Here is a quick and easy reminiscence and musical memory based Dementia Cafe activity.
Print off screenshots for the tables and play music clips from the YouTube playlist below (mixing it up a bit) and ask members to name the TV shows and/or link them to the TV themes.
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Round 1. Sitcoms
Name the TV show +
Name the character & actor?
Name the hidden painting?
Name the actress & holiday camp?
Name the character and actor?
Name the characters & what yellow car did they drive?
Name the characters?
Name the character & what was his catchphrase?
Name the characters & where was the waiter from?
Name the actor & what did he imagine his mother in law as?
Name the characters?
What vegetable did the one on the left love & what was his name?
Name the actor & what was the verger's name?
Round 2. Drama
Name the TV show +
What was his friend's name?
What type of ships were they?
Name the characters?
Name the vet & the dog?
Name the character & actor?
Name the pub & the landlady?
Name the characters & the pub?
Name the characters?
Name the characters & the hospital?
Name the character & the village pub?
Name the family?
Name the character & actor?
Round 3. Childrens
Name the TV show +
Name the presenter & his dog?
Name the actor & the enemies?
What island were they based on (we made it when we were young)?
Name the artist & his 'friend'?
Name the detective?
Name the characters?
There were only 14 episodes / outfits. Can you name any of them?
Name the headmistress?
Name the characters?
Name the cat's owner?
Name the characters?
Complete the saying "One for sorrow ..."?
Round 4. Competitions
Name the TV show +
Name the presenters?
Name the presenter?
Name the presenters?
Name the presenter?
Name the presenters?
Name the presenter & city where the show was broadcast live from?
Name the chaser?
Name the presenter & his 1978 hit?
Name the head judge?
Name the presenters?
Name the quizmaster & what was his catchphrase?
Name the presenter & chasers?
Round 5. US
Name the TV show +
Name the actor & the bar?
Name the characters & the cafe?
Name the characters?
What beer did he drink?
What was the catchphrase?
What was the catchphrase?
Name the actor & where was it set?
Name the singers?
Name the children?
Name the characters?
What do the initials stand for?
Name the characters?
Round 6. More Comedy
Name the TV show +
Name the character & actress?
Name the character & actress? What was she always concerned about?
Name the characters?
Name the comedians & the type of parrot?
What are their full names?
What are their full names?
Name the comedians?
Name the actors, and their horse?
Where was it set?
Name the characters & the prison?
Name the characters and actors?
Round 7. Mixed Bag
Name the TV show +
Name the presenter?
Name the characters? Name the characters? Name the presenters?
Who wrote the stories?
How many seconds before the tape self-destructed?
Name the presenter?
Name the presenter?
Name the character & actor?
Name the dance troupe?
Name the character & actress?
Name the actor?
Here is your YouTube playlist ...
Round 1 Answers
DAD'S ARMY - Name the character & actor? Captain Mainwaring / Arthur Lowe
ALLO ALLO - Name the hidden painting? The Fallen Madonna With The Bog Boobies
HI DO HI - Name the actress & holiday camp? 'Maplins' / Ruth Madoc
SOME MOTHERS DO 'AV 'EM - Name the character and actor? Frank Spencer / Michael Crawford ("Oh Betty.")
ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES - Name the characters & what yellow car did they drive? Del Boy, Rodney & Grandpa / Robin Reliant
KEEPING UP APPEARANCES - Name the characters? Hyacinth & Richard Bucket
ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE - Name the character & what was his catchphrase? Victor Meldrew (Richard Wislon) / "I don't believe it."
FAWLTY TOWERS - Name the characters & where was the waiter from? Basil, Sybil, Polly & Manuel / Barcelona
THE FALL AND RISE OF REGINALD PERRIN - Name the actor & what did he imagine his mother in law as? Leonard Rossiter / Hippopotamus
THE GOOD LIFE - Name the characters? Tom & Barbara Good & Jerry & Margot Leadbetter
BLACKADDER - What vegetable did the one on the left love & what was his name? Turnip / Balldrick
THE VICAR OF DIBLEY - Name the actor & what was the verger's name? Dawn French / Alice Tinker
Round 2 Answers
ROBINSON CRUSOE - What was his friend's name? Man Friday
THE ONEDIN LINE - What type of ships were they? Schooners
UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS - Name the characters? Mrs Bridges & Mr Hudson
ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL - Name the vet & the dog? James Herriot / Tricky Woo
CROSSROADS - Name the character & actor? Meg Mortimer / Noel Gordon
EASTENDERS - Name the pub & the landlady? Queen Victoria / Peggy Mitchell (Barbara Windsor)
CORONATION STREET - Name the characters & the pub? Stan & Hilda Ogden / The Rover's Return
LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE - Name the characters? Nora Batty, Foggy, Compo & Clegg
CASUALTY - Name the characters & the hospital? Charlie & Duffy / Holby City Hospital
EMMERDALE - Name the character & the village pub? Annie Sugden / The Woolpack
DOWNTON ABBEY - Name the family? Crawley
MIDSOMER MURDERS - Name the character & actor? DCI Tom Barnaby / John Nettles
Round 3 Answers
BLUE PETER - Name the presenter & his dog? John Noakes & Shep
DOCTOR WHO - Name the actor & the enemies? Tom Baker / Daleks
THUNDERBIRDS - What island were they based on (we made it when we were young)? Tracy Island
VISION ON - Name the artist & his 'friend'? Tony Hart & Morph
THE PINK PANTHER - Name the detective? Inspector Clousseau
THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT - Name the characters? Florence, Dougal, Ermintrude (There were also Brian the snail, Dylan the rabbit & Zebedee the spring)
MR BENN - There were only 14 episodes / outfits. Can you name any of them? red knight, big game hunter, cook, caveman, balloonist, zookeeper, caveman, diver, wizard, cowboy, clown, magic carpet rider, spaceman and pirate.
