Welcome back to the My 70’s TV Childhood Quiz! You’ve had your chance to test your knowledge of classic 70s TV – now it’s time to find out how well you did. Let’s see how many you got right!
Round One: Sooty and Sweep – Answers
- Harry Corbett was Sooty’s first human companion.
- The Sooty collection boxes raised money for the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB).
- Sooty’s magic words were “Izzy wizzy, let’s get busy!”
- Matthew Corbett had to give up his role in Rainbow when he took over The Sooty Show.
- Ramsbottom was a snake.
Round Two: Marathon – Fil Rouge – Answers
- Bruce Forsyth’s glamorous assistant and later wife was Anthea Redfern.
- Flint was played by Brian Glover.
- Mr Benn’s first adventure was as a Red Knight.
- Catweazle was played by Geoffrey Bayldon.
- Most public information films were commissioned by the Central Office of Information.
Round Three: Name That Tune – Answers
- The Good Life
- Space: 1999
- Fawlty Towers
- The Sweeney
- Jim’ll Fix It
Round Four: TV Times – Answers
- The 3rd January 1970 Doctor Who episode was unique because it was the first to be broadcast in colour.
- The ITV sitcom about Thomas Simpson and Susan Lambert was Keep It in the Family.
- John Hurt played Quentin Crisp in The Naked Civil Servant.
- The final episode of The Sky’s The Limit aired in June 1976.
- Michael Hordern narrated The Adventures of Paddington.
Bonus Question – Answer
The first programme shown when ITV returned after the 1979 strike was ‘Grease’ (the 1978 film starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John).
And that’s a wrap on this week’s My 70’s TV Childhood Quiz! How did you score?
Whatever your result, we hope you had as much fun playing as we did putting the quiz together. Don’t forget to share your scores, and be sure to join us for the next quiz in two weeks time and our main podcast next week. Until then, keep those memories of the 70s alive, and we’ll see you soon on My 70’s TV Childhood!
Take care,
Oliver
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