The cryptic brit sit com quiz

sonnetpete

sonnetpete

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All solutions relate to British TV sitcoms. The usual rules apply, two answers per person, per day and I'll update the list with the correct solutions..

(1) Grow your own in suburbia...The Good Life

(2) He had a man eating till...Open All Hours

(3) Three wheels on his wagon...Only Fools And Horses

(4) Family non motorised business..Steptoe and Son

(5) Ceremonial vow taken in church...Till Death Do Us Part

(6) Sweltering on the sub continent...It Ain't Half Hot Mum

(7) Not 60 minutes...Hancocks Half Hour

(8) Buying and selling pieces of cloth...The Rag Trade

(9) Not by cab, bike or car..On The Buses

(10) Was the pilot show called caterpillars?....Butterflies

(11) Vintage left till the end...Last Of The Summer Wine

(12) His life was all ups and downs..The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin

(13) His mate always had a plan...Blackadder

(14) Department of nods...Yes Minister

(15) Ecclesiastical Edward...Father Ted

(16) Ass lands on your desk...Drop The Dead Donkey

(17) Singular male from a can of these...Mr Bean

(18) Pub order....Two Pints Of Lager & A Packet Of Crisps

(19) Irish clan..Mrs Browns Boys

(20) Playing charades in the Forces...The Army Game
 
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Soooo, starting at the top:

1) The Good Life
2) Open all Hours (and, by extension) Still Open All Hours.
 
(3) Only Fools And Horses

(6) It Ain't Half Hot Mum
 
10 Butterflies
15 Father ted
 
(18) Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps
(19) The Walshes
 
(11) Last of the Summer Wine
 
19. Mrs Brown's Boys.
 
5. Til death us do part
8. The Rag Trade
 
I thought that 8) might have been Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width but accept that The Rag Trade is a better fit.

Anyone else remember NMTQ,FTW?
 
PaulR said:
Anyone else remember NMTQ,FTW?
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yes, it may well feature in a future quiz....SWMBO is Jewish, but I dare hardly ask her if she remembers it..
 
You don't have to be Jewish, or Irish come to that, to remember and appreciate the series! Glad to see I'm not alone.
 
sonnetpete said:
SWMBO is Jewish, but I dare hardly ask her if she remembers it..
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It was more a concern about reminding her how old she was LOL. The Jewish bit was an aside, though I'd forgotten the plot interplayed the Jewish/Irish threads...sorry, rotten pun..
 
13) Blackadder
16) Drop the Dead Donkey
 
(14) Yes Prime Minister

(20) The Army Game
 
4. Steptoe & Son
7. Hancock's Half Hour
 
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