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Great UK Comedies from 1980 onwards

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Great UK Comedies from 1980 onwards game quiz
"A quiz about my favourite UK comedies since 1980. I'll set the scene and give you one or two of the main characters' names, you choose the show."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. OK, I'll start with what is probably my favourite. Wheelchair bound Brian Potter runs a Bolton nightclub with his sidekick Jerry "The Saint" Sinclair. What is the name of the show?
    Black Books
    The Ritz
    The Grimleys
    Phoenix Nights


2. One of the best loved UK comedies since the early eighties follows the exploits of wheeling, dealing market trader Derek Trotter and his "plonker" brother Rodney. Which programme was this?
    Only Fools And Horses
    Citizen Smith
    Sink Or Swim
    The New Statesman


3. Two bachelors share a flat, Gary - who has a "sort of" girlfriend called Dorothy - and Tony, who spends most of his life lusting over Deborah who lives in the flat above. Which comedy am I referring to?
    Two Up Three Down
    Men Behaving Badly
    Just Good Friends
    Lucky Break


4. Three extremely bad priests live together on Craggy Island. Which show is this?
    Father Ben
    Father Ted
    The Vicar Of Dibley
    The League Of Gentlemen


5. Incompetent boss David Brent is in charge of a number of employees who are probably frighteningly close to people you know in your own working establishment!
    The Brittas Empire
    Bottom
    The Management
    The Office


6. Going back to the early eighties again, four students share a house - hippy Neil, punk Vyvyan, anarchy loving Cliff Richard fan Rik and sleazy leader of the bunch Mike. What was this alternative show called?
    Filthy Rich and Catflap
    Absolutely Fabulous
    The Young Ones
    Bottom


7. This rather dark comedy is set in the village of Royston Vasey and features characters such as Tubbs, Pauline Campbell and the frightening Papa Lazarou. What is it?
    Langley Bottom
    TheThin Blue Line
    The Fast Show
    The League of Gentlemen


8. Which series of "Blackadder" was set in World War 1?
    Blackadder - The Cavalier Years
    Blackadder 2
    Blackadder Goes Forth
    Blackadder the Third


9. This incredibly bad chat show host, played by Steve Coogan, had his own show and catchphrase - "Knowing Me Knowing You....Ah Haaah!" - what is the name of this hapless presenter?
    Theodore P Wildebeest
    Mrs Merton
    Alan Partridge
    David Lesserman


10. Finally, the first series of this show featured Tim - a skateboarding slacker with a fascination for science fiction comics - and aspirational journalist Daisy posing as a "professional couple" in order to get themselves a flat (apartment). The title of the programme?
    Moving
    Spaced
    Coupling
    Hippies


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