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1 The fictional village of Kings Oak was the location for which long-running British soap opera?
A Crossroads. It aired on ITV from 1964 to 1988 and was revived from 2001 to 2003.
2 Who played the Vicar of Dibley?
A Dawn French
3 Which children’s series featured Madeleine the rag doll and Gabriel the toad?
A Bagpuss. The show, created by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate, centred around a saggy cloth cat named Bagpuss who came to life, along with his friends, to mend broken objects brought into a shop.
4 Which animated series features the Griffin family of Quahog, Rhode Island?
A Family Guy, created by Seth MacFarlane.
5 In which long-running soap-opera is there a garage called the Arches?
A EastEnders. It is the local garage in Albert Square.
6 How are Bob Ferris and Terry Collier known collectively?
A The Likely Lads – Bob Ferris (Rodney Bewes) and Terry Collier (James Bolam). The word “likely” in the title referred, in the 1960s series, to those showing promise, but also to those likely to get up to well-meaning mischief.
7 Which BBC police series was about a female inspector in the town of Hartley in Lancashire?
A Juliet Bravo. The series aired from 1980 to 1985.
8 Who is the current (2025) presenter of Channel 4’s Countdown?
A Colin Murray, along with Rachel Riley and Susie Dent.
9 Which two actresses created the 1970s series of Upstairs Downstairs?
A Jean Marsh and Dame Eileen Atkins. Marsh starred in the original series as the parlour maid Rose, and both women also collaborated on the later BBC revival of the show.
10 Who did Brian Wilde play in “Last of the Summer Wine”?
A Walter “Foggy” Dewhurst.