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Quiz 415

How good are you at remembering names? Hercules Grytpype Thynne's latest quiz tests just that.

1. In One Foot In The Grave what was the name of Margaret Mildrew's friend, played by Doreen Mantle?

Doreen Mantle

2. Which early stand-up comedian had the catchphrase "You Lucky People"?

3. Select Mrs Slocombe's first name in Are You Being Served?.

Wendy Richard and Mollie Sugden

4. What was the surname of Joanna Lumley's character Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous?

Absolutely Fabulous. Image shows from L to R: Edina (Jennifer Saunders), Patsy (Joanna Lumley). Copyright: Saunders And French Productions / BBC

5. In Keeping Up Appearances, what is the name of Hyacinth Bucket's long-suffering husband, played by Clive Swift?

Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift

6. After Kenneth McDonald, who played Nag's Head landlord Mike in Only Fools And Horses, died in 2001 his character's name continued to be mentioned. What was written in the script to say what had happened to him?

Only Fools And Horses. Image shows left to right: Trigger (Roger Lloyd Pack), Mike (Kenneth MacDonald)

7. Connie Booth played Polly in Fawlty Towers, but what was her character's surname?

Connie Booth

8. Who played stooge to Arthur Haynes?

9. In Goodnight Sweetheart, Gary Sparrow (Nicholas Lyndhurst) had two wives - one in the present day, Yvonne, and one in WWII - what was her name?

Goodnight Sweetheart

10. Jeremy Lloyd got the idea for Are You Being Served? from his early life when he worked at a famous London department store - which one was it?

Are You Being Served?. Image shows from L to R: Mrs. Betty Slocombe (Mollie Sugden), Miss Shirley Brahms (Wendy Richard), Mr. Dick Lucas (Trevor Bannister), Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold (Nicholas Smith), Mr. Mash (Larry Martyn), Mr. Ernest Grainger (Arthur Brough), Mr. Wilberforce Humphries (John Inman), Captain Stephen Peacock (Frank Thornton). Copyright: BBC

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