The goggle box brainstormer...

sonnetpete

sonnetpete

Grumpy Old Retired Moderator and quiz inquisitor..
My Satellite Setup
Laminas 1.2M fibre dish with an IBU, on a Clarke Tech USALS motor, covering 57E - 24.5W to an Octagon SX88. Displayed on a 20" Dyon LED TV.

Seperate 80 cm dish on 28E with a Humax Freesat for SWMBO.
Free Sat V8 meter. Sony Bravia 46" LCD, Sony BluRay and Home Cinema.
My Location
Normandy, France
Here you are, twenty cryptic questions on TV programs, some old, some not so old. All the solutions are TV program titles

(1) Countdown, but not Countdown...3,2,1

(2) Don't forget your shovel..Take Your Pick

(3) A bit wet in here...Rising Damp

(4) University Code..Morse

(5) Vehicular number 26....Z Cars

(6) After having work done, you get this...The Bill

(7) Start your morning with this..Porridge

(8) Explore area just before dusk..Twilight Zone

(9) She uses a poison pen..Murder She Wrote

(10) These four are first in the dictionary..The A Team

(11) He gets hypothermia just for a badge..Blue Peter

(12) Not 4:3 format...Panorama

(13) In the USA, they can be yellow.. Taxi

(14) What you get when a pistol is fired..Gunsmoke

(15) 52 in a pack and easily blown over...House Of Cards

(16) Hotelier has problems with signage..Fawlty Towers

(17) Spuds U liked..M*A*S*H

(18) Woman who brought down a king..The Simpsons

(19) Series with a hint of opera... Sopranos

(20) Some criminals are called this..Mastermind
 
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Let's start at the top

1) 8 out of 10 Cats does Countdown

(Which, coincidentally, I'm watching on PVR at the moment)
 
In that case

2) Take your Pick
 
6) The Bill
 
Are we allowed more than one guess per day?
 
pgh13 said:
Are we allowed more than one guess per day?
Click to expand...

I think so, there's bound to be some harder ones....at least I hope there is..
 
1 could be 3 2 1
3 Rising Damp?
14 Gunsmoke
 
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(1) 3-2-1 edit - pipped to the post by Jimmy H

(17) CHiPs
 
16) Fawlty Towers?
 
15. House of Cards
16. Fawlty Towers - seconds late!
 
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