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The British Comedy Quiz

Quiz 336

Hercules Grytpype Thynne is here to hurt our brains again with some more fiendish questions.

1. Whose catchphrase in Miranda was "Bear with", whenever she got a phone call in the middle of an ongoing conversation?

Miranda. Image shows from L to R: Tilly (Sally Phillips), Gary (Tom Ellis), Miranda (Miranda Hart), Stevie (Sarah Hadland), Penny (Patricia Hodge). Copyright: BBC

2. Which actor from Fawlty Towers appeared in the Charles Laughton funny film Hobson's Choice?

Hobson's Choice

3. What was Graham Norton's character name in Father Ted?

Graham Norton in Father Ted

4. What was the name of this Simon Day character from The Fast Show with permed hair who was always interfering with people playing the fruit machine or sorting out people's change by resolving it an "easier way"?

Simon Day

5. Who played the original Kryten in Red Dwarf, before Robert Llewellyn?

Kryten

6. What was the name of the double act that Mark Arden and Stephen Frost did during the 80s and 90s, primarily on LWT's Saturday Live?

Saturday Live

7. In Inside No. 9's Bernie Clifton's Dressing Room, it's been 30 years since double-act Len and Tommy last appeared on stage together. What was the name of their act in this attempted comeback evening?

Inside No. 9. Image shows from L to R: Len Shelby (Steve Pemberton), Tommy Drake (Reece Shearsmith). Copyright: BBC

8. Demob, the six-part 1993 comedy drama, was about Ian and Dick, two soldiers returning to peacetime Britain from WW2. They struggle to fit back into society, and get involved in various shady schemes. Dick was played by Martin Clunes, so who played Ian?

Demob

9. In Vicious with Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi, who played their friend Violet who was always knocking on their door, and gate-crashing their flat?

Vicious. Image shows from L to R: Freddie (Ian McKellen), Stuart (Derek Jacobi)

10. Who was the stand-up comedian who came on with hat jammed down on his head, down to his ears, with a speech impediment and related stories which usually started off with "I thay..... I thay, you there, Parrot Face"?

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