Good for a Giggle Trivia Quiz

Answer: Boswell

Set in Liverpool at the height of the Thatcher era, 'Bread' followed the ups and downs of the Boswell family and their efforts to work the DHSS system to their benefit. At the centre of this Catholic family was mother Nellie (always referred to as Mrs Boswell) who tried to keep her family together after the departure of their feckless father, Freddie, into the arms of "that tart", Lilo Lil. The family was made up of sons Joey, Jack, Adrian and Billy together with daughter, Aveline. Rounding out the clan was Grandad who lived next door.

Written by Cara Lane, the show was aired by the BBC and ran from 1986 - 1991.

Answer: Norman Gunston / Gary McDonald

Emanating from a small role in 'The Aunty Jack Show', Norman Gunston (Gary McDonald) hosted a comedy show on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation which first aired in May 1975. It moved to the Seven Network for a series in 1978-79. The essence of the show was that it was a parody of 'Tonight' (or 'Variety') shows.

The host, Gunston, was comically inept and the viewer regularly cringed at some of the questions asked during interviews. Many of the guests quickly caught on to the idea but others were left totally bemused. Norman's sparse hair was slicked down onto the scalp and his face contained little bits of cigarette paper designed to stop bleeding from shaving cuts. McDonald has reprised the Gunston character in several specials and other events over the following decades. 'Norman Gunston' is the only fictitious man to ever win the Gold Logie for the most popular male character on Australian television (1976). 'Mother and Son' followed the tribulations of two sons (one of whom was McDonald) dealing with the onset of dementia in their aging mother (brilliantly portrayed by Ruth Cracknell).

It was a comedy that also highlighted this insidious condition.

Answer: Nicholas Lyndhurst

'Goodnight Sweetheart' starred Nicholas Lyndhurst as Gary Sparrow, a married London TV repairman in the 1990s who accidentally stepped through a time portal and found himself in the London of the Second World War. He wandered into a pub called The Royal Oak and there met the landlord's daughter, Phoebe. So began a double life as the show followed the adventures of this unlikely time traveller.

The show was first aired on the BBC in 1993 and ran for six series before ending in 1999.

Answer: South Africa

Television came to South Africa when a fully fledged service started on 5 January 1976. One of the earliest home grown shows was 'Biltong and Potroast', a comedy show which pitted local South African comedians (the Biltongs, a South African term for dried meat) against those from Europe, mainly UK (the Potroasts). Host Clackie McKay use to hand out randomly selected topics to the contestants who were then rated on the quality of the jokes they told on that topic. Given that censorship was still heavy in South Africa in those days, the ingenuity of the comedians was tested to the extreme.

The show, which ran for five years, was extremely popular and made household names of local comedians such as Mel Miller, Cyril Green and Eddie Eksteen.

Answer: Larry, Darryl and Darryl

Always introduced by Larry with the phrase "Hi, I'm Larry and this is my brother Darryl, and this is my other brother, Darryl", the three brothers were woodmen who appeared on the CBS show 'Newhart'. The phrase became synonymous with the show and the characters enjoyed an expanded role as the series progressed even though neither Darryl spoke until the final episode. They were played by William Sanderson, Tony Papenfuss and John Volstad.

The show, which starred comedian Bob Newhart, ran from 1982 to 1990.

Answer: Gladys Emmanuel

'Open All Hours' detailed the antics of Albert E Arkwright, the owner of a small grocery store in South Yorkshire, and the ardent suitor of State Nurse Gladys Emmanuel who lived across the street. Arkwright (played by Ronnie Barker) lived above the store together with his much maligned nephew, Granville (David Jason). Arkwright's love of money together with his legendary tight-fistedness frequently landed him in hot water with Nurse Gladys Emmanuel (Lynda Baron).

The show ran for 26 episodes between 1976 and 1985.

Answer: They Think It's All Over

The BBC show took its name from a comment made by Kenneth Wolstenhome during his commentary on the 1966 Football World Cup Final between England and Germany when he said "They think it's all over... it is now!". A comedy panel game with a sporting nature, the show was hosted for most of its life by Nick Hancock. It featured two teams which consisted of a captain, a regular panelist and a guest star who were pitted against each other in rounds which varied each week. The show featured a stellar line up of sporting stars and celebrities during its existence.

The show ran for eleven years from 1995 until 2006.

Answer: Kingswood Country

On the surface, the many racist, sexist lines delivered by Ted in this show were often quite offensive. However, inevitably, Ted always lost out, especially to his son-in-law Bruno of Italian parentage (Lex Marinos). The show was really lampooning the simplistic caricature of Ted, whose loves in life were his greyhounds, his TV viewing chair, his beloved Holden Kingswood car and a variety of ill-conceived get-rich schemes.

The rest of his family, including rather dotty and long-suffering wife Thelma (Judi Farr), reflected a much more cosmopolitan viewpoint.

There were 89 episodes of 'Kingswood Country', shown on the Seven Network, from 1980 to 1984.

Answer: Bull Shannon

Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon, played by Richard Moll, was the good natured if somewhat slow thinking bailiff on the NBC comedy series 'Night Court". Set on the night shift of a Manhattan courtroom, the show featured a cast of zany and unforgettable characters who include Harry Anderson as Harry T Stone, the somewhat unconventional presiding judge, John Larroquette as Dan Fielding, the egotistical and cynical public prosecutor, and Markie Post as Christine Sullivan, the idealistic public defender.

The show ran for nine seasons from 1984 to 1992.

Answer: The Drones Club

The TV adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse's captivating 'Jeeves' novels featured the comedy duo of Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster and Stephen Fry as his loyal "gentleman's gentleman", Jeeves. The series followed the adventures and mishaps of Wooster, the hapless young gentleman about town and his friends from The Drones Club, who were seemingly forever in need of rescue by the unflappable valet, Jeeves. The name of the club was a reference to the indolent lifestyle followed by many young, rich men of the era.

The series aired on ITV between 1990 and 1993 and ran for 23 episodes.