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Classic British sitcoms and drama

Twelve questions on classic british sitcoms and drama. Look closely: the most familiar answer is not always the right one.

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Question sheet

1. What is the name of the prison in the original Porridge?
- A. HMP Wetherby
- B. HMP Larkhall
- C. HMP Slade
- D. HMP Wentworth
2. Who co-wrote Fawlty Towers with John Cleese and played Polly?
- A. Carol Cleveland
- B. Caroline Andrew
- C. Connie Booth
- D. Prunella Scales
3. In The Good Life, what are the first names of the couple pursuing self-sufficiency?
- A. Jerry and Margo
- B. Tom and Barbara
- C. George and Mildred
- D. Terry and June
4. Keeping Up Appearances centres on Hyacinth, who insists her surname Bucket should be pronounced how?
- A. Buchanan
- B. Bouquet
- C. Beauchamp
- D. Buckley
5. In Yes Minister, which senior civil servant is played by Nigel Hawthorne?
- A. Bernard Woolley
- B. Arnold Robinson
- C. Frank Weisel
- D. Humphrey Appleby
6. Blackadder Goes Forth is chiefly set during which conflict?
- A. The Boer War
- B. The Crimean War
- C. The First World War
- D. The Second World War
7. Who plays the title character in the BBC drama I, Claudius?
- A. Derek Jacobi
- B. John Hurt
- C. Patrick Stewart
- D. Brian Blessed
8. The 1981 television serial Brideshead Revisited adapts a novel by whom?
- A. Graham Greene
- B. E. M. Forster
- C. Evelyn Waugh
- D. Aldous Huxley
9. Who plays George Smiley in the BBC's 1979 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy?
- A. Michael Hordern
- B. Michael Gough
- C. Alec Guinness
- D. Ian Richardson
10. Which actor plays Francis Urquhart in the original British House of Cards?
- A. Nigel Hawthorne
- B. Richard Briers
- C. Ian Holm
- D. Ian Richardson
11. What is the surname of the family employing servants in the original Upstairs, Downstairs?
- A. Ramsay
- B. Poldark
- C. Bellamy
- D. Forsyte
12. In the BBC's 1995 Pride and Prejudice, who plays Elizabeth Bennet opposite Colin Firth?
- A. Anna Chancellor
- B. Susannah Harker
- C. Jennifer Ehle
- D. Julia Sawalha

Answer sheet (for the quizmaster)

1. C - HMP Slade
Norman Stanley Fletcher serves his sentence at the fictional HMP Slade.
2. C - Connie Booth
Connie Booth co-created and co-wrote the series while playing the resourceful Polly.
3. B - Tom and Barbara
Tom and Barbara Good convert their suburban home into a self-sufficient smallholding.
4. B - Bouquet
Hyacinth's preferred pronunciation is 'Bouquet', reflecting her relentless social aspirations.
5. D - Humphrey Appleby
Hawthorne plays Sir Humphrey Appleby, the master of elegant bureaucratic obstruction.
6. C - The First World War
The fourth series follows Captain Blackadder and his companions on the Western Front in 1917.
7. A - Derek Jacobi
Derek Jacobi plays Claudius; the other actors also appear in the drama in different roles.
8. C - Evelyn Waugh
The serial adapts Evelyn Waugh's novel about Charles Ryder and the aristocratic Flyte family.
9. C - Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness plays Smiley in the television adaptation, decades before Gary Oldman's film portrayal.
10. D - Ian Richardson
Ian Richardson portrays the calculating Conservative politician Francis Urquhart.
11. C - Bellamy
The series follows the Bellamy household and its servants at 165 Eaton Place.
12. C - Jennifer Ehle
Jennifer Ehle plays Elizabeth; Harker, Sawalha and Chancellor play Jane, Lydia and Caroline Bingley respectively.