque town of Warkworth, north of Auckland, is the setting for which current New Zealand crime drama?
12. Aidan Turner and Robin Ellis have played which fictional historical character?
13. The Chase host Bradley Walsh played which Coronation Street character?
14. Ben Miller, Kris Marshall and Ardal O’Hanlon. Can you name the show they have all starred in?
15. The blockbuster War Of The Worlds thrilled viewers in 2019. But who wrote the original novel?
16. Which actress took over from Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth ll for season three of The Crown?
17. Summer Bay is the setting for which soap?
18. Which actress plays Cece King in Shortland Street?
19. Ah, the heartbreak. What was the final score in the New Zealand v England Rugby World Cup semifinal?
20. Coronation Street first aired in: a) 1959, b) 1960, c) 1961?
21. How many of The Block New Zealand apartments sold for more than their reserve at the televised auction?
22. Which TV presenter was at the centre of the Boobgate affair?
23. Hayley Holt is a TV presenter, professional ballroom dancer, snowboarder and boxer. She is an aspiring politician, too, and stood for which political party in the 2017 election?
24. Hugh Jackman (movie) and Dominic
West (TV mini-series) have played which Les Miserables character?
25. Every dog has its day. Can you name the dog in Doc Martin?
26. Simon Dallow and Tom Sainsbury jointly presented which awards?
27. Who is Phil Spencer’s co-host on the property series Location, Location, Location?
28. The historical series The Spanish Princess is about which wife of Henry Vlll?
29. In series three of The Crown, viewers were introduced to Prince Philip’s rather eccentric mother. What was her name?
30. Which Coronation Street cast member is a vegetarian and keen astrologer: a) William Roache, b) Helen Worth, c) Simon Gregson?