British Television in the 1970s Quiz

Answer: The Wedding of HRH Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips

The Royal Wedding of Anne and Mark Phillips attracted a television home audience of 25 million viewers with a further worldwide 530 million viewers.
Princess Anne wore an embroidered Tudor-style wedding dress with a high collar and mediaeval sleeves.
Lieutenant Phillips was in the full scarlet and blue uniform of his regiment, the Queen's Dragoon Guards.
Most children growing up at the time will probably best remember the national days holiday from school that day.

Answer: The Water Margin

Each of the 26 episodes first broadcast in the UK by the BBC in 1976 began with the same litany '...The ancient sages said "do not despise the snake for having no horns, for who is to say it will not become a dragon?" So may one just man become an army....'

Answer: CEEFAX

The present CEEFAX service began as a temporary service on 23rd September 1974. ITV later launched ORACLE its own service from July 1975. This was later replaced by Teletext.
BBC engineers found that a normal television picture of 625 lines has "spare" lines at the top of the picture that could be used to transmit words or numbers.
The first time the public heard the name Ceefax - a play on "see facts" - was late in 1972, in advance of the first experimental transmissions.

Answer: Catweazle

The part of Catweazle was played by Geoffrey Bayldon. There were 26 episodes broadcast between 1970-1971.

Answer: Doomwatch

The Doomwatch series was broadcast between 1970-1972. The original leader of the group was Dr Spencer Quist played by John Paul.
According to the storyline "Doomwatch" was the nickname of the Department of Observation and Measurement of Scientific Work, a department of the 'Ministry of National Security'.

Answer: Up Pompeii!

The series starred comedian Frankie Howerd and lasted for 13 episodes and was first broadcast by BBC1 in 1970.

Answer: Space: 1999

The series starred: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain and Barry Morse. It was Gerry and Sylvia Andersen's second live action production. It was especially noteworthy for outstanding miniature special effects by Brian Johnson, impressive sets, and high production values.

Answer: Queen's Silver Jubilee

The Queen's Silver Jubilee was a year long event celebrated throughout the UK in 1977. The climax of the national celebrations came in early June. On the evening of Monday 6 June, The Queen lit a bonfire beacon at Windsor which started a chain of beacons across the country. On Tuesday 7 June, vast crowds saw The Queen drive in the Gold State Coach to St Paul's Cathedral for a Service of Thanksgiving attended by heads of state from around the world and former prime ministers of the UK.
Afterwards The Queen and members of the Royal Family attended a lunch at the Guildhall, in which The Queen made a speech. She declared, "My Lord Mayor, when I was twenty-one I pledged my life to the service of our people and I asked for God's help to make good that vow. Although that vow was made in my salad days, when I was green in judgement, I do not regret nor retract one word of it."
An estimated 500 million people watched on television as the procession returned down the Mall. Back at Buckingham Palace The Queen made several balcony appearances. Street parties and village parties started up all over the country: in London alone 4000 were reported to have been held.

Answer: Bruce Forsyth

The popularity of the show increased and by the second series the viewing figures were at 21 million. Contestants, usually related by blood or marriage, had to dress up, bake cakes, perform magic acts, do impersonations and much much more during the game.

Answer: Empire Road

Guyanan-born Michael Abbensetts devised, created and wrote the serial Empire Road as a means of portraying contemporary life in the black and Asian communities in Birmingham. It was broadcast between 1978-79.