This CST quiz focuses on what might be considered the 40 Best British TV Sitcoms. I've included sitcoms which are the most popular or memorable (thanks for suggestions), but acknowledge there will be some I have missed. So perhaps start by asking members what their favourite British TV Sitcom is, so as to include them also and avoid disappointment.
You can run the quiz in different ways, but I would recommend showing each photo/slide first and asking members to name the sitcom, then, having lined up the YouTube clips of opening titles (to avoid adverts), play and show the clips to see if members guessed correctly. You could then ask the questions. If you want to slow the session down and make it more fun, you could play the comedy clips from the shows and comedy songs. However, this means the quiz will probably take two sessions to complete.
Hope it goes well. The most important thing is to have fun with it.
Some feedback from your groups would be really helpful.
* Caution * I've tried to include clips which avoid culturally inappropriate or outdated stereotypes, but they are best worth re-checking before playing *
Number 1
Name the sitcom?
Name the resort where it is set?
Where does Manuel come from?
'Room With A View' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAHuOvfK2PQ
Number 2
Name the sitcom?
Name the characters?
What type of car is it?
'Top 3 Best Clips' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLgfa6d18E4
Number 3
Name the sitcom?
Name the actors?
Which vegetable did Baldrick love?
'Best Bits' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU9bsIBspTc
Number 4
Name the sitcom?
Name the characters?
Can anyone remember any of the catchphrases?
'Don't Tell Him Pike' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYz2nPE0BCk&t=55s
Number 5
Name the sitcom?
Name the other two characters?
Where in Wales is the sitcom set?
'Doris's Best Bits' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nGUqGdeZJ4
SONG BREAK
'Islands In The Stream' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZmntV0Y3Sw
Number 6
Name the sitcom?
Name the characters?
What was his catchphrase?
'Doorman' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfg7aQMowVE
Number 7
Name the sitcom?
Name the actor?
What animal did he always imagine his mother-in-law as?
'Catchphrases' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5pRIt9_5JU
Number 8
Name the sitcom?
Name the characters?
What did the neighbours get them for Christmas in 1977?
'Bread And Cheese' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdF-64yD-8U
Number 9
Name the sitcom?
Name the characters?
Name the island?
'Ted Fixes A Dent In His Car' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4fBbhyzE9A
Number 10
Name the sitcom?
Name the vicar and actor?
Which actor's picture was on the wall of the vicarage, alongside Jesus?
'First Ever Scene' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrUal4mUmAk&t=3s
MUSIC BREAK
'The Mirror' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-wVSK9KuLs
Number 11
Name the sitcom?
Name the characters and actors?
Who played the mother?
'Wine Tasting' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K706oNKwVF0
Number 12
Name the sitcom?
Which actor played the part of Rene?
What was the name of the painting?
'Catchphrases' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pec1UZIizsU
Number 13
Name the sitcom?
Name the characters?
What was her catchphrase (think answering the phone)?
'Top 3 Put Downs' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGt-jvU5Iag
Number 14 Miranda
Name the sitcom?
Name the actress?
What type of shop did she own?
'Interview' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGVccAt7OIc
Number 15
Name the sitcom?
Name the characters?
Where was the show set?
'Best Of Clips' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9s1H6DxFsg
SONG BREAK
'I'm A Lumberjack' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FshU58nI0Ts
Number 16
Name the sitcom?
Name the holiday camp?
Name the actress on the left and what was her catchphrase?
'First Day At Camp' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU-zZqcAfzQ
Number 17
Name the sitcom?
Name the store?
What was Mr Humphries's catchphrase?
'Best Innuendos' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XjsJ2A2DME
Number 18
Name the sitcom?
What was their trade?
Name the horse?
'Kitchen Sink' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgX1cPfethA
Number 19
Name the sitcom?
Name the three characters?
Name his hat? What was his catchphrase?
'Rollerskating' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFLpwRMS00g&t=2s
Number 20
Name the sitcom?
Name the three actors?
Where was it set?
'Last Post' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tVQ6aSxr34
SONG BREAK
'Whispering Grass' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10dmK7O-KSY
Number 21
Name the sitcom?
Name the characters?
On which TV soap did Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston meet?
'Implants' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgq5bJ0C59s
Number 22
Name the sitcom?
Name the two actors?
What was the name of the shop?
Number 23
Name the sitcom?
Name the actor?
Who is Mr Bean's 'best friend'?
'Sick Bag' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLrN6wSSGqk
Number 24
Name the sitcom?
Name the characters and actors?
Name the prison?
'Christmas Carols' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkE0mETn9NQ
Number 25
Name the sitcom?
Name the characters actors?
Where was it set?
'Santa Claus' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4l3tdLws6A
SONG BREAK
Number 26
Name the sitcom?
Name the actors?
What was their characters' surname?
'A Bridge Too Far' (play first couple of minutes) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3z7aziO99I
Number 27
Name the sitcom?
Name the characters?
Name the actors?
'The Gas Man' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFj7VMbO08E
Number 28
Name the sitcom?
Name the actors?
What were the two follow ups called?
'A Landlord's Duty' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUQbCshbDxw
Number 29
Name the sitcom?
Who starred as the mother?
Who wrote the song 'Butterflies'?
Number 30
Name the sitcom?
Name the actor playing the Minister?
What was the follow-on sitcom called?
'Indiscreet' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyU28D1C1-4
SONG BREAK
'Living Doll' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta18JnQyZks
Number 31
Name the sitcom?
Name the actors?
Who wrote the show?
Number 32
Name the sitcom?
