British Sitcoms Flashcards
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?
THE GOOD LIFE
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”?
REGINALD PERRIN
Also known for his roles in Brookside and Cracker, who played Jim Royle in The Royle Family?
RICKY TOMLINSON
Which football team did Alf Garnett support in Till Death Us Do Part?
WEST HAM UNITED
Who played the part of Queen Elizabeth I in Blackadder II and in Blackadder’s Christmas Carol?
MIRANDA RICHARDSON
In which sitcom did Peter Kay play the part of Brian Potter, the owner of a fictional working men’s club in Bolton?
PHOENIX NIGHTS
The character of Basil Fawlty was based on Donald Sinclair, the owner of the Gleneagles Hotel in which English seaside resort?
TORQUAY
“I Don’t Believe It!” Was the catchphrase of which irascible pensioner in One Foot in the Grave?
VICTOR MELDREW
Born in Liverpool, who was the screenwriter for Bread, Butterflies, The Liver Birds, Solo, and The Mistress?
CARLA LANE
Written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, Hi-Di-Hi! Was set in which holiday camp in the fictional town of Crimpton-on-Sea?
MAPLINS
In Citizen Smith, Robert Lindsay played Wolfie, who is the self-proclaimed leader of which revolutionary organisation?
TOOTING POPULAR FRONT
Who played Nora Batty in Last of the Summer Wine and Mrs Blewett in Open All Hours?
KATHY STAFF
What was the name of the aspiring actor played by Ricky Gervais in Extras?
ANDY MILLMAN
In Only Fools and Horses, The Trotter family lived in which tower block on the Nyerere estate in Peckham?
NELSON MANDELA HOUSE
Who played Nick Harper in My Family and Dave, the manager of the mosque in Citizen Khan?
KRIS MARSHALL
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?
BLESS THIS HOUSE
What was the name of the character played by Adrian Edmondson in Bottom?
EDDIE HITLER
Which scriptwriting duo wrote a number of sitcoms including Please Sir!, Brush Strokes, Ever Decreasing Circles, and The Good Life?
JOHN ESMONDE AND BOB LARBEY
What was the sequel to Are You Being Served? Which ran from 1992 to 1993 and was set in the Millstone Manor country hotel?
GRACE & FAVOUR
Which actor, who died in 2017, was known for his role as the title character in the sitcoms Shelley and The Return of Shelley?
HYWEL BENNETT
Drop the Dead Donkey was set in the offices of which fictional TV news company?
GLOBELINK NEWS
What was the nickname of Gunner Harold Sugden, played by Don Estelle in It Ain’t Half Hot Mum?
LOFTY
In the episode of The Young Ones where Scumbag College play Footlights College on University Challenge, who parodied Bamber Gascoigne?
GRIFF RHYS-JONES
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?
THE ARMY GAME
Co-founded in 1986 by Rory mcgrath, which company, whose first commission was Chelmsford 123, went on to produce Father Ted?
HAT TRICK PRODUCTIONS
Who was the co-writer with Johnnie Mortimer of Man About The House, George and Mildred, and Robin’s Nest?
BRIAN COOKE
What was the name of Rigsby’s cat in Rising Damp?
VIENNA
‘Allo ‘Allo! Was set in a café in which town in German-occupied France during the Second World War?
NOUVION
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?
MY WIFE NEXT DOOR
Who starred as self-made millionaire Tony Carpenter in On the Up, and also sang the closing theme tune?
DENNIS WATERMAN
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?
JAM & JERUSALEM
Which pop star played the role of Garth Stubbs in the first series of the revived ITV sitcom Birds of a Feather in 2014?
MATT WILLIS
Who played Gary Strang’s flatmate, Dermot Povey, in the first series of Men Behaving Badly?
HARRY ENFIELD
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?
DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
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!”).
PHILIP MADOC
Last of the Summer Wine was set and filmed in and around which town in West Yorkshire?
HOLMFIRTH
Which Manchester-born actress played Twinkle in Dinnerladies and Janice in the first series of Early Doors?
MAXINE PEAKE
What was the name of Hyacinth Bucket’s unseen son in Keeping Up Appearances?
SHERIDAN
Who played Norman Stanley Fletcher’s son Raymond in Going Straight, the spin-off from Porridge?
NICHOLAS LYNDHURST
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?
NICHOLAS LYNDHURST
In which 1988 sitcom did Ronnie Barker play a short-sighted removal man who falls in love with Jane Travers, played by Josephine Tewson?
CLARENCE
Which English comic television writer is best known for creating Men Behaving Badly?
SIMON NYE
Who played Marshall Turtle, one of Edina’s unloved ex-husbands, in Absolutely Fabulous?
CHRISTOPHER RYAN
What role was played by Ballard Berkeley in Fawlty Towers?
MAJOR GOWEN
Which comedian has played Lee’s father, Frank, in Not Going Out, since 2009?
BOBBY BALL
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)?
SAMPRAS
Who wrote and performed the theme tune to the 1974 LWT sitcom No Honestly, starring Pauline Collins and John Alderton?
LYNSEY DE PAUL
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?
QUEENIE’S CASTLE
What was the spin-off from Desmond’s which starred Ram John Holder and ran for two series on Channel 4?
PORKPIE
Peter Davison played a house-husband and Patricia Hodge played his working wife in which 1980s ITV sitcom?
HOLDING THE FORT
