Entertainment 140506

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1   Which TV sitcom character set up a chain of shops called Grot?
A   Reggie Perrin, where he sells useless products – like square hoops, round dice etc.

2   Which county was the setting for ITV’s drama serial Broadchurch?
A   Dorset. The show was filmed in West Bay, Dorset, and its dramatic coastline played a significant role in the show’s atmosphere.

3   What is the first name of Dame Edna Everage’s late husband?
A   Norm/Norman. Sir Norman Everage, died in 1988 after many years in hospital with prostate problems and a “testicular murmur”; Edna founded the non-profit “Friends of the Prostate” in his honour. Dame Edna was not with Norm when he died.

4   What type of business is the setting for the BBC drama The Paradise?
A   Department Store – the first department store in the country was in Newcastle

5   Who played the character of Owen Newitt in The Vicar of Dibley?
A   Roger Lloyd-Pack – He is probably best known for playing Trigger in Only Fools and Horses

6   Jeremy Paxman will host his final Newsnight in June. How long has he worked on the programme?
A   25 years

7   Who composed the theme music for Coronation Street?
A   Eric Spear

8   Which 1963 song by The Beatles first album, begins with the line ‘Well, she was just seventeen – you know what I mean’?
A   I Saw Her Standing There

9   What is the title of the Only Fools and Horses episode where the Trotters clean some priceless chandeliers but accidentally smash one of them?
A   A Touch of Glass

10   What is the next line of the much-covered song from 1926 that begins ‘Pack up all my cares and woe, here I go, singing low’?
A   Bye Bye Blackbird