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1 In which crime drama-comedy series did Caroline Quentin play the role of the eccentric investigative journalist Madeline Magellan?
A Jonathan Creek. The popular series ran intermittently from 1997 to 2016.
2 Who created the ITV costume drama series, Downton Abbey?
A Julian Fellows. He principally wrote the script and was an executive producer as well.
3 Which ITV drama series is set in Larkhall Prison?
A Bad Girls. It aired from 1999 to 2006 and followed the lives of female inmates and staff on G Wing.
4 From whose books were the “Prime Suspect” crime drama serials adapted?
A Lynda La Plante. It tells the story of a 22-year-old Jane Tennison as a probationary WPC in Hackney, London, investigating her first murder case. The series began airing on 2 March 2017.
5 Who played the criminal psychologist Eddie “Fitz” Fitzgerald in the crime drama series ‘Cracker’?
A Robbie Coltrane, a role for which he won multiple BAFTA awards and which cemented his status as a legendary actor.
6 Which 70s US police drama series starred Karl Malden and Michael Douglas?
A The Streets of San Francisco (the Quinn Martin Production ran for five seasons, notching up to 120 episodes)
7 Who played the chirpy cockney crook ‘Budgie’ in the ITV series of the same name from the early 70s?
A Adam Faith (still a teen idol at the time)
8 Which ITV drama-documentary of 1980 created a diplomatic crisis between the UK and Saudi Arabia?
A Death of a Princess (the British ambassador had to leave Saudi Arabia)
9 What was the title of the US TV drama series set in the White House and starring Martin Sheen as the President?
A The West Wing (ran for 156 episodes over seven series)
10 Dorcas Lane, Thomas Brown, and Laura Timmins are characters from which period drama is based on the semi-autobiographical works of Flora Thompson?
A Larkrise to Candleford