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1. A: 'The A_______' starred Patrick Macnee as John Steed and Diana Rigg as Emma Peel and aired in the 60s. 'The New A________' starred Macnee as Steed again and Joanna Lumley as Purdey; it was aired in the 70s. What 'A' fills the blank?
2. B: What 'B' is the surname of the author whose book was the premise upon which 'Sex and the City' was based?
3. C: If you found yourself in a ludicrous situation where events were going from bad to worse, you might not be surprised if somebody jumped out of the bushes to tell you you'd been caught on 'C_______ Camera'. What 'C' fills in the blank of this prankster show?
4. D: Ali G has his own show, 'The Ali G Show', but what two letter word beginning with 'D' does he use instead of 'the' in the title which is indicative of the way he talks?
5. E: 'St Elsewhere' was the name of a 1980s medical show following the lives of the doctors at St Elsewhere hospital. Is there really such a saint as St Elsewhere?
6. F: In what television series did Lee Majors play Colt Seavers - a Hollywood stuntman who used the skills of his trade to capture criminals and fugitives?
7. G: What 'G' was the name of an orange cartoon cat who eats lasagne, loves to sleep, is owned by a man name Jon Arbuckle, is 'friends' with a dog called Odie and who has a toy teddy bear named Pookie?
8. H: Which British comedian would end each show being chased around by a collection of scantily-clad women?
9. I: Laura, Mary and Carrie were the children of Charles and Caroline in 'Little House on the Prairie', what 'I' was the family's surname?
10. J: P.G. Wodehouse wrote a series of novels about a very posh but slightly dim man and his laconic butler. In the TV series they were played by Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry respectively, but what were the characters names?
11. K: In 'Smallville' the love interest of Clark Kent is Lana Lang. What alliterative name, beginning with 'K', is the name of the actress who plays Lana?
12. L: In what English city are the programmes 'Brookside', 'Bread' and 'The Liver Birds' all set?
13. M: Exactly who is 'in the middle' in the sitcom series about two frazzled parents and their troublesome sons?
14. N: When Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey got wed they agreed to make a television series all about their marriage. What 'N' is the name of this show?
15. O: What 'O' is the name of the hard-hitting prison drama that sounds like it should be found at the end of a road made from custard-coloured building materials?
16. P: What 1970's television family shared the same surname as a bird?
17. Q: What word best describes the game shows 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?', 'Mastermind' and 'Jeopardy'?
18. R: Ms Lake is a talkshow host who also starred in the films 'Crybaby' and 'Hairspray', what 'R' is her first name?
19. S: What are the three names beginning with 'S' of lead characters in 'The O.C.'?
20. T: Johnny Depp once starred in a TV series entitled '___ Jump Street'. What number beginning with 'T' fills the blank?
21. U: Roald Dahl is probably most well-known for his children's books, however, a series of quirky, mystery books that he wrote for adults were made in a televison series entitled 'Tales of the U________'. What 'U' describes the tales according to the title?
22. V: What is the surname of the actor who plays Dawson of 'Dawson Creek' fame?
23. W: The film actors Martin Sheen and Rob Lowe star in this series about American politics and life in the White House. What 'W' is the title?
24. Y: A balding, donut-loving father; a gravelly-voiced, blue-haired mother; a couple of chain-smoking aunts; a senile grandfather; a skateboarding trouble-making son; a saxophone playing genius eldest daughter and a dummy-sucking baby make up a rather well-known four-fingered television family. What colour is the skin of this family?
25. Z: David Attenborough, brother of actor Richard Attenborough, is a very famous Naturalist and has narrated or presented many nature programes over the years. What black and white stripey horse-like animal might you have seen in an episode of his series 'The Life of Mammals'?
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