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Hello and welcome back. If you haven’t taken the quiz yet, head over to the questions blog first and have a go before reading on. For everyone else, let’s see how you got on with Quiz 74.
Round 1: Seaside Special
Question 1: Starting in 1975, Seaside Special was a fixture of summer Saturday night TV viewing. Who wrote and sang the theme tune “Summertime City?”
Answer: Mike Batt
Question 2: BBC sitcom Dad’s Army was set in a fictional seaside resort. What was its name?
Answer: Walmington-on-Sea
Question 3: Back to Seaside Special: each show came from a circus big top. Which circus provided the big top?
Answer: Gerry Cottle’s Circus
Question 4: Rolf Harris was a host on Seaside Special, but what was the name of his show which ran between 1977 and 1980, where he visited schools and engaged children in artistic work and games?
Answer: Rolf on Saturday, OK?
Question 5: On 19th June 1976, the second series of Seaside Special kicked off with a bumper show in Blackpool. As well as Tony Blackburn, Dave Lee Travis, Ken Dodd, Tom Baker, The Wombles and The Goodies, there was a guest appearance from the cast of “Are You Being Served?” What did they do as their performance?
Answer: They performed a comedy version of a German folk dance, the Schlapen Tickle, dressed in full lederhosen.
Round 2: Marathon/Fil Rouge
Question 1: In May 2023 we went back to the era of Happy Days and The Fonz. What was the name of the diner where the gang used to hang out?
Answer: Arnold’s
Question 2: In the same episode we also looked back at The Waltons. In which US state was the fictional Walton’s Mountain supposed to be?
Answer: Virginia
Question 3: Our fourth ever episode in September 2020 revolved around The Banana Splits. In which cartoon insert during the show did the phrase “size of an elephant” come from?
Answer: The Arabian Knights
Question 4: Given the recent heatwaves we have been having in the UK, it seems apt to look back at our episode from February 2024 which considered the 1976 heatwave, during which I first saw the TV version of Mr Men on a colour TV. Which Mr Man was the first to be featured in the series?
Answer: Mr Happy
Question 5: In March 2025 we featured Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). What was the name of Marty Hopkirk’s wife?
Answer: Jeannie Hopkirk
Round 3: Name That Tune (1975)
Theme Tune One:
Answer: The Wackers
Theme Tune Two:
Answer: Trinity Tales
Theme Tune Three:
Answer: The Invisible Man
Theme Tune Four:
Answer: The Changes
Theme Tune Five:
Answer: Animal Kwackers
Round 4: TV Times
Question 1: Frankie Howerd played the slave Lurcio in the comedy show Up Pompeii. What was the name of his bumbling master?
Answer: Ludicrus Sextus
Question 2: Which member of the Monty Python team worked with Neil Innes to create the comedy series Rutland Weekend Television?
Answer: Eric Idle
Question 3: Whilst it was produced in the 1960s, Thunderbirds was hugely popular in the 1970s. What name did Gerry and Sylvia Anderson give to their production style combining puppets with live action and large-scale models?
Answer: Supermarionation
Question 4: Who played Jim “Jock” McLaren in the BBC sitcom Porridge?
Answer: Tony Osoba
Question 5: Where did The Goodies live?
Answer: Cricklewood
Bonus Questions
Last Week’s Bonus: Which popular TV actor died unexpectedly from a congenital heart defect on 19th March 1979, at the age of 31?
Answer: Richard Beckinsale. Well done if you got that.
This Week’s Bonus: Between 5th November 1970 and 14th July 1977, an instrumental version of which Led Zeppelin song was the opening theme tune to Top of the Pops?
Answer: To follow in the next quiz!
So how did you get on? Whether you are off for a week on the Costas or condemned to sit at home watching Seaside Special, thank you so much for playing along. Do tell your friends, leave a review wherever you get your podcasts, and I will see you in a fortnight for Quiz 75.
Take care,
Oliver
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