GRANGE HILL - Name the headmistress? Mrs McClusky
RAINBOW - Name the characters? Bungle, Zippy, George & Geoffrey
BAG PUSS - Name the cat's owner? Emily
THE BANANA SPLITS - Name the characters? Fleegle the beagle, Bingo the ape, Drooper the lion and Snorky the elephant
MAGPIE - Complete the saying "One for sorrow ..."? Two for joy, Three for a girl, Four for a boy, Five for silver, Six for gold, Seven for a secret never to be told, Eight's a wish, Nine's a kiss, Ten is a bird you must not miss
Round 4 Answers
MASTERCHEF - Name the presenters? Greg Wallace & John Torode
MASTERMIND - Name the presenter? Magnus Magnusson
THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF - Name the presenters? Paul Hollywood & Mary Berry
BLOCKBUSTERS - Name the presenter? Bob Holness ("I'll have a P please Bob".)
THE GENERATION GAME - Name the presenters? Bruce Forsyth & Anthea Redfern ("Didn't they do well.")
SALE OF THE CENTURY - Name the presenter & city where the show was broadcast live from? Nicholas Parsons / "Live from Norwich."
TRESURE HUNT - Name the chaser? Anneka Rice
BLANKETY BLANK - Name the presenter & his 1978 hit? Terry Wogan / The Floral Dance
STRICTLY COME DANCING - Name the head judge? Shirley Ballas
I'M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE - Name the presenters? Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE - Name the quizmaster & what was his catchphrase? Chris Tarrant / "Is that your final answer?"
THE CHASE - Name the presenter & chasers? Bradley Walsh & Mark Labbett (The Beast), Shaun Wallace (The Dark Destroyer), Anne Hegerty (The Governess), Paul Sinha (Sinnerman), Jenny Ryan (The Vixen) and Darragh Ennis (The Menace)
Round 5 Answers
CHEERS - Name the actor & the bar? Ted Danson / Sam's Bar
FRIENDS - Name the characters & the cafe? Monica & Ross Geller, Rachel Green, Chandler Bing, Phoebe Buffay & Joey Tribbiani
DALLAS - Name the characters? J.R. Ewing, Bobby Ewing & Pam Ewing
THE SIMPSONS - What beer did he drink? Duff Beer
HILL STREET BLUES - What was the catchphrase? "Let's be careful out there."
HAWAII FIVE 0 - What was the catchphrase? "Book him Danno."
MAGNUM P.I - Name the actor & where was it set? Tom Selleck / Hawaii
THE MONKEES - Name the singers? Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith & Peter Tork
THE WALTONS - Name the children? John-Boy, Jason, Mary Ellen, Erin, Ben, Jim-Bob & Elizabeth
HAPPY DAYS - Name the characters? Joannie, Richie, Marion and Howard Cunningham & Fonzie
M.A.S.H. - What do the initials stand for? Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
THE GOLDEN GIRLS - Name the characters? Bea Arthur as Dorothy Zbornak · Betty White as Rose Nylund · Rue McClanahan as Blanche Devereaux · Estelle Getty as Sophia Petrillo
Round 6 Answers
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS - Name the character & actress? Patsy Stone / Joanna Lumley
ARE YOU BEING SERVED - Name the character & actress? What was she always concerned about? Mrs Slocombe / Molly Sugden / Her Pussy
FATHER TED - Name the characters? Father Ted, Father Jack, Father Dougal & Mrs Doyle
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS - Name the comedians & the type of parrot? Michael Palin & John Cleese / Norwegian Blue
THE TWO RONNIES - What are their full names?
MORECAMBE AND WISE - What are their full names? Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise
THE GOODIES - Name the comedians? Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor & Graham Garden
STEPTOE AND SON - Name the actors, and their horse? Harry H Corbett & Wilfred Bramble / Hercules
GAVIN AND STACEY - Where was it set? Barry Island & Billericay
PORRIDGE - Name the characters & the prison? Norman Stanley Fletcher & Lennie Godber / H.M. Prison Slade
BIRDS OF A FEATHER - Name the characters & actors? Sharon (Pauline Quirk), Tracey (Linda Robson) & Dorien (Lesley Joseph)
IT AIN'T HALF HOT MUM - Name the actors? Windsor Davies, Don Estelle & Melvyn Hayes
Round 7 Answers
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW - Name the presenter? Fiona Bruce
THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY - Name the characters? Arthur Dent & Marvin the paranoid android
THE MUPPET SHOW - Name the characters? Kermit & Miss Piggy
TOP GEAR - Name the presenters? Jeremy Clarkson, James May & Richard Hammond
TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED - Who wrote the stories? Roald Dahl
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE - How many seconds before the tape self-destructed? 5 seconds
THE SKY AT NIGHT - Name the presenter? Patrick Moore
BLUE PLANET - Name the presenter? David Attenborough
THE SAINT - Name the character & actor? Simon Templar / Roger Moore
TOP OF THE POPS - Name the dance troupe? Pans People
MURDER SHE WROTE - Name the character & actress? Jessica Fletcher / Dame Angela Lansbury
THE ROCKFORD FILES - Name the actor? James Garner