Name the characters and actors?
Yes or No. Do they ever finally marry?
'Crash Helmet' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCRekgy-Ov4
Number 33
Name the sitcom?
Name the characters and actors?
Who wrote the song 'Gimme Gimme Gimme'?
'Breakfast' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkJm0PybmL4
Number 34
Name the sitcom?
Name the actor?
In which town was it set?
'David Brent's Dance' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6Eaz-1_3iA
Number 35
Name the sitcom?
Name the characters and actors?
Which doctor did the chap on the right go on to star as?
'Toothache' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGc3XofyL70
MUSIC BREAK
Number 36
Name the sitcom?
On which 'Costa' is the resort?
What was the name of the hairdressers?
'Madge V Pauline' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKcugMok7ec
Number 37
Name the sitcom?
Name the characters?
Where was it set?
Number 38
Name the sitcom?
Name the actor?
Where was it set?
'Song Intros' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1VN6yXCW1g
Number 39
Name the sitcom?
Name the characters?
Who played the chap in the middle?
'Harry Enfield Skit' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q1uHcGTK8k
Number 40
Name the sitcom?
Name the actors?
Which famous daughter's father is pictured on the left?
'Christmas' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnc7xP7ZrVs
FINAL SONG
Finally, here are a few more iconic comedy clips to finish. If you have less time, you could pay this video after just showing the pictures and playing the intros.
ANSWERS
1. 'Fawlty Towers'
Torquay
Barcelona
2. 'Only Fools And Horses'
Del Boy, Rodney & Grandad
'Robin Reliant'
3. 'Blackadder'
Tony Robinson & Rowan Atkinson
Turnip
4. 'Dad's Army'
Corporal Jones, Private Pike, Captain Mainwaring, Sergeant Wilson, Private Frazer & Private Godfrey
Here are the catchphrases, which were celebrated on UK stamps recently ...
5. 'Gavin And Stacey'
Nessa and Smithy
Barry Island
6. 'One Foot In The Grave'
Victor Meldrew and Margaret
"I don't believe it!"
7. 'The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin'
Leonard Rossiter
Hippopotamus
8. 'The Good Life'
Tom & Barbara Good and Margot & Jerry Leadbetter
A cow
9. 'Father Ted'
Fathers Ted, Jack & Douglas and Mrs Doyle
'Craggy Island'
10. 'Vicar Of Dibley'
Geraldine Grainger / Dawn French
Mel Gibson
11. 'Absolutely Fabulous'
Edina Monsoon & Patsy Stone / Jennifer Saunders & Joanna Lumley
June Whitfield
12. 'Allo Allo'
Gordon Kaye
'The Fallen Madonna With The Big Boobies'
13. 'Keeping Up Appearances'
Hyacinth & Richard Bucket
"Lady of the house speaking!"
14. 'Miranda'
Miranda Hart
Joke Shop
15. 'Birds Of A Feather'
Tracey, Dorian & Sharon
Chigwell
16. 'Hi Di Hi'
'Maplins'
Ruth Madoc / "Hello Campers!"
17. 'Are You Being Served?'
'Grace Bros'
"I'm free!"
18. 'Steptoe & Son'
Rag and Bone
Hercules
19. 'Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'
Frank, Betty and Jessica
Beret / "Oh Betty!"
20. 'It Ain't Half Hot Mum'
Windsor Davies, Don Estelle & Melvyn Hayes
The village on Tin Min in Burma
21. 'The Royale Family'
Dave, Denise, Barbara & Norma (Jim and Anthony not pictured)
'Brookside'
22. 'Open All Hourse'
David Jason & Ronnie Barker
'Albert Arkwright's Corner Shop'
23. 'Mr Bean'
Rowan Atkinson
'Teddy'
24. 'Porridge'
Ronnie Barker (Norman Stanley Fletcher) & Richard Beckinsale (Lennie Godber)
'HMP Slade'
25. 'The Likely Lads'
Rodney Bewes (Bob Ferris) & James Bolam (Terry Collier)
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
26. 'Terry & June'
Terry Scott & June Whitfield
Medford
27. 'Rising Damp'
Rigsby & Miss Jones
Leonard Rossiter & Frances De La Tour
28. 'Man About The House'
Paula Wilcox, Richard O'Sullivan & Sally Thomsett
'Robin's Nest' & 'George & Mildred'
29. 'Butterflies'
Wendy Craig
Dolly Parton
30. 'Yes Minister'
Paul Eddington
'Yes Prime Minister'
31. 'The Liver Birds'
Polly James & Nerys Hughes
Carla Lane
32. 'Just Good Friends'
Penny (Jan Francis) & Vince (Paul Nicholas)
Yes
33. 'Gimme, Gimme, Gimme'
Tom (James Dreyfus) & Lynda (Kathy Burke)
ABBA
34. 'The Office'
Ricky Gervais
Slough
35. 'Men Behaving Badly'
Tony (Neil Morrissey), Deborah (Lesley Ash), Dorothy (Caroline Quentin) & Gary (Martin Clunes)
'Doc Martin'
36. 'Benidorm'
Costa Del Blanca
'Blow & Go'
37. 'Last Of The Summer Wine'
Comp, Glegg, Foggy & Nora Batty
Holmfirth, West Yorks
38. 'I'm Alan Partridge'
Steve Coogan
Norwich
39. 'On The Buses'
Stan, Jack & Blakey
Reg Varney
40. 'Til Death Us Do Part'
Antony Booth, Una Stubbs, Warren Beatty & Dandy Nichols
Cherie Blair (Tony Blair's wife)
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