That’s Entertainment

Fun for all the family… How many old favourites in Louis Barfe’s quiz can you remember?
  1. In the 1940s radio series, ITMA, whose catchphrase was ‘Can I do yer now, sir?’
  2. When It’s That Man Again host, Tommy Handley, died in 1949, which show replaced it and what was the name of its star?
  3. Which comic duo had their fictional home in a flat on the roof of Broadcasting House, along with a host of livestock, including a goat called Lewis? Also, what was the name of their show? 
  4. Crazy People was the original title of which surreal radio comedy series, running from 1951 to 1960?
  5. Which snooty, but curiously lovable, gaptoothed personality was the star of the pioneering TV comedy series How Do You View?
  6. In The Poison Pen Letters episode of the TV version of Hancock’s Half Hour, who was sending the insulting missives to 23 Railway Cuttings?
  7. Which much-loved old-school comedian revitalised his career with a blisteringly satirical appearance on That Was The Week That Was in 1963?
  8. Which pop star took the middle part of his stage name from Steptoe & Son’s horse?
  9. In the Comedy Playhouse pilot of Till Death Us Do Part, Alf Garnett had a different name, which he shared with a famous football manager. What was it?
  10. When Stanley Baxter portrayed the Duchess of Brendagh in a sketch on one of his 1970s LWT spectaculars, of whom was it a thinly veiled impersonation?
  11. Which long-running and critically acclaimed ITV situation comedy began life as a play called The Banana Box?
  12. With which lumbering animal did Reginald Iolanthe Perrin associate his mother-in-law?
  13. What was the nickname given to teacher Bernard Hedges, played by John Alderton, by his pupils in Please Sir!?
  14. Who was Private Sponge?
  15. Which comedian was known for his characters Cosmo Smallpiece, Ada Shufflebotham and Zebediah Twine, as well as for his concert-standard piano playing